Discussing interest rates at the 27th annual correspondent banking conference of Mercantile Trust Co. are Neal J. Farrell, president and chief operating officer of Mercantile; Norman M. Coats, director of the economic research department of Ralston Purina Co.; Robert O. Blomquist, executive vice president of Mercantile, and Eugenene A. Leonard, senior vice president of Mercantile and head of its correspondent banking division.
"Discussing banking issues at the annual Centerre Bank correspondents conference are, from left, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor of Economics at Washington University; Clarence C. Barksdale, chairman and chief executive officer of the bank; Lawrence K. Roos, limited partner of the investment firm of Baer, Stearns & Co.; and William Tull, senior executive vice president of the bank."
Neighborhood residents have complained of the run down condition and open door of a building at 2907 S. Jefferson. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)