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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7
    
 
   
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
    
 
   
We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Amendment No. 1 to Form SB-2 of our reports dated
January 30, 1996 and October 16, 1996 relating to the financial statements of
December 31, 1995 and 1994 and June 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively, which
appear in such Prospectus. We also consent to the references to us under the
headings "Experts" in such Prospectus.
    
 
   
/s/  Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP
    
 
   
St. Louis, Missouri
    
   
November 15, 1996