<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations on
pages three through five of the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
August 10, 1996 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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