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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=4>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>___________</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=5>FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>UNDER</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>___________</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=5>DUCKWALL-ALCO STORES, INC.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>___________</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>48-0201080</font></b><b></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(State of Incorporation)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>401 Cottage Street</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Abilene, Kansas 67410</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(785) 263-3350</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>____________</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>DUCKWALL ALCO STORES, INC.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>NON-QUALIFIED</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>STOCK OPTION PLAN</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>FOR NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Full Title of Plan)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>___________</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Charles E. Bogan, Esq. </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>401 Cottage Street</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Abilene, Kansas 67410</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(785) 263-3350</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Name, address and telephone number of registrant&#146;s agent for service)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>___________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>with copies to:</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Brett C. Bogan, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Lathrop</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>&amp; Gage L.C.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>10851 Mastin Boulevard, Suite 1000</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Overland Park, Kansas 66210</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(913) 451-5100</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Title of Each</font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>To Be Registered</font><font size=1>(1)</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Proposed Maximum</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Offering Price</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Per Share</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Proposed Maximum</font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Price</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Amount of </font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Registration Fee</font></b><b></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Common Stock issuable under the Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>120,000</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$36.33(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$4,359,600.00(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$466.48</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Includes associated </font><font size=2>rights (the &#147;Rights&#148;) to purchase the registrant&#146;s common stock.  Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of which has occurred, the Rights are not exercisable. </font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) this registration statement also covers any additional shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock that may become issuable under stock options granted by the registrant under the Duckwall Alco Stores, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-Management Directors (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction effective without the registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock. </font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, and are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on December 22, 2006, which average was $36.33 per share.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.58in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: (i) the latest annual report of Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. (the "Registrant") filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (ii) all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in clause (i) above (other than any Current Reports on Form 8-K containing Regulation FD disclosure furnished under Item 7.01 (or its successor) or Results of Operations and Financial Condition disclosure furnished under Item 2.02 (or its successor) and exhibits relating to such disclosures, unless otherwise specifically stated in such Current Reports on Form 8-K); and (iii) the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating thereto, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (other than any Current Reports on Form 8-K containing Regulation FD disclosure furnished under Item 7.01 (or its successor) or Results of Operations and Financial Condition disclosure furnished under Item 2.02 (or its successor) and exhibits relating to such disclosures, unless otherwise specifically stated in such Current Reports on Form 8-K), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 4.  Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Section&nbsp;17-6002 (a)(8) of the Kansas General Corporation Code provides that a Kansas corporation may include in its articles of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;17-6424 of the Kansas General Corporation Code (relating to liability for unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or dividends on, capital stock); or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.  The Registrant's restated and amended certificate of incorporation contains a provision, as permitted by Section&nbsp;17-6002 of the Kansas General Corporation Code, that eliminates the Registrant's and its stockholders' rights (through stockholders' derivative suits on behalf of the Registrant) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director except in the situations described in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv) above.  The limitations described above, however, do not affect the ability of the Registrant or its stockholders to seek non-monetary based remedies, such as an injunction or rescission, against a director for breach of his fiduciary duty nor would such limitations limit liability under the federal securities laws.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Under Section&nbsp;17-6303 of the Kansas General Corporation Code, a Kansas corporation has the power, under specified circumstances to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents in connection with actions, suits or proceedings brought against them by a third party or in the right of the corporation, because they were or are directors, officers, employees or agents of the Registrant, against expenses, judgments and other amounts incurred in any such action, suit or proceeding.  The Registrant's bylaws provide that each person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director or officer of another corporation (including the heirs, executors, administrators and estate of such person) will be indemnified by the Registrant to the full extent permitted or authorized by the laws of the State of Kansas, as now in
