<ARTICLE> 9
<LEGEND>
The financial data schedule contains financial information from the
Corporation's interim consolidated financial statements contained in its
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1998 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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