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                                                               EXHIBIT 10.3 (31)

                                EIGHTH AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                      G. B. DEALEY RETIREMENT PENSION PLAN


         A. H. Belo Corporation, a Delaware corporation, pursuant to
authorization of its Board of Directors, adopts the following amendments to the
G. B. Dealey Retirement Pension Plan (the "Plan").

         1.      Section 1.14 of the Plan ("Credited Service") is amended by
the addition of the following sentence:

         In determining the Credited Service of an Employee who became an
         employee of Third Avenue Television, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on
         February 1, 1995, and who immediately prior to that date was an
         employee of KIRO, Inc., a Washington corporation ("KIRO"), such
         Employee will receive credit for his period of employment with KIRO or
         any affiliate of KIRO, calculated in the same manner as if it had been
         employment with a Controlled Group Member, for purposes of eligibility
         to participate in the Plan under Section 2.1 and for purposes of his
         vested interest in his retirement benefit under Article 4 of the Plan,
         but not for purposes of determining the amount of his retirement
         benefit or for any other purpose of the Plan.

         2.      Section 2.1 of the Plan is amended by the addition of the
following sentence:

         In addition, each Employee of Third Avenue Television, Inc. who
         completed a year of Credited Service and attained age 21 on or before
         January 31, 1995, will become a Participant on February 1, 1995.
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         3.      Appendix A to the Plan ("Participating Employers") is amended
by the addition of the following corporation:

                         Third Avenue Television, Inc.
                            (as of February 1, 1995)

         4.      The foregoing amendments will be effective from and after
                 February 1, 1995.

Executed at Dallas, Texas, this 22nd day of February, 1995.


                                                    A. H. BELO CORPORATION


                                                    By /s/ Michael J. McCarthy
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