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<LEGEND> 
                  This schedule contains summary information extracted from
                  the unaudited Woodbury Telephone Company Condensed
                  Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31,
                  1996, and the Condensed Balance Sheets as of March 31, 1996.

</LEGEND>
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