St. Louis-based Ralston Purina, reporting increased earnings...

St. Louis-based Ralston Purina, reporting increased earnings and higher sales for the year ended Sept. 30, 1986, said that results include sales and earnings of Eveready Battery since its acquisition on June 30, 1986, as well as sales and earnings of Purina Mills, which was sold after the end of the company’s fiscal year. Results also include a gain on the sale of discontinued restaurant operations and an extraordinary loss on debt retirement.