OPPENHEIMER GROUP INC
SC 13G/A, 1995-02-01
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549

                               SCHEDULE 13G

                 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                            (Amendment No. 3)*


                    NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORIES, INC.
                             (Name of Issuer)

                                  COMMON
                      (Title of Class of Securities)

                                63633F109         
                              (CUSIP Number)


     Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this
     statement 
 

     (A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a
     previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of
     more than five percent of the class of securities described
     in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto
     reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of
     such class.)  (See Rule 13d-7.)    

     *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
     reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect
     to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
     amendment containing information which would alter the
     disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The information required in the remainder of this cover page
     shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section
     18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or
     otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the
     Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
     (however, see the Notes).    
               
                     (Continued on following page(s))

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                                   13G

CUSIP NO. 63633F109                      PAGE 2 OF 7 PAGES
______________________________________________________________
1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     OPPENHEIMER GROUP, INC.
     I.R.S. NO. 13-3331657
______________________________________________________________
2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a) 
                                                       (b)  X
______________________________________________________________
3    SEC USE ONLY

______________________________________________________________
4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     DELAWARE
______________________________________________________________
NUMBER OF      5    SOLE VOTING POWER
                    
SHARE               0
               _______________________________________________
BENEFICIALLY   6    SHARED VOTING POWER

OWNED BY            3,051,436               
               _______________________________________________
EACH           7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

REPORTING           0
               _______________________________________________
PERSON         8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

WITH                3,051,436
______________________________________________________________
9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
     PERSON
                    3,051,436
______________________________________________________________
10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES 

______________________________________________________________
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    3.60%
______________________________________________________________
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

     HC
______________________________________________________________
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549

                          Schedule 13G
            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this
Statement 


Item 1(b)      Name of Issuer: 
               
               NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORIES, INC.
               
Item 1(b)      Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

               7590 Fay Ave.,LaJolla, CA 92037

Item 2(a)      Name of Person Filing:

               Oppenheimer Group, Inc.

Item 2(b)      Address of Principal Business Office:

               Oppenheimer Tower, World Financial Center
               New York, New York 10281

Item 2(c)      Citizenship:

               Inapplicable

Item 2(d)      Title of Class of Securities:

               Common 

Item 2(e)      CUSIP Number:  63633F109                        

Item 3(g)      ____X____ Parent Holding Company, in accordance
with 
                         Section 240.13d - 1(b)(1)(ii)(G)  
                         See Exhibit I hereto

Item 4(a)      Amount Beneficially Owned:

               Oppenheimer Group, Inc.      - 3,051,436

Item 4(b)      Percent of Class:

               Oppenheimer Group, Inc.      -  3.60%   


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Item 4(c)(i)   Sole Power to Vote or to direct the vote -
                    Oppenheimer Group, Inc.   -           0


Item 4(c)(ii)  Shared power to vote or to direct the vote - 
                    Oppenheimer Group, Inc.   - 3,051,436

Item 4(c)(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of -
                    Oppenheimer Group, Inc.   -            0

Item 4(c)(iv)  Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of -
                    Oppenheimer Group, Inc.   -  3,051,436

Item 5         Ownership to Five Percent or Less of a Class:
                    Inapplicable

Item 6         Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
                    Another Person:

                    Inapplicable

Item 7         Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
               Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
               Holding Company: 

                    See Exhibit II hereto

Item 8         Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
                    Inapplicable

Item 9         Notice of Dissolution of Group:
                    Inapplicable

Item 10        Certification:

               By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
               and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired
               in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for
               the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
               influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
               were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in
               any transaction having such purpose or effect.

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.

Date:               February 1, 1995

Signature:      By: /s/ Robert I. Kleinberg

Name/Title:         Robert I. Kleinberg, Vice President/Secretary       

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                        EXHIBIT I 

Oppenheimer Group, Inc. ("Oppenheimer Group") is a holding company which
owns directly and indirectly a variety of subsidiary companies
("Subsidiaries") including the companies identified on the exhibit to this
Schedule 13G engaged in various aspects of the financial services business. 
83.39% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of Oppenheimer Group is
owned by Oppenheimer & Co., L.P., ("Oppenheimer LP"), a limited partnership
formed by the management of Oppenheimer.  The general and limited
partnership interests in Oppenheimer LP are owned by employees of
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. ("Opco") and its affiliates and include the
executive officers of Opco.  16.61% of Group's capital stock has been
issued to certain Oppenheimer LP warrantholders upon presentation for
exercise of warrants issued to various investors in Oppenheimer LP's 1986
Private Placement.  Opco, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Oppenheimer Group, is a diversified investment banking and securities firm. 
Oppenheimer Financial Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer
Group, is the sole general partner of Oppenheimer Capital, L.P. ("Opcap
LP"), a limited partnership which owns a majority interest in Oppenheimer
Capital general partnership, which carries on an investment advisory
business activity directly and through certain investment advisory
companies one of which serves as advisor to a group of mutual funds. 



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The amendment to Schedule 13G is being filed by Oppenheimer Group as a
parent holding company pursuant to the provisions of Rule 13(d) - (1) (b)
on behalf of Oppenheimer LP and the Subsidiaries and/or certain investment
advisory clients or discretionary accounts of the Subsidiaries and relating
to their collective beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of the
Issuer.

Management of the affairs of Oppenheimer Group, the Subsidiaries and of
certain advisory clients including decisions respecting dispositions and/or
voting of the shares of the common stock of the Issuer resides in
respective officers and directors of the Subsidiaries and is not directed
by Oppenheimer Group or Oppenheimer LP.   

Accordingly, the filing of this amendment to Schedule 13G by Oppenheimer
Group is not intended as, and should not be deemed, an acknowledgment of
beneficial ownership or shared voting or dispositive power by Oppenheimer
Group, Oppenheimer LP or any intermediary company of the shares of the
common stock of the Issuer owned by such Subsidiaries or investment
advisory clients of investment advisory clients, such beneficial ownership
or attribution or shared voting or dispositive power being disclaimed.



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                             EXHIBIT II 

  The Parent Holding Company is filing on behalf of Oppenheimer Financial
  Corp., Oppenheimer Equities, Inc. and Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. which
  would be classified as Item 3(g), Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. which would be
  classified as Item 3(a), and Oppenheimer Capital which would be
  classified as Item 3(e).

  MIK8-EX-IIB

MIK8-NATIONAL.195



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