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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statement of Earnings found on
pages 23, 24 and 25 of the Corporation's Annual Report for the year ended
December 31, 1994 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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