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OTHER NEWS - Aug. 4, 1993

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

American Tourister to Be Bought by Luggage Rival: Hillenbrand Industries Inc. said it agreed to sell the luggage company to privately held Astrum International Corp. of New York--maker of Samsonite luggage--for $70 million. American Tourister, with about 1,200 employees, is based in Warren, R.I., but Hillenbrand had already planned to shift the unit’s operations to Jacksonville, Fla.

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