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                                                                 Exhibit 99.1(c)

                TECNOL MEDICAL TO BE ACQUIRED BY KIMBERLY-CLARK
                           IN TAX-FREE SWAP OF SHARES


         FORT WORTH, TEXAS, September 4, 1997--TECNOL Medical Products, Inc.
(NASDAQ:TCNL) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) under which Tecnol will be acquired and
merged into Kimberly-Clark's professional health care operations.  Tecnol
shareholders will receive 0.42 of a share of Kimberly-Clark common stock for
each share of Tecnol stock that they own.  The agreement was unanimously
approved today by the boards of directors of both companies.

         The transaction, which will be a tax-free exchange for Tecnol
shareholders, is expected to be completed in late 1997 and is subject to
certain conditions, including regulatory clearances and approval by Tecnol
shareholders.  Van Hubbard, Tecnol's chairman, president and chief executive
officer, and Kirk Brunson, vice chairman and executive vice president, who
together own approximately 20 percent of the outstanding shares of Tecnol, have
agreed to vote in favor of the transaction.

         Based on the September 3, 1997, closing price of $47.63 per share for
Kimberly-Clark's stock, the transaction would be valued at approximately $400
million.  Tecnol currently has approximately 21.3 million shares outstanding,
on a fully diluted basis.

         As part of the definitive agreement, Tecnol has granted to
Kimberly-Clark an option to purchase, upon the occurrence of certain events, up
to 19.9 percent of Tecnol's outstanding shares at a price per share equal to
the closing price of Tecnol's stock on September 3, 1997, which was $22 per
share.

         "We believe this combination with Kimberly-Clark, because of its
strengths in nonwoven materials and automated manufacturing, offers the best
opportunity for increasing the value of our shareholders' investments in Tecnol
over the long term," Mr. Hubbard said.  "We bring significant new strengths to
Kimberly-Clark, both in terms of products that are protected by more than 80
patents and in terms of our leadership in automated, sonic-bond manufacturing.
We see tremendous synergies in the combination of the two companies."

         David R. Murray, president of Kimberly-Clark's professional health
care sector, will lead the combined operation.  Van Hubbard will become a
consultant to the business.

         A Fortune 100 company, Kimberly-Clark is celebrating its 125th
anniversary in 1997.  The company is a leading global manufacturer of personal
care, consumer tissue and away-from-home products.  The company's global brands
include Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Kimwipes and Wypall.
Other brands well-known outside the U.S. include Andrex, Scottex, Page, Popee
and Kimbies.  Kimberly-Clark also is a major producer of professional health
care products and premium business, correspondence and technical papers.  The
company's branded nonwoven medical products include disposable gowns, drapes
and sterilization wrap.  The company has manufacturing operations in 36
countries and sells its products in more than 150 countries.

         TECNOL Medical Products, Inc. is the leading provider of disposable
face masks and patient care products to the U.S. hospital market, as well as
serving the alternate health care, dental, industrial and consumer markets in
the United States and more than 70 countries.  The company designs,
manufactures and markets more than 300 disposable medical products, which it
sells primarily under the TECNOL brand name.  As a result of the company's
strong growth and market leadership, Forbes magazine has recognized TECNOL as
one of the "200 Best Small Companies in America" in four of the past five
years.  The company reported net sales of $144.4 million for the year ended
November 30, 1996.