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.
The First Unit of the Globe-Democrat Modern Presses, formerly used by the Star-Times, was removed from the KXOK building yesterday and installed in the press room. The mammoth moving operation, requiring removal and installation of eight 14-ton units, will continue next week. Foundation preparations have been under way at the Globe-Democrat for several weeks. The two Goss Multi-Color headlines
Greenbrier's Bill Furman presenting a check for $13,500 per railcar to Norm Feren, SPRR Mechanical and Bob Yates SPRR Intermodal for the purchase of obsolete multi-level railcars and their conversion into Twin 45' trailer flatcars. Work will be performed at SPRR's RAMAC facility in Roseville, CA under a $6 million contract where SPRR Mechanical at RAMAC will perform the work and be paid by
Stork Derby Winners line up in order behind Mr. Patches of Kmox-tv, an old friend they know from the "World of Mr. Zoom" show early in the morning. They are (from the left) Larry Adler, Donna Backhaus, Elaine Tramel, Theresa Marie Schmidt, Karen Shanahan, Phyllis and Phillip Kleppen, Jimmy Neville, Kathy Crouch and Kathleen Maniaci.
Phillip Kleppen and Jimmy Neville have their careers cut out for them as stars of the Cardinals - football and baseball, respectively. With the boys is Globe-Democrat staff writer Judith Jenkins.
This video is a conversation between Alan Laird and William E. Fowler. They discuss the life of Levy Laird, a remarkable African-American who was a cook on the Southern Pacific passenger trains for more than thirty years. Alan Laird tells a poignant story about his father, Levy Laird, whose ancestors were enslaved persons in Louisiana and his (Levy's) journey from rural Louisiana to become a respected member of the African-American community of Oakland, California.