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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.33

                         MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION TO
                       THE THIRD RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

          THIS MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION TO THE THIRD RESTATED LOAN 
AGREEMENT (the "Amendment") is made effective August 15, 1996, by UNICO, 
INC., a Delaware corporation, UNITED COUPON CORPORATION, a Virginia 
corporation and CAL-CENTRAL MARKETING CORPORATION, formerly AEC Acquisitions, 
Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (the "Borrowers"), and BANCFIRST, an Oklahoma 
banking corporation (the "Lender"). All capitalized terms used in this 
Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, will have the meanings defined in 
the Third Restated Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated effective 
January 10, 1996 between the Borrowers and the Lender providing for an 
extension of credit by the Lender to the Borrowers of an amount not to exceed 
Nine Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Two and 73/100 Dollars 
($934,432.73).


                                RECITALS:

     A.     The Borrowers and the Lender have heretofore executed the Loan 
Agreement.

     B.     The Borrowers and the Lender desire to modify the Loan Agreement 
by means of this Amendment.

                              AGREEMENTS:

            For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency 
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Lender and the Borrowers agree as 
follows:

1.   Loan Amount. After the date of this Amendment, the maximum principle 
amount of the Loans will not exceed Seven Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Four 
Hundred Twenty-Four and 85/100 Dollars ($721,424.85) and all references to 
the principal amount of the Loans contained in the Loan Documents are hereby 
so amended.

2.   Representations; Warranties. The Borrowers represent and warrant to the 
Lender that each of the representations and warranties set forth at 
paragraphs 3.1 through 3.18, both inclusive, of the Loan Agreement are true 
and correct on the date of this Amendment except as follows:

     2.1     Financial Statements. Paragraph 3.2 of the Loan Agreement is     
             deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted 
             therefore:

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            "3.2     Financial Statements. The financial statements of the 
                     Borrowers furnished to the Lender are correct, complete 
                     and fairly reflect the financial condition of the 
                     Borrowers as of the date thereof and have been prepared 
                     in conformity with GAAP."

      2.2    Litigation. Paragraph 3.6 of the Loan Agreement is deleted in 
             its entirety and the following is substituted therefor:

             "3.6 Litigation. Except as disclosed in writing to the Lender, 
             there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or 
             threatened against any of the Borrowers which has an amount in 
             excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) at issue or which, if
             adversely determined, would materially adversely affect any of the
             Borrowers, any of the Collateral or impair the ability of UNICO 
             or UC to carry on their respective businesses substantially as 
             now conducted or result in any substantial liability to UNICO or 
             UC not adequately covered by insurance."

      2.3    Location of Collateral. Paragraph 3.14 of the Loan Agreement is 
             deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted 
             therefor:

             "3.14   Location of Collateral. The Borrowers will give the 
                     Lender written notice of each location at which Inventory 
                     and records of the Borrowers pertaining to the 
                     Collateral are kept. Except as such notice is given, all 
                     Inventory and records of the Borrowers pertaining to the 
                     Collateral shall be kept at the Borrowers' principal 
                     places of business which are: UNICO--8380 Alban Road, 
                     Suite 100, Springfield, Virginia 22150; UC--8380 Alban 
                     Road, Suite 100, Springfield, Virginia 22150; and 
                     Cal-Central--8380 Alban Road, Suite 100, Springfield, 
                     Virginia 22150.

      2.4    Solvency. Paragraph 3.17 of the Loan Agreement is deleted in its 
             entirety and the following is substituted therefor:


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             "3.17    Solvency. After eliminating intercompany 
                      transactions, neither UNICO nor UC is insolvent. 
                      UNICO and UC: (a) are and will be able to pay their 
                      respective debts as they become due; (b) has and will 
                      have capital sufficient to carry on their respective 
                      businesses; and (c) own and will own property having a 
                      value, both at fair valuation and at present fair 
                      salable value, greater than the amount required to 
                      pay their respective debts and obligations."

3. Terms of Payment. Paragraph 4 of the Loan Agreement is deleted in 
its entirety and the following provisions are substituted therefor:

       "4.   Note. The Loans will be evidenced by a Consolidated Renewal 
             Promissory Note (the "Renewal Note") in the principal amount 
             of Seven Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four
             and 85/100 Dollars ($721,424.85) payable on the following 
             terms:

       4.1   Interest. Absent Default, the Renewal Note will bear 
             interest on the unpaid principal balance at an annual rate 
             equal to the Prime Rate plus one percent (1%).

