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Mike Shannon (1939-2023), affiliated with St. Louis Cardinals for over 50 years, as a player (1962–1970), in front office, and, since 1972, radio and TV announcer; Scott Shannon (born 1947), a radio disk jockey hosting WCBS-FM in New York City. Augustus Shapleigh (1810–1902), president of Shapleigh Hardware Company and early pioneer of St ...
However, Carl and Bernie Shelton (in 1948) were both murdered on orders from former gang member Frank "Buster" Wortman, who had taken over the Shelton operations in their absence and dominated St. Louis' illegal gambling and other criminal activities until his death in 1968. Earl Shelton was also ambushed and shot, but he survived.
Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), Hungarian journalist, creator of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Pulitzer Prize; Howard Rushmore (1913–1958), journalist for The Daily Worker, New York Journal-American and Confidential magazine; Elaine Viets, St. Louis columnist and author
The Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball was a yearly ceremony in St. Louis, Missouri, over which a mythical figure called the Veiled Prophet presided. The first events were in 1878 and were organized and funded by the Veiled Prophet Organization, an all-male [1] [2] anonymous society [1] [3] [4] founded in 1878 by a highly select group of the city’s business and governmental leaders.
Francis Slay (J.D. 1980) – Forty-ninth mayor of the City of St. Louis; Steve Stenger – Democratic politician and former County Executive of St. Louis County [6] [7] James F. Strother – Virginia House of Delegate (1840-1851), Speaker of the Virginia House (1851), U.S. Congressman, Virginia (1851-1853)
On June 8, 1946, Shannon was ordained to the Catholic priesthood for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. In 1955 he received his doctorate in philosophy in American studies at Yale University. At 35, he was named president of the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, and was the youngest priest to hold that position. Shannon was a ...
James Burke "St. Louis Jimmy" Oden (June 26, 1903 – December 30, 1977) [1] was an American blues musician and songwriter. Biography. Oden was born in Nashville, ...
Before World War II, the African-American community in St. Louis had crowned its own "Veiled Prophet Queen," who included Ernestine Steele in 1939 and Blanche Vashon (later Sinkler), Georgia Williams, and Evelyn Hilliard. A 1940 newspaper column said that for years the official VP Parade had drawn many persons, white and colored, to the city . . .