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                            Before the
                 Federal Communication Commission
                     Washington, D.C.  20554
     
In the Matter of                )
                                )
Missouri Cable Telecommunications)
Association, et. al.,           )
                                )
         Complainants,              )PA 96-003
                                )
     v.                         )
                                )
Union Electric Company,         )
                                )
     Respondent.                )

                             ORDER

       Adopted:  December 18, 1996Released:  December 20, 1996  

By the Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

      1.On October 15, 1996, Missouri Cable Telecommunications Association, et. al.,
("Missouri Cable") and Union Electric Company ("Union Electric") filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss
with Prejudice the above-referenced pole attachment complaint.  In the Joint Motion to Dismiss with
Prejudice, the parties state that they have reached a full and complete settlement of all pole
attachment claims asserted by Missouri Cable against Union Electric under Section 224 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.  
          
      2.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that the Joint Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice the
complaint filed by Missouri Cable Telecommunications Association, et. al., against Union Electric
 Company IS GRANTED.      3.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 0.101 and 0.321 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 CFR  0.101 and 0.321, the complaint filed by Missouri Cable
Telecommunications Association, et al., against Union Electric Company IS DISMISSED. 

          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Meredith J. Jones
          Chief, Cable Services Bureau