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Photograph of a C. M. & St. Paul Railroad engine. 6 men in the photograph. Trapman, foreman; Jimmy Andrews, inspector; George Hickman, fireman; Lawrence Casey, engineer; Geiser, switchman; Chris Bader, engine foreman.

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Photograph of C. V. Edwards.

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Photograph of C. V. Edwards Jr.

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Dressed For The Season...is Sheron Ganey, 3, as she views a tree limb that fell on her family's car. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ganey, 220 N. 6th St.

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Collapsed Greenhouse...owned by Clarence L. Hardiman sprawls in a heap of framing and glass after it toppled under the weight of snow Thursday on North Fifteenth Street.

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Nostalgic scenes...are among artist Donna Brown's favorite subjects. She photographs older sights in Council Bluffs and then paints the scenes so they will not be forgotten--even after the buildings have been torn down.

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Dr. C.V. Edwards Sr., 420 Oakland Ave., Sunday was elected president of Iowa Medical Service, Blue Shield insurance group. He succeeds Dr. Charles P. Hawkins of Clarion.

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Council Bluffs On Own Power . . . as switches are thrown by District Manager Vern Beats, above, and Distribution Supt. Claude Dilley at the Iowa Power & Light Co. sub-station on North Fifteenth St. Friday night.

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This three-bedroom frame house at 3141 Ave. H, is included on a list of holdings the federal government is selling to finance the nationwide savings and loan bailout. Price of the home was not listed. The 25,908 properties on the listing range from…

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The Martin Hughes House, 903 Third St., joined the list of Council Bluffs historical sites.

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The Thomas E. Cavin House at 150 Park Ave. was recently designated a historic place.

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Opening The Council Bluffs Exhibit . . . at the National Industrial Development Exposition are George R. Wimmer and Arnold C. Christensen. The large arrow points to the Bluffs Industrial Foundation site.

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Dianne Ray...saw her husband, Lawrence, fall after he was shot in the back.

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The Lock...of this door was shot by Ronald Brewer when Clarence Alton refused to let him in the apartment.

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Victim's Identical Twin...Lloyd Ray and his wife, Karen, were with Lawrence Ray Tuesday night when he was shot and killed.

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Suspects [sic] Car: Sgt. C.E. Moore examines car Ronald Wayne Brewer used to get away from police after the fatal shooting of Lawrence Ray in Council Bluffs Tuesday night. The entire rear window was shattered by officers' bullets. Two of the slugs…

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This Civil War Cannon . . . is now a silent guardian for soldiers buried at Fairview Cemetery. The gun is part of the Kinsman Monument erected following the Civil War in honor of Col. W.H. Kinsman, a Council Bluffs schoolteacher, killed in the war.…
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