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Why Does Elk Horn Prosper? Because It's One Big Family - Three 'Detectives' Earn $50 Fee
Three Busy 'Danes' . . . walk under main street signs that fit Elk Horn's image - "Iowa Farm," "Elk" and "Danish." They are Herb Christensen, Susan Hansen and Connie Rasmussen, who investigated the community's climate.
Whole Theater Redecorated
Although the fire was confined to the rear part, the entire interior of the Broadway theater was redecorated in its $25,000 remodeling program. A new front curtain was installed, the seats refinished, and the walls repainted in pastel colors.
Who Days Dandelions Are Dandy
It's inevitable--with warm spring days come dandelions. But Mrs. Andrew Karr, 33-3 Avenue G, looks on the bright side of the situation as she joins her small daughter, Becky Arnold, 2, in a closer look at the blooms. The yellow flowers, Webster…
Whitson remains cautious in predicting year ahead
Tom Whitson, president of Council Bluffs Savings Bank, remains cautiously optimistic about his bank's chances for growth in the coming year.
Where Water Isolated One Iowa Farm
Flood waters rolling in from the muddy Missouri had completely isolated this farm from the surrounding countryside when this air view was taken. Two horses left on the farm can be seen in the upper right-hand corner, belly deep in the flood.
Where the Books Are Kept
Seldom seen by key in the operation of a modern bank are the employes of the bookkeeping, transit and proof departments. here are the employes of the Council Bluffs Savings bank, shown in their new quarters just off the main lobby. Employes in this…
Where River Cut Through Road
Several hours after the rising of flood water of the Missouri rolled over a county road at the Narrows, north of the city limits, scores of acres between the highway and the Illinois Central railroad (right center) were inundated. The flood water…
When the units...
When the units . . . back into their headquarters at Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway, the first operation is to check and clean up equipment. Danny Jordan wipes up the unit to keep it spotless while Pat Stiles checks the resusitator [resuscitator]…
What Will Happen To Murals?
In The Corn Room . . . of Hotel Chieftain the Iowa cornfield scene, also done by Grant Wood, covers four walls and is familiar to most residents of Council Bluffs. Corn shocks decorate wall behind Helen Burns, dial chief operator for the Northwestern…
What Will Happen To Murals?
Now That The Hotel Is To Be Sold . . . further effort on part of Sam Brown, president of Bluffs Homes Inc., purchasers of the hotel, will be made to place the paintings in responsible hands such as a museum. "We have had several requests for the…
What Will Happen To Murals?
Paintings by artist Grant Wood on the mezzanine floor of Hotel Chieftain have been offered to any organization that will remove and preserve them. Hotel owner Harry A. Wise Jr. is shown here with one mural titled "Entrance To Kanesville" done in 1927…
What happens when you dial 911 in an emergency?
Making a duplicate . . . tape of some of the calls to the 911 center is director William Pierce. All incoming calls and all for the center's radio transmissions are taped and held for a minimum of six months, he said.
What happens when you dial 911 in an emergency?
Keeping track . . . of the city's fire equipment is Don Dinatalli. The locator board in the 911 center shows the location of every fire truck at any given moment. The operator on duty at the fire console is responsible sending additional equipment if…
What happens when you dial 911 in an emergency?
Taking a fire call . . . is Tony Ward, one of the three dispatchers on duty. From his console, Ward is in touch with firefighters going to the scene and with the fire chief.
What happens when you dial 911 in an emergency?
Two of the three . . . dispatch consoles are shown in this picture. Don Dinatalli keeps track of the sheriff's calls, while Diane Hatcher, the center's newest dispatcher, is trained by Jean Walter.
Wet Cat
A grimacing lion seems to dislike the wet home he received Tuesday as Jim Kenyon of Omaha, an employe [sic] of R & R Construction, positions the sculpture on the rim of the Bayliss Fountain. Eight lions will "guard" the fountain day and night and…
Western Theme For Restaurant
(Top) Gib's Western Kitchen . . . opened for the first time Tuesday at 2240 East Highway 6.
(Bottom) Family Buffet Room . . . at Gib's follows the western theme used throughout the restaurant. Seating capacity if 280 plus a short-order room and a…
(Bottom) Family Buffet Room . . . at Gib's follows the western theme used throughout the restaurant. Seating capacity if 280 plus a short-order room and a…
Western Takes Tourney Opener
Western Takes Tourney Opener
Western Iowa 'Tied' Together
Miss Council Bluffs . . . Marilou Joyner cuts ribbon to signify the Interstate segment open to traffic. Watching are Mayor Ferris, Mayor Moss, Joseph Coupal, director of highways, Mayor Jackson, and Mayor Knadle. Miss Joyner had to cut the ribbon…
Western Iowa 'Tied' Together
Representatives of the 14 communities bordering Interstate 29 stand "tied" together at the dedication Thursday at Onawa of 36.4 miles of the superroad from Missouri Valley to Onawa. Each community representative tied his town's name to that of his…