SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date earliest event reported): October 11, 1996
Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S.
File Number Address and Telephone Number Employer
Identifica
tion No.
1-11299 ENTERGY CORPORATION 72-1229752
(a Delaware corporation)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone (504) 529-5262
Form 8-K Page 1
October 11, 1996
Item 5. Other Information
Entergy Corporation
The following press release was released on October 11,
1996
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), a
major electric energy and diversified growth company, announced
that it completed its planned acquisition of National Security
Service (NSS) on October 3, 1996 for $32 million of debt.
Entergy said its purchase of NSS, a full-service security
monitoring company serving about 40,000 customers in North
Carolina and Alabama with about $23 million in annual revenue,
gives it an industry stake from which it plans to grow.
Entergy, which has 2.4 million retail electric customers in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and an energy-
management subsidiary serving commercial and industrial customers
from offices in 29 U.S. states, said it will expand its security
business through increased customer sales and future
acquisitions. NSS is headquartered in Raleigh and has offices in
Hickory, Charlotte, Wilmington, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, and
Greensboro, N.C. Alabama customers are served from Birmingham
and Montgomery offices by NSS' Automatic Detection Systems, Inc.
Form 8-K Page 2
October 11, 1996
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Entergy Corporation
By: /s/Louis E.
Buck, Jr.
Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
Dated: October 11, 1996
