Concrete supports stretch westward toward the Mississippi River as construction continues on the new Jefferson Barracks bridge being built north of Columbia. The bridge will replace the current structure and connect with the Interstate 270 bypass, which will extend to Interstate 55-70 at Collinsville.
The Carling Brewing Company of Cleveland bought out Griesedieck Western Brewery Company, makers of Stag, on Nov. 1, 1954. Since then they have closed the St. Louis brewery and consolidated operations at the Belleville plant.
"Ah, Watermelon - Lorraine McGinnis enjoys her piece of watermelon at the Watermelon Splash held by the residents of the Plaza Square Apartments downtown. The event benefits the civic service hobby of the Volunteer Gardeners of Plaza Square, who cultivate many flower beds in and around downtown."
Clifford James and Miss Edna White have some coffee and doughnuts Sunday at the Cardinal Ritter Institute Senior Center. They are residents of the Blumeyer housing project, one of the places where the storm caused power failure.
The condominium at 10 N. Kingshighway Blvd. where Circuit Court Judge Anna C. Forder, Edward A. Ruesing and his fiancee, Linda Mead, were robbed last week.
From the left, Bernard Whyman and Norvel Levine show Leon Sosna, their accountant, some of the improvements they plan to make to Neighborhood Gardens, once the pride of the near northside.
Gateway National Bank received a $100,000 check Wednesday, from the American Oil Co. division of Standard Oil, the first black managed Missouri bank to receive federal excise tax fund collected on gasoline sales. The funds will assist the bank's program of making loans to miority enterprises. Pictured from the left, are: Dr. Benjamin F. Davis, chairman of the bank, W. J. Garner, Standard's St
Shielded by bullet-proof glass, a teller in the drive-in booth at the Jefferson-Gravois Bank Friday ignored and ran from gunman who said he would "shoot to kill" if he didn't get money. He got nothing. The teller, Mrs. Edna L. Sudmeier, 48, told police a well-groomed young man drove up at 12:55 p.m. and handed her a note, saying "This is a holdup. Put $5, $10, and $20 in the tray. One sound and