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FORM 4    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission    OMB APPROVAL
________      Washington, D.C.  20549             ______________

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               STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

  Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
          or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940


1. Name and Address of Reporting          2. Issuer Name and Ticker 
           Person                            or Trading Symbol

    Shaffer, Jerome D.                     LSB Industries, Inc. (LSB)
    _______________________
    (Last) (First)  (Middle)              3. IRS or Social Security 
                                             No. of Reporting Person
                                                 (Voluntary)
     208 N.W. 40th 
    ___________________________________           ###-##-####
          (Street)

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73118
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    (City)         (State)     (Zip)

4. Statement for Month/Year:  November, 1996

5. If Amendment,Date of Original (Month/Year):

6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer Check all applicable)

   X Director        ____ 10% Owner     ____ Officer (give title below)
  ___        ____ Other (specify below)
                     

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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed Of,
          or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities Acquired Security Date (Month/ Code (A) or Disposed of Day/Year) (Instr. 8) (D)(Instr. 3, 4, 5) _____________ ___________________ Code V Amount (A) Price or (D) ______ _____ ______ ____ _____ Common Stock 11/15/96 M - 10,000 A $3.125
5. Amount of 6. Ownership Form: 7. Nature of Securities Direct (D) or Indirect Beneficially Indirect (I) Beneficial Owned at End (Instr. 4) Ownership of Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 3 & 4) 120,034 D -
_____________________________________________________________________ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each Page 1 of 2 class of securities beneficially SEC 1474 (3/91) owned directly or indirectly (Print or Type Response)
FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Title of 2. Conversion 3. Transaction 4. Transaction 5. Number of Security or Exercise Date Code Derivative (Instr. 3) Price of (Month/Day/ (Instr. 8) Securities Derivative Year) Acquired (A) Security or Disposed _____________ ____________ _____________ ______________ ______________ Code V (A) (D) _____ _____ ______ ______ Nonqualified Stock Option $ 3.125 - M - - 10,000 Nonqualified Stock Option $ 9.00 - - - - - Nonqualified Stock Option $ 5.375 - - - - - Preferred "C" Stock $11.55 - - - - -
6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of and Expiration Underlying Securities Derivative Date (Month/Day/ (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Year) (Instr. 5) ___________________ ________________________ _____________ Amount (Instr. 5) Date Expir- or Exer- ation No. of cisable Date Title Shares _________ _______ __________ _________ ______________ 6/1/92 6/1/97 Common Stock 5,000 - 10/31/94 4/30/99 Common Stock 5,000 - 10/31/95 4/30/00 Common Stock 5,000 - (2) (2) Common Stock 4,329 -
9. Number of 10. Ownership Form 11. Nature of Indirect Derivative of Derivative Beneficial Owner- Securities Security: ship (Instr. 4) Beneficially Direct (D) or Owned at End Indirect (I) of Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) _________________ ___________________ ______________________ (1) D - (1) D - (1) D - 1,000 D - __________________________
Explanation of Responses: (1) Nonqualified Stock Option ("NQSO") to purchase the Company's Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company's 1993 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan"). NQSO's granted under the 1993 Plan may be exer- cised at any time after six months from the date the NQSO was granted. To the extent not exercised, the NQSO terminates upon the fifth anniversary of the date the NQSO was granted or upon the cessation of the optionee as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. (2) Each share of the Company's $3.25 Convertible Exchangeable Class C Pre- ferred Stock, Series 2 is convertible at the option of the holder into 4.329 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Each share is convertible as long as such is outstanding. **Intentional misstatements or omissions constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Jerome D. Shaffer December 8, 1996 ________________________ ________________ **Signature of Reporting Date Person Jerome D. Shaffer Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2 of 2 BALL\K-M\LSB\FORMS345\EDGAR\11-96F4.JDS SEC 1474 (3/91)