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             California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 5301            San Francisco, CA 94102


CONTACT: Dianne Dienstein               March 18, 1997  CPUC - 16
         415-703-2423


           CPUC MARCH 31 MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 1 P.M.


          The time of the California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC) March 31 meeting, to consider several items held over from
today's meeting including the proposed Telesis/SBC merger, has
been changed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.