Central Station. Ed Walker Sr. on crutches, lost his foot under hose wagon while training. Given lifetime job to drive Chiefs buggy and later Chief's car, for 25 years with a wooden leg.
Presenting A Picture . . . of a 1913 world champion racing horse team to be used in the fire station as City Councilman Ron Cleveland looks on is DeVere Watson of Council Bluffs. The horses were named after a former mayor of Council Bluffs, Lou…
First Public School...in Council Bluffs is toured Thursday by 210 fourth, fifth and sixth grade students of Roosevelt School. The children are accompanied by John Spauling, their principal, and several teachers.
Cutting Ribbon . . . to officially open Interstate 80 at Avoca is Secretary of State Gary Cameron, assisted by State Representative Burl Scott, Highway Commission Chairman Harry J. Bradley Jr., and Congressman John R. Hansen.
Extensive Improvements Are Planned...by Chicago Great Western Railroad on the property shown here. At center and at right are the old roundhouse and repair track buildings that will be torn down to make way for new facilities. At left is the new…
Rear view of Corvette, Mills County license plate EFJ773, angled onto gravel shoulder of paved highway (275 South); driver's door open. Datsun, with front door open, in background.
Merchants along the Courthouse Square in Glenwood are "as competitive as they can be" said Don Bruce, president of the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce. Earlier this year, there was only one empty storefront on the square.