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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549
                                
                                                
                          SCHEDULE 13D
                        (Amendment No. 6)
                                
                                                
            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                 
                       CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.       
                        (Name of Issuer)
                                
                        
             Common Stock Par Value $1.00 Per Share     
                (Title of Class and Securities) 
                                
                                                
                           171340102                  
              (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                                                
                                                
                                                
               James E. McKee,  Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
     One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1434 (914) 921-5294
    (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
             to Receive Notices and Communications)
                                
                                                
                        May 5, 1997                            
     (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
                                

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this State-
ment because of Rule 13D-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box: 
                                                        ____     
                                                       /___/ 


Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this Statement:
                                                       _____
                                                      /    /
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_________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 171340102                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      Gabelli Funds, Inc.            I.D. No. 13-3056041
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      OO-Funds of investment company clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          _____
                                                     /    /
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      New York
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     370,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  (Item 5) 
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     370,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  (Item 5)  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      370,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         _____
                                                     /  x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      1.89%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      HC, IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!  
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________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 171340102                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      GAMCO Investors, Inc.              I.D. No. 13-2951242
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      OO-Funds of investment advisory clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          _____
                                                     /  x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      New York
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     1,406,600 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None 
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     1,467,600 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      1,467,600 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________

(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      7.53%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!   
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_________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 171340102                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      Gabelli Asset Management Company International Advisory     
      Services Ltd. 
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      00-Funds of clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      Bermuda                     
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     3,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     3,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      3,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.02%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      CO
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
<PAGE>
_________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 171340102                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
     Mario J. Gabelli                  I.D. No. ###-##-####
_________________________________________________________________ 
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      None 
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /    /
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      USA 
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     None   (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None   (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     None   (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         _____
                                                     /  x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      IN
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1.   Security and Issuer
          This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock
of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the "Issuer") is being filed on
behalf of the undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended
(the "Schedule 13D") which was originally filed on December 17,
1993.  Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used
herein but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set
forth in the Schedule 13D.    
Item 2.   Identity and Background
          This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mr.
Gabelli") and various entities which he directly or indirectly
controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer.  These
entities, except for Lynch Corporation ("Lynch"), Spinnaker
Industries, Incorporated ("Spinnaker"), Western New Mexico
Telephone Company ("Western New Mexico"), Entoleter, Inc. ("Entole-
ter"),  Lynch Telecommunications Corporation ("Lynch Telecom"),
Lynch Telephone Corporation ("Lynch Telephone") and Inter-Community
Telephone Company ("Inter-Community") (collectively, "Lynch and its
affiliates"), engage in various aspects of the securities business,
primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and
individual clients, including registered investment companies and
pension plans, as broker/dealer and as general partner of various
private investment partnerships.  Certain of these entities may
also make investments for their own accounts. 
          The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own
beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a
particular issuer.  Although several of the foregoing persons are
treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their
beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings
of those who do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed
the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13D or implemen-
tation of their investment philosophy may from time to time require
action which could be viewed as not completely passive.  In order
to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial ownership is
being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater
investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons
have decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more
detailed Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule
13G and thereby to provide more expansive disclosure than may be 
necessary. 
          (a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one
or more of the following persons: Gabelli Funds, Inc. ("GFI"),
GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli Securities, Inc. ("GSI"),
Gabelli & Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli Performance
Partnership L.P. ("GPP"), GLI, Inc. ("GLI"), Gabelli Associates
Fund ("Gabelli Associates"), Gabelli Associates Limited ("GAL"), 
Gabelli & Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan"), Gabelli
International Limited ("GIL"), Gabelli International II Limited
("GIL II"), Gabelli International Gold Fund Limited ("GIGFL"), ALCE
Partners, L.P. ("ALCE"), Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P.
("Multimedia Partners"), Gabelli Asset Management Company Interna-
tional Advisory Services Ltd. ("GIASL"),Gabelli Foundation, Inc.
("Foundation"), Mr. Gabelli, Lynch, Spinnaker, Western New Mexico,
Entoleter, Lynch Telecom, Lynch Telephone and Inter-Community.
Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are
