LINDBERG CO &lt;LIND.O> 3RD QTR NET
  Shr profit 10 cts vs profit eight cts
      Net profit 477,853 vs profit 348,384
      Sales 17.7 mln vs 17.3 mln
      Nine mths
      Shr loss 35 cts vs profit 45 cts
      Net loss 1,639,216 vs profit 2,305,700
      Sales 56.2 mln vs 57.1 mln
      Avg shrs 4,698,501 vs 5,075,717
      NOTE: Earnings in the 2nd Qtr of 1987 were reduced by
  3,262,000 dlrs, or 69 cts a share from a charge reflecting
  elimination or transfer of certain product lines and operations
  at the company's Racine, Wis. foundry
  

