Working Mother magazine named Kansas City-based American Century Investments as one of the top 100 companies friendly to working mothers. Hammons to submit plan for civic arena. Springfield developed John Q. Hammons said he will submit a plan to the city today for a civic arena in Jordan Valley Park. The deadline is noon today for those who want projects included in a tax increment financing redevelopment plan the city will send to the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Page 8A .
Colonial workers await strike.
More than 100 employees of Colonial Baking Company in Springfield could go on strike as early as today. The Bakery, Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 235 will honor pickets set up by Fort Payne, Ala. Employees of St. Louis-based The Earthgrains Company, which owns Colonial. Local 235 is in negotiations to approve a contract with the company here. The existing contract calls for local workers to honor pickets with other union members on strike against the company. Overtime pay is a prime point of contention in the negotiations.