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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



Dated:  October 4, 1995             By:/s/ Joseph L. von Rosenberg, III
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                                    Name:  Joseph L. von Rosenberg, III
                                           Vice President, General Counsel
                                           and Corporate Secretary
 

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