TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC VOTING TRUST 1989
SC 13G, 2000-02-01
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 (Rule 13d-102)

             INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
           TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED
                            PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)
                               (Amendment No. 6)1


                        Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                         Common Shares, $0.01 par value
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    879433100
                                ----------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                December 31, 1999
            --------------------------------------------------------
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

|_|      Rule 13d-1(b)

|_|      Rule 13d-1(c)

|X|      Rule 13d-1(d)




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         1 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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

         The information  required on 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).


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                                       13G
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CUSIP NO. 879433100                                         Page 2 of 5 Pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

          Trustees under The Voting Trust under Agreement dated June 30, 1989
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*             (a) [X]
                                                                        (b) [ ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3        SEC USE ONLY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                5     SOLE VOTING POWER

                                      Not Applicable
   NUMBER OF                 ---------------------------------------------------
                                6     SHARED  VOTING POWER - 6,359,808  Series A
    SHARES                            Common shares which  have  ten  votes  per
                                      share on all matters  and are  convertible
  BENEFICILLAY                        on a  share-for-share  basis  into  Common
                                      Shares,  and  are  held  by the  reporting
    OWNED BY                          persons as trustees of a Voting Trust.
                             ---------------------------------------------------
     EACH                       7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

   REPORTING                          Not Applicable
                             ---------------------------------------------------
  PERSON WITH                   8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                      Not Applicable
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

          Same as 6
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10        CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

          Not Applicable
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11        PERCENT OF CLASS  REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) - Reporting persons
          beneficially own approximately  96.4% of the Series A Common Shares of
          the  Issuer,   representing   approximately   10.5%  of  the  Issuer's
          outstanding  classes of Common Stock and 52.9% of the Issuer's  voting
          power.1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12        TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

          OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

                                Page 2 of 5 pages

1 Based on 54,174,539  TDS Common  Shares and  6,598,691  Series A Common Shares
issued and outstanding on December 31, 1999

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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 3 of 5


Item 1.           (a)      Name of Issuer:
                           --------------

                           Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

                  (b)      Address of Issuers's Principal Executive Offices:
                           ------------------------------------------------

                           30 North LaSalle Street
                           Suite 4000
                           Chicago, Illinois 60602

Item 2.           (a)      Name of Person Filing:
                           ---------------------

                           The  Trustees  of the Voting  Trust  under  Agreement
                           dated June 30, 1989:

                           LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
                           Walter C.D. Carlson
                           Letitia G.C. Carlson
                           Donald C. Nebergall
                           Melanie J. Heald

                  (b)      Address  of  Principal  Business  Office or, if None,
                           Residence:
                           ----------------------------------------------------

                           c/o Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
                           30 North LaSalle Street
                           Suite 4000
                           Chicago, Illinois 60602

                  (c)      Citizenship:
                           -----------

                           See cover page, item 4

                  (d)      Title of Class of Securities:
                           ----------------------------

                           Common Shares, $0.01 par value

                  (e)      CUSIP Number:
                           ------------

                           879433100

Item 3.           (a) - (h)

                  Not Applicable

Item 4.           Ownership
                  ---------

                  (a)      Amount Beneficially Owned as of December 31, 1998:
                           -------------------------------------------------

                           See cover page, item 6

                  (b)      Percent of Class:
                           ----------------

                           See cover page, item 11



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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 4 of 5


                  (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
                      --------------------------------------------

                           (i)      Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

                                    Not Applicable

                           (ii)     Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

                                    See cover page, item 6

                           (iii)    Sole  power  to  dispose  or to  direct  the
                                    disposition of:

                                    Not Applicable

                           (iv)     Shared  power to  dispose  or to direct  the
                                    disposition of:

                                    Not Applicable

Item 5.           Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
                  --------------------------------------------

                  Not Applicable

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

                  Not Applicable

Item 7.           Identification  and  Classification  of the  Subsidiary  which
                  Acquired the Security  Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
                  Company.
                  --------------------------------------------------------------

                  Not Applicable

Item 8.           Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
                  --------------------------------------------------------------

                  (i)      Identification:
                           The  Trustees  of the Voting  Trust  under  Agreement
                           dated June 30, 1989:

                           LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
                           Walter C.D. Carlson
                           Letitia G.C. Carlson
                           Donald C. Nebergall
                           Melanie J. Heald

                  (ii)     Classification:

                           None  of  the  members  of  the  group  is  a  person
                           identified under Item 3 of Schedule 13G

Item 9.           Notice of Dissolution of Group.
                  ------------------------------

                  Not Applicable

Item 10.          Certification.
                  -------------

                  Not Applicable


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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 5 of 5


                                    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, 2000                      TRUSTEES OF THE VOTING TRUST UNDER
                                              AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 30, 1989



                               /s/ Walter C.D. Carlson*
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Walter C.D. Carlson


                              /s/ Letitia G.C. Carlson*
                              --------------------------------------------------
                              Letitia G.C. Carlson


                              /s/ Donald C. Nebergall*
                              --------------------------------------------------
                               Donald C. Nebergall


                              /s/ Melanie J. Heald*
                              --------------------------------------------------
                              Melanie J. Heald


                              *By:     /s/ LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
                                       Trustee and as Attorney-in-Fact for above
                                       Trustees*



                       *Pursuant to attached Joint Filing Agreement and Power of
                       Attorney









   Signature Page to Amendment No. 6 to the Amended and Restated Schedule 13G
       relating to the direct beneficial ownership in the Common Shares of
              Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. by the Voting Trust.





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