UNITED STATES
SECURITEIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year of Quarter Ended: June 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nelson Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 245 Lytton Avenue
Suite 350
Palo Alto, CA 94301
13F File Number: 28-99999
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing
the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained
herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that
all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are
considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Brooks P. Nelson
Title: President
Phone: 650-326-0200
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Brooks P. Nelson Palo Alto, California August 12, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 87
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $266,916
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE CUSIP VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
OF CLASS (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Abbott Labs COM 002824100 5316135 117160 SH SOLE 117160 0 0
ACNielsen COM 004833109 4726986 156264 SH SOLE 156264 0 0
Allied Signal Inc. COM 019512102 261976 4158 SH SOLE 4158 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 5504287 42300 SH SOLE 42300 0 0
American Home Products COM 026609107 315562 5500 SH SOLE 5500 0 0
American Intl Group COM 026874107 772325 6587 SH SOLE 6587 0 0
Amgen COM 031162100 1794595 29480 SH SOLE 29480 0 0
Apache Corp. COM 037411105 686400 17600 SH SOLE 17600 0 0
Applied Materials Inc COM 038222105 209435 2835 SH SOLE 2835 0 0
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 5451926 97682 SH SOLE 97682 0 0
Atlantic Richfield COM 048825103 512405 6132 SH SOLE 6132 0 0
Avery Dennison Corp COM 053611109 5334131 88350 SH SOLE 88350 0 0
Baldor Electric COM 057741100 3892975 195873 SH SOLE 195873 0 0
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 292443 3989 SH SOLE 3989 0 0
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 386235 5908 SH SOLE 5908 0 0
BellSouth Corp COM 079860102 279333 6056 SH SOLE 6056 0 0
Bestfoods COM 08658U101 4717350 95300 SH SOLE 95300 0 0
Boeing Co COM 097023105 519640 11810 SH SOLE 11810 0 0
BP Amoco Plc-ADR SPONSORED ADR 055622104 3534274 32573 SH SOLE 32573 0 0
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 763260 10836 SH SOLE 10836 0 0
Cardiothoracic Systems COM 141907105 160625 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 3472600 71600 SH SOLE 716000 0 0
CBS COM 12490K107 5358187 123000 SH SOLE 123000 0 0
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 3569022 37543 SH SOLE 35743 0 0
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 12115925 188026 SH SOLE 188026 0 0
Citigroup COM 172967101 7153191 150593 SH SOLE 150593 0 0
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 628494 10137 SH SOLE 10137 0 0
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 1102215 11190 SH SOLE 11190 0 0
Compaq Computers COM 204493100 3518233 148527 SH SOLE 148527 0 0
Corvus Systems Inc. COM 221016108 12 12000 SH SOLE 12000 0 0
Dial Corp COM 25247D101 4170429 112146 SH SOLE 112146 0 0
Disney (Walt & Co.) COM 254687106 1222023 39660 SH SOLE 39660 0 0
Dow Chemical COM 260543103 203039 1600 SH SOLE 1600 0 0
DuPont (E.I.) deNemours COM 263534109 311095 4554 SH SOLE 4554 0 0
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 204169 3244 SH SOLE 3244 0 0
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 8036025 98300 SH SOLE 98300 0 0
Exxon Corp COM 302290101 856687 11107 SH SOLE 11107 0 0
Federal National Mtge COM 313586109 884806 12964 SH SOLE 12964 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 7223943 63928 SH SOLE 63928 0 0
GTE Corp COM 362320103 5319805 70461 SH SOLE 70461 0 0
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 5755735 57271 SH SOLE 57271 0 0
Home Depot COM 437076102 916822 14228 SH SOLE 14228 0 0
IMS Health COM 449934108 5868750 187800 SH SOLE 187800 0 0
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 12263247 206105 SH SOLE 206105 0 0
Int'l Business Machine COM 459200101 13606957 105276 SH SOLE 105276 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 7055342 71993 SH SOLE 71993 0 0
Kennametal COM 489170100 3498970 112870 SH SOLE 112870 0 0
Lilly Eli & co COM 532457108 392505 5480 SH SOLE 5480 0 0
Loral Space & Communication COM G56462107 1147500 63750 SH SOLE 63750 0 0
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 626225 9286 SH SOLE 9286 0 0
MCI WorldCom Inc COM 55268B106 432550 5026 SH SOLE 5026 0 0
Marsh & McLennan Companies COM 571748102 228424 3018 SH SOLE 3018 0 0
Mattel, Inc. COM 577081102 222910 8532 SH SOLE 8532 0 0
McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 240992 5860 SH SOLE 5860 0 0
Merck & Co COM 589331107 6869212 93300 SH SOLE 93300 0 0
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 3614264 40075 SH SOLE 40075 0 0
Miller (Herman) Inc COM 600544100 3578400 170400 SH SOLE 170400 0 0
Mobil Corp COM 607059102 291806 2955 SH SOLE 2955 0 0
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Disco COM 617446448 1985275 19344 SH SOLE 19344 0 0
Morgan, J.P. & Co. COM 616880100 1798400 12800 SH SOLE 12800 0 0
Motorola, Inc. COM 620076109 2866661 30255 SH SOLE 30255 0 0
Newell Co COM 651192106 369840 7975 SH SOLE 7975 0 0
Novellus Systems Inc COM 670008101 341250 5000 SH SOLE 5000 0 0
Oracle Systems COM 68389X105 3465618 93350 SH SOLE 93350 0 0
Overland Data COM 690213103 202087 31700 SH SOLE 31700 0 0
Pall Corporation COM 696429307 2979781 134300 SH SOLE 134300 0 0
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 4559410 117852 SH SOLE 117852 0 0
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 730300 6700 SH SOLE 6700 0 0
PG&E Corp. COM 69331C108 205036 6320 SH SOLE 6320 0 0
Philip Morris COM 718154107 373743 9300 SH SOLE 9300 0 0
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 489982 5490 SH SOLE 5490 0 0
Sara Lee COM 803111103 5571427 245572 SH SOLE 245572 0 0
SBC Communications Inc. COM 78387G103 4763308 82126 SH SOLE 82126 0 0
Schering Plough COM 806605101 222967 4247 SH SOLE 4247 0 0
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 2458337 38600 SH SOLE 38600 0 0
Schwab, (Charles & Co.) COM 808513105 2786367 25563 SH SOLE 25563 0 0
Staples COM 855030102 924319 29877 SH SOLE 29877 0 0
State Street Corp COM 857477103 8160142 95580 SH SOLE 95580 0 0
Steris Corp COM 859152100 3411937 176100 SH SOLE 176100 0 0
Sun Micro Systems COM 866810104 3874907 56260 SH SOLE 56260 0 0
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 8395200 58300 SH SOLE 58300 0 0
Union Pacific COM 907818108 2859061 49030 SH SOLE 49030 0 0
Vodafone AirTouch PLC-SP ADR SPONSORED ADR 92857T107 843258 4280 SH SOLE 4280 0 0
Watson Pharmaceutical COM 942683103 2731368 77900 SH SOLE 77900 0 0
Wells Fargo COM 949746101 239955 5613 SH SOLE 5613 0 0
Xerox Corp COM 984121103 220893 3740 SH SOLE 3740 0 0
Xilinx, Inc. COM 983919101 21692025 378900 SH SOLE 378900 0 0
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