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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a)
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or
DePrima Anthony E. Statement Trading Symbol
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3/1/95 ----------------------------------------------------------
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1350 Albert Street 3. IRS or Social Security Person to Issuer of Original
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(Street) Person (Voluntary) X
###-##-#### ----- Director ----- 10% Owner
Youngstown Ohio 44505 ---------------------------- X
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(City) (State) (Zip) (give title below) below)
Executive Vice President (as of 3/1/95)
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value 2,029,692(1) D
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(Print or Type Responses)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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Options 5/03/92 5/03/98 Common Stock 1,000,000 $.25 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Mr. DePrima disclaims beneficial ownership in approximately 600,000 shares
of common stock owned by his wife, which shares were acquired by Mr. DePrima's
wife prior to their marriage. /s/ Anthony E. DePrima 2/13/97
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Anthony E. DePrima
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Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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