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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 27, 1995                   TAG: 9509270073
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: PHOENIX                                LENGTH: Short

DIAL TO IDLE 700

The Dial Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 700 employees, shut down six plants and phase out its Purex liquid bleach line to cut costs and stay competitive.

The 5-year-old Lunch Buckets line of microwave meals is another casualty of the move, which will create a $130 million charge against third-quarter profit.

- Associated Press

by CNB