MARION LABS &lt;MKC> VOTES SPLIT, DIVIDEND HIKE

  Marion Laboratories Inc said
  its board declared a two-for-one common stock split in the form
  of a dividend, with distribution April 21, record March 25.
      The board also said it intends to increase the regular
  quarterly dividend by 43 pct, to five cts a share, reflecting
  the split. It said the increase will be declared at the May
  1987 board meeting and reflected in regular payments beginning
  in July 1987.
  

