"Emergency pollution control crews worked to clean a potentially serious oil spill from the River Des Peres as attempts were made to patch its sources at the Great Lakes Carbon Corp. coke plant on the South Side Thursday. The oil has been leaking into the river from a lagoon that contains an estimated 3 million gallons of waste products, authorities said. Carl Walter, chairman of an environmental response team investigating the incident, estimated that several hundred gallons of oil have leaked through the eastern side of the lagoon since at least Monday. 'But while it is small in quantity, it could pose potentially serious problems,' he said."
"Globe-Democrat photographer Jack Fahland captures excitement of deaf youngsters from the St. Louis Hearing and Speech Center Monday as balloons are released during downtown dedication ceremonies for the center's new $40,000 Sound of Happiness mobile testing unit. The 30-foot bus, staffed and equipped to give hearing tests, will be in service at various locations. The woman is Mrs. Corley Thompson, executive director of the center."
Sixteen more St. Louis area youngsters have reached the semifinal round of the 26th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The Globe Democrat. The 16 spellers survived quarterfinal competition Saturday in two sessions at the J. C. Penney auditorium at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Some 160 students competed. The afternoon round winners are: front row from left, Lori Reed, Kevin Harmann, Pam
Sixteen champion spellers from the St. Louis area outspelled 133 other contestants in the first session of the 26th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Saturday's competition was held at the J.C. Penney auditorium at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Winners in the morning session are, from left, first row, Marty Smith, Brian Stansberry and Elisa Chen. Back row
The Futures of America songsters are part way through their performance with "Has Anybody Seen My Gal" and a roster of ecstatically optimistic personalities is preparing to whip the giant crowd into a positive frenzy. Then Kansas City political whiz kid Joe Serviss leaps on stage to declare Thursday's huge all-day positive thinking rally the greatest in the entire world. Master of Ceremonies Ty Boyd, billed as a "sponge for knowledge," calls it "the great experience of our time."
Sixteen champion spellers from the St. Louis area outspelled 133 other contestants in the first session of the 26th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Saturday's competition was held at the J.C. Penney auditorium at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. The Saturday afternoon winners are, from left, Kevin Rezek, Michael O'Leary, Lisa Unterreiner, Angelia Howell
Sixteen more St. Louis area youngsters have reached the semifinal round of the 26th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The Globe Democrat. The 16 spellers survived quarterfinal competition Saturday in two sessions at the J.C. Penney auditorium at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Some 160 students competed. The morning session winners are: front row from left, Rene Bean, Jimmy Powers, Jill