Timber piling clump dike, Chester to Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Mile 111.9 L. Dike partially completed. Three clumps (9 piling) required to complete. Upper Mississippi River, St. Louis Dist. C. of E.
Only one more section remains to be inserted - and that is to take place at the "topping out," now due for Oct. 28 - before the two legs of the Gateway Arch are joined. The next to last section, above, was put into place Tuesday, leaving a space of only two and a half feet between the legs of the 630-foot Arch. The legs appear to be joined in the picture below, taken after the next to last section was inserted, but that's due to the camera angle.
The dredges (Ste. Genevieve) and (William H. Black) as they dredge opposite each other with 100' separating dredges to mark completion of the Diversion Channel Project. An Earth wall 50' thick will not be dredged. It will be blasted out. Dredges at station 6+00' and 7+00'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
A slight idea of the millions of piling that clutter the Missouri River (Mile 198.0). Below: Booneville, Mo. Kansas City District, enroute to St. Louis.
Second tow of four Army tugs being delivered to New Orleans. These Tugs are built at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas for the Army. Tow is passing dredge (Mile 39.0).
CARDS TEAMMATES WELCOME KEN BOYER, third baseman, as he reaches home on a sixth inning grand slammer in the fourth World Series game, Sunday. Greeting him are Carl Warwick, Dick Groat and Curt Flood, all of whom were on base when he hit the homer. At left is Bill White, the next batter.
BOB BURNES, SPORTS EDITOR, of The St. Louis Globe-Democrat annd (sic) KMOX Radio sportscaster interviews tennis star Pancho Segura. Burnes regularly interviews the nation's leading sports figures on his early program.
Opening that was blasted in plug to start flow of river through diversion channel. Head elevation approx. 2 feet. Towboat (Floyd) in Background. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
Soldiers gathered at Union Station before the booth maintained by the Military Reservation Bureau, a branch of the Army Transportation Corps to handle ticket matters for all servicemen on official business.
Begun and held with the Union Church in Buchanan County -- inscription on front page: "A different body from 'Platte River United Baptists.' They call themselves 'Regular' but mean: anti [illegible]
Democrat Don Anton and Republican Gene McNary have accused each other of paying political lip service to full disclosure of campaign contributions while attempting to keep some money sources hidden in their race for St. Louis County Supervisor.
Showing the Earth dike that now separates the present river channel and the channel that it is to be diverted into (lowerside). On upper side of dike is dredge (William H. Black). The dike will be dredged to 50' width, which will be blasted out. Dike is between stations 6+00' and 7+00'. Dredging completed tonight. In center, the blasting holes area being bored. Kansas City District, channel
Launching a 12-speech day which carried him through southern Illinois and on to Springfield, Senator John F. Kennedy campaigned vigorously Monday on the East Side after an overnight stop in St. Louis. At Granite City (above left), he met one of the day's biggest turnouts, an estimated 3000 persons who gathered in the Bellemore Village Shopping Center. Another large crowd was on hand to hear the