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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, DC 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): December 13, 1996
                                   
                    TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.  
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                (Exact Name of  Registrant as Specified in Charter)
    
    
         Delaware                       0-20303            13-2846796   
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  (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation)             File Number)        Identification No.)
    
    
    P.O. Box 382, Fields Lane, Brewster, New York               10509      
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    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   Zip Code
                                  
    
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (914) 277-8100
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         Former name or former address, if changed since last report
                                  
  
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  Item 5.    Other Events.
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            Pending Acquisition of Beck Evaluation & Testing Associates, Inc..
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  On December 13, 1996, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (the 
  "Company") entered into a letter of intent to purchase all of the outstanding 
  capital stock of Beck Evaluation & Testing Associates, Inc.  from the holders 
  of such shares for a purchase price equal to approximately $400,000, payable 
  (i) $130,000 in cash, (ii) $150,000 by a promissory note of the Company, which 
  will bear interest at the prime rate and will be payable in eight quarterly 
  installments commencing three months from the closing date, and (iii) with 
  150,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, 
  which shall be delivered on the closing date. The acquisition is currently 
  scheduled for closing on or before January 10, 1997, and is subject to the 
  execution of definitive documentation and the satisfaction of conditions 
  precedent.  
  
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
    
    
                            TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC. 
    
    
    
    
                            By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON                            
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                               Andrew L. Simon
                               President
    
    
    Date: December 20, 1996
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, DC 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): December 13, 1996
                                   
                    TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.  
                ---------------------------------------------------
                (Exact Name of  Registrant as Specified in Charter)
    
    
         Delaware                       0-20303            13-2846796   
  ----------------------------      -----------------    --------------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation)             File Number)        Identification No.)
    
    
    P.O. Box 382, Fields Lane, Brewster, New York               10509      
  -----------------------------------------------              --------
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   Zip Code
                                  
    
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (914) 277-8100
                                                              --------------
    
    
                                                 
        -------------------------------------------------------------
         Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  Item 5.    Other Events.
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            Pending Acquisition of Beck Evaluation & Testing Associates, Inc..
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  On December 13, 1996, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (the 
  "Company") entered into a letter of intent to purchase all of the outstanding 
  capital stock of Beck Evaluation & Testing Associates, Inc.  from the holders 
  of such shares for a purchase price equal to approximately $400,000, payable 
  (i) $130,000 in cash, (ii) $150,000 by a promissory note of the Company, which 
  will bear interest at the prime rate and will be payable in eight quarterly 
  installments commencing three months from the closing date, and (iii) with 
  150,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, 
  which shall be delivered on the closing date. The acquisition is currently 
  scheduled for closing on or before January 10, 1997, and is subject to the 
  execution of definitive documentation and the satisfaction of conditions 
  precedent.
  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, thereunto duly authorized.
    
    
                            TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC. 
    
    
    
    
                            By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON                            
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                               Andrew L. Simon
                               President
    
    
    Date: December 20, 1996