Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period

Under the Premerger Notification Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II

of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, requires

persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions to give the

Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General advance

notice and to wait designated periods before consummation of such

plans. Section 7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, in individual

cases, to terminate this waiting period prior to its expiration and

requires that notice of this action be published in the Federal

Register.

The following transactions were granted early termination of the

waiting period provided by law and the premerger notification rules.

The grants were made by the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant

Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of

Justice. Neither agency intends to take any action with respect to

these proposed acquisitions during the applicable waiting period.

Transactions Granted Early Termination Between: 010395 and 011395

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Name of acquiring person, name of Date

acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated

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United Asset Management Corporation,

Provident Investment Counsel, Provident

Investment Counsel..................... 95-0562 01/04/95

Providence Media Partners L.P., Estate

of Charles A. Sammons, Sammons

Communications of New York, Inc........ 95-0619 01/04/95

First Data Corporation, State Mutual

Life Assurance Company of America, 440

Financial Group of Worcester, Inc...... 95-0639 01/04/95

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company

Limited, North Star BHP Steel, L.L.C.,

North Star BHP Steel, L.L.C............ 95-0659 01/04/95

Century Communications Corp., Rock

Associates Incorporated, Rock

Associates Incorporated................ 95-0665 01/04/95

Cisco Systems, Inc., Bolt Beranek and

Newman, Inc., LightStream Corporation.. 95-0673 01/04/95

The Atlantic Foundation, GT Interactive

Software Corp., GT Interactive Software

Corp................................... 95-0679 01/04/95

The Earth Technology Corporation (USA),

HazWaste Industries Incorporated,

HazWaste Industries Incorporated....... 95-0680 01/04/95

Alltel Corporation, Alltel Corporation,

Fort Smith MSA Limited Partnership..... 95-0702 01/04/95

Handleman Company, Mr. Amos Alter,

Madacy Music Group, Inc................ 95-0710 01/04/95

Shawmut National Corporation, Barclays

Bank PLC, Barclays Business Credit Inc. 95-0711 01/04/95

Sumner M. Redstone, Ronald O. Perelman,

New World Communications of Boston, Inc 95-0721 01/04/95

SASIB S.p.A., Figgie International,

Inc., Figgie Packaging Systems......... 95-0738 01/04/95

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Puget

Corporation, Puget Corporation......... 95-0739 01/04/95

The Wharf (Holdings) Limited, Shoreham

Hotel Limited Partnership, The Shoreham

Hotel.................................. 95-0750 01/04/95

Berisford International plc, Welbilt

Corporation, Welbilt Corporation....... 95-0757 01/07/95

Dresser Industries, Inc., Kerr-McGee

Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation.... 95-0736 01/09/95

Nabors Industries, Inc., Gordon P.

Getty, Delta Drilling Company.......... 95-0743 01/09/95

UtiliCorp United Inc., Wascana Energy

Inc., Broad Street Oil & Gas Co........ 95-0751 01/09/95

Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company,

Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, Jefferson-

Pilot Fire & Casualty Company.......... 95-0764 01/09/95

Century Communications Corp., ML Media

Partners, L.P., ML Media Partners, L.P. 95-0676 01/10/95

Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund IV,

L.P., Allen J. Nesbitt, Lason Systems,

Inc.................................... 95-0716 01/11/95

The Bisys Group, Inc., Concord Holding

Corporation, Concord Holding

Corporation............................ 95-0733 01/11/95

General Electric Company, Bruce R.

McGrath, Elder Equipment Leasing, Inc.. 95-0752 01/11/95

Thermo Electron Corporation, Compagnie

Financiere de Paribas, Engineering

Technology Inc., Knowledge Corporation. 95-0766 01/11/95

Federal Express Corporation, Delta Air

Lines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc...... 95-0771 01/11/95

