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Showing one painting . . . among 80 to 90 works to be purchased from Southwest Iowans and loaned to libraries is Mrs. Lucile Walensky, director of the Southwest Iowa Regional Library System (SWIRLS). Looking on is Theresa Healy, assistant SWIRLS…

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Photograph of swimmers at Lake Manawa

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Photograph of three swimmers at Lake Manawa

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Photograph of three swimmers at Lake Manawa

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This Is The End Of The Paving . . . of Interstate 29 a mile north of Bartlett. The 10-mile stretch south of Council Bluffs to Highway 34, just south of Pacific Junction, is due to open sometime this week, say Iowa Highway Commission officials. The…

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Iowa Native . . . Rebecca Ann King, Miss Colorado, walks down the runway after being named Miss America at Atlantic City, N.J. She is formerly from Hancock. - AP Wirephoto

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Showing The Signs . . . of its sandblasting in the late 1970s, Harrison County Courthouse looks like new. The concrete and steel building is faced with Bedford limestone and topped with a 78-foot dome.

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New at the Beresheim House, 621 Third St., is W. Dendy Sadler's painting "Sweetheart Still." Sadler (1854-1923) created the oil painting, valued at $10,000, in the late 19th or early 20th century after studying in London. It is the gift of Mr. and…

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Photograph of swans in the pond at Fairmount Park.

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Discussing territories...being mapped out for religious survey are Larry Roberts of Epworth United Methodist Church and chairman of the survey committee, the Rev. Richard Kilgore, pastor of Broadway Christian Church, and Dale Halvorson of Shepherd of…

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Boston-area businessman Michael Angel, formerly of Underwood, gestures while speaking at a Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors public hearing Monday. -Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.

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On The Way To Bellevue, Neb. . . . motorists traveling west on Highway 370 south of Council Bluffs will pass over this soon-to-be-completed bridge. Interstate 29, that will eventually link Kansas City and points south with Council Bluffs, will run…

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The plans for this new supermarket at Twenty-eighth St. and West Broadway were revealed Saturday by Hinky-Dinky Stores of Omaha. Grading for the $300,000 structure has been started. The store will open late in the spring of 1957 and employ 100…

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When the sun set west of this farm near Quick, cold rays bold-trimmed the clouds that cry of winter as they cross the Iowa sky. And the feed-stocked silo raised a stiff, silent finger in defense.
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