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 period 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: 042897 and 050997

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Name of acquiring person, name of acquired Date

person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated

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Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., Dairy Enterprises

Corporation, Dairy Enterprises Corporation... 97-1649 04/28/97

Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., Lehigh Enterprises

Acquisition Corporation, Lehigh Enterprises

Acquisition Corporation...................... 97-1650 04/28/97

Steven and Suzanne Kalafer, Republic

Industries, Inc., Republic Industries, Inc... 97-1843 04/28/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Steven and Suzanne

Kalafer, Ditschman/Flemington Ford-Lincoln-

Mercury, Inc., SNDK.......................... 97-1844 04/28/97

Ultimate Electronics, Inc., Audio King

Corporation, Audio King Corporation.......... 97-1849 04/28/97

Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd., Mitsui

Toatsu Chemicals, Inc., Mitsui Toatsu

Chemicals, Inc............................... 97-1853 04/28/97

The Sherwood Group, Inc., Dresdner Bank AG (a

German company), Dresdner-NY Incorporated.... 97-1856 04/28/97

York International Corporation, Sinko Kogyo

Co., Ltd. (a Japanese company), CLEANPAK

International................................ 97-1859 04/28/97

BG Distribution Partners, Ltd., Lee M.

Schepps, The Julius Schepps Company.......... 97-1866 04/28/97

BG Distribution Partners, Ltd., Joseph W.

Schepps, The Julius Schepps Company.......... 97-1867 04/28/97

Henry Schein, Inc., Micro Bio-Medics, Inc.,

Micro Bio-Medics, Inc........................ 97-1869 04/28/97

Richard S. Crawford, Eagle-Picher Industries

Inc. Personal Injury Settlement, Eagle-Picher

Industries Inc. Personal Injury Settlement... 97-1870 04/28/97

Bardon Group plc, CAMAS plc, CAMAS plc........ 97-1879 04/28/97

Central Garden & Pet Company, H & S Saarloos

Charitable Remainder Unitrust, dtd 3/31/97,

Ezell Nursery Supply, Inc.................... 97-1880 04/28/97

Central Garden & Pet Company, L & L Saarloos

Charitable Remainder Unitrust, dtd 3/31/97,

Ezell Nursery Supply, Inc.................... 97-1881 04/28/97

Protective Life Corporation, Nationwide Mutual

Insurance Company, West Coast Life Insurance

Company...................................... 97-1907 04/28/97

Marimutu Sinvasan (an Indonesian person),

Dyersburg Corporation, Dyersburg Corporation. 97-1915 04/28/97

Tomkins PLC, Bessemer Securities L.L.C., The

Stant Corporation............................ 97-1836 04/29/97

Peter A. Bordes, Evergreen Media Corporation,

Evergreen Media Corporation of the City of

Brotherly.................................... 97-1857 04/29/97

MedPartners, Inc., Suburban Heights Medical

Center, S.C., Suburban Heights Medical

Center, S.C.................................. 97-1882 04/29/97

Fresenius Aktiengesellschaft (a German

company), Jack McKenzie, SRC Holding Company. 97-1883 04/29/97

Pan Am Corporation, Micky Arison 1995 Air

Holding Trust, Carnival Air Lines, Inc....... 97-1891 04/29/97

Micky Arison 1995 Air Holding Trust, Pan Am

Corporation, Pan Am Corporation.............. 97-1892 04/29/97

Franklin Quest Co., Covey Leadership Center,

Inc., Covey Leadership Center, Inc........... 97-1893 04/29/97

Stephen R. Covey, Franklin Quest Co., Franklin

Quest Co..................................... 97-1894 04/29/97

Citadel Communications Corporation, Everett I.

Mundy, Tele-Media Broadcasting Company....... 97-1895 04/29/97

Citadel Communications Corporation, Robert E.

Tudek, Tele-Media Broadcasting Company....... 97-1896 04/29/97

Knight-Ridder, Inc., The Walt Disney Company,

ABC Media, Inc............................... 97-1898 04/29/97

Lend Lease Corporation Limited, AXA, Equitable

Real Estate Investment Management, Inc....... 97-1899 04/29/97

Jacor Communications, Inc., Premiere Radio

Networks. Inc., Premiere Radio Networks, Inc. 97-1908 04/29/97

Nils Foss, Perstorp AB (a Swedish company),

Perstorp Analytical, Inc..................... 97-1860 04/30/97

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III,

L.P., Benchmark Communications Radio Limited

Partnership, Benchmark Communications Radio

Limited Partnership.......................... 97-1021 05/02/97

Superior Carriers, Incorporated, Archie L.

