European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday october 28, 1985 20 years later Gateway Arch still symbolizes spirit of St. Louis St. Louis. To. I i the Gateway Arch 43,226 tons of steel and Concrete formed to create the United slates tallest Monument will be 20 years old monday with Only a bit of Graffiti to show its age. Millions of people gae at the 630-fool Arch each year and More than 900.0 10 of them take the four minute ride to the top in one of the two 80-passenger trams. A few vandals have gouged the Monument with knives but they have done Lille to Del acl from the enduring Beauty of the Arch which forms a catenary curve nearly 100 feel taller than the Washington Monument. We can Sand off the Graffiti but you re wearing away the fabric of the Arch itself said Jerry Schober superintendent of the Arch grounds. He said research is under Way to discover a less damaging Way to remove the scratches. The gleaming stainless steel Structure designed by architect hero , who died shortly before construction began is the Centrepiece of the 100-Ncrc Jefferson National expansion memorial. The Arch the grounds tree lined walkways and reflect ing pools arc on the site of the original Village of St. Louis on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Lewis and Clark left the Frontier outpost in 1803 to explore the vast Louisiana Purchase which was acquired by president Jef Ferson. The Arch s simple and elegant form embodies remarkable achievements in engineering and construction. Engineers designed the Arch to withstand winds of 150 Mph. A stiff Breeze causes it to Sway Only a few inches at the top. Saarinen is credited with the idea of an Arch to Symbol ize St. Louis As the Gateway to the West. But it was John Dinkeloo As chief Engineer who made sure the Arch would be  by Complex stresses. Dinkeloo devised a Way to Anchor each leg of the Arch in foundations made of 25,980 tons of Concrete 44 feet thick. An Arch without Interior support would have twisted in the wind and soon snapped  Arch is constructed in sections with inner and outer frames of steel known to the construction workers As  up to the 300 foot level the space Between the frames is filled with Concrete. Elcel rods running through the Concrete some reaching deep into the foundation arc pulled taut with 71 ions of pull giving the Arch incredible strength. As a result the Arch was allowed to taper even More than envisioned by Saarinen making it appear to be taller than it is wide. Actually the distances Are equal. The legs Are equilateral triangles 54 feet at the base and 17 feet at the top. The Arch poked above ground feb. 12, 1963, when the first of the 142 steel sections was set. By August 1963, the slur Ciurca became High enough to use creeper cranes attached to the Back of each leg. The specially designed construction cranes built their own tracks As they inched upward. By july 4, 1965, the legs were 530 feet High and leaning inward far enough to require a stabilizing strut. And on oct. 28, 1965, with vice president Hubert Humphrey watching from a helicopter High above the Mississippi the final Section was put in place. The Sun that Day had caused the South leg to expand 5 inches so fire hoses were used to pour water on the leg to make it shrink to match the North leg. The Keystone was set the jacks were released and Saarinen s dream was Complete. The Arch remains the tallest Structure in downtown St. Louis. There Are building height restrictions along the riverfront to protect vistas of the Monument. But developers of office towers away from the restricted area have voluntarily limited building Heights to Aboul 600 feel. The Arch Cost about $18.2 million including the Grams barely enough now to construct a medium sized office building. To commemorate the 20th anniversary the National Park service is offering free rides to the to p of the Arch. A reunion of cons Duclion workers also is planned. The Arch has not had Universal acclaim although it was the unanimous Choice of the design Competition committee in 1947. Some have said the Arch looks Lukca giant hairpin or a croquet wicket. And Al least two air planes and a helicopter Over the years have violated the Federal Rule against flying Between the legs. Steelworkers ratify new contract Wheeling . Up the United Steelwork ers Union approved a new contract with bankrupt wheel ing Pittsburgh steel corp. By a 9-to-l margin saturday ending a 98-Day strike against the nation s seventh largest steelmaker. The contract includes $18 per