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Identification File contains complete information on 25,000 criminals.

Nerve Center of police system is this switchboard, through which complaints are received and dispatched to cruiser cars.

Crime doesn't pay in Council Bluffs. Breaking and entering dropped of 27% in the last fiscal year.

Like so many topless, giant redwood trees, tall steel piles reach skyward at the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. switching center site at Washington and Oakland avenues, pointing the way to a mid-1971 completion date. The view from between the…

One of the fun things Council Bluffs might be doing for the Nation's Bicentennial is painting fire hydrants in the form of cute, Revolutionary-era figures. Story and photo on page 3

One of the fun things Council Bluffs might be doing for the Nation's Bicentennial is painting fire hydrants in the form of cute, Revolutionary-era figures. Story and photo on page 3.

Photograph of the south entrance of Playland Park and High Strike game

Postcard depicting roller coaster at Playland Park.

Two photographs of the Playland Office

Three photos of grandstand at Playland Park, including concession stands at lower grandstand.

Shooting Pool . . . in the playroom of Jennie Edmundson Hospital's Pediatric Department is David Ross of Oakland as Mrs. Arlene More, department assistant director, watches. Play is an important part of the hospital's patient recovery program.

Plasterers put the finishing touches on the walls of Beefland's large cooler. The plaster is used as a finish over the layers of heavy insulation. The cooler is designed to hold about a million pounds of product.

Looming High In the Sky . . . is the smokestack at the Iowa Power and Light Company south of Lake Manawa. The addition to the plant is expected to be completed in about one month.

Dressing Up Bayliss Park...Park Supt. John Christensen, left, Park Board member Fred Schlott and Nurseryman William Hecht look over one of the new trees being planted.

James W. McLaughlin [photo cropped to head and shoulders in newspaper article]

Plant location . . . of the Alter Co. is discussed by Mayor Leon Mores. Frank Alter, head of the firm, and W. D. Cairney, Chamber of Commerce president.

The Knox Manufacturing Plant . . . is housed in the old Baptist Church. It was abandoned in 1959 and left to the elements and raccoons until Loren From Jr. and Donald Johnson purchased it for their furniture manufacturing plant. The only other…

Placing Springs . . . into a chair frame are Donald Johnson , Loren From Sr. and Loren From Jr., at their furniture factory in Knox. From Jr. and Johnson began the manufacturing and reupholstering plant about a year ago and are already planning an…

Plant and offices of the Council Bluffs Grape Growers' Association, one of the nation's oldest co-operatives.
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