Working in Another Medium, more than 1,000 students from fourth grade through senior high school contributed poetry and essays to a contest sponsored by the Globe-Democrat.
First place winners were Donna Schweiger of Freeburg, Ill., senior division; Brook A. Reinhold of St. Louis, junior division; and John Alldredge of Caseyville, Ill, intermediate division. Second-place winners were Denise Ann
R.V. Slaton, 2329 Virginia avenue, is shown being congratulated by City Judge George G. Vest after Slaton had shown his interest in the crusade against accidents by driving his automobile through the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane , and receiving the sticker of approval. Judge vest is pointing to the sticker of approval given all cars that pass the safety tests.
Winners in Saturday's semi-finals in The Globe-Democrat KTCI Spelling Bee, from left, in front, Donald Mangogna, Mike Markovich, Mark Egley and Roberta Schingech. Second Row, Jean Berger, Peggy Husmann, Teresa Heinze and Maureen Connelley. In back are Fred Bernard and Weldon Cox, moderators.
Workmen from the Federal Sign and Signal Corp. hoisted a new globe to top off the new five-story sign at The Globe-Democrat, 12th and Delmar boulevards, Tuesday. Measuring eight feet in diameter, the globe replaces one that was destroyed by fire last March.
A group of city officials and civic leaders were at the preview of the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane yesterday morning. They were photographed in the Safety Lane just before the first car was officially tested. They included Thomas N. Dystart, president, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce; Walter Ziegenbein, Bendix Products Corporation; Edwin A. Kayser, president, St. Louis Safety Council; R. E. Matthews, manager of the road service department, Automobile Club of Missouri; Capt. Loepker, commanding officer of the Traffic Division of the Police Department; E. Lansing Ray, president of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat; T. E. Doll, Borbein-Young & Co.; Milton B. Strauss, president of the Greater St. Louis Automotive Association, Inc; Fire Chief John J. O'Boyle; George Niekamp of Beck & Corbitt; Joseph A. Schlecht, secretary and manager of the Greater St. Louis Automotive Association, Inc; Alfred Jordan of Hadley Vocational School; Joseph Feuchter, charge of vehicles, Streets and Sewers Division; A. W. Tilley, Bendix Products Corporation; City Judge Joseph Simpson; F. J. Jeffery, assistant superintendent, Board of Education, and Joe Haenny of the Bendix Products Corporation.
Modern safety light standards and pedestrian "islands," as proposed by the Committee of Municipal Enforcement of Gov. Guy B. Parks Missouri State Safety Traffic Committee, are shown above. Maj. Albert Bond Lambert, vice president of the St. Louis Police Board, is Chairman of the Municipal Enforcement Committee. An important feature of the recommendations of the state committee is the deflective design of the bases of the standards, which swerve the vehicle away from the light pillars instead of permitting them to the standards.
The Globe-Democrat's high school athletes of 1974-75 gathered recently to swap stories and talk of future plans. They are (from left) Jerome Heavens of Assumption (football), Hazelwood East's Al Olmstead (baseball), Triad's Brad Droy (basketball) and Sumner's Oscar Harvey (track).
Direct Associated Press Wirephoto service was inaugurated by the Globe-Democrat yesterday. The new facilities are located on the fifth floor of the Globe-Democrat Building adjoining the news department. John Kinman, AP traffic bureau chief in St. louis, watches August Eimer, an operator, remove a negative from the receiver.
Discuss new downtown building: Robert A. Mueller, right, of Sverdrup Corp., discusses construction plans on the new 910 North Eleventh Building with two of the building's major tenant, Charles L. Cramer, left, of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. and Kennett C. Johnson, of Batz-Hodgson-Neuwoehner Inc. Sverdrup is designer and developer of the Convention Plaza buildings due for completion next spring.
Named the first recipients of The Globe-Democrat trophies as the outstanding baseball-track performers in the St. Louis area this spring are Greg Johnson of East St. Louis (Lincoln) and Bernie Boehmer of St. Dominic High School in O'Fallon, Mo. All Smiles at the presentation ceremonies are (left to right) Lincoln track coach George Holliday, Johnson, Boehmer, and St. Dominic athletic director Ed Crenshaw. St. Dominic baseball coach Jerry Boehmer, Bernie's brother, is the Chicago White Sox's club at Appleton, Wis., and was unable to attend.
Spectators look at a cornice (circle) which tore loose Tuesday from the Holland Building, 211 North 7th St. In closeup of the area at right, workmen dislodge the crumbling section of terra cotta with a crowbar. A crowd of several hundred watched as the section shattered on the street without doing any substantial damage.
A $48 million, 31-story office complex in downtown St. Louis, which would be the largest in Missouri, had been delayed again.
The reason: the owners are concerned about rising construction prices.
The office complex would provide hundreds of construction jobs and could be the key to further downtown development.
The building is planned by the First National Bank in St. Louis, International Business Machines Corp. and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States for two-block area just west of Busch Memorial Stadium.
IBM Corporation engineer Mike Massey peers through a window at the company in Austin, Texas site as an IBM Displaywriter undergoes vibration testing. The company evaluates its products during various stages of development to determine their ability to withstand jarring.
People who would rather watch the Fudge making that the Fridge gathered around Delores Berry making Fudge at the Fudgery in Union Station on Superbowl Sunday.
Women's lib has its day at the Soldiers Memorial ceremonies as WAC M.Sgt. Cleo L. Childers, an Army reservist, receives her award from G. Duncan Bauman. At right, Sgt. David B. Miller shows his award to his wife.
Working in Another Medium, more than 1,000 students from fourth grade through senior high school contributed poetry and essays to a contest sponsored by the Globe-Democrat.
First place winners were Donna Schweiger of Freeburg, Ill., senior division; Brook A. Reinhold of St. Louis, junior division; and John Alldredge of Caseyville, Ill, intermediate division. Second-place winners were Denise Ann
