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Title: Globe-Democrat Building
Description: 6.25x9 in photograph of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Building at Pine and 6th Streets.

Title: Military Award Recipients
Date: 1982-10-17
Description: "St. Louis, MO (10-17-82/01): Globe Awards -- 5 of the 6 St. Louis Globe-Democrat Achievement Awards presented Naval and Marine Corps Reserve folks. L-R are Sr. Chief Machinist Mate Howard J. Dietmeyer; Senior Chief Machinist Mate Robert W. Heidenreich; Electrician Mate 1st Class Terry J. Adams; Lance Corporal Scott M Goedecke; and Senior Chief Hospitalman Robert G. Kolb."

Title: Couple at Military Awards Ceremony
Date: 1980-05-17, 1980-05-19
Description: "Platoon Sgt. Kenneth C. Robinson of Warrenton gets a second award, this time from his wife, after receiving his Globe-Democrat citizen-soldier award."

Title: Military Awards Presentation
Date: 1980-05-17, 1980-05-19
Description: "sgt. 1st Class Jerre L. Dudley of Cahokia, Ill., gets her award from Globe-Democrat Editorial Page Editor Martin L. Duggan."

Title: Military Awards Presentation
Date: 1980-05-17, 1980-05-19
Description: "Martin L. Duggan presents the achievement award to Sgt. 1st Class Joseph H. Felchlin III of St. Charles."

Title: Coffee Break
Date: 1980-11-24, 1980-11-24
Description: Ladue Lion Fred Clifford enjoyed coffee and doughnuts during a welcome break Tuesday morning in selling the Old Newsboys Day edition to benefit area children's agencies.

Title: A Nose For News
Date: 1980-11-19, 1980-11-19
Description: Kirkwood police mascot, McGruff, sniffs out business for Old Newsboys Day police department volunteers Tuesday at Geyer Road and Adams Avenue. Selling papers are, from left, Joyce Berry, Jean Webdell (McGruff), Bob Howe and Chief Dan Linza. Kirkwood Police Dept. [at] S.W. Geyer & Adams. Joyce Barry, Jean Webdell (McGruff) take a bite out of crime. Bob Howe and Kirkwood Chief of Police Dan Linza.

Title: Knights of the "Read"
Date: 1980-11-18, 1980-11-18
Description: Members of George R. Kutterer Council 6165 of the Knights of Columbus, one of many Columbia organizations that will take part in the annual Old Newsboys campaign Tuesday, are ready to serve the cause of charity. Left to right are Albert Kish, Robert Bullard, Columbia co-chairman Clem Kuehner, Adolph Freiburg and Mike Kish.

Title: Valley Industries Inc.
Date: 1980-11-20, 1980-11-20
Description: Ray Clark, left, Jim Barnes, center, and Howard Neuman made sure they stopped as many passerby as possible so as to add to that Old Newsboys coffer. They represented Valley Industries Inc. and sold the special paper at Eighth and Walnut streets.

Title: Old Newsboys Day Renews Realty Rivalry
Date: 1980-11-06, 1980-11-06
Description: Representing the Florrisant-Hazelwood office of Ira E. Berry Inc., Realtors, are, from left, Eulene Walker, Roger Bomar and Gerry Steiner.

Title: Lewis and Clark Life Underwriters
Date: 1980-11-19, 1980-11-19
Description: Nancy Kruegel ofLewis and Clark Life Underwriters sells the edition at 4th and Henry streets in Alton.

Title: Infamous Memories Remain
Date: 1971-06-30, 1971-07-01
Description: A bulldozer scrapes up the last remnants of the infamous St. Clair County Jail in Belleville, known for squalor and escapes. It has been replaced by a $4 million complex.

Title: The Metal Lattice Work
Date: 1966-03-14, 1966-03-15
Description: The Metal Lattice Work which was sawed and bent into a one-foot opening by escapees from the St. Clair County Jail is examined by Deputy Mello Gianino.

Title: The Tools Used For a Prisoner's Escape
Date: unknown, unknown
Description: The hack-saw with the three other blades that were used to cut through the bars and the windows. This occurred at the St. Clair County, Ill. Jail.

Title: Demolishing the Jail
Date: 1971-05-28, 1971-05-28
Description: Chas. Green and Arnold Spirtas who will demolish the old jail. St. Clair County Jail was built in 1885-marking above entrance.

Title: A Prisoner's Escape
Date: unknown, unknown
Description: The area where five prisoners cut through the bars [at the St. Clair County, Ill. Jail] and escaped early Tuesday morning.

Title: New Juvenile Detention Home
Date: 1979-01-19, 1979-01-19
Description: A new juvenile detention home is being built in St. Clair County. County officials hope the building, which will cost $2 million and can house up to 26 juveniles, will be occupied by fall.The state had threatened to close the old detention home, which was a converted residence, because it didn't meet standards.

Title: The Window Five Prisoners Escaped From
Date: unknown, unknown
Description: The window where the five escapees leaped out of the jail. This occurred at the St. Clair County, Ill. Jail.

Title: Second-Floor Window
Date: 1977-03-15, 1977-03-24
Description: Bars on a second-floor window are barely held in place.

Title: St. Clair County Juvenile Detention Center
Date: 1981-11-04, 1981-11-04
Description: There are only two authorized juvenile detention centers for a 15-county area in Southern Illinois One center above, is in Belleville, the St. Clair County seat; the other is in Edwardsville, the Madison County seat.

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