"The downtown Convention Center is officially renamed the St. Louis Gateway Convention and Exhibition Center in a ceremony Tuesday. From left: Mayor John H. Poelker; Richard Mantia, secretary-treasurer of the Building and Construction Trades Council; Eugene L. Beckerle, center director; Nick Rallo, president of C. Rallo Contrating Co., and Al Fleischer, chairman of Pride."
"Convention Center site on North side of downtown. Work progressing rapidly this spring. New Mercantile Center (35 stories) appears almost as high as Gateway Arch (630 feet)"
Electrician Orville Voelker was among 180 building tradesmen who received free box lunches Thursday because they are ahead of schedule in building the Blue Cross Service Center of 4444 Forest Park Ave.
Robert Wunsch (left), William Margenau Jr. and some of the machinery which has replaced the hand tools used to bind books when the Becktold was founded.
With the introduction of a new label and graphic design ("The look of the '80s") for Busch beer, hundreds of can collectors are making room on their shelves.
"Cupples House and Gallery on the St. Louis University campus held its first benefit exhibition in a show of more than 60 contemporary Italian works seen by about 400 friends and patrons. The 85-year-old building at 3673 West Pine bl. is being restored."
Mayor John H. Poelker, left, with C. Larry Unland, president of the Board of Public Service, at the cornerstone of the newly dedicated St. louis Gateway Convention and Exhibit Center.
At the dedication at the Convention Center are, from left, the Rev. Dr. John N, Mayor James F. Conway, Ina M. Boon, the Rev. Richard L. Fisher, Eugene L., August A. Busch Jr., John W. Hanley William E. Douthit and Richard Mantia.