[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 76 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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      RECOGNITION OF THE HANNIBAL COURIER-POST'S 160TH ANNIVERSARY

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the 
Hannibal Courier-Post on it's 160th Anniversary. Several years ago, a 
Courier-Post reporter, Gene Hoenes, was quoted as saying, ``People 
listen to facts announced on the radio and see news on television, but 
they don't really believe it until they read it in the newspaper.''
  From the beginning, this newspaper has provided important information 
for the people of Hannibal in my home State of Missouri. In the early 
days, just about anyone who had a cause started a paper, although few 
survived. Eventually, several of the small and struggling papers merged 
into what is now the Hannibal Courier-Post, the oldest existing 
newspaper in Missouri.
  It is truly impressive that Hannibal Courier-Post is having it's 
160th Anniversary. I commend all of the people who have helped to make 
the Courier-Post succeed throughout it's many years of 
existence.

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