Workmen aboard these boats have begun drilling for samples of soil and rock in the Mississippi River to help in preparing designs for the foundations of the Poplar Street Bridge. The span in the background is the MacArthur Bridge.
Major General Henry Mohr addressing the Memorialization and Dedication service held at the now $3.9 million Army Reserve training center in St. Louis Sunday afternoon
"South Side Landmark - An enormous new Budweiser sign has been erected on the roof of the bottling plant at the South St. Louis headquarters of Anheuser-Busch Inc. The "B" is 18 feet high and weighs 2,400 pounds. The other letters are 15 feet high."
A U.S. Army Reserve Command drill-team member is a study of concentration of mind and body as a sergent, right, inspects a portion of the individual competition conducted recently at the Aviation System Command headquarters at 4300 Goodfellow Ave. Both close-order team individual drills were featured at the event.
Ground is Broke at the site of the $3.7 million Army Reserve Center at 4300 Goodfellow bl. Ceremony participants, from left, are Bri. Gen. Bill Branson, Maj. Gen. Herbert Johnson, Gen. Leif J. Sverdrup, Mayor John H. Poelker and Rep. James W. Symington.
Hockey fans line up outside the ticket office at the Arena to purchase the playoff tickets that went on sale at 10:00 a.m. today for Tues. & Thurs., games against Calgary.
A man walks east on the bridge during the Riverboat race as a helicopter hovers covering the annual boat race between Mayor Vincent Schoemehl and County Executive Gene McNary.