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Registration No. 33-50820
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
DELAWARE 47-0533677
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
P.O. Box 11315
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
(913) 624-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
DON A. JENSEN
Vice President & Secretary
Sprint Corporation
P.O. Box 11315
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
(913) 624-3326
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this registration
statement, as determined by market conditions.
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If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
check the following box.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in
connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the
following box. X
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Central Telephone Company has heretofore filed Registration
Statement No. 33-50820 (the "Registration Statement"), which
registered $175,000,000 of the corporation's First Mortgage Bonds.
$70,000,000 of the First Mortgage Bonds were sold in September,
1992. The corporation has no plans to sell additional First Mortgage
Bonds in the near future. Therefore, the Registration Statement is
hereby amended to deregister the remaining $105,000,000 of First
Mortgage Bonds.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly
caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Westwood, State of Kansas, on the 25th day of September,
1996.
CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
By: /s/ M. Jeannine Strandjord
(M. Jeannine Strandjord,
Vice President - Treasurer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Name Title Date
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/s/ D. Wayne Peterson President,Chief )
(D. Wayne Peterson) Executive Officer and )
Director (Principal )
Executive Officer) )
)
/s/ John P. Meyer Vice President - Chief )
(John P. Meyer) Financial Officer )
(Principal Financial )
Officer) )
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/s/ Richard D. McRae Vice President - )
(Richard D. McRae) Controller(Principal )
Accounting Officer) )
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/s/ Michael B. Fuller Director ) September 25, 1996
(Michael B. Fuller) )
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/s/ Don A. Jensen Director )
(Don A. Jensen) )
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/s/ William E. McDonald Director )
(William E. McDonald) )
)
/s/ M. Jeannine Strandjord Director )
(M. Jeannine Strandjord) )
)
/s/ Alan J. Sykes Director )
(Alan J. Sykes) )
)
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