hour in wages and Bene fits. It also provides for a voting us member and a non voting us member on the company s Board of directors and an escalator Bonus of up to $1 an hour said us negotiator Paul d. Rusco. The is 8 per hour is $4.28 below the Industry average. The us said it established a pension Relief program because the present pension was terminated by the company. Approval of the contract came the Day after a . Bankruptcy judge Warren Bentz said he had no jurisdiction to Block the tentative agreement. The contract approval ended a strike begun july 21 by 8,200 employees when bin la voided the Union contract enabling the steelmaker to Cut wages and benefits. George Ferris the chief executive officer of Wheeling Pittsburgh steel said it will take about four weeks to setback into full production. Stateside australian soccer players kicked off Qantas Airliner Honolulu a members of an australian soc cer learn were kicked off a Qantas Airliner after throwing food and utensils at each other and tearing a jacket off a female flight attendant airline officials said. Thirty eight members of the Footscray Cam which represents an Industrial Section of West Melbourne were grounded Al Honolulu International Airport on the night from Melbourne to los Angeles via Fiji and Honolulu said Ken boys a Qantas spokesman. There was Loutish behaviour in the terminal at Fiji where they commandeered wheelchairs and raced each  boys said from the airline s Headquarters in Syd . This Schoolboy behaviour continued on the aircraft where they broke at least 12 scat backs and threw us Ansili and food at each  the team was in route to los Angeles to begin a tour of the Western United states. South Carolina schedules conference on tourism Trade Columbia s c. A a Ihrck Day conference to promote South Carolina for foreign investment tourism and Trade will be held on Hilton head Island nov. 6-8, it gov. Mike Daniel has announced. Daniel the organizer of the South Carolina Trade and investment conference for consuls general Laid it in target 11 foreign countries with the greatest potential foe investing in the stale. The consuls general and commercial officers of austra Lia West Germany Britain Belgium Canada France Japan Korea the Netherlands Sweden and Switzerland have been invited. Police charge woman who drove Auto through 3 vacant stores Stuart Fla. A a woman who drove her pm through three vacant stores has been charged with failure to use due care police say. Esther h. Lee 58, of Winter Haven pulled into a Park ing space at the Cedar Point shopping Plaza and instead of braking apparently stepped on the accelerator Laid police dispatcher Kirk Friburg. The car entered the front of the v cant store turned left and drove through two More vacant stores then stopped against the West Wall of veils and tails police said. No one was injured in the incident. Convicted Drunken Driver holds Beer party to help pay Fine Oneonta . A a student at the state uni varsity Here threw an All you can drink by party to help raise Money to pay his Fine for Drunken driving during alcohol awareness week. But Oneonta slate Junior Danny Sandborn said he took a bus to his five Keg party at a local tavern and he Hope everyone else did too. Sandborn was fined $250 for a dvv1 conviction Stem Ming from his oct. 13 arrest in Oneonta and he said he hoped his party would raise about is 50 toward the Fine and a $300 lawyer s fee. He bought five kegs of Beer from the owner of the aquarium tavern and sold All you can drink tickets for $3. "1 think it s ludicrous said Kevin Meredith an anti drunk driving Counselor at the Otsego county alcohol and drug abuse clinic. The sad part is that hell probably make a lot of Money  Minnesota Elk Herd Roundup postponed until colder weather Grygla Minn. A state wildlife officials said they Are postponing a Roundup of an Elk Herd until cold weather freezes groundwater that drowned a Bull that had been shot with a tranquil Izer gun. The Roundup of the 40 Elk which have been destroying crops was halted after the Bull drowned in a Marsh. Department of natural resources officials said. Other Elk could have drowned if they had been tranquil i cd because there is so much standing water in Fields ditches and swamps said Terry Kreeger a University of Minnesota veterinarian. Merlyn Wisloh the department s regional administrator said it won t try another Elk Roundup until the ground freezes and there is Snow. Indians of the red Lake reservation about 50 Miles away have volunteered to take the animals