Construction workers unload lumber for a catwalk around the substructure of a span of the new Jefferson Barracks bridge being built over the Mississippi River near Columbia.
Above, rolling out the barrels at the Griesedieck Brothers Brewery, 1920 Shenandoah ave., was resumed yesterday as picket lines were withdrawn by the AFL Teammasters Local 688, which had sought to organize office workers.
"Launching Plaza Redevelopment Project, Russell E. Gardner, president of the Urban Redevelopment Corporation, scoops up the forst shovelful of dirt. Lining the treat of the big shovel are (from the left) Daniel Sheehan, a member of the firm's executive board; Preston Estep, treasurer, and Aloys P. Kaufmann, president of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. At right, Mr. Kaufmann shows Mr. Gardner where to dump the first scoopful. The housing project got underway at Fifteenth and Chestnut streets yesterday."
"Launching Plaza Redevelopment Project, Russell E. Gardner, president of the Urban Redevelopment Corporation, scoops up the forst shovelful of dirt. Lining the treat of the big shovel are (from the left) Daniel Sheehan, a member of the firm's executive board; Preston Estep, treasurer, and Aloys P. Kaufmann, president of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. At right, Mr. Kaufmann shows Mr. Gardner where to dump the first scoopful. The housing project got underway at Fifteenth and Chestnut streets yesterday."
"Downtown equivalent of the front porch is available to the Plaza Square residents in the form of balconies. Here Mrs. Roger Fox, 20 Plaza Square, with dog Sheba, shows a visitor the view from her ninth-floor apartment."
Caption: "Workmen sitting idle in the 1600 block of Pine because of strike of hoisting engineers of local 513 which has halted work on Plaza Apartments."
Scene of $16,000 robbery is the Southwest Bank at Kingshighway and Southwest avenue. At right, the teller's cage at which the holdup occurred is checked to determine the amount taken.
This warning, chalked on the wall of the bank, was noticed several days ago by bank employees. They said they had been joking about it, never realizing that it would come true and add a mystery to the strange story.
Bank officials, after the battle, counted the money which the bandits had scooped into the bag before they were caught in the police trap. Police said more than $141,000 was in the bag.
The Mansion House complex, in which the federal government has invested $46 million, is worth $18.5 million, according to an appraisal prepared for the government.