UNITED STATES
                   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:  August 15, 1996






                                 VIAD CORP
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




             DELAWARE                      001-11015         36-1169950
(State or other jurisdiction of           (Commission      (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)            File Number)     Identification No.)


1850 N. CENTRAL AVE., PHOENIX, ARIZONA                              85077
(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code (602) 207-4000

Item 5.  Other Events.

      The financial statements and other financial information filed
      herewith as Exhibit 99 to this report include the
      reclassifications mentioned below and are specifically
      incorporated by reference into this report.  The financial
      statements and other information contained in Viad Corp's
      ("Viad," previously known as The Dial Corp) Annual Report on
      Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, are
      modified or superseded to the extent that the information
      contained herein modifies or supersedes such statements and
      other information.

      On August 15, 1996, Viad completed the spin-off of its
      consumer products business, now conducted under the name The
      Dial Corporation.  In effecting the spin-off, one share of The
      Dial Corporation common stock was distributed for each share
      of Viad common stock outstanding (the "Distribution").

      In addition, effective May 31, 1996, shareholders of a
      majority-owned Viad subsidiary, Greyhound Lines of Canada
      ("GLOC") voted to separate its intercity bus transportation
      business and its tourism business into two independent
      companies.  At the same time, GLOC minority shareholders also
      approved an automatic share exchange proposal whereby their
      ownership interests in the tourism company, aggregating 31.5
      percent, were exchanged for Viad's 68.5 percent ownership
      interest in the intercity bus transportation company such that
      Viad became the owner of 100 percent of the tourism company in
      exchange for its ownership in the intercity bus transportation
      company (the "Disposition").  

      As a result of the Distribution of the consumer products
      business and the Disposition of the Canadian intercity bus
      transportation business, certain reclassifications have been
      made to Viad's consolidated financial statements to present
      the consumer products and Canadian intercity bus
      transportation businesses as discontinued operations.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)    Exhibits.

             (23)  Consent of Independent Auditors to the
                   incorporation by reference into specific
                   registration statements on Form S-3 or on Form S-8
                   of their reports contained in or incorporated by
                   reference into this report.

             (99)  Additional Exhibits


                                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.

                                             VIAD CORP

                                             By: /s/ Richard C. Stephan
                                             --------------------------
                                             Richard C. Stephan
                                             Vice President-Controller

DATE:  September 13, 1996