hereafter referred to as the "Reporting Persons". 
          GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFI, is an investment
adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended ("Advisers Act").  GAMCO is an investment manager providing
discretionary managed account services in the equity area for
employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments and founda-
tions. 
          Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is
a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended ("l934 Act"), which as a part of its business
regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account.  
          GLI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is the trustee for
the Gabelli-Rosenthal & Partners, L.P. Liquidating Trust.
          Gabelli Associates is a New York limited partnership
whose primary business purpose is risk arbitrage investments.  GSI
and Mr. Gabelli are the general partners of Gabelli Associates. 
          GAL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is 
risk arbitrage investments.  Shares of GAL's Common Stock will be
offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the 
United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S.
investors.  GSI is the investment manager of GAL.
          GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GFI, is a Delaware 
corporation which as a part of its business regularly purchases and
sells securities for its own account.  It is the immediate parent
of Gabelli & Company.  
          GFI is the ultimate parent company for a variety of
companies engaged in the securities business, each of which is
named above.  In addition, GFI is an investment adviser registered
under the Advisers Act.  GFI is an investment adviser which
presently provides discretionary managed account services for The
Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli
Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible Securities Fund, Inc., The
Gabelli Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The
Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli
Global Telecommunications Fund, Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The
Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global Convert-
ible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli Interna-
tional Growth Fund, Inc. and The Gabelli Global Interactive Couch
Potato Fund (collectively, the "Funds"), which are registered
investment companies.
          The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan,
covers substantially all employees of GFI and its affiliates. 
          GPP, a Delaware limited partnership, is a limited
partnership whose primary business purpose is investing in
securities.  Mr. Gabelli is the general partner and chief invest-
ment officer of GPP. 
          GIL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is 
investing in a portfolio of equity securities and securities
convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order
to achieve its investment objective of significant long-term growth
of capital.  Shares of GIL's common stock are offered to persons 
who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States and may
be offered to a limited number of U.S. investors.  The investments
of GIL are managed by Mr. Gabelli who is also a director and
Chairman of the Board of Directors of GIL.
          GIL II is a corporation whose business purpose is
investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities and
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities
in order to achieve its investment objective of significant
long-term growth of capital.  Shares of GIL II's common stock are
offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the 
United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S.
investors.  The investments of GIL II are managed by Mr. Gabelli 
who is also a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of 
GIL II.
       ALCE is a Delaware investment limited partnership that seeks
long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in
public and private equity securities.  GSI is a general partner of
ALCE.
       Multimedia Partners is a Delaware investment limited
partnership whose objective is to provide long-term capital
appreciation by investing primarily in public and private multime-
dia communications companies.  GSI is a general partner of
Multimedia Partners.
       GIASL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is to
provide advisory services to offshore funds.
       The Foundation is a private foundation. Mr. Gabelli is the
President, a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the Foundation.
       Lynch, an Indiana corporation, is a diversified public
company traded on the American Stock Exchange.  Its subsidiaries 
are engaged in communications, services, and manufactured products. 
Spinnaker, a Delaware subsidiary of Lynch, is also a public company
and its stock is traded through the NASDAQ System.  Spinnaker is a
diversified manufacturing firm with major subsidiaries in specialty
adhesive-backed materials business.  Another of Lynch's subsidiar-
ies, Western New Mexico, provides telephone services in a service
area in Southwestern New Mexico.  Inter-Community, which is also a
subsidiary of Lynch, provides local telephone services in an area
40 miles west of Fargo, North Dakota.   Lynch and Spinnaker
actively pursue new business ventures and acquisitions.  Lynch and
its affiliates make investments in marketable securities to
preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their
business activities and acquisitions (not in the case of Western
New Mexico) and are not engaged in the business of investing,
reinvesting, or trading in securities.  Mr. Gabelli is Chairman of
Lynch and owns beneficially 23.52% of the shares of common stock of
Lynch. 
          Mr. Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman of
the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of GFI and the
Chief Investment Officer for each of the Reporting Persons other
than GIASL.  GFI, in turn, is the sole stockholder of GAMCO.  GFI
is also the majority stockholder of GSI.  Gabelli & Company is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI.  GLI is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of GSI.
          The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute
a group. 
          GFI, GAMCO, Gabelli & Company and GLI are New York
corporations and GSI is a Delaware corporation, each having its
principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 
10580-1434. GPP is a Delaware limited partnership having its
principal business office at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich,
Connecticut 06830.  Gabelli Associates is a New York limited
partnership having its principal business office at One Corporate
Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434. GAL and GIL are corporations
organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having their
principal business office at c/o MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited,
British American Centre, Dr. Roy's Drive-Phase 3, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies.  GIL II is a corporation
organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having their
principal business office at c/o Coutts & Company (Cayman) Limited,
West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, British West Indies.  GIASL is a
Bermuda corporation with its principal business office at c/o
Appleby, Spurling & Kempe, Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton
HM12, Bermuda.  The Foundation is a private foundation having its
principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.
Lynch is an Indiana corporation having its principal business
office at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830.  Spinnaker is
a Delaware corporation having its principal business office at 251
Welton Street, Hamden, CT 06511. 
          For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D
with respect to the executive officers and directors of the
foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively,
"Covered Persons"), reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto
and incorporated herein by reference. 
          (d) and (e) -  On December 8, 1994, the SEC instituted 
and simultaneously accepted offers for the settlement of an
administrative proceeding against Gabelli & Company and GAMCO.  The
order instituting the proceeding included a finding, which Gabelli
& Company and GAMCO neither admitted nor denied, that they failed
to implement and maintain policies and procedures reasonably
designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic information
by not sepecifically addressing the special circumstances that
arose from their affiliation with Lynch Corporation, a public
company.  To resolve this matter, Gabelli & Company and GAMCO
agreed to cease and desist from violating Section 15(f) of the 1934
Act and Section 204A of the Advisers Act, respectively.  They
further agreed to each pay a civil penalty in the amount of
$50,000, and to retain, and adopt the recommendations of, an
independant consultant regarding their Section 15(f) and Section 
204A policies and procedures.  
     (f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto. 



