Houses were reduced to rubble, trees twisted to stumps and streetcars to splinters by the 1896 tornado, as this photograph taken on Lafayette avenue, looking east from Jefferson avenue, reveals.
Aerial view from almost directly above at unidentified location. Plant believed to be old American Car Company facility in 1700 block of Vandeventer. Multiple track railrood line at top left of along edge of factory site.
The Kansas City organized crime family led by Nicholas Civella holds a secret interest in the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas "fronted" by St. Louis attorney Morris A. Shenker, the FBI alleged in court documents made public Friday.
What does a man do when he retires after running a company for 25 years? If you are like Wallace R. (Buck) Persons, former chairman and chief executive officer of Emerson Electric Co. here, you keep busy at a dozen or more private and public projects - any one of which would satisfy the ordinary retiree.
Bob Pettit, St. Louis center, tonight tossed in his 20,001th point in game against Cincinnati and became the first player in NBA history to accomplish the feat. The game was stopped and the ball with which he broke the record was given to Hawks' owner Ben Kerner, right, while the cake was given to Royals' president Carl Rich, left. Cincinnati won, 123-106, as Oscar Robertson returned after
Two local boys on the American League squad got together for some baseball chatter before the game. Walter (Hoot) Evers of Collinsville (left) explained to Larry (Yogi) Berra how he gets his power at the plate. Evers hit a home run to account for the first American League run.
Mrs. Alphonso J. Cervantes lights a candle for the birthday boy. Mayor Cervantes celebrated Tuesday with his wife, a trayful of cabled messages from friends and a mini-cake, a gift of Globe-Democrat photographer Jack Fahland.
The Rolling Stones as they appeared on stage Thursday night at the Checkdome. Charlie Watts, drummer for Rolling Stones, seen here in concert at the Arena in 1981, uses Gretsch drums.
Charles Fulks, 5301 Minerva ave., tries out a guitar at the music booth of the E. J. Korvette display. Nearly 100,000 persons attended the Modern Living Show which lasted six days.