<ARTICLE>                                     5
<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Company's Financial Statements for the period ending March 28, 1997 included
in the  Company's  Form 10-Q  filed  May 12, 1997 and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such statements
</LEGEND>
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