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Congressman Ben F. Jensen will give the address at the evening program of the Tabor Centennial celebration Wednesday evening. The Southwest Iowa town is marking its 100th year with three-day-long programs.

New law won't change C.B. bank operations. September 1, 1988

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photo of the Council Bluffs Mutual Building and Loan Association's building at 133 Pearl Street. Murals on the outer wall.

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This Is Council Bluffs: Eastside Junior High School and its rustic surroundings present this view from the air. That's Bennett Avenue running across the bottom of the photo and Bonham Avenue just left of the school parking lot. At the top center,…

Council Bluffs--Aerial Views

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Interstate 80 will soon be stretching further north with recent contracts led by the Iowa Highway Commission. Doted [sic] lines show the graded route of the superroad. Completed pavement (1) extends from near Weston (2) to Highway 375 in Council…

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Michealia Vanscoy, radiation therapy technologist, demonstrates the linear accelerator at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital. The unit, used to treat cancer, beams 6 million volts of energy to a specific area with minimal damage to healthy tissue.

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A popular recreation area, Lake Manawa's facilities are used by residents of Southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska. In the aerial photo, the village of Manawa is at the right. A housing development, with a canal leading in to the lake, is at the…

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From the air, homesites at the junction of Bennett Avenue and Highway 6 provide a study in suburban residential planning. The curve of Highway 6 bends in at upper right. Bennett Avenue runs across the top of the photo. Adrian Street cuts…

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tugboat churns its way upstream on the Missouri Riber pushing its barges. Council Bluffs already has become a frequent port-of-call for water traffic such as this and local businessmen hope to see it increase. This view, taken north of the South…

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The Illinois Central draw bridge over the Missouri River is one of the largest of its kind in this country. The Iowa span of the bridge was built in 1893; the Nebraska span later. The Omaha skyline is at the top of this piecture which is looking to…

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Gilbert's Pond, top center, and the dredged pond in Lake View Park stand out like mirrors as they reflect the gray sky on an overcast day. In the foreground is the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. North Western tracks are in the background. The…

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Thomas Jefferson High School and athletic field stand out in this aerial shot taken from north of Broadway. The wide street in the foreground is Broadway, and the street angling from the left of the photo is Twenty-fifth.

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You are gazing at the heart of Council Bluffs in this aerial photo. The camera, pointing slightly northeast, captures dozens of well known landmarks. Bayliss Square, with its X-shaped walks, dominates the lower portion of the picture. Broadway,…

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Roberts Park supplies a neat centerpiece for this aerial view of north-central Council Bluffs. Twenty-sixth Street forms the bottom border. Looking east, the Army Reserve Center is just beyond the park. Woodrow Wilson Junior High School is at…
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