Item 5.   Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
          Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:       
          (a)  The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to
which this Schedule 13D relates is 1,840,600 shares, representing 
9.44% of the 19,496,259 shares outstanding as reported in the Issu-
er's most recent Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996.  The Reporting Persons beneficially own those Securities as
follows: 
                              Shares of           % of
                              Common              Class of
Name                          Stock               Common  
                                      
GFI:
  As Principal                       0                0.00%
  As Agent                     370,000                1.89%

GAMCO:
  As Principal                       0                0.00%
  As Agent                   1,467,600                7.53%

GIASL                            3,000                0.02%

Mr. Gabelli                          0                0.00%

          Mr. Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons and
GFI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities
beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons other than Mr.
Gabelli. 
          (b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has
the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it,
either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment
clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that GAMCO
Investors, Inc. does not have authority to vote 61,000 of the
reported shares, and except that GFI has sole dispositive and
voting power with respect to the 370,000 shares of the Issuer held
by the the Funds, so long as the aggregate voting interest of all
joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in
the Issuer and in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of each of
the Funds shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, and except
that, at any time, the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may
take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power
with respect to the shares held by such Fund under special
circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and except that
the power of Mr. Gabelli and GFI is indirect with respect to
Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons. 
          (c) Information with respect to all transactions in the
Securities which were effected during the past sixty days by each
of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on
Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 



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Signature      
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct. 
Dated:    May 7, 1997
                                   MARIO J. GABELLI



                                  By:_____________________________
                                     James E. McKee  
                                     Attorney-in-Fact             
                                                   

                                   GABELLI FUNDS, INC. 

                                

                                   By:_________________________
                                      James E. McKee         
                                      General Counsel
                              
                                      
   
                                   GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.  
                                   


                                   By:_________________________
                                      Douglas R. Jamieson  
                                      Executive Vice President


                                   GABELLI ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
                                   INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY SERVICES,
                                   LTD.


                                   By:__________________________
                                      Marc J. Gabelli
                                      Director
                                      by:  James E. McKee
                                           Attorney-in-Fact
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                                                       Schedule I


              Information with Respect to Executive
            Officers and Directors of the Undersigned 

          Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent
part, as follows:

          The following sets forth as to each of the executive
officers and directors of the undersigned: his name; his business
address; and his present principal occupation or employment and
the name, principal business and address of any corporation or
other organization in which such employment is conducted.  Unless
otherwise specified, the principal employer of each such in-
dividual is Gabelli Funds, Inc., Gabelli & Company, Inc., or
GAMCO Investors, Inc., the business address of each of which is
One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580, and each such
individual identified below is a citizen of the United States. 
To the knowledge of the undersigned, during the last five years,
no such person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), and no
such person was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of
which he was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order
enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities law or finding
any violation with respect to such laws except as reported in
Item 2(d) of this Schedule 13D. 
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Gabelli Funds, Inc. 

