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        DOW JONES STOCK AVERAGE         
                                        
         at 14.50 5,202.02 +23.85       
                                        
 New york stocks opened higher amid     
 firmer govjrnmjnt bonds on improved    
 sentiment about a resolution to the    
 federal budget dispute.                
                                        
 President Clinton has told Republican  
 leadjts that hj is willing to accept a 
 reduction in the capital gains tax as  
 part of a dial to reach a budget dial. 
                                        
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