ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, February 17, 1996            TAG: 9602190030
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: A-8  EDITION: METRO 


REPORTED EARNINGS

Fieldcrest Cannon Inc.

4th qtr. ended 12-31 1995 1994

Revenues $284.6 million $297.4 million

Net income ($17.7 million) $10 million

Share earnings ($2.11) $1.03

Full year ended 12-31

Revenues $1.095 billion $1.063 billion

Net Income ($15.7 million) $30.7 million

Share earnings ($2.28) $3.02

Fieldcrest Cannon operates a towel mill in the Henry County community of Fieldale.

U.S. Industries

1st qtr ended 12-31 1995 1994

Revenues $515 million $505 million

Net income $56 million $11 million

Share earnings $1.05 not applicable

U.S. Industries of Iselin, N.J., owns Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath of Walnut Creek, Calif., which is hiring workers for a planned Salem manufacturing plant. Share earnings for 1994 are not listed because U.S. Industries is an industrial management company formed in June 1995 to operate 34 businesses in the United States which were spun off by London conglomerate Hanson Plc.

United Dominion Realty Trust

4th qtr ended 12-31 1995 1996

Revenues $82.7 million $70.1 million

Net income $5.5 million $5.8 million

Share earnings 10 cents 11 cents

Full year ended 12-31

Revenues $308.8 million $221.1 million

Net Income $26.5 million $19.1 million

Share earnings 50 cents 41 cents

United Dominion Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Richmond. It operates some apartment complexes in the Roanoke Valley. The company said apartment occupancy slipped slightly in the second half of 1995, but rent growth accelerated.

* Figures in parentheses indicate a loss.


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