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Ceremony Marks Openings Of Major SWI Highways - State Officials Present
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.
Moving West:
Interstate 80N continues to be pushed west across Pottawattamie County with work on the super-road now under way at Loveland. Thousands of cubic yards of dirt are being moved by Treiber Construction Co. of Danbury from bluffs to the bottomland to…
Grading Begins On Interstate 80; Construction Resumes After 5 Years - 'It's A Barrier' to Farmer . . .
Grading Began . . . last week south of Elk Horn to finally start westward extension of Interstate 80 toward the Missouri River.
Grading Begins On Interstate 80; Construction Resumes After 5 Years - 'It's A Barrier' to Farmer . . .
End Of Line . . . for the moment on westbound Interstate 80 is a quarter mile west of Highway 71, north of Atlantic. Paving reached this point in 1959.
A 'Lift' For SW Iowa Drivers - 40 More Miles Of Interstate To Open Labor Day
Heavy Black Line . . . across center of map indicates segment of Interstate 80 that will be opened to traffic Labor Day from a point east of Dexter to an interchange on Highway 71 northeast of Atlantic.
Interstate 80 Fill:
Hills Are Leveled . . . by workmen and equipment of the S.E. Gustafson Construction Co. of Sioux Falls, S.D. The huge dirt movers will move over 2 million cubic yards of earth from the hills in construction of the two-and one-half-mile strip of…
Interstate 80 Fill:
An earth fill, towering 30 to 40 feet above the floor of this valley in Rockford Township about three miles east of Loveland, will carry Interstate Highway 80 across the valley and over the concrete drainage chute shown under construction. Looking…
First Section Of Interstate 80 Starts 'Nowhere' And Ends There - There's A Reason, But . . .
The East End . . . of the Pottawattamie County stretch of the highway will stop somewhere in this general vicinity on the Albert Mc Crickard farm.
First Section Of Interstate 80 Starts 'Nowhere' And Ends There - There's A Reason, But . . .
The West End . . . of the initial Interstate Highway 80 construction in Pottawattamie County will be in Minor Nelson's backyard. Nelson points to the approximate spot the road will terminate.
Tinley Leads 168th Infantry On March In France
Lt. Col. Mathew A. Tinley, indicated by the arrow, is shown leading the 168th infantry, of which Company L of Council Bluffs was a part, on the march in France. In the foreground is Sgt. Oliver W. Holmes of Council Bluffs, who later was killed in…
Future Is Bright For 'City On The Move' - Over 500 New Industrial Jobs In Two Years
A Transformation . . . from bare land to industrial complex took place on this site in just a few years. Firms located on the Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation plot are, from left, Werner Enterprises, Pure Oil Co. and G & E Transportation Co. The…
Highway Work In Full Swing
Broken Curbing . . . is first step in resumption of work on widening and resurfacing of Highway 275 just east of the South Omaha Bridge Road.
CCI seeks drug-program grant
Gene E. Hohertz
Protestors seek to restore gas service
People's Natural Gas representatives Bill Schaffart (left) and Mike Theisen met Wednesday with 15 demonstrators from Citizens for Community Improvement are protesting new deposits required for customers who have been late in paying bills and have…
Free book covers lack school approval
Pat Edie, a volunteer for Citizens for Community Improvement, and CCI President Darlene Stevens display book covers bearing photos of missing children in the group wants to distribute to students at schools in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area. CCI has…
Priest heads CCI walk for more votes
Rev. Vince Hatt
Worshippers En Route To General Assembly
Discussing Markers...visible in painting of Fields of the Wood, a historical setting created by their church denomination, are Past Robert Brown of the local Church of God of Prophecy, and Earl Clemens, a member of its congregation.
Hyatts Move To Parsonage
This Brick House...is the new parsonage of the Church of God of Prophecy. It is next to the church at Seventeenth St. and Avenue E.
Bluffs In Ideal Spot On Potentially Great River - Prime Industrial Area
Viewing Riverfront Site . . . ideal for industry are John Whittaker, Chamber of Commerce president; Millard Krasne, a trustee of the Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation, and John Duncan, chamber manager.
A Good Label: 'Made In Council Bluffs'
What do you know about Council Bluffs industry? The 37 insignia on this page represent a big share of the variety of products which might bear the label: "Made in Council Bluffs." How many do you recognize?