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    <periodOfReport>2003-06-30</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000101830</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SPRINT CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FON</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001196154</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LORIMER LINDA KOCH</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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        <securityTitle>
            <value>FON Common Stock</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
        </securityTitle>
        <transactionDate>
            <value>2003-06-30</value>
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            <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            <footnoteId id="F2"/>
        </transactionCoding>
        <transactionAmounts>
            <transactionShares>
                <value>533</value>
            </transactionShares>
            <transactionValue>
                <value>0</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </transactionValue>
            <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                <value>A</value>
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            <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                <value>6520</value>
            </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
        </postTransactionAmounts>
        <ownershipNature>
            <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <value>I</value>
            </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            <natureOfOwnership>
                <value>by Rabbi Trust</value>
            </natureOfOwnership>
        </ownershipNature>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">End of transaction direct holding of FON Common Stock: 15,352.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares issued under Section 11 of Sprint's 1997 Long-term Stock Incentive Program.  Section 11 permits non-employee directors of Sprint to elect to purchase shares of Sprint FON common stock in lieu of receiving all or part of their annual retainer, meeting fees, and committee meeting fees in cash.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">123.8999 shares purchased at $11.44; 213.8742 shares purchased at $13.31; and 195.6423 shares purchased at 14.565.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Claudia S. Toussaint  For: Linda Lorimer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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2003-06-30
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FON
0001196154
LORIMER LINDA KOCH
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0
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FON Common Stock
2003-06-30
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0
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6520
I
by Rabbi Trust
End of transaction direct holding of FON Common Stock: 15,352.
Shares issued under Section 11 of Sprint's 1997 Long-term Stock Incentive Program.  Section 11 permits non-employee directors of Sprint to elect to purchase shares of Sprint FON common stock in lieu of receiving all or part of their annual retainer, meeting fees, and committee meeting fees in cash.
123.8999 shares purchased at $11.44; 213.8742 shares purchased at $13.31; and 195.6423 shares purchased at 14.565.
By: Claudia S. Toussaint  For: Linda Lorimer
2003-07-02