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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AFLAC Common Stock 001055102 2246 41250 SH SOLE 41250
AT&T Corp. Common Stock 001957109 834 10453 SH SOLE 10453
Abbott Labs Common Stock 002824100 11068 236432 SH SOLE 236432
Adaptec Inc. Common Stock 00651F108 287 12600 SH SOLE 12600
Allied Signal Common Stock 019512102 9612 195410 SH SOLE 195410
Allstate Corp Common Stock 020002101 318 8572 SH SOLE 8572
American Express Common Stock 025816109 16573 140748 SH SOLE 140748
American Home Prod. Common Stock 026609107 6449 98841 SH SOLE 98841
American Int'l Group Common Stock 026874107 3550 29428 SH SOLE 29428
Ameritech Common Stock 030954101 722 12525 SH SOLE 12525
Amgen Common Stock 031162100 404 5400 SH SOLE 5400
Automatic Data Processing Common Stock 053015103 262 6340 SH SOLE 6340
Avery-Dennison Corp. Common Stock 053611109 2714 47200 SH SOLE 47200
Avon Products Common Stock 054303102 1271 27000 SH SOLE 27000
BP Amoco PLC ADR Common Stock 055622104 13103 129734 SH SOLE 129734
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Common Stock 055630107 155 17300 SH SOLE 17300
Banc One Common Stock 059438101 325 5901 SH SOLE 5901
Bank of America Corp. Common Stock 060505104 3302 46756 SH SOLE 46756
BankBoston Common Stock 06605R106 356 8210 SH SOLE 8210
Bayou Steel Corp Class A Common Stock 073051104 32 10200 SH SOLE 10200
Becton Dickinson Common Stock 075887109 11897 310515 SH SOLE 310515
Bell Atlantic Corp. Common Stock 077853109 576 11151 SH SOLE 11151
BellSouth Corp. Common Stock 079860102 393 9807 SH SOLE 9807
Bestfoods Common Stock 08658U101 251 5350 SH SOLE 5350
Bristol Myers Squibb Common Stock 110122108 4488 69990 SH SOLE 69990
CSX Corp Common Stock 126408103 201 5150 SH SOLE 5150
Chase Manhattan Common Stock 16161A108 5220 64152 SH SOLE 64152
Chevron Common Stock 166751107 967 10895 SH SOLE 10895
Chubb Corp Common Stock 171232101 211 3600 SH SOLE 3600
Cigna Corp Common Stock 125509109 318 3800 SH SOLE 3800
Cisco Systems Inc. Common Stock 17275R102 455 4150 SH SOLE 4150
Citigroup Common Stock 172967101 16216 253870 SH SOLE 253870
Coastal Corp Common Stock 190441105 211 6400 SH SOLE 6400
Coca Cola Enterprise Common Stock 191219104 3024 99962 SH SOLE 99962
Coca-Cola Common Stock 191216100 239 3900 SH SOLE 3900
Colgate Palmolive Common Stock 194162103 365 3970 SH SOLE 3970
Compaq Computer Common Stock 204493100 8623 272129 SH SOLE 272129
Conagra Common Stock 205887102 796 31050 SH SOLE 31050
DaimlerChrysler AG Common Stock D1668R123 725 8450 SH SOLE 8450
Disney, Walt & Co. Common Stock 254687106 252 8090 SH SOLE 8090
Dover Corp. Common Stock 260003108 274 8325 SH SOLE 8325
E.I. DuPont Common Stock 263534109 395 6796 SH SOLE 6796
Eastman Kodak Common Stock 277461109 9900 154995 SH SOLE 154995
Equitable Companies Inc. Common Stock 29444G107 207 2960 SH SOLE 2960
Exxon Common Stock 302290101 4744 67228 SH SOLE 67228
FDX Corp. Common Stock 31304N107 9647 103735 SH SOLE 103735
Federal National Mortgage Common Stock 313586109 388 5606 SH SOLE 5606
Federal Signal Common Stock 313855108 9565 458190 SH SOLE 458190
Federated Dept. Stores Inc. Common Stock 31410H101 249 6200 SH SOLE 6200
First Union Corp. Common Stock 337358105 5698 106625 SH SOLE 106625
Fleet Financial Group Inc. Common Stock 338915101 290 7718 SH SOLE 7718
Ford Motor Common Stock 345370100 15296 269825 SH SOLE 269825
Fort James Corp. Common Stock 347471104 251 7925 SH SOLE 7925
Freddie Mac Common Stock 313400301 12851 224231 SH SOLE 224231
GTE Corp. Common Stock 362320103 256 4225 SH SOLE 4225
Gannett Co Common Stock 364730101 5445 86430 SH SOLE 86430
Gap, Inc. Common Stock 364760108 485 7200 SH SOLE 7200
General Electric Common Stock 369604103 19194 173506 SH SOLE 173506
Gillette Common Stock 375766102 773 13002 SH SOLE 13002
Harrahs Entertainment Inc. Common Stock 413619107 194 10200 SH SOLE 10200
Hasbro Common Stock 418056107 12421 429241 SH SOLE 429241
Heinz Common Stock 423074103 250 5283 SH SOLE 5283
Hewlett Packard Common Stock 428236103 950 14010 SH SOLE 14010
Hillenbrand Common Stock 431573104 295 6380 SH SOLE 6380
Home Depot Common Stock 437076102 678 10888 SH SOLE 10888
Honeywell Common Stock 438506107 4992 65842 SH SOLE 65842
Household Intl. Common Stock 441815107 412 9038 SH SOLE 9038
