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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1993                   TAG: 9302030289
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

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PHILIP MORRIS TO OFFER RETIREMENT TO 545

RICHMOND - Philip Morris USA will cut 545 union workers from its Richmond operations by offering them an early retirement package.

About 1,200 tobacco workers represented by Local 203-T of the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union will be eligible for the program through Feb. 19, the New York-based company said.

The package is being offered only to hourly, non-seasonal production employees who, as of March 1, are at least 50 years old and have a minimum of five years of service.

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