BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
 One Bankers Trust Plaza
New York, New York 10006
Clarke S. Edgar Mailing Address:
Vice President P.O. Box 318
Telephone: 212-250-9399 Church Street Station
New York, NY 10008
February 14, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
 SEC Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
 Attn: Filing Desk
Dear Sirs:
Re: Filing of Schedule 13G on
The Dial Corp.
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the following is one copy of the Schedule 13G with respect to the common stock of the above referenced corporation.
Please acknowledge your receipt of the Schedule 13G filing submission through the EDGAR-Link System software, by E-Mail confirmation.
Sincerely,
Clarke S. Edgar
Enclosures

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1 )*

The Dial Corp.
 NAME OF ISSUER:
 Common Stock (Par Value $1.50)
 TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES
 252470109
     _______________________________________
                  CUSIP NUMBER

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with
this statement [ ].  (A fee is not required only if
the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on
file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five
percent of the class of securities described in Item
1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto
reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less
of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out
for a reporting person's initial filing on this form
with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information
which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior
cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this
cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the
purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be
subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).

        (Continued on following page(s))

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CUSIP No. 252470109                     Page 2 of 6 Pages

1.NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

  Bankers Trust New York Corporation and Its Wholly Owned
  Subsidiary, Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various
  employee benefit plans, and its indirect wholly-owned
  subsidiary, Bankers Trust International PLC   13-6180473

2.CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP *
          (A)  [ ]
          (B)  [X]

3.SEC USE ONLY

4.CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

  Both Bankers Trust New York Corporation and Bankers Trust
  Company are New York Corporations; Bankers Trust International
  PLC is a London corporation

 NUMBER OF     5. SOLE VOTING POWER

  SHARES            1,601,896

BENEFICIALLY   6. SHARED VOTING POWER

 OWNED BY           0

  EACH         7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

REPORTING           2,362,106

 PERSON        8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

  WITH              0

9.AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                    2,362,106

10.CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW(9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
   SHARES *

                    X

11.PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

                    2.6%

12.TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

     Bankers Trust New York Corporation - HC
     Bankers Trust Company - BK
     Bankers Trust International PLC - CO	

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Item 1(a) NAME OF ISSUER:
The Dial Corp.
Item 1(b) ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
Dial Tower
Phoenix, AZ 85077
Item 2(a) NAME OF PERSON FILING:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation, and its wholly- owned subsidiary, Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various employee benefit plans, and its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Bankers Trust International PLC.
Item 2(b) ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE:
280 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Item 2(c) CITIZENSHIP:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various employee benefit plans, are both corporations incorporated in the State of New York with their principal business offices located in New York; Bankers Trust International PLC is incorporated in England with its principal business office located in London.
Item 2(d) TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:
Common Stock (Par Value $1.50) of The Dial Corp., a Delaware corporation.
Item 2(e) CUSIP NUMBER:
252470109
Item 3 THE PERSON FILING IS A:
For Bankers Trust New York Corporation,
(g) [X] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
For Bankers Trust Company, and Bankers Trust International PLC
(b) [X] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act.

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Item 4 OWNERSHIP:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 2,362,106
(b) Percent of Class: 2.6%
(c) Number of shares as to which the Bank has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote - 1,601,896
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote - 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - 2,362,106
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - 0
Item 5 OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS:
Not applicable.
Item 6 OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF
ANOTHER PERSON:
Not applicable.
Item 7 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY
WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE
PARENT HOLDING COMPANY:
See Item 3 above.
Item 8 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE
GROUP:
Not applicable.

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Item 10 CERTIFICATION:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE:
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: as of December 31, 1994
Signature: Bankers Trust New York Corporation

By:   /s/        James T. Byrne, Jr.
Name:            James T. Byrne, Jr.

Title:           Secretary	

Signature: Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various employee benefit plans.

By:   /s/        James T. Byrne, Jr.
Name:            James T. Byrne, Jr.

Title:           Secretary	

Signature: Bankers Trust International, PLC

              /s/Brian E. Walsh
By:              Brian E. Walsh

Title:           Managing Director