Article: Indiana Couple Fosters Entrepreneurship in Former Soviet Armenia.(Originated from The News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.)

FORT WAYNE, Ind.--May 6--Cecil Henn didn't hesitate when he was asked to go to Armenia to advise a young machine-tool company. But after he got off the phone, he and his wife, Donna, had just one question:

Where is Armenia?

A quick check of the encyclopedia located the former Soviet republic just north of Turkey and Iran. Now, after a month in the young nation, the Fort Wayne couple know well where Armenia is. They also are familiar with the struggles of the nation -- and, in particular, one small company -- to adjust to a free-market economy.

The enormous factories the Soviet Union built to support its military and space programs are closed or dying, ...

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