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: November 4, 1996


                          LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


   Delaware             1-6227                    42-0823980
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(State of other       (Commission                (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of       File Number)            Identification No.)
incorporation


215 N. Main Street, Davenport, IA                      52801-1924
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(Address of principal executive offices)                ZIP Code


                          (319) 383-2100
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       (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)









Item 5.  Other Materially Important Events

A letter of intent was executed on November 4, 1996 for the disposition by
Lee  Enterprises,  Incorporated  of its graphic arts products  subsidiary,  NAPP
Systems Inc., to Polyfibron Technologies, Inc., of Billerica,  Massachusetts for
$55 million.

The transaction, which is subject to the requisite regulatory approval discussed
below and other  customary  contingencies  for a transaction of this nature,  is
expected to close by December  31,  1996.  The sale of NAPP to  Polyfibron  will
result in a loss on  discontinuance  of Lee's graphic arts  business  segment of
approximately  $16  million,  or $.33 per share,  in its 1996  fiscal year which
ended September 30.

The  transaction is subject to the approval of the Federal Trade  Commission and
the United States  Department  of Justice  pursuant to the  requirements  of the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.


                                   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.


LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
       (Registrant)

By       /s/ G. C. Wahlig
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         G. C. Wahlig
         Chief Accounting Officer

Dated:  November 4, 1996