       4.2   Payments. Absent Default, the unpaid balance of the Renewal 
             Note will be paid as follows: (a) on September 15, 1996 and 
             on the fifteenth (15th) day of each month thereafter through 
             January 15, 1997 an installment of Twenty-Two Thousand Five 
             Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00); (b) on February 15, 1997 and 
             on the fifteenth (15th) day of each month thereafter through 
             December 15, 1998 an installment of Twenty-Seven Thousand 
             Five Hundred Dollars ($27,500.00); and (c) the entire unpaid 
             principal balance of the Renewal Note plus all accrued 
             interest thereon will be due and payable on December 31, 
             1998. All payments will be first applied to the payment of 
             accrued interest and the balance, if any, in reduction of 
             the principal sum.

       4.3   Prepayments. The Borrowers will have the right to prepay the 
             unpaid principal balance of the Renewal Note in whole or in 
             part at any time and from time to time without penalty. The 
             Borrowers will apply as mandatory principal prepayments of 
             the Renewal Note that amount which is equal to all Accounts 
             of Cal-Central and UNICO d/b/a Alliance Publications 
             collected by the Borrowers. Each prepayment will be applied 
             to payment of the principal installments of the Renewal Note 
             in the inverse order of their maturity.

       4.4   Place of Payment. All payments and prepayments of principal 
             or interest on the Renewal Note will be made in collected 
             funds on or before 11:00 a.m. Oklahoma City time on the due 
             date at the Lender's offices at 101 North Broadway, Oklahoma 
             City, Oklahoma 73102. All payments will be made without 
             setoff or counterclaim and without reduction for, and free 
             from, any and all taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, 
             charges, deductions, withholdings, restrictions or 
             conditions of any nature imposed by any government or any 
             political subdivision or taxing authority thereof. If any 
             payment under the Renewal Note or this Agreement is payable 
             on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof 
             will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and 
             such extension of time will in each case be included in the 
             computation of payments of interest."

4. Renewal Note. Simultaneously with the execution of this Amendment, the 
Borrowers agree to execute and deliver the form of Renewal Note appearing at 
Schedule "A" to the Amendment. Effective on August 15, 1996, the Renewal Note 
is substituted for the Notes appearing as Schedules "A" and "B" to the Loan 
Agreement.

5. Conversion Agreements. Simultaneously with the execution of this Amendment, 
the Borrowers agree to provide to the Lender: An executed counterpart of the 
Loan Conversion Agreement dated July 12, 1996 as modified by the Addendum to 
Loan Conversion Agreement dated effective July 30, 1996 (the "Conversion 
Agreement") between UNICO as debtor and Renaissance and the Duncan-Smith 
Group as creditors, together with evidence satisfactory to the Lender that: 
(a) Renaissance has completed the conversion of One Million Five Hundred 
Eighty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Dollars ($1,589,220.00) in 
subordinated debt to Series C Preferred Stock issued by UNICO on the terms 
set forth in the Conversion Agreement; and (b) the Duncan-Smith Group has 
completed the conversion of One Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred 
Forty-Nine Dollars ($168,349.00) in subordinated debt to Series C Preferred 
stock issued by UNICO on the terms set forth in the Conversion Agreement.


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6. Subordinated Creditor Obligations. If any Borrower pays any indebtedness 
owing to any one or more of the Subordinated Creditors prior to the payment 
in full of the Obligations (other than payment of accrued interest at the 
rate of nine and one-quarter percent [9 1/4%] per annum on a loan in the 
principal amount of Fifty Thousand [$50,000.00] owing by UNICO to 
Renaissance) or if any one or more of the Subordinated Creditors commences 
any legal action against any Borrower to collect any indebtedness or to 
enforce any other obligation owing by any one or more of the Borrowers to 
such Subordinated Creditor, each such action will constitute an Event of 
Default entitling the Lender to exercise the remedies available to the Lender 
under the Loan Documents.

7. Effect of Modification. Except as modified by this Amendment, the Loan 
Agreement and the Loan Documents remain in full force and effect and the 
mortgage liens, security interests and other encumbrances thereby created are 
intended to secure payment of the indebtedness evidenced by the Renewal Note 
after the date of this Amendment with the priority and enforceability thereof 
to continue in effect, uninterrupted and unabated.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed and delivered by the 
parties effective on the date set forth above.

                                           UNICO, INC., a Delaware corporation




                                           By
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                                             Gerard R. Bernier, President

                                           UNITED COUPON CORPORATION, a 
                                           Virginia corporation



                                           By
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                                             Gerard R. Bernier, President

                                           CAL-CENTRAL MARKETING CORPORATION,
                                           formerly AEC Acquisitions, Inc., an
                                           Oklahoma corporation



                                           By
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                                             Authorized Agent

                                           (the "Borrowers")


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                                           BANCFIRST, an Oklahoma banking
                                           corporation



                                           By
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                                             E. G. Alexander,
                                             Senior Vice President

                                           (the "Lender")












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