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Registration Nos. 333-14865, 333-14865-01,
33-50049 and 33-50049-01
Filing under Rule 424(b)(3)
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1997
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(To Prospectus dated December 9, 1996, as supplemented by
Prospectus Supplement dated December 9, 1996)
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE FROM NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED AS TO PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST BY
U S WEST, INC.
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Aggregate Principal Amount: $ 10,000,000
Settlement Date: March 5, 1997
Maturity: March 5, 2002
Coupon: 6.75%
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PURCHASE AS PRINCIPAL
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This Pricing Supplement relates to $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of Notes that are being purchased, as principal, by Smith Barney Inc. ("Smith
Barney") for resale to investors at varying prices relating to prevailing
market prices at the time of resale as determined by Smith Barney. The net
proceeds payable by Smith Barney to U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc. ("Capital
Funding") will be 99.248% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or
$9,924,800, before deduction of expenses payable by Capital Funding. In
connection with the sale of the Notes, Smith Barney may be deemed to have
received compensation in the form of underwriting discounts in the amount of
0.752% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or $75,200.
