
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 8, 1990                   TAG: 9005080524
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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ALL THAT SHOCKING STUFF ABOUT EXPLORE

WOW! MR. Yancey's front-page article on Explore May 1 certainly opened my eyes. Imagine, Explore pays its employees salaries and consulting fees, occasionally holds an invoice from a vendor, has missed some tax payments, and has a cash flow problem. Pretty shocking stuff.

I certainly hope Yancey never investigates our company. I am afraid he would find similar situations that would look even worse when one realizes that in addition to the above, we operate our plant on a Just-In-Time Synchronous Manufacturing Program driven by an award-winning Statistical Process Control Quality Program.

\ TIMOTHY A. KELLY\ President, Salem Vent International\ SALEM

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