Mayor Alfonso J. Cervabtes (front left) leads an inspecting delegation through an alley between Washington and Delmar boulevards Monday to open Operation NEAT (Neighborhood Effort - Action Today). The mayor's program is designed to solve problems that are causing unsanitary condition and deterioration in neighborhoods. Monday's emphasis was on rat eradication. With Mr. Cervantes are members of inspecting teams in rat eradication, sanitation and building, and members of area beautification committees.
The organization provides on the job training for college graduates. Aliah Mubarak, a Coro Foundation fellow, center, with Bob Friedenburg, program director, left, and Don West director of training.
Recent heavy rains have caused the Mississippi River to rise, sending driftwood, old tires and an assortment of other objects on a trip downriver. The debris shown here jammed against a barge just north of Eads Bridge.
Three barges lodged against the Eads Bridge after they broke loose from their tow in 1973, and the bridge had to be closed to railroad traffic until an evaluation of the damage was made.
"Cold Brewery - Temperatures near zero yesterday created enough steam to make the Anheuser-Busch brewery at Seventh and Lynch streets look as if it was a raging inferno. It was, however, an exception to that old adage about smoke and fire. There was plenty of the former, but none of the latter."
Containing: I. A Colored Township Map of Missouri, corrected down to the time of publication. II. A Colored Map of the City of St. Louis, showing the Wards, Lines of Street Railroads, etc. III. A Colored Outline Map, showing the Railroad Connections of St. Louis and the West. IV. Table of Stations, Distances and Connections, for all Railroads leading out of St. Louis, embracing nearly one thousand stations on seventeen Railroads, with a combined length of about four thousand miles. V. Statistics of the counties of Missouri, showing for each county its population, area in acres, assessed value of land, average value per acre, value of real and personal property, number of farms, value of farm products, value of manufactured products, number of schools, children of school age, children attending. VI. List of nearly five hundred cities, towns and villages in Missouri, showing population, number of business houses, with directions for travelers or shippers to reach them most conveniently. VII. Brief sketch of Missouri and St. Louis. VIII. Brief sketch of the Counties of Missouri.