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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
condensed consolidated balance sheets and condensed consolidated statements of
earnings on pages 2 and 4 of the Company's Form 10Q for the six month period
ending June 30, 1995, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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