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         UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Release No. 37340 / June 20, 1996

Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-9027

IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL J. EBERLE,  ROBERT D. HODGE, THOMAS L.
COSTELLO, DONALD H. GILLILAND, THOMAS J. VANECHO, AND THOMAS J.
WILLIAMSON.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an order
instituting public administrative proceedings pursuant to
Sections 15(b)(6) and 19(h) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (Exchange Act).  The Order alleges that on March 16, 1995, a
U.S. District Court permanently enjoined Eberle, Hodge, Costello,
Gilliland, VanEcho and Williamson (Respondents) from future
violations of Sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b)of the Exchange Act of
1934, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.

The Order further alleges that the Respondents willfully violated
the above provisions of the federal securities laws in their
offer and sale of the securities of Reitz Data Communications,
Inc. (Reitz).  According to the order, from approximately January
15, 1993, to April 12, 1993, the Respondents, while associated
with Midwest Investments, Inc., a Columbus, Ohio broker-dealer
licensed by the State of Ohio, participated in sales of 365,300
shares of Reitz common stock, which raised over $1.3 million from
numerous investors. The Order further alleges that Respondents
sold these shares to the public at artificially inflated and
manipulated prices, and at prices which included excessive
undisclosed markups.

The Order alleges that on February 9, 1996, the Franklin County
Common Pleas Court located in Columbus, Ohio, in the case of
State of Ohio v. Robert D. Hodge, 94CR-4-2152, sentenced Hodge to
5 1/2 to 25 years in prison and fined him $10,000 based upon a
jury convicting him of 1 count of engaging in a pattern of
corrupt activity, 1 count of aggravated theft, 14 counts of grand
theft, and 83 counts of theft in connection with the offer and
sale of stock by Dublin.

A public hearing will be held to determine whether the
allegations  against the Respondents are true, to offer them an
opportunity to establish any defenses to such allegations, and to
determine what remedial action, if any, is appropriate.