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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    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

(Print or Type Responses)
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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Zollars                          William                 D.
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

     10990 Roe Avenue
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                                    (Street)

     Overland Park                    KS                    66211
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)

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2.   Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

            4/22/99
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3.   IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)


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4.   Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol

      Yellow Corporation (YELL)
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5.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
               (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [ ]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)
          President of subsidiary
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6.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check Applicable Line) 

     [X]  Form filed by One Reporting Person

     [ ]  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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             TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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3. Ownership Form: 2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or 1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). (Over) (Form 3-07/98) SEC 1473 (7-96) 2 FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ================================================================================
5. Owner- 3. Title and Amount of Securities ship Underlying Derivative Security Form of 2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security: (Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of ---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial 1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 9/6/98 9/6/06 Common Stock 25,000 13.375 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 9/6/99 9/6/06 Common Stock 50,000 13.375 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 9/6/00 9/6/06 Common Stock 50,000 13.375 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/15/98 7/15/07 Common Stock 12,500 24.05 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/15/99 7/15/07 Common Stock 12,500 24.05 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/15/00 7/15/07 Common Stock 12,500 24.05 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/15/01 7/15/07 Common Stock 12,500 24.05 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/16/99 7/16/08 Common Stock 12,500 17.53125 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/16/00 7/16/08 Common Stock 12,500 17.53125 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/16/01 7/16/08 Common Stock 12,500 17.53125 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/16/02 7/16/08 Common Stock 12,500 17.53125 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: /s/ D. L. Hornbeck for William D. Zollars 4/28/99 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2 SEC 1473(7-96)