effect and as hereafter amended, against any expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in his capacity as or arising out of his status as a director or officer of the Registrant or, if serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director or officer of another corporation.  The indemnification provided by the Registrant's bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under the Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation, under any other of the Registrant&#146;s bylaws or under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and will not limit in any way any right which the Registrant may have to provide different or further indemnification benefits with the respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Registrant&#146;s bylaws further provide that no person will be liable to the Registrant for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Registrant due to any action taken or omitted to be taken by the person as a director or officer of the Registrant or of any other corporation which he serves as a director or officer at the request of the Registrant, if such person (i) exercised the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would have exercised under the circumstances in the conduct of the person&#146;s own affairs, or (ii) took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Registrant, or for such other corporation, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Registrant, or of such other corporation, which the person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Registrant has purchased directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance coverage.  </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 8.  Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(a) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference) (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.3</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.4</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Specimen Common Stock Certificates (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*4.5</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan For Non-Management Directors.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*5.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Lathrop &amp; Gage, L.C.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*23.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*23.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*24.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Powers of Attorney executed by officers and directors of Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc., who have signed the Registration Statement.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Filed Herewith</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 9.  Undertakings.</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The undersigned Registrant undertakes:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(1)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in; text-indent:1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(i)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in; text-indent:1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(ii)  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in; text-indent:1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(iii)  to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:1.7in;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>Provided, however,</font></i><font size=2> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(2)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(3)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.61in;text-align:left;'><font size=2> (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.61in;text-align:left;'><font size=2> (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.58in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Abilene, Kansas, on the 22nd day of December 2006.  </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font SIZE=2>DUCKWALL-ALCO STORES, INC.</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Bruce C. Dale</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:30.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Name:  Bruce C. Dale </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:30.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Title:  President and Chief Executive</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>5</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.58in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>/s/ Michael S. Marcus </font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:9.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Michael S. Marcus</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Vice President - Finance and Treasurer</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:21.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>/s/ Warren H. Gfeller </font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:12.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Warren H. Gfeller</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>/s/ Dennis A. Mullin</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:9.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Dennis A. Mullin</font></p>
<p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>/s/ Lolan C. Mackey</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:7.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Lolan C. Mackey</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>/s/ Jeffrey J. Macke</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:9.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Jeffrey J. Macke</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>/s/ Robert L. Ring</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:12.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Robert L. Ring</font></p>
<p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>/s/ Dennis E. Logue</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:12.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Dennis E. Logue</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>October 26, 2006</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>October 30, 2006</font></p>
<p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>October 26, 2002</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font
size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>October 30, 2006</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>October 31, 2006</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>October 26, 2006</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>October 26,
2006</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.59in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Charles E. Bogan, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Registration Statement on behalf of each of the above referenced directors and officers of Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. pursuant to powers of attorney executed by each of such persons and filed herewith as Exhibit 24.1.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>*By&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Charles E. Bogan</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Charles E. Bogan</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>Vice President and Secretary</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:96.12%'><font size=2>December 2, 2006</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>6</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>EXHIBIT INDEX</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.1</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(a) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference) (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.3</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>4.4</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Specimen Common Stock Certificates (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*4.5</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Duckwall ALCO Stores, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan For Non-Management Directors.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*5.1</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Lathrop &amp; Gage, L.C.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*23.1</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>*23.2</font></p> </td>
        <td width="607" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
___________
DUCKWALL-ALCO STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
___________
Kansas
48-0201080
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
401 Cottage Street
Abilene, Kansas 67410
(785) 263-3350
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
____________
DUCKWALL ALCO STORES, INC.
NON-QUALIFIED
STOCK OPTION PLAN
FOR NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS
(Full Title of Plan)
___________
Charles E. Bogan, Esq.
Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.
401 Cottage Street
Abilene, Kansas 67410
(785) 263-3350
(Name, address and telephone number of registrant's agent for service)
___________
with copies to:
Brett C. Bogan, Esq.
Lathrop
& Gage L.C.
