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
  
  
                      January 15, 1999 (January 15, 1999)
               ________________________________________________ 
               Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) 
  
  
                          All Star Gas Corporation 
           ______________________________________________________ 
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 
  
  
    Missouri               1-11393                43-1494323 
 ______________     _____________________      __________________ 
 (State of          (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer 
 Incorporation)                                Identification No.) 
  
  
                                P.O. Box 303 
                         119 West Commercial Street 
                          Lebanon, Missouri  65536 
        ____________________________________________________________ 
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code) 
  
  
                               (417) 532-3103 
            ____________________________________________________ 
            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 
  
                                    N/A 
       _____________________________________________________________ 
       (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 























                                            

 Item 5.   Other Events. 
  
           A copy of the press release issued by All Star Gas Corporation on
 January 15, 1999 is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is
 incorporated herein by reference. 
  
  
 Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma  
           Financial Information and Exhibits. 
  
  
      (c)  Exhibits 
  
           99.1                Press Release issued by All Star Gas
                               Corporation on January 15, 1999 
  
  

  












































                                            


                                   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. 
  
 Dated:  January 15, 1999 
  
                                 ALL STAR GAS CORPORATION 
     

                                 By: /s/ Valeria Schall             
                                    -----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Valeria Schall 

                                    Title: Executive Vice President















































                                            

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
 Exhibit No.              Description 
  
 99.1                Press Release issued by All Star Gas Corporation on
                     January 15, 1999
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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
  
  
                      January 15, 1999 (January 15, 1999)
               ________________________________________________ 
               Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) 
  
  
                          All Star Gas Corporation 
           ______________________________________________________ 
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 
  
  
    Missouri               1-11393                43-1494323 
 ______________     _____________________      __________________ 
 (State of          (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer 
 Incorporation)                                Identification No.) 
  
  
                                P.O. Box 303 
                         119 West Commercial Street 
                          Lebanon, Missouri  65536 
        ____________________________________________________________ 
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code) 
  
  
                               (417) 532-3103 
            ____________________________________________________ 
            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 
  
                                    N/A 
       _____________________________________________________________ 
       (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 

                                            

 Item 5.   Other Events. 
  
           A copy of the press release issued by All Star Gas Corporation on
 January 15, 1999 is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is
 incorporated herein by reference. 
  
  
 Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma  
           Financial Information and Exhibits. 
  
  
      (c)  Exhibits 
  
           99.1                Press Release issued by All Star Gas
                               Corporation on January 15, 1999 
  
  

  

                                            

                                   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. 
  
 Dated:  January 15, 1999 
  
                                 ALL STAR GAS CORPORATION 
     

                                 By: /s/ Valeria Schall             
                                    -----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Valeria Schall 

                                    Title: Executive Vice President

                                            

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
 Exhibit No.              Description 
  
 99.1                Press Release issued by All Star Gas Corporation on
                     January 15, 1999