<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information from the Company's Annual
Report ot Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1996 incorporated by
reference in the Annual Report on Form 10K and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such 10K.
</LEGEND>
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