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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amended and Restated Schedule
and Initial Schedule 13G via EDGAR)*
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Shares, $1.00 par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
87943310
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(CUSIP Number)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the
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 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).
SEC 1745 (2/92)
Page 1 of 8
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13G
CUSIP No. 87943310 Page 2 of 8 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Letitia G. Carlson Walter C.D. Carlson
###-##-#### ###-##-#### ###-##-####
Donald C. Nebergall Melanie J. Heald
###-##-#### ###-##-####
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 - 6,238,554.9 - This amount
consists of Series A Common Shares which have
NUMBER OF ten votes per share on all matters and are
SHARES convertible on a share-for-share basis into
BENEFICIALLY Common Shares, and are held by the reporting
OWNED BY persons as trustees of a Voting Trust (see Item
EACH 2 for further explanation).
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
-0-
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
Same as 6.
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
Same as 6.
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
Same as 6.
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES*
N/A
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) - Reporting
persons beneficially own approximately 90.7% of the Series A Common
Shares of the Issuer, representing approximately 12.3% of the
Issuer's outstanding classes of Common Shares and 55.3% of the
Issuer's voting power.
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 3 of 8
Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer:
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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
(b) Address of Issuers's Principal Executive Offices:
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30 North LaSalle Street
Suite 4000
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Item 2. LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., Walter C.D. Carlson,
Letitia G. Carlson, Melanie J. Heald and Donald
C. Nebergall (the "Voting Trust Trustees") as
Trustees of the voting trust (the "Voting
Trust") are filing this Schedule 13G concerning
their direct beneficial ownership of the Issuer.
The following sets forth Items 2(a) through 2(e)
for each of the filing persons.
(a) Name of Person Filing:
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LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
30 North LaSalle Street
Suite 4000
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(c) Citizenship:
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United States
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common Shares, $1.00 par value.
(e) CUSIP Number:
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87943310
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1 The Voting Trust holds Series A Common Shares of
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. and was created to facilitate
long-standing relationships among the trustees' certificate
holders. Under the terms of the Voting Trust, the trustees
hold and vote the Series A Common Shares of Telephone and Data
Systems, Inc. held in the trust.
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 4 of 8
II. (a) Name of Person Filing:
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Walter C.D. Carlson
(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
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Sidley & Austin
One First National Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(c) Citizenship:
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United States
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common Shares, $1.00 par value.
(e) CUSIP Number:
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87943310
III. (a) Name of Person Filing:
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Letitia G. Carlson
(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
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2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
(c) Citizenship:
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United States
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common Shares, $1.00 par value.
(e) CUSIP Number:
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87943310
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 5 of 8
IV. (a) Name of Person Filing:
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Melanie J. Heald
(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
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7410 Longmeadow Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53717
(c) Citizenship:
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United States
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common Shares, $1.00 par value.
(e) CUSIP Number:
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87943310
V. (a) Name of Person Filing:
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Donald C. Nebergall
(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
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2919 Apple Wood Place, N.E.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
(c) Citizenship:
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United States
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common Shares, $1.00 par value.
(e) CUSIP Number:
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87943310
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 6 of 8
Item 3. (a) - (h)
Not Applicable.
Item 4. Ownership
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(a) Amount Beneficially Owned as of December 31, 1993:
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See cover page, row 9.
(b) Percent of Class:
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See cover page, row 11.
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
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(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
See cover page, row 5.
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
See cover page, row 6.
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of:
See cover page, row 7.
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of:
See cover page, row 8.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
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Not Applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person.
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Not Applicable.
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 7 of 8
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the
Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
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Not Applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.
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Not Applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
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Not Applicable.
* * * * *
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Page 8 of 8
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 14, 1994
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/s/ LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
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LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Title: A Trustee of the Voting Trust
Signature page for 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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