Throngs of women pour into the Shenandoah Theater (above) for two films on cancer presented at 23 St. Louis area theaters by The Globe-Democrat and the American Cancer Society's St. Louis and St. Louis County unit.
Presenting $22,000 Check to Mrs. Richard H. Tennyson, Globe-Democrat Crossword Quizzer Puzzle winner, is business manage G. Duncan Baumann. Looking on are Mr. Tennyson, her son Charles, her daughter Donna, and sister Mrs. James Arnold.
Globe-Democrat paper racks installed on PSC express busses. Miss Ann Schurter getting morning paper from Globe rack in bus. Miss Schurter lives at 4714 Tamm Ave. Picture made at DeBaliviere and Delmar.
Working out final details, Justin Faherty of Globe-Democrat, confers with Stage Manager Frank Dooling (seated), Chief Electrician Ed Marks (left) and Chief Stagehand Tom McCarthy.
Mary is told by the Angel Gabriel that she shall bear a child, and call Him Jesus, in this scene from the seventh annual Christmas Carol Pageant presented last night at Kiel Auditorium by The Globe-Democrat. (Additional pictures on Pages 8A and 9A.)
The Christmas Carol Pageant, the seventh annual such event presented by The Globe-Democrat, last night told anew the story of the birth of the Christ-child.
Oriental splendor is featured in this scene, new to the pageant, of King Herod's court, to which the Three Wise Men come in search of "the newly born King of the Jews."
Boys who won a trip to the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs board a plane at Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport. Those who earned the trip by selling subscriptions to The Globe-Democrat are (clockwise from the (lower step on the left) Kevin Squires, Warren Howard, Mack George, James Goodrich, Jery Gross, Leroy Brand, John Khoury, Mike Johnson, Steve DeRossett, Terry Johnson, Gene Lewis, Tony Backy and Jerry Albert. Accompanying the boys are Tom Robison and BIll Birch.
"New Plaza shopping center construction begins at Seventeenth and Pine streets. Was started Thursday as a bulldozer of the R. E. Harder Construction Company, driven by George Kimmel, began excavating."
ALTHOUGH COVERED FORE AND AFT, the Hawks' Bob Schafer manages to get off a shot during last night's National Basketball Association game with the Boston Celtics at Kiel Auditorium. Schafer, a former Villanova star, seems to be leaning on former Billiken ace Ed Macauley (left) for leverage, while Arnie Risen (19) ties unsuccessfully to block the shot.
The brain trust of the National League team, from left: Mel Ott, manager of the New York Giants; Manager Leo Durocher of Brooklyn, and Eddie Dyer, pilot of the St. Louis Cardinals, shook hands before the contest started, for luck. Ott and Dyer serves as coaches, assisting Durocher in yesterday's game.
Bob Pettit of the Hawks (left) and Rudy LaRusso of the Minneapolis Lakers start thorwing punches during Thursday's NBA playoff game at Kiel Auditorium. They were soon parted by other players, including Clyde Lovellette of the Hawks (right) and Ray Felix of the Lakers (14).