INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULES

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of 
Vestar/LPA Investment Corp.
Overland Park, Kansas

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement dated June 5, 1998 of
Verstar/LPA Investment Corp. on Form S-4 of our report dated October 3, 1997
(May 11, 1998 as to Note 14), appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of
this Registration Statemnent, and to the references to us under the headings
"Selected Financial Data" and "Experts" in such Prospectus. 

Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned report
also included the financial statement schedules of Vestar/LPA Investment
Corp., listed in Item 21(b). These financial statement schedules are the
responsibility of the Corporation's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement
schedules, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken
as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
June 5, 1998