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Woolworth 5 & 10 Cent Store. 4th St. & Broadway.

Franklin Youngsters...still use the playground outside their old school built in 1892. The School Board has ordered the district to reopen the old gymnasium on the right, as the new Franklin School has no gym.

man presenting framed print in front of large outdoor state of an angel
Ward Bean, president of the Bluffs Arts Council, presents an artists' rendition of grounds of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial to Jane Peters, the council's project director for restoration of the 67-year-old bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French,…

Remodeling and expansion at Meyer Funeral Home has been completed.

Tangled Trucks...in a Highway 92 ditch wound up with the garbage truck under the auto transport. The figure in the foreground is one of Lewis Township's Volunteer Firemen, who stood by at the scene.

Comforting Trapped Man...are Emergency Unit Capt. Logan Miller, Sheriff's deputies Virgil Elmore and Earl Pace. Wayne Chase holds his hand to his face.

Floor Plan . . . shows various rooms of the building under construction at the New Elks Country Club. In addition to locker rooms, at the left, the building will include an office, room for mechanical equipment, lounge, kitchen and all-purpose room.…

(top) This Huge Cut . . . was made in the ridge above the quarry so trucks could dump their loads in the valley beyond. The view looks toward the quarry. Dynamite sheds are seen at the right.

(bottom) Dumping Ground . . . for the useless shale…

Grading On I-80 . . . has started near Yellow Pole Road. The Mott Construction Company of Centerville is doing the grading work on the section of the interstate diagonal from Highway 6 to near Weston.

Closed since the middle of April, the South Omaha Bridge has been undergoing major repairs with new surfacing on the deck plus cleaning and painting. Highways 92 and 275 have been detoured until the work is complete. Job Supt. George Grower of Ely…

This Sketch...shows plans for the renovation of the Ridgecrest Southern Baptist Chapel that will be located at 1500 High St. A.J. Carrithers of Council Bluffs is the architect.

Workers with Ak-Sar-Ben Roofing in Omaha lay down rubber insulation on the roof of the grandstand. (Nonpareil photos by Dan Koenig)

Eric Olsen, of 38 Bluff St., a worked with Anderson Construction, labors on a door in the kennels, where the greyhounds will be housed.

Working Like A Dog...is Schnapps, a St. Bernard who provides power for the V-plow guided by his master, Glen A. Gohlinghost of 232 Jordan St. They are cleaning snow from the sidewalk near their home.

Highway 64 & McKenzie Ave. Workman Turkey Farm.

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New Garner Township School...is being readied for school opening Monday. A feature is the use of glass in both front and rear walls.

Customer Service . . . sends Monte Christensen up a (power) pole - literally. He's an installer-repairman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. and usually gets a birds-eye view of the neighborhoods in which he works. He says one of the biggest hazards…

Work Is Underway...to enclose the Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home at Elliott Street and North Broadway, before winter weather halts outdoor construction work.

Ruins of the Roman Forum.
The Roman Forum . . . was built before the birth of Christ. These are part of the ruins of the administrative and religious center of the Roman Empire. It's where men like Julius Caesar helped plant the roots of Western civilization.
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