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Tag: June 1970

The summer crime wave has begun and the West end of the neighborhood has been systematically burglarized for the past 2 weeks.
A neighborhood couple who came six years ago as temporary residents and stayed long enough to have a measurable impact on Skinker-DeBaliviere affairs, will be leaving thecity July 17.
Norb and JoAnn Budde — Neighborhood Activists
Norb and JoAnn Budde — Neighborhood Activists
We are all aware, albeit somewhat vaguely, that 55% of the annual Federal budget is used on military spending.
May 11th dawned dimly, but by noon the sun was out and the day and the people combined to make the third annual Skinker-DeBaliviere Art Fair a tremendous success.
THE 140 CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS displayed their works the entire length of the 6100 block of Kingsbury on both sides of the snow fencing especially set up for the event.
THE 140 CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS displayed their works the entire length of the 6100 block of Kingsbury on both sides of the snow fencing especially set up for the event.
How is it that one week an area is neat, attractive and you drive through 5,6,7 weeks later and a very definite change has taken place - you can see the difference?????
The Skinker DeBaliviere area is one of four neighborhoods selected this year for Operation Neat (Neighborhood Effort-Action Today).
Readers of this issue will notice that the lines of the columns are not justified and that there are numerous typographical errors in the articles.
In 1865, the St. Louis city limits extended to a line 660 feet west of Grand Yet, only 5 years later, city visionaries — among them William Forsythe and Thomas Skinker — were fighting to establish a park in the area presently bordered by Lindell and Highway 40, Kingshighway and Skinker.
Original illustration accompanying History of Skinker DeBaliviere Area Is Rich and Colorful.
Original illustration accompanying History of Skinker DeBaliviere Area Is Rich and Colorful.

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