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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


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)       September 13, 2002


                         LABARGE, INC
      (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                         Delaware
       (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

          001-05761                          73-0574586
     (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer Identification No.)


  9900A  Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri                       63124
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)


                         (314) 997-0800
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                              N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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                                  LABARGE, INC.

                                    FORM 8-K

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     LaBarge, Inc. is furnishing under Item 9 of this Current Report on Form  8-
          K:

     (i)  the  information included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. Exhibit 99.1
          consists  of copies of the certifications required by Section  906  of
          the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which accompanied the Annual Report on
          Form 10-K filed by the registrant on September 13, 2002.

     The  information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit,
     is  furnished pursuant to Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be "filed"  for
     the  purposes  of  Section 18 of the Securities Exchange  Act  of  1934  or
     otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     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.

Date: September 13, 2002

                                LABARGE, INC.


                              By:  /s/ Donald H. Nonnenkamp
                              Donald H. Nonnenkamp
                   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

     Exhibit
     Number    Description

     99.1      Certifications under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
               2002
[{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "filename": "form8k91302.txt", "description": "FORM 8K FILED WITH 10K 2002", "secsgml_size_bytes": 2691}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "LABARGE INC", "cik": "0000057139", "assigned-sic": "3812", "irs-number": "730574586", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "0630"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "001-05761", "film-number": "02764177"}, "business-address": {"street1": "9900A CLAYTON RD", "city": "ST LOUIS", "state": "MO", "zip": "63124", "phone": "3149970800"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "PO BOX 14499", "city": "ST LOUIS", "state": "MO", "zip": "63178-4499"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "DORSETT ELECTRONICS INC", "date-changed": "19690406"}}
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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)       September 13, 2002

                         LABARGE, INC
      (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                         Delaware
       (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

          001-05761                          73-0574586
     (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer Identification No.)

  9900A  Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri                       63124
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)

                         (314) 997-0800
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                              N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
LABARGE, INC.

                                    FORM 8-K

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     LaBarge, Inc. is furnishing under Item 9 of this Current Report on Form  8-
          K:

     (i)  the  information included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. Exhibit 99.1
          consists  of copies of the certifications required by Section  906  of
          the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which accompanied the Annual Report on
          Form 10-K filed by the registrant on September 13, 2002.

     The  information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit,
     is  furnished pursuant to Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be "filed"  for
     the  purposes  of  Section 18 of the Securities Exchange  Act  of  1934  or
     otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.
SIGNATURES

     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.

Date: September 13, 2002

                                LABARGE, INC.

                              By:  /s/ Donald H. Nonnenkamp
                              Donald H. Nonnenkamp
                   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX

     Exhibit
     Number    Description

     99.1      Certifications under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
               2002