Charter Oak Partners, SiMETCO, Inc.,

SiMETCO, Inc........................... 95-0806 01/11/95

Guy P. Gannett Trust, VS&A

Communications Partners, L.P., Hughes

Broadcasting Partners.................. 95-0681 01/12/95

Rochester Telephone Corporation, Steven

C. Simon, American Sharecom, Inc....... 95-0701 01/12/95

Steven C. Simon, Rochester Telephone

Corporation, Rochester Telephone

Corporation............................ 95-0703 01/12/95

James J. Weinert, Rochester Telephone

Corporation, Rochester Telephone

Corporation............................ 95-0704 01/12/95

Rochester Telephone Corporation, WCT

Communications, Inc., WCT

Communications, Inc.................... 95-0715 01/12/95

K-III Communications Corporation, VS&A

Communications Partners, L.P., PJS

Publications, Inc...................... 95-0723 01/12/95

Fremont General Corporation, The

Continental Corporation, Casualty

Insurance Company...................... 95-0747 01/12/95

Loews Corporation, The Continental

Corporation, The Continental

Corporation............................ 95-0755 01/12/95

Micron Technology, Inc., ZEOS

International, ZEOS International...... 95-0775 01/12/95

Loews Corporation, CBS Inc., CBS Inc.... 95-0781 01/12/95

Furon Company, Custom Coating &

Laminating Corporation, Custom Coating

& Laminating Corporation............... 95-0687 01/13/95

Rock-Tenn Company, Alliance Display and

Packaging Company, Alliance Display and

Packaging Company...................... 95-0709 01/13/95

WHX Corporation, Teledyne, Inc.,

Teledyne, Inc.......................... 95-0722 01/13/95

American Stores Company, A.D. Clark,

Inc., A.D. Clark, Inc.................. 95-0730 01/13/95

Marshall S. Cogan, Henry Crown and

Company, CHF Industries, Inc........... 95-0759 01/13/95

Canadian Pacific Limited, Canadian

Pacific Limited, Shawnee Mall

Associates Limited Partnership......... 95-0768 01/13/95

ZENECA Group PLC, Salick Health Care,

Inc., Salick Health Care, Inc.......... 95-0772 01/13/95

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Gemina S.p.A, Marco Rivetti/Giovanna

Rivetti, Gruppo Finanziario Tessile,

S.p.A.................................. 95-0774 01/13/95

Vestar Equity Partners, L.P., Astrum

International Corporation, Anvil

Knitwear division...................... 95-0778 01/13/95

Code, Hennessy & Simmons II, L.P.,

Harold Kay, Whitney Corr-Pak

International.......................... 95-0791 01/13/95

Code, Hennessy & Simmons II, L.P., J.

Anton Schiffenhaus, Whitney Corr-Pak

International.......................... 95-0792 01/13/95

Code, Hennessy & Simmons II, L.P.,

Laurence C. Schiffenhaus, Whitney Corr-

Pak International...................... 95-0793 01/13/95

CRH plc, Arizona Block Manufacturing,

Inc., Superlite Block.................. 95-0794 01/13/95

CRH plc, CRH plc, Superlite Block....... 95-0799 01/13/95

Sodexho S.A., Gardner Merchant Services

Group Limited, Gardner Merchant

Services Group Limited................. 95-0800 01/13/95

Apache Corporation, Texaco Inc., Texaco

Exploration and Production Inc......... 95-0803 01/13/95

United Parcel Service of America, Inc.,

Ray R. Thurston, Sonic Couriers of

Arizona, Inc., and Sonic Telex......... 95-0813 01/13/95

Ray R. Thurston, United Parcel Service

of America, Inc., United Parcel Service

of America, Inc........................ 95-0814 01/13/95

Champion Enterprises, Inc., Chandeleur

Homes, Inc., Chandeleur Homes, Inc..... 95-0815 01/13/95

Champion Enterprises, Inc., Crest Ridge

Homes, Inc., Crest Ridge Homes, Inc.... 95-0816 01/13/95

Southern New England Telecommunications

Corporation, Bell Atlantic Corporation,

Bell Atlantic Corporation.............. 95-0818 01/13/95

The Ho Family Trust, Gus A. Paloian

(Trustee in Bankruptcy), LeMeridien

Chicago Hotel.......................... 95-0819 01/13/95

AmeriChoice Corporation, Beatrice

Welters, Atlantic Systems, Inc......... 95-0825 01/13/95

Beatrice Welters, AmeriChoice

Corporation, AmeriChoice Corporation... 95-0826 01/13/95

Edgar Rios, AmeriChoice Corporation,

AmeriChoice Corporation................ 95-0827 01/13/95

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For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Horton,

Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger

Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, D.C.

20580, (202) 326-3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95-2303 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]

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