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                                   SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                 ZAPATA CORPORATION
                                    (Registrant)



                              By: /S/ THOMAS H. BOWERSOX
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                                  Thomas H. Bowersox
                                  Executive Vice President



Dated: March 2, 1994

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