10851 Mastin Boulevard, Suite 1000
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
(913) 451-5100
___________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Class of Securities
To Be Registered
(1)
Amount To Be
Registered
(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock issuable under the Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
120,000
$36.33(3)
$4,359,600.00(3)
$466.48
(1)
Includes associated
rights (the "Rights") to purchase the registrant's common stock.  Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of which has occurred, the Rights are not exercisable.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act") this registration statement also covers any additional shares of the registrant's common stock that may become issuable under stock options granted by the registrant under the Duckwall Alco Stores, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-Management Directors (the "Plan") by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction effective without the registrant's receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, and are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on December 22, 2006, which average was $36.33 per share.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: (i) the latest annual report of Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. (the "Registrant") filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (ii) all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in clause (i) above (other than any Current Reports on Form 8-K containing Regulation FD disclosure furnished under Item 7.01 (or its successor) or Results of Operations and Financial Condition disclosure furnished under Item 2.02 (or its successor) and exhibits relating to such disclosures, unless otherwise specifically stated in such Current Reports on Form 8-K); and (iii) the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating thereto, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (other than any Current Reports on Form 8-K containing Regulation FD disclosure furnished under Item 7.01 (or its successor) or Results of Operations and Financial Condition disclosure furnished under Item 2.02 (or its successor) and exhibits relating to such disclosures, unless otherwise specifically stated in such Current Reports on Form 8-K), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.  Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 17-6002 (a)(8) of the Kansas General Corporation Code provides that a Kansas corporation may include in its articles of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 17-6424 of the Kansas General Corporation Code (relating to liability for unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or dividends on, capital stock); or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.  The Registrant's restated and amended certificate of incorporation contains a provision, as permitted by Section 17-6002 of the Kansas General Corporation Code, that eliminates the Registrant's and its stockholders' rights (through stockholders' derivative suits on behalf of the Registrant) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director except in the situations described in clauses (i) through (iv) above.  The limitations described above, however, do not affect the ability of the Registrant or its stockholders to seek non-monetary based remedies, such as an injunction or rescission, against a director for breach of his fiduciary duty nor would such limitations limit liability under the federal securities laws.
Under Section 17-6303 of the Kansas General Corporation Code, a Kansas corporation has the power, under specified circumstances to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents in connection with actions, suits or proceedings brought against them by a third party or in the right of the corporation, because they were or are directors, officers, employees or agents of the Registrant, against expenses, judgments and other amounts incurred in any such action, suit or proceeding.  The Registrant's bylaws provide that each person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director or officer of another corporation (including the heirs, executors, administrators and estate of such person) will be indemnified by the Registrant to the full extent permitted or authorized by the laws of the State of Kansas, as now in
effect and as hereafter amended, against any expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in his capacity as or arising out of his status as a director or officer of the Registrant or, if serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director or officer of another corporation.  The indemnification provided by the Registrant's bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under the Registrant's articles of incorporation, under any other of the Registrant's bylaws or under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and will not limit in any way any right which the Registrant may have to provide different or further indemnification benefits with the respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons.
The Registrant's bylaws further provide that no person will be liable to the Registrant for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Registrant due to any action taken or omitted to be taken by the person as a director or officer of the Registrant or of any other corporation which he serves as a director or officer at the request of the Registrant, if such person (i) exercised the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would have exercised under the circumstances in the conduct of the person's own affairs, or (ii) took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Registrant, or for such other corporation, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Registrant, or of such other corporation, which the person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.
The Registrant has purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage.
Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(a) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference) (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Specimen Common Stock Certificates (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and incorporated herein by reference).
*4.5
Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan For Non-Management Directors.
*5.1
Opinion of Lathrop & Gage, L.C.
*23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
*24.1
Powers of Attorney executed by officers and directors of Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc., who have signed the Registration Statement.
*
Filed Herewith
Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii)  to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
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Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement;
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)           The undersigned Registrant undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)           Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Abilene, Kansas, on the 22nd day of December 2006.
DUCKWALL-ALCO STORES, INC.
By:       /s/ Bruce C. Dale
Name:  Bruce C. Dale
Title:  President and Chief Executive
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
/s/ Michael S. Marcus
Michael S. Marcus
Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Warren H. Gfeller
Warren H. Gfeller
Director
/s/ Dennis A. Mullin
Dennis A. Mullin
Director
/s/ Lolan C. Mackey
Lolan C. Mackey
Director
/s/ Jeffrey J. Macke
Jeffrey J. Macke
Director
/s/ Robert L. Ring
Robert L. Ring
Director
/s/ Dennis E. Logue
Dennis E. Logue
Director
October 26, 2006
October 30, 2006
October 26, 2002
October 30, 2006
October 31, 2006
October 26, 2006
October 26,
2006
Charles E. Bogan, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Registration Statement on behalf of each of the above referenced directors and officers of Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. pursuant to powers of attorney executed by each of such persons and filed herewith as Exhibit 24.1.
*By        /s/ Charles E. Bogan
Charles E. Bogan
Vice President and Secretary
December 2, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(a) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference) (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and hereby incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Specimen Common Stock Certificates (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and incorporated herein by reference).
*4.5
Duckwall ALCO Stores, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan For Non-Management Directors.
*5.1
Opinion of Lathrop & Gage, L.C.
*23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
*24.1
Powers of Attorney executed by officers and directors of Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. who have signed the Registration Statement.
*
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