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                       SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 30, 1996 TO
                       PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1996 FOR

                   GROUP FLEXIBLE FUND RETIREMENT CONTRACTS

                                  ISSUED BY

                      NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                 THROUGH ITS

                        NATIONWIDE DC VARIABLE ACCOUNT

This Supplement updates certain information contained in your prospectus.
Please read it and keep it with your prospectus for future reference.

The name of the Templeton Smaller Companies Growth Fund, Inc. has been changed
to Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund, Inc. 

All references in the prospectus to the Templeton Smaller Companies Growth
Fund, Inc. are changed accordingly.



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