Directors: 

     Mario J. Gabelli*

     Richard B. Black              Chairman of Raster Image
                                   Processing Systems; Chairman
                                   ECRM; Director of Archetype
                                   and Oak Technology; Director
                                   of The Morgan Group, Inc.;
                                   General Partner of KBA Part-  
                                   ners, Parker Plaza
                                   400 Kelby Street,
                                   Fort Lee, NJ 07029

     Charles C. Baum               Chairman, Director and Chief
                                   Executive Officer of The
                                   Morgan Group, Inc.;
                                   Secretary & Treasurer
                                   United Holdings              
                                   2545 Wilkens Avenue
                                   Baltimore, MD  21223

     Dr. Eamon M. Kelly            President
                                   Tulane University
                                   218 Gibson Hall
                                   6823 St. Charles Avenue
                                   New Orleans, LA  70118

     Marc J. Gabelli               Vice President


Officers:

     Mario J. Gabelli              Chairman, Chief Executive
                                   Officer and Chief Investment
                                   Officer
     
     Stephen G. Bondi              Executive Vice President,
                                   Chief Financial and Admin-
                                   istrative Officer             
                              
     James E. McKee                Vice President, General 
                                   Counsel and Secretary
_____________________

     *    Mr. Gabelli is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Investment Officer of Gabelli Funds, Inc. and of GAMCO
Investors, Inc.; Director/Trustee of all registered investment
companies advised by Gabelli Funds, Inc.; Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Lynch Corporation. 



GAMCO Investors, Inc.

Directors:
     
     Mario J. Gabelli
     Douglas R. Jamieson
     Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
     Regina M. Pitaro
     F. William Scholz, II

Officers:
     
     Mario J. Gabelli              Chairman, Chief Executive     
                                   Officer and Chief             
                                   Investment Officer  

     Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.        President and Chief Operating
                                   Officer

     Douglas R. Jamieson           Executive Vice President 

     Stephen G. Bondi              Vice President

     James E. McKee                Vice President, General       
                                   Counsel and Secretary

Gabelli Securities, Inc.

Directors:

     Robert W. Blake               President of W.R. Blake
                                   & Sons, Inc.
                                   196-20 Northern Boulevard
                                   Flushing, NY  11358

     Douglas G. DeVivo             General Partner of ALCE
                                   Partners, L.P.
                                   One First Street, Suite 16
                                   Los Altos, CA  94022

     Ronald L. Gallatin            Consultant
                                   Gabelli Securities, Inc.
                                   One Corporate Center
                                   Rye, NY  10580

     Francine Sommer               Chief Executive Officer of
                                   General Partner of Gabelli
                                   Multimedia Partners, L.P.
                                   One Corporate Center
                                   Rye, NY  10580

     Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.        See above

Officers:
     
     Gary P. Watson                Executive Vice President,
                                   Chief Financial and Admin-
                                   istrative Officer

     Stephen G. Bondi              Vice President

     James E. McKee                Secretary


Gabelli & Company, Inc.

Directors:

     James G. Webster, III         Chairman 
     
     Stephen G. Bondi              See above

     Donald C. Jenkins             Director of Research

Officers:

     James G. Webster, III         Chairman 

     Stephen G. Bondi              Vice President 

     Walter K. Walsh               Compliance Officer

     James E. McKee                Secretary



GLI, Inc.
Directors:

     Mario J. Gabelli              See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.


Officers:

     Mario J. Gabelli              Chairman and Chief Investment
                                   Officer

     Stephen G. Bondi              Vice President





Gabelli Associates Limited

Directors:

     Mario J. Gabelli              See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.