Honbarrier, Central Transport, Inc........... 97-1783 05/02/97

American Securities Partners, L.P., Butler

Manufacturing Company, Butler Manufacturing

Company, Grain Systems Division.............. 97-1813 05/02/97

Alcatel Alsthom, Loral Space & Communications

Ltd., Loral Space & Communications Ltd....... 97-1835 05/02/97

The Hearst Trust, Lowell W. Paxson, Paxson

Communications Corp.......................... 97-1854 05/02/97

Robert F. X. Sillerman, The Hearst Trust, The

Hearst Corporation........................... 97-1855 05/02/97

Continental Grain Company, Campbell Soup

Company, Campbell Soup Company............... 97-1874 05/02/97

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Glenn R. Jones, Jones Intercable Investors,

L.P., Jones Intercable Investors, L.P........ 97-1876 05/02/97

Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd., AST Research,

Inc., AST Research, Inc...................... 97-1884 05/02/97

Camco International, Inc., Production

Operators Corp., Production Operators Corp... 97-1890 05/02/97

Michigan Physicians Mutual Liability Company,

New Mexico Physicians Mutual Liability

Company, New Mexico Physicians Mutual

Liability Company............................ 97-1897 05/02/97

Deseret Management Corporation, Evergreen

Media Corporation, Evergreen Media

Corporation of Chicago FM, Evergreen......... 97-1910 05/02/97

Louis J. Appell Residuary Trust, Evergreen

Media Corporation, Evergreen Media/Pyramid

Holdings Corporation......................... 97-1921 05/02/97

General Parts, Inc., Rollance E. Olson, Parts

Depot Company, L.P........................... 97-1928 05/02/97

AmeriTruck Distribution Corp., ConAgra, Inc.,

Monfort Transportation Co., Inc.............. 97-1930 05/02/97

Ridley Corporation Limited, Windy Hill Pet

Food Company L.L.C., Hubbard Milling Company. 97-1931 05/02/97

Edward D. Hammer, Republic Industries, Inc.,

Republic Industries, Inc..................... 97-1937 05/02/97

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Capitol

Broadcasting Company L.L.C., Capitol

Broadcasting Company, L.L.C.................. 97-1942 05/02/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Spirit Rent-A-Car,

Inc., Spirit Rent-A-Car, Inc................. 97-1945 05/02/97

O. Gene Bicknell, Jamie B. Coulter, ``Pizza

Hut Corporations'' and Summit Leasing Company

L.L.C........................................ 97-1951 05/02/97

Jacor Communications, Inc., The News

Corporation Limited, Archon Communications,

Inc.......................................... 97-1953 05/02/97

NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company, Medical

Mutual Liability Insurance Society of

Maryland, Medical Mutual Group Holdings, Inc. 97-1956 05/02/97

Kenneth A. Hendricks, David Trachten, Viking

Building Products, Inc....................... 97-1963 05/02/97

Michigan Pizza Hut, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc., Pizza

Hut, Inc..................................... 97-1968 05/02/97

Giant Industries, Inc., Jerry D. and Phyllis

Jane Clayton, Thriftway Marketing Corp....... 97-1994 05/02/97

Coltec Industries, Inc., AMI Industries, Inc.,

AMI Industries, Inc.......................... 97-1936 05/05/97

Philip Environmental Inc., Allwaste, Inc.,

Allwaste, Inc................................ 97-1804 05/06/97

Philip Environmental Inc., Serv-Tech, Inc.,

Serv-Tech, Inc............................... 97-1805 05/06/97

Becton, Dickinson and Company, PharMingen,

PharMingen................................... 97-1817 05/06/97

Key Components, Inc., Jordon Industries, Inc.,

Hudson Lock, Inc............................. 97-1886 05/06/97

The Principal Financial Group, Marsh &

McLennan Companies, Inc., Trust Consultants,

Inc.......................................... 97-1888 05/06/97

Moore Corporation Limited, The Peak

Technologies Group, Inc., The Peak

Technologies Group, Inc...................... 97-1925 05/06/97

Neptune Orient Lines Limited, APL Limited, APL

Limited...................................... 97-1935 05/06/97

HIG Investment Group, L.P., Let's Talk

Cellular of America, Inc., Let's Talk

Cellular of America, Inc..................... 97-1939 05/06/97

Harbinger Independent Power Fund I, L.L.C.,

Mitsubishi Corporation (a Japanese

Corporation), Diamond Energy Inc., Moose

River Properties Inc......................... 97-1948 05/06/97

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, S.A.,

Ashland Inc., AMC Merger Corporation......... 97-1952 05/06/97

Duke Power Company, S.A. