10 7/8 inches by 8 1/2 inches white leaflet with blue and red writing. There are blue and red letters at the top of the front cover spelling "THE LOGICAL CHOICE". In blue there is a picture of Stuart Symington in front of campaign supporters holding signs reading "SYMINGTON FOR PRESIDENT". Above the image and below the top writing is a red sphere in gridlines with an image of the United States
Double-sided caricature postcard of Billy Possum, an animal character representing William H. Taft, and Jimmy Possum, an animal character representing James S. Sherman who was Taft's vice-president, playing golf. Postmarked in Monroeville, Indiana, November 1909. Pencil inscription with a personal note on the back, addressed to "Mr Charles Strait", and dated "Nov 8, 1909".
Clayton Hole - All that is left of a string of shops across from the Clayton Famous Barr store at Forsyth and Jackson is the collapsed roof of what was once a Radio Shack store. The stores were torn down to make way for new construction.
The conversions of two more apartment buildings to condominiums were approved Tuesday by the Clayton Board of Aldermen. At left is a three-unit condominium at 6304 S. Rosebury Ave. At right is a two-unit condominium at 6456-56 San Bonita Ave.
Clayton executive plunges to his death - Ross W. Elliott, 54, a General Dynamics Corp. executive, leaped to his death from his 15th floor office window in the Pierre Laclede Center Wednesday, Clayton police reported. His death was ruled an apparent suicide by the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office. Investigators and Elliott's family could offer no explanation for the death leap.
Developer Robert Rives, left, made his case for a federally-subsidized apartment in Black Jack, but may not have been too convincing judging by the faces of the residents in the photograph. The housing meeting took place at the Salem Lutheran Church where citizens demanded "why Black Jack?"
The conversions of two more apartment buildings to condominiums were approved Tuesday by the Clayton Board of Aldermen. At left is a three-unit condominium at 6304 S. Rosebury Ave. At right is a two-unit condominium at 6456-56 San Bonita Ave.
Antique wood from this old barn on a park site acquired by the city of Bridgeton will be traded for drawings of former city mayors. James D. Pigg, owner of a custom frame shop in Maryland Heights, approached the city with the proposal several months ago. The city counsel is in the process of approving the agreement. Pigg will sell the wood to other artists.
The graciously inviting tree-shaded Bel-Ridge Park House, which overlooks two small lakes in lake Arrowhead Park, will be among eight homes on the house tour which is annually sponsored in conjunction with "Fete de Normandie." The tour was conducted from noon until 5 pm on Sunday, September 19.