KWK's Television Antenna, twice as tall at the 40-foot "clover leaf" antenna once used for FM broadcasting, will go up on the Globe-Democrat Tower Building at Twelfth and Cole streets. Workmen are shown as they strung cable and telephone lines to the top of the 500-foot tower yesterday preparatory to dismantling that FM antenna portion and replacing it with an 80-foot "bat wing" antenna for TV.
Identifying the object in the Nov. 12-13 "What Is It?" Contest was easy for the winner of the contest, Peggy Boehm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Boehm of Frontenac, Mo. Identification of the object as a bed warmer was simple for the twelve-year-old Parkway seventh grader because she has one at home. It was brought from Germany long before Peggy was born. She receives a $10 gift certificate
Cab Driver Patriotism. Laclede Cab Co. drivers display American flags that all Laclede cabs will be flying on radio antennas during the VP Fair/July fourth period. Many drivers and employees are lifelong area residents and veterans from as far back as WWII. (From left to right) Robert Russell, Vietnam; Issac Bonner, Korea; Harold Dallas, WWII.
Queen of the Big Top Finalists Collect Awards. Queen of the Big Top Lynette Stites of Festus received airline tickets to California for herself and a chaperone from Walter T. Smith, vice president of Anheuser-Busch, as other finalists in the Queen of the Big Top contest look on. They are (from the left) Pat Shebik, Marilyn Stalcup, Marcia Hope Cole and June Enos, who received watches. In the foreground is luggage and clothing given to the queen, who will ride a St. Louis float in the Tournament of Roses parade New Year's Day.
Ed DeRoche, Ph.D., explains a point to teachers at a recent Globe-Democrat Newspaper in Education summer workshop held at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Another summer workshop will be held Aug. 1-10 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
St. Louis, MO (3-26-84/01): 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 separate paper from the globe with a new name and format to be decided. It should publication in 3 weeks.
Avis Buttons with the slogan "We Try Harder" in many languages is displayed at the Avis rent-a-car booth at the Modern Living Show by Miss Karen Nelson.
'Space Twins' Toni Dolan and Caralie Hall decorate an air conditioner condensing unit at the Space Conditioning, Inc., booth at the Modern Living Show.
Name Game Winner - Jesse Johnson (left) a TWA representative, gives name Game winner Donna Baer of Caseyville, IL her prize... two tickets for airline flight. She is thinking of going to Atlanta.
Name Game winner Donna Baer of Caseyville gets her prize, two tickets for a TWA flight, from Jesse Johnson, a TWA representative.
Various takes of testimonials by Dave Starling of In-Terminal Services and Rick Dorsey of Piggyback Services, intermodal terminal operators of Greenbrier Intermodal's Twin Stack bulkhead double stack container cars 1987.
A Step Ahead in Intermodal Railroad Equipment 1989 discusses the best use of Maxi-Stack I and Maxi-Stack III double stack container cars. Maxi-Stack I is made for International container traffic with a capacity of 124,000 pounds per well and capability to handle 220' containers or one 40' container in the wells and 40', 45' or 48' containers on top. Maxi-Stack III is considered the Terminal
Title to the Shell Building changed hands last weeks when Nooney Realty Company, St. Louis owner of the Thirteenth and Locust streets building since 1948, merged with a Boston real estate company known as Fifty Associates. Nooney interests acquired stock in the Eastern company in exchange for the building, will continue to manage it.