Construction of the Paul Goodenow Discovery park is about a month away from completion, said Gary Grenier, associate director of the Christian Home Association. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.
Dr. Don Bartlette (left) who was born with no upper lip and only a partial nose, gestures as eh talks about the love and attention he received from a woman who took him under her wing. Bartlette was the main speaker at a program in recognition of…
Nadine Rey, a youth life educator from France, plays backgammon with a client at the Christian Home. Rey is at CHA under an exchange program. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.
Christian Home executive director Andrew Ross presents comedian Bill Cosby with a medallion for giving youths messages of courage and success. Cosby was in Omaha recently, performing at Ak-Sar-Ben. Ross went backstage to present the award which is…
Wrecked Freight Cars . . . ditched in the derailment were thrown and pushed from the right-of-way. The accident occurred just south of the Honey Creek interchange of I-29.
Clearing Right Of Way . . . at the scene of the Illinois Central derailment Sunday 12 miles north of Council Bluffs, work crews ready the grade for laying new rails. Empty boxcars have been dozed to either side of torn-out track section.
Henry Watkins, 3437 Eighth Ave., a switchman, and K.J. Buhman, 310 Park Ave., engineer, Friday stand picket duty at Thirteenth Street and Avenue G. About 26 members of United Transportation Union Local 520 have joined some 4,000 workers in 14 states…
Trains, like the one at top, have steamed across this bridge for nearly nine decades. It is the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad swing bridge. The Council Bluffs span was built in 1893. A second span, on the Omaha side, was built in 1904 when the…
Manning the entrance of one of two swing bridges in the United States is Bernardo Benavides. The Council Bluffs span was built in 1893, and the Omaha side was built later when the river changed course. Only the Council Bluffs side is used today.
Oiling The Gears . . . in the bridge operating house is Bernardo Benavides, 2000 Fourth Ave., who has been working on the bridge for many years. Power for the swing starts in the operating house and is transmitted to the turntables through heavy…