     
     MeesPierson  (Cayman)         British American Centre   
     Limited                       Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
                                   Georgetown, Grand Cayman   
                                   Cayman Islands, British             
                                   WestIndies
     
Officers:

     Mario J. Gabelli              Chief Investment Officer

     Kevin Bromley                 Vice President, Treasurer and
                                   Assistant Secretary

     Sandra Wight                  Secretary and Assistant Treasurer


Gabelli International Limited

Directors:

     Mario J. Gabelli              See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
   
     MeesPierson  (Cayman)         British American Centre   
     Limited                       Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
                                   Georgetown, Grand Cayman   
                                   Cayman Islands, British West Indies

Officers:

     Kevin Bromley                 Vice President, Treasurer, and      
                                   Assistant Secretary                 
                                   MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
                                   British American Centre  
                                   Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3   
                                   Georgetown, Grand Cayman    
                                   Cayman Islands, British West Indies

     Sandra Wight                  Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
                                   Assistant Secretary                 
                                   MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
                                   British American Centre  
                                   Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3   
                                   Georgetown, Grand Cayman    
                                   Cayman Islands, British West Indies


Gabelli Asset Management Company 
International Advisory Services Ltd.

Directors:

     Marc J. Gabelli               See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.

     Stephen G. Bondi              See Above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.

     Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.        See above-GAMCO Investors, Inc.

     Michael J. Burns              Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
                                   Cedar House
                                   41 Cedar Avenue
                                   Hamilton, HM12
                                   Bermuda             

     Douglas Molyneux              Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
                                   Cedar House
                                   41 Cedar Avenue
                                   Hamilton, HM12
                                   Bermuda        


Lynch Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT  06830

Directors:

     Paul J. Evanson               President               
                                   Florida Light & Power Co.
                                   P.O Box 14000
                                   700 Universe Blvd.
                                   Juno Beach, Fl 33408

     Morris Berkowitz              Business Consultant
                                   163-43 Willets Point Blvd.
                                   Whitestone, NY 11357

     Mario J. Gabelli              See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.

     Paul Woolard                  Business Consultant
                                   116 East 68th Street
                                   New York, NY 10021

     E. Val Cerutti                Business Consultant          
                                   Cerutti Consultants 
                                   227 McLain Street
                                   Mount Kisco, NY   10549




     Ralph R. Papitto              Chairman of the Board
                                   AFC Cable Systems, Inc.
                                   50 Kennedy Plaza
                                   Suite 1250
                                   Providence, RI  02903

     Salvatore Muoio               S. Muoio & Co., LLC
                                   655 Third Avenue
                                   New York, NY 10017       

     John C. Ferrara               110 Edward Place
                                   Stamford, CT  06905

Officers:

     Mario J. Gabelli              Chairman and Chief Executive   
                                   Officer

     Joseph H. Epel                Treasurer

     Robert E. Dolan               Chief Financial Officer 

     Carmine Ceraolo               Assistant Controller

     Robert A. Hurwich             Vice President-Administration,
                                   Secretary and General Counsel


Spinnaker Industries, Inc.
600 N. Pearl Street 
Suite 2160
Dallas, TX  75201

Directors:

     Joseph P. Rhein               5003 Central Avenue     
                                   Ocean City, NJ  08226
                                   
     Richard J. Boyle              The Boyle Group, Inc.             
                                   6110 Blue Circle Drive
                                   Suite 250           
                                   Minnetonka, MN  55343

     Ned N. Fleming, III           Boyle, Fleming, 
                                   George & Co., Inc.            
                                   600 N. Pearl Street
                                   Suite 2160
                                   Dallas, TX  75201


     Robert E. Dolan               See above Lynch Corporation


     Anthonie C. van Ekris         Chairman and Chief 
                                   Executive Officer
                                   Balmac International, Inc.
                                   61 Broadway
                                   Suite 1900
                                   New York, NY  10006
Officers:

     James W. Toman                Controller          

     Ned N. Fleming, III           President

     Richard J. Boyle              Chairman and
                                   Chief Executive Officer

     Robert A. Hurwich             Secretary

     Mark A. Matteson              Vice President, Corporate
                                   Development

Entoleter, Inc.
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT  06517

Directors:

     Ned N. Fleming, III           See above-Spinnaker

     Mark A. Matteson              See above-Spinnaker

     James W. Toman                See above-Spinnaker

     Robert P. Wentzel             See above Entoleter

     James Fleming                 230 Saugatuck Avenue, Unit 8
                                   Westport, CT  06880

Officers:

     James W. Toman                Chief Financial Officer
                                   and Secretary

