The river boat Bertrand lies covered with seven feet of water as constant pumping operations drain the pool. Wayne Chord, public use specialist for the DeSoto Bend wildlife refuge said the water should be down in two weeks so workers can begin…
About 8,500 of sand was packed around the six dynamite charges on the bridge as a precaution against destructive concussion. Workmen were hoisted to the top of the west end of the span to complete the packing shortly before the detonation.
Acting Postmaster Thomas Healy represents Council Bluffs postal employees in paying tribute to Gerald W. Kirn. He vacated the postmaster's job Dec. 29 after 21 months of service. Kirn received a briefcase and scroll signed by employees in a ceremony…
In Former Days . . . the main reception room entertained many of the most prominent figures of the nineteenth century - U.S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley - to name a few.
Reception Room Today . . . shows little resemblance to the past. Only one piece of the original furniture remains, the long, low buffet with its immense mirror that covered nearly half a wall.
This Famous Home . . . at 605 Third St. still looks much the same on the outside as it did when Gen. Grenville M. Dodge moved in 89 years ago. Now it is an apartment house.
Dee Jepsen . . . wife of U.S. Sen. Roger Jepsen, R-Iowa, signs a copy of her new book for John Hartog of Carter Lake at the Living Word Wednesday afternoon.
George Steinberg has announced sale of Steinberg grocery at 1428 West Broadway to the state to make way for the Broadway viaduct. Sale pdice[sic] was $24,500, the figure set by the viaduct appraisal board;.
Independent Insurance Agents Wednesday presented a defibrillator unit to the Council Bluffs Emergency Care Division, in memory of the late Ben Seldin, a longtime agent. Larry Hazelwood and Wayne McCunn, paramedics, examine the equipment with Ted…