Workmen hoist a microwave cone onto the roof of the Illinois Bell Telephone switching station in Alton Monday. The $500,000 transmitter will replace telephone cables attached to a bridge connecting St. Charles and St. Louis counties. The cone will handle 1,344 long-distance telephone calls in the Alton-Wood River area simultaneously, officials said.
Toasting the opening of the new Beaux Arts Centre are, from left Leon Strauss of Pantheon Corp., lawyer Eugene Golden, the building's owner; and the Rev. Paul C. Reinert, S. J., chancellor of St. Louis University.
Checking their singing lines during rehearsal for the Christmas Carol performance at the Arena Thursday are L-R: Rachel Nichols, Debra Kretzer and Carrie Swell, all 6th graders of the Rockport Heights Elementary school. They are part of the All Area Festival Childrens Choir.
Post-Convention Snooze: Waiting for a bus to Iowa after attending the American Pork convention, Steve Alliger of Paton enjoys the warm sun Tuesday. He relaxes against the Arthur B. Baer Memorial Sculpture outside the Cervantes Convention Center.
Members of the All Arena Marching Band and UMSL Brass rehearse at the Arena for the Christmas Carols event Thursday PM. At far left with her Tuba is Tina Tebbe of Master Dei High in Breese, IL.
Chugging along in the "Santa Express", singers from "Kids Today", the Haynes Studio in Kirkwood, rehearse the Santa arrival scene for the Christmas Carols event at the Arena Thursday PM.
"The Lion seems to roar as the sparks of the welders tourh hit the nose of the new terra cotta façade being installed on the front of the Frisco Building. The new façade is similar to the original front when the building opened in 1903. The welder is Roger Damlow of H.B.D. Inc"
Chugging along in the "Santa Express", singers from "Kids Today", the Haynes Studio in Kirkwood, rehearse the Santa arrival scene for the Christmas Carols event at the Arena Thursday PM.
"St. Louis, MO (10-17-82/01): Globe Awards -- 5 of the 6 St. Louis Globe-Democrat Achievement Awards presented Naval and Marine Corps Reserve folks. L-R are Sr. Chief Machinist Mate Howard J. Dietmeyer; Senior Chief Machinist Mate Robert W. Heidenreich; Electrician Mate 1st Class Terry J. Adams; Lance Corporal Scott M Goedecke; and Senior Chief Hospitalman Robert G. Kolb."
Globe to start afternoon paper--Jeff and Debbie Gluck announce plans to start publishing a new afternoon newspaper in St. Louis. The paper will be a separtate paper from the globe with a new name and format to be decided. It should publication in 3 weeks.
RIS RADIO--Reading the Morning Globe-Democrat over the Radio Information Service are L-R: Phyllis Ellett and Robert L. Cook at Our Lady Of The Snows.(Globe Democrat/Rick Stankoven)