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THURSDAY, JUNE 1,1989 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 5A IN BRIEF Carnahan To Run For Governor BISSELL POWER STEAMER $179 Alderman Assails Costs Of Parking Meter Crews ST. LOUIS: St. Louis' parking-meter workforce has risen more than By Jim Mosley Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau JEFFERSON CITY Lt. Gov.

Mel Carnahan says he plans to seek the 42 percent in the past decade, and payroll costs have climbed at about the same rate as Revenue, Alderman Alfred J. Jr. said Wednesday. Wessels, D-13th Democratic nomination for governor in 1992 even if St. Louis Mayor Vincent Schoemenl 'u.

also seeks the office. Ward, wants to SEE THE BISSELL POWER STEAMER IN ACTION! Stop by the Housewares Department and see how the Bissell Power Steamer beautifully cleans your carpet and upholstery. Use it to maintain your carpet's freshness and luster and prevent stains from! accidental spills. "I fully expect to be a candidate," 'ft Carnahan said in an interview Wednesday. "I think most people see me as the logical unity candidate." Carnahan merge the inde- Wessels pendent parking-meter fund into the city general fund.

City Treasurer Larry C. Williams controls both the parking-meter fund and its pa-, tronage employees. Wessels, in describing the parking-meter fund's growth, said the treasurer employeed 58 park-, ing-meter workers and 12 violation -inspectors in 1979. He said the current workforce represented a 42 percent increase. Wessels also said that even though the enforcement crew more Big three gallon capacity and powerful one-horsepower motor.

Long reach 50 ft. hot water hose attaches to any threaded faucet. Xv Trigger release for applying cleaning solution. Powerful suction immediately pulls out dirt and liquid with brush-on head to scrub dirt than doubled, its employees wrote away. an average of 7,109 tickets each in 1988, down 20 percent from the 1979 average of 8,908.

Alderman Freeman Bosley D-3rd Ward, warned that the bill could reduce patronage jobs. Officeholders such as Williams hire through the ward political organizations. "A loss of jobs is something we cut on them, Copley said. Steve Hildebrand, a vice president of 64 West, said the health department had given his restaurant an rating. Even though he said he was skeptical of the department's findings, "We've gone a step further by boiling our cutting boards." State's Aviation Plans Are Targeted For Study ST.

LOUIS: State licensing of airports, heliports and agricultural spray operators is among options to be considered by a planned study of ways to invigorate Missouri state government's aviation section. The East-West Gateway Coordinating Council will be paid $25,000 to conduct the study. Lloyd Parr, state aviation director, said Wednesday that aviation programs in other states would be surveyed and that a 10-year blueprint for advancing Missouri's program would be proposed. Another idea to be studied by the council is getting the Missouri Legislature to earmark to the state aviation programs part of the current state sales tax on jet fuel. The state agency now has a budget of about $800,000 a year and assists local airports outside the St.

Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas. Police Auction Saturday Will Include TVs, Bikes ST. LOUIS: Bicycles, televisions, radios, and tires are among the items that will be for sale at the St. Louis Police Department auction, 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the Kiel Auditorium Exposition Hall.

All of the items up for bid were recovered through arrests, and police were unable to trace them to their owners or return them. No firearms will be included in the sale. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the St. Louis Police Relief Association. Drive For Arts Council Nears $2.5 Million Goal ST.

LOUIS: The Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis is nearing its $2.5 million fund-raising goal for this year. About $2,275 million has been raised, said Ray Morris, the campaign chairman. The annual effort supports 140 arts and educational organizations in the area. The fund drive generally runs from the end of January to the end of May, but there is no specific cutoff date.

Two large back wheels and two-easy rolling casters for easy maneuvering. II wi QlSStElf have to be concerned about," Bos ley said. "It would be a loss to the Democratic Party to drop the patronage system The Democratic Party should use it to the hilt." Plastic Cutting Boards Cited In Food Poisoning Gov. John Ashcroft, a Republican, was overwhelmingly re-elected in November. The state constitution bars him from serving a third term.

Last week, Schoemehl, a Democrat, expressed his interest In the governor's race to Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, D-St. Louis. Schoemehl said he was "interested in running for governor in 1992, and I am proceeding to put in place the things that I need to have in place to pursue that goal." Gephardt had been mentioned as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor.

But that appears unlikely now because Gephardt is seen as the favorite to become major-ity leader of the House of Representatives. Carnahan said Wednesday that he would prefer to avoid what could be a brutal primary fight. "We will do that to all extent possible, but if we have to face one, we're prepared to do that, too," Carnahan. said. Schoemehl's only response Wednesday to Carnahan's remarks was: "Mel Carnahan's announcement was not unexpected." Carnahan, a lawyer from Rolla, is the only Democrat who holds a statewide elected office in Missouri.

He was elected lieutenant governor in November when he defeated former state Rep. R.B. Grisham, a Republican, and Richard Rosenberg, a Libertarian candidate. Carnahan also has been state treasurer and majority leader of the Missouri House. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1984.

Carnahan has been mentioned as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat now held by Christopher S. Bond, In 1992. While not entirely ruling out a Senate bid, Carnahan said Wednesday: "I think that my preparation is so much better for governor." UPHOLSTERY CLEANING HEAD POWERFUL SUCTION EASY STORAGE CLEANS CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY PAY OVER 9 MONTHS WITH A CONTRACT ACCOUNT Arrange a contract account, separate from your regular Dillard's charge, and repay your purchase over 9 months at 1.5 interest, 18 annually. ST. LOUIS: Improperly cleaned cutting boards at a restaurant were the probable source of food poisoning that sickened 78 hospital workers two weeks ago, city health officials said Wednesday.

The workers, employees of St. Louis Children's Hospital, became mildly ill after eating food at training meetings at 64 West, a restaurant at 5J30 Oakland Avenue. On Wednesday, Gilbert Copley, deputy health commissioner for St. Louis, said tests of specimens from plastic cutting boards used at the restaurant had revealed several microorganisms growing in tiny grooves in the boards. These growths did not include infectious "Campylobacter," which had caused workers' illness, Copley said.

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