The first of 79 mammoth stainless steel 'chip tanks' being built by the Nooter Corp. for Anheuser-Busch's Houston brewery are loaded onto barges here Thursday.
After Lyon, through influence of Frank P. Blair Jr. (whose statue is at Kingshighway and Lindell) was placed in charge of the military in St. Louis, he ordered defenses of Arsenal strengthened.
At the Civil War there was a great need of mounted troops for service agianst the Indians, particularly around 1876 at the time of the Custer massacre, and the Arsenal became a cavalry recruit depot.
Workers install a 16-square-foot stained-glass version of the Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s eagle trademark at the brewery's Corporate Tour Center Tuesday.
"Pickets from the Newark, N. J. local of the CIO Brewery Workers Union set up a picket line yesterday at the Anheuser-Busch brewery here, but most workers crossed the line and production was not halted. The union is seeking a contract at the Anheuser-Busch Newark plant."
Candidates for the rank of honorary Captain of the 138th Infantry Regiment's Tank Company are, from left, front row, Gail Brinker, 2426 Goodale ave., Overland; Joyce Verberder, 6037 Oleatha ave.; Mrs. Willie Hood, 3809 Flad ave., and, rear row, Laurie Schlueter, 3500 Pine Grove ave., Pine Lawn, and Helen Sandoxis, 3804 South Compton ave.
Three barges lodged against the Eads Bridge after they broke loose from their tow in 1973, and the bridge had to be closed to railroad traffic until an evaluation of the damage was made.