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

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                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                        Commission File Number 1-5674

     Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): DECEMBER 4, 2003


                            ANGELICA CORPORATION
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              MISSOURI                                  43-0905260
 (State or other jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  incorporation or organization)

      424 SOUTH WOODS MILL ROAD
       CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI                           63017-3406
(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)


                               (314) 854-3800
            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (c)  Exhibits

              99.1  Slide presentation of Angelica Corporation

ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

         The slide presentation attached as Exhibit 99.1 will be presented
at analyst meetings to be held on December 4, 2003 and is furnished pursuant
to Regulation FD.

         This information is furnished pursuant to Item 9 of Form 8-K and
shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of
that section, unless the Registrant specifically incorporates it by
reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. By furnishing this information on Form 8-K, the
Registrant makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in
this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation
FD.

                                 SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: December 4, 2003

                                 ANGELICA CORPORATION



                                 By: /s/ T. M. Armstrong
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                                     T. M. Armstrong
                                     Senior Vice President-Finance and
                                     Administration and Chief Financial Officer



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                                EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                          Description
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99.1              Slide presentation of Angelica Corporation

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