     Robert P. Wentzel             President

     Anthony R. Massaro            Vice President-Manufacturing






Western New Mexico Telephone Company
314 Yankee Street
Silver City, NM  88062

Directors:

     Jack C. Keen                  Chairman

     Jack W. Keen                  President

     Dr. Brian E. Gordon           Vice President

     Mary Beth Baxter              Secretary & Treasurer

     Robert E. Dolan               See above-Lynch Corporation

     Robert A. Hurwich             See above-Lynch Corporation

     Carmine Ceraolo               See above-Lynch Corporation

Officers:

     Jack C. Keen                  Chairman of the Board

     Jack W. Keen                  President

     Jack L. Bentley               Executive Vice President

     Dr. Brian E. Gordon           Vice President

     Charles M. Baxter             Sr. Vice President-Operations
     
     Mary Beth Baxter              Secretary & Treasurer

     Robert A. Hurwich             Assistant Treasurer


Inter-Community Telephone Company
P.O. Box A
Nome, ND  58062

Directors:

     Mary J. Carroll               See above-Lynch Corporation

     Carmine P. Ceraolo            See above-Lynch Corporation
                                   
     Robert E. Dolan               See above-Lynch Corporation

     Joseph H. Epel                See above-Lynch Corporation

     Robert A. Hurwich             See above-Lynch Corporation

     Leone A. Nilsen               President

     Roger J. Nilsen               P.O. Box 146
                                   Hannaford, ND 58448

     Duane A. Plecity              Secretary

     Harry B. Snyder               P.O. Box 131
                                   Buffalo, ND  58011
                                   
     Robert Snyder                 200 Broadway South
                                   Buffalo, ND  58011

Officers:

     Leone A. Nilsen               President
     
     Robert Snyder                 Vice President 
     
     Duane A. Plecity              Secretary
     
     Harry B. Snyder               Treasurer

     Joseph H. Epel                Assistant Treasurer

     Robert A. Hurwich             Assistant Secretary


Lynch Telecommunications Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT  06830

Directors:

     Richard A. Kiesling           2801 International Lane
                                   Suite 207
                                   Madison, WI  53740           

     Jack C. Keen                  See above-Western New Mexico
                                   Telephone Company

     Robert A. Snyder              See above-Inter-Community
                                   Telephone Company

Officers:

     Robert A. Hurwich             Secretary

     Mary Beth Baxter              Treasurer and 
                                   Assistant Secretary

     Robert E. Dolan               Controller
Lynch Telephone Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT  06830

Directors:

     Robert E. Dolan               Controller

     Jack C. Keen                  Chairman

Officers:

     Jack C. Keen                  Chairman

     Jack W. Keen                  President

     Robert A. Hurwich             Secretary

     Mary Beth Baxter              Treasurer and 
                                   Assistant Secretary

     Robert E. Dolan               Controller



SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
                                                                  
             
                             SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE    
                 DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)  
                                                                  
             
 COMMON STOCK-CHURCH & DWIGHT CO                                  
   
          GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.                                   
               5/05/97           30,000-             *DO
               5/01/97            5,000-           25.4875    
               5/01/97            1,000            26.1875    
               5/01/97            1,000-           26.1875    
               5/01/97            3,500-             *DO      
               4/30/97            1,000            26.2500    
               4/30/97            1,000            26.1875    
               4/24/97            1,500-           25.0000    
               4/18/97              300-           25.1250    
               4/15/97            3,000-             *DO      
               4/03/97            1,000-           26.5000    
               4/03/97              500-             *DO      
               4/02/97            1,000-           27.0000    
               4/02/97              500-             *DO      
               4/01/97           39,000-             *DO      
               3/31/97              500-           26.7500    
               3/27/97            2,500-           27.1250    
               3/27/97            2,500-             *DO      
               3/24/97              500            26.8750    
               3/24/97            2,000-             *DO      
               3/19/97            5,000-           28.0000    
               3/18/97            2,000-           27.5000    
               3/17/97            2,500-           27.0500    
               3/13/97            1,100-             *DO      
               3/11/97              300-           28.6250    
               3/11/97           25,000-             *DO      
               3/10/97              300-           27.8750    
               3/10/97            2,000-           27.4375    
               3/05/97              700-           27.5000    
                                                                  
     
               
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED    
    ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.                                     
   
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.                                    
   
(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL
    OWNERSHIP.  
   
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