R.V. Slaton, 2329 Virginia avenue, is shown being congratulated by City Judge George G. Vest after Slaton had shown his interest in the crusade against accidents by driving his automobile through the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane , and receiving the sticker of approval. Judge vest is pointing to the sticker of approval given all cars that pass the safety tests.
A group of city officials and civic leaders were at the preview of the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane yesterday morning. They were photographed in the Safety Lane just before the first car was officially tested. They included Thomas N. Dystart, president, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce; Walter Ziegenbein, Bendix Products Corporation; Edwin A. Kayser, president, St. Louis Safety Council; R. E. Matthews, manager of the road service department, Automobile Club of Missouri; Capt. Loepker, commanding officer of the Traffic Division of the Police Department; E. Lansing Ray, president of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat; T. E. Doll, Borbein-Young & Co.; Milton B. Strauss, president of the Greater St. Louis Automotive Association, Inc; Fire Chief John J. O'Boyle; George Niekamp of Beck & Corbitt; Joseph A. Schlecht, secretary and manager of the Greater St. Louis Automotive Association, Inc; Alfred Jordan of Hadley Vocational School; Joseph Feuchter, charge of vehicles, Streets and Sewers Division; A. W. Tilley, Bendix Products Corporation; City Judge Joseph Simpson; F. J. Jeffery, assistant superintendent, Board of Education, and Joe Haenny of the Bendix Products Corporation.
Modern safety light standards and pedestrian "islands," as proposed by the Committee of Municipal Enforcement of Gov. Guy B. Parks Missouri State Safety Traffic Committee, are shown above. Maj. Albert Bond Lambert, vice president of the St. Louis Police Board, is Chairman of the Municipal Enforcement Committee. An important feature of the recommendations of the state committee is the deflective design of the bases of the standards, which swerve the vehicle away from the light pillars instead of permitting them to the standards.
In 1987, Southern Pacific competed in a series of corporate runs with other companies with a presence in San Francisco. Personnel from almost all of the Southern Pacific departments were members of the Southern Pacific team. Not only were the races fun for the participants, but they fostered new relationships within Southern Pacific and with those who worked for other companies in San Francisco.
The Globe-Democrat's high school athletes of 1974-75 gathered recently to swap stories and talk of future plans. They are (from left) Jerome Heavens of Assumption (football), Hazelwood East's Al Olmstead (baseball), Triad's Brad Droy (basketball) and Sumner's Oscar Harvey (track).
Named the first recipients of The Globe-Democrat trophies as the outstanding baseball-track performers in the St. Louis area this spring are Greg Johnson of East St. Louis (Lincoln) and Bernie Boehmer of St. Dominic High School in O'Fallon, Mo. All Smiles at the presentation ceremonies are (left to right) Lincoln track coach George Holliday, Johnson, Boehmer, and St. Dominic athletic director Ed Crenshaw. St. Dominic baseball coach Jerry Boehmer, Bernie's brother, is the Chicago White Sox's club at Appleton, Wis., and was unable to attend.
Spectators look at a cornice (circle) which tore loose Tuesday from the Holland Building, 211 North 7th St. In closeup of the area at right, workmen dislodge the crumbling section of terra cotta with a crowbar. A crowd of several hundred watched as the section shattered on the street without doing any substantial damage.
The deadline is more than two months away, but taxpayers seeking help with their returns are flocking to Internal Revenue Service offices at 1114 market St. About 600 taxpayers dropped by and 6,500 telephone calls were handled Monday at the downtown office, a spokesman said. The office is slightly busier than last year, the spokesman said, with almost 100,000 telephone calls and 3,500 visits so