Celebrations mark 40 years of Gateway Arch

Celebrations mark40 years of Gateway Arch
ST. LOUIS -- When architect Eero Saarinen was creating the design of this city's famed Gateway Arch, he constructed his first model out of pipe cleaners. A long way from its humble beginnings, the shimmering steel Arch celebrated its 40th anniversary Friday. The original builders autographed posters of the monument as they answered questions from visitors, and an exhibit on Saarinen opened in the museum beneath the Arch. Book signings were held for an anniversary publication, "The Gateway Arch, An Architectural Dream." The idea for a memorial in St. Louis began in 1933 with lawyer Luther Ely Smith, who was looking for a way to beautify the city's run-down riverfront, the first glimpse many visitors got of St. Louis. Although work was done to secure and clear 90 acres, the idea for a memorial was not revitalized until two years after World War II. Saarinen created a design that would mark President Thomas Jefferson's role in the nation's westward expansion (Jefferson signed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States) and honor the 19th-century migration of hundreds of thousands of people to the West at a time when St. Louis was the last major city before the frontier. Eero Saarinen died in 1961, before the Arch's construction from 1963 to 1965.
Human bone fragmentsfound near WTC site
NEW YORK -- Ten bone fragments discovered more than four years after the World Trade Center attacks on the rooftop of a nearby skyscraper are human, officials said Friday. The pieces were found last month by construction workers sifting through gravel on top of the former Deutsche Bank building, which is being torn down. Parts of the trade center's south tower spread debris and carved a gash in the 41-story building's facade when it collapsed Sept. 11, 2001. The city medical examiner will try to identify the remains by extracting DNA and checking it against a database of World Trade Center victims, said medical examiner's spokeswoman Ellen Borakove. The city has recovered 19,964 pieces of human remains from the attack and identified 9,100 of them, Borakove said. Of the 2,749 people who died at the trade center, 1,152 have no identifiable remains.
Cops: $1M winner boughtticket with stolen card
MEDFORD, Ore. -- A woman bought a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million with a stolen credit card and could wind up with nothing if convicted, police said. Christina Goodenow, 38, of White City in southern Oregon faced numerous theft-related charges, forgery and possession of methamphetamine, said authorities, who searched her home Thursday. The card belonged to a deceased relative, they said. If convicted of any of the charges, Goodenow will not be able to collect prize money from the winning ticket, said police Lt. Tim George. Oregon Lottery officials refused to discuss specifics of the case because an investigation is still under way.
Hershey sues over useof 'Milkdudz' by clothier
HERSHEY, Pa. -- The double meaning may be clever, but The Hershey Co., maker of Milk Duds candy, is trying to stop a California company from using a sound-alike name for a line of clothing designed to make breast-feeding easier. Hershey said in a complaint to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the name of the Milkdudz nursing wear is confusingly similar to the name of the round chocolate-covered caramels Hershey sells. Milkdudz -- "not your mommaz nursing wear" -- sells garments for nursing mothers from "Goddess Gowns" to tank tops. In a filing with the Patent Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Hershey said, "The clothier is trying to capitalize on the name recognition of Milk Duds to avoid having to build up its own brand." Hershey spokeswoman Stephanie Moritz declined to comment on the case, but the complaint asked the Patent Office to stop Milkdudz from registering its name.
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