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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950134-97-003211
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19970425
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
FILED AS OF DATE:		19970425
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ONEOK INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000074154
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923]
		IRS NUMBER:				730383100
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02572
		FILM NUMBER:		97587543

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 W FIFTH ST
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9185887000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19810111
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                 April 25, 1996
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


                                   ONEOK Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       Delaware                    1-2572                    73-0383100
(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission             (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)         File Number)           Identification No.)


                        100 West Fifth Street; Tulsa, OK
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                     74103
                                   (Zip code)


                                 (918) 588-7000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Items 1 - 4.  Not Applicable.

Item 5.       Other Events.

              On April 20, 1997 ONEOK Board member Dr. G. Rainey Williams died.
Dr. Rainey's death changes the number of board members to thirteen.

Items 6 - 7.  Not Applicable


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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, on this 24th of April, 1997.


                                   ONEOK Inc.

                            By:    Jerry D. Neal     
                                   --------------------------------
                                   Vice President, Chief Financial
                                   Officer, and Treasurer


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