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4 GJRA8FUL SS This turtle is tops! Pc3 Gl Grcnd lit fl IPaga CI Let's not be taken to cloanors Pca 111 PATCH Bis llHI 115th YEAR No. 201 $1.25 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1993, MOLINE, ILLINOIS jQDTfD(S PROGRESS '93 Q-C housing Q-C businesses fear effects of energy tax f'VTT Industries that are heavy users of natural gas and electricity, including many in the Quad-Cities, will be hardest hit by the proposed tax, if implemented. "ALCOA will pay out $400,000 more each year in additional taxes if the current plan is implemented," company spokesman Tim Wilkinson said. "We are a high energy-user." ALCOA produces aluminum used in airplane and automobile construction, lighting, lithograph machines and tooling plates for the machine-tool industry. The MOLINE DEMOCRATIC 1 J- llB.tu.MO la Ik.

to. 8J Rock Island's restored IrnS gems attract attention LHkf -fHl tut Hotk Hi mr up 1 JnM MtLtHJmtm mwj -Mft Willi TUrn il EH'rsSS i 'M "fl AivDuBiMMnl tmui'iiaiwSi- Si inm I 'it' rwajia. Iwli-'uJS 1wtaqtt5 Ww I Wl teak 1 Edr7 jdntAiiii jjrt( ntUu -mw Nrt mim TTwJi I bS i I '-WW? i. tor owiiiMm. Jrt'u S'iSS1 I I 4'' SSSSSS dSfryg Er-sstsr I 5 La-'e5k jSt' SSSwST I "It mil UlUa slaot of lm UAffi SO SU, ED Caw mUM hi MMmmn ma iwWMt pnfcximT' PtUSE SEE MU, EE2 WWWI WWWflfflS HOMLWPJUPI MM if iLJi 1 1 i budget fat hot issue Q-C citizens, businesses following their dreams ter productivity and smarter manufacturing technology." ALCOA already has embarked on a $21 million cost-reduction plan, he said.

"There'll be less travel for our employees and we won't be holding our Thunder night or sponsoring the airshow this year." Gail Hoffman, human resources manager for Lafarge Corporation of Davenport, has similiar concerns about the effect of the proposed tax. Lafarge pro- PLEASE SEE TAX, A6 on how to resolve the budget crisis. All are hoping to come out on top in Tuesday's party primary. Ms. Hoeppner, a four-year member of the city council's finance committee and the only Democratic candidate intimately familiar with the current budget, says it's a lean budget.

have kept expenditures" well below the rate of inflation. This is a well-run city. But that doesn't mean you don't keep looking for ways to cut costs." PLEASE SEE MAYOR, A6 i. Chuck Wright Age: 55. Address: 3866 26th Ave.

Occupation: Owner of Bi-State Consultants. Education: Attended 10 or 11 different colleges. Family: Wife, six children. Previous political experience: Mayor of Davenport from 1978-81. I i i i company produced $1 billion in goods in 1992, Mr.

Wilkinson said. He said the competitive nature of the aluminum business will make it more difficult to raise prices to absorb the cost of the energy tax and may open the United States up to increased foreign competition. "There's a lot of people selling the same thing we do," Mr. Wilkinson said. "We can't go out and recoup the loss in the marketplace.

It becomes an internal cost we must absorb through bet MAYORAL CANDIDATES dally large field of candidates, all professing to know how to count the calories in the budget. While most of the aldermanic candidates are newcomers, all but one of the seven mayoral contenders has had some political experience. The Democratic mayoral pool includes 3rd Ward Aid. Kathy Van Acker Hoeppner, former "Mayor Chuck Wright, 10-year. Rock Island County Board veteran Madeline Lannoo Exbom and political newcomer Dave Christal.

All have their own opinions Kathleen Hoeppner Age: 43. Address: 1845 17th Ave. Occupation: Academic administratormath teacher at St. Ambrose University. Family: Two sons.

Education: Bachelor's degree from Augustana College, master's degree from Western Illinois University. Previous political experience: In fourth year as 3rd Ward alderman. BITS PIECES Quad-Citians have been taking the advice of "follow your dreams" seriously. t. Whether it be building their own dream homes or renovating ones of a past generation, area residents have been busy during the past year.