IBM Common Stock 459200101 17007 95948 SH SOLE 95948
Intel Corp Common Stock 458140100 1494 12570 SH SOLE 12570
Johnson and Johnson Common Stock 478160104 1298 13882 SH SOLE 13882
Jostens Inc. Common Stock 481088102 290 13639 SH SOLE 13639
K Mart Corp Common Stock 482584109 9139 543560 SH SOLE 543560
Kimberly Clark Corp Common Stock 494368103 350 7300 SH SOLE 7300
Knight-Ridder Common Stock 499040103 1474 29475 SH SOLE 29475
Liz Claiborne Common Stock 539320101 2237 68552 SH SOLE 68552
LucasVarsity PLC ADR Common Stock 549395101 222 4800 SH SOLE 4800
Lucent Technologies Common Stock 549463107 1205 11156 SH SOLE 11156
MBIA Inc. Common Stock 55262C100 494 8510 SH SOLE 8510
May Dept. Stores Common Stock 577778103 918 23475 SH SOLE 23475
McDonalds Corp. Common Stock 580135101 404 8920 SH SOLE 8920
Medtronic Inc Common Stock 585055106 517 7190 SH SOLE 7190
Merck Common Stock 589331107 1643 20506 SH SOLE 20506
Merrill Lynch & Co. Common Stock 590188108 11037 124717 SH SOLE 124717
Microsoft Corp Common Stock 594918104 1285 14342 SH SOLE 14342
Minn. Min.& Mfg. Common Stock 604059105 1365 19295 SH SOLE 19295
Mobil Common Stock 607059102 2338 26570 SH SOLE 26570
NISOURCE, INC. Common Stock 65473P105 208 7700 SH SOLE 7700
PLC Systems, Inc. Common Stock 69341D104 26 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Peoples Heritage Savings Bank Common Stock 711147108 359 19958 SH SOLE 19958
Pepsico Inc. Common Stock 713448108 11207 285985 SH SOLE 285985
Pfizer Inc. Common Stock 717081103 1806 13015 SH SOLE 13015
Philip Morris Common Stock 718154107 455 12930 SH SOLE 12930
Pitney Bowes Common Stock 724479100 851 13350 SH SOLE 13350
Proctor Gamble Common Stock 742718109 603 6160 SH SOLE 6160
Remington Oil & Gas Corp - B Common Stock 759594203 49 17000 SH SOLE 17000
Reuters Holdings PLC Common Stock 76132M102 8754 100763 SH SOLE 100763
Royal Dutch Petro. Common Stock 780257804 1908 36700 SH SOLE 36700
SBC Communications Common Stock 78387G103 826 17505 SH SOLE 17505
STMicroelectronics Common Stock 861012102 605 6230 SH SOLE 6230
Santa Fe Energy Resources Common Stock 802012104 83 11300 SH SOLE 11300
Schering-Plough Common Stock 806605101 597 10804 SH SOLE 10804
Schlumberger Common Stock 806857108 11449 190217 SH SOLE 190217
Smithkline Beecham Common Stock 832378301 200 2800 SH SOLE 2800
Sprint Corp. Common Stock 852061100 408 4160 SH SOLE 4160
Student Loan Marketing Assoc. Common Stock 863871505 699 16740 SH SOLE 16740
Sun Microsystems Common Stock 866810104 17039 136241 SH SOLE 136241
Sundstrand Common Stock 867323107 12476 179515 SH SOLE 179515
Texaco Common Stock 881694103 250 4400 SH SOLE 4400
Texas Utilities Common Stock 882848104 311 7400 SH SOLE 7400
Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc Common Stock 895953107 17193 244740 SH SOLE 244740
U.S. West Inc. Common Stock 91273H101 252 4570 SH SOLE 4570
Union Pacific Resources Common Stock 907834105 211 17784 SH SOLE 17784
Unisys Corp. Common Stock 909214108 9853 355880 SH SOLE 355880
United Healthcare Common Stock 910581107 14605 277530 SH SOLE 277530
United Technologies Common Stock 913017109 7190 53090 SH SOLE 53090
Unocal Common Stock 915289102 207 5600 SH SOLE 5600
VISX Inc. Common Stock 92844S105 344 3200 SH SOLE 3200
Wal Mart Stores Inc. Common Stock 931142103 385 4181 SH SOLE 4181
Wash Mutual Svg Bk Common Stock 939322103 1082 26475 SH SOLE 26475
Weyerhaeuser Co. Common Stock 962166104 502 9050 SH SOLE 9050
Whirlpool Common Stock 963320106 13942 256405 SH SOLE 256405
Worldcom Inc.-GA Common Stock 98155K102 335 3779 SH SOLE 3779
Xerox Common Stock 984121103 14546 279060 SH SOLE 279060
Alza Corp. Cv CONV 022615AC2 31 60000 PRN SOLE 60000
Converse, Inc. Conv. Sub Note CONV 212540AA6 67 200000 PRN SOLE 200000
Cray Research - SGI CONV 225224AA2 278 410000 PRN SOLE 410000
Kent Electronics CONV 490553AA2 8 10000 PRN SOLE 10000
Quantum CONV 747906AC9 435 495000 PRN SOLE 495000
Swift Energy Co CONV 870738AB7 11 15000 PRN SOLE 15000
US Filter CONV 911843AF7 15 15000 PRN SOLE 15000
Airtouch Comm CV Pfd. PFD CV 00949T209 606 7690 SH SOLE 7690
Sealed Air 4/1/8 SerA PFD CV 81211K209 3857 77915 SH SOLE 77915
Fleet Financial Grp. WTS WTS 338915119 214 6100 SH SOLE 6100
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