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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 13, 1993                   TAG: 9301130121
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: METRO 
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REPORTED EARNINGS

Hook-SupeRx Inc., Cincinnati operator of drug stores including units in Western Virginia, reported sales for the three months ended Nov. 30 rose 8.6 percent from the 1991 period and the net loss improved to $1.7 million. Sales for the quarter were $544.1 million compared to $501.1 million a year earlier. The net loss for the quarter improved $900,000 to $1.7 million, or 8 cents per share, from $2.6 million, or 20 cents per share.

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