Today's edition of Progress '93 examines the housing and construction picture and finds it stable and healthy, thanks in part to lower mortage interest rates. Renters are becoming buyers and builders good news By Dawn Johnson Staff writer i p-'A proposed energy tax will raise Quad-Cities businesses' operating costs and make them less competitive, area business leaders say. President Clinton has proposed a tax of 25.7 cents per 1 million BTUs on all fossil fuels, including coal and natural gas. An additional tax of 34.2 cents per 1 million BTUs would be levied on all petroleum-related products The tax would be phased in a three-year period starting in 1994. Moline By Jackie Chesser Staff writer MOLINE The answer to whether or not there is fat in the city's budget is a budget watcher's nightmare or a pleasant dream with a frustrating ending.

If there is fat, then city officials are crying wolf about deficits. If the budget is lean, then they face the problem of balancing a checkbook with an income that hasn't kept up with the rising cost of meat and pota toes. The budget has been the Dave Christal Age: 31. Address: 1110 12th Ave. Occupation: Owner of Christal Investments.

Education: Graduate of Moline High School. Attended San Diego State University. Family: Wife. Previous political experience: None. Autograph session Newly crowned Miss USA Kenya Moore of Michigan signs autographs for children gathered at a jewelry store in Wichita, Saturday.

She was crowned Miss USA Friday night. tw f) markot grows Residents building, buying, restoring for the construction industry and real estate agents. Today's edition also takes a look at the growth of small business, where service, service and more service is becoming the catch phrase. Despite long work hours, many Quad-Citians say the best boss to work for is themselves. Like those investing in homes, members of the small business community have been working to make their dreams come true.

whereabouts of several family members remain unknown. In December of that year, Frank and Hilda Craun and their nine children were evicted from a farmhouse near Annawan. Mrs. Craun, who was 38 years old at the time, and seven of the children spent at least one night in the Henry County Jail in Cambridge. They were taken PLEASE SEE MYSTERY, A7 OUTSIDE ccrir INSIDE Business Bl Local Dl Classified El Obituaries D2 Commentary D4 Real estate B8 Education D7 Speak El Farm B7 Sports CI Life Gl Theaters H7 Customer service: 7644344 Classifieds: 797-0333 New subscriptions: 797-0348 Speak Out: 797-0331 Newsroom: 738-6441 Profiles of the Republican mayoral candidates in Moline were featured in The Dispatch Saturday.

East Moline mayoral candidates. PAGE Dl hottest topic of conversation in the city since last fall when the city council began discussing whether or not to hike property taxes. Not surprisingly, that conversation carried over Into the primary elections. This year has drawn an espe- t. Madeline Exbom Age: 58.

Address: 2006 5th St. Occupation: Security guard at the Quad City Airport. Education: Graduated from Moline High School. Attended Black Hawk College. Family: 2 children.

Previous political experience: 10 years on Rock Island County Board. What happened to the Crauns? TV show details Cambridge mystery By Dianne Beetler Correspondent CAMBRIDGE What happened to the Craun family? A production crew from the "Unsolved Mysteries" NBC television show will attempt to answer that question when it begins filming in Henry County this week. The crew will try to shed light on the fate of the Craun family, which was strangely separated over the holidays in 1948. The Among the assets being held by the department's Unclaimed Property Section is a $6 cashier's check written to "Gov. Ronald Reagan." It's unclear when the check was made out; Reagan was governor of California from 1967-74.

David Thompson, direc- tor of the Unclaimed Property Section, said it was turned over in 1987 by a bank in St. Louis. Postcards are sent to the last known address of owners but only if the assets are worth at least $50. No attempt has been made to send Reagan his $6 check. Ariel guessed it.

"Bill Clinton." Gore visited Ms. Henderson's pink two-story home in Tampa Heights, an area of rundown and renovated houses, to see how public-private partnership is bringing an inner-city neighborhood back to life. Reagan's got some money coming to him JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) If former President Reagan ever finds himself short of cash in his retirement, he might want to call Missouri's Department of Economic Development. Who's in charge at the White House? TAMPA, A3-year-old girl stole the show Saturday as Vice President Al Gore toured an urban renewal neighborhood during a swing through the South to plug the president's economic plan.

"What's his boss' name?" Gwen Henderson prompted her daughter. "Hillary," blurted the girl, Ariel Danley. Peals of laughter filled Ms. Henderson's house as she quickly tried to correct the error, coaching Ariel: Associated Press i.