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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 10, 1994                   TAG: 9409070054
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

ETS International Inc. of Roanoke said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended a contract granted in 1991 to its environmental laboratory subsidiary, ETS Analytical Services Inc.

The one-year extension, if all options are exercised, will bring the total contract value to $773,383.

The contract with the EPA's Office of Water requires the analysis of 69 trace metals contained in waste-water discharges from industrial sites across the United States. EPA uses the data to develop waste-water toxic discharge standards.

-Staff report

Earnings ...

May Department Stores Co., St. Louis operator of Hecht's and Payless ShoeSource stores, reported earnings of $130 million, or 49 cents per share, for its second quarter ended July 30. That compares with year-earlier $117 million, or 44 cents per share. Sales were $2.62 billion, up from $2.46 billion. For the first six months, earnings were $242 million, or 90 cents per share, compared with year-earlier $213 million, or 79 cents per share. Sales were $5.15 billion, up from $4.73 billion.