Kansas City Times Special Report, St. Joseph, July 23, 1983
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AM1991.1.26
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Kansas City Times Special Report, St. Joseph, July 23, 1983
The old and new face the future together. County Clerk Pat Conway has a picture-post card view of St. Joseph from his office window in the Buchanan County Courthouse.
News Photos include
--Many of the new businesses in St. Joseph have been built along the Belt Highway, which carries USA 169 around the city.
--In the view of west down Francis Street the Christ Episcopal church dominates the downtown scene. A mall has been built by closing off sections of Felix Street in an attempt to revitalize the area.
--Large sign across the front of the Patee House Museum greets Jack Palance of the television program "Believe It or Not". An episode of the program is being filmed at the history museum
--Ron Hallowell supported by a cable while painting the trim on the front of the Masonic Temple on Robidoux Street.
--Gerry Miller as she sticks a Stetson at the Stevens Hat Manufacturing Co. The process refers to finishing the hats before their final inspection and boxing. The St. Joseph plant is the only Stetson plant in the United States. The hat bodies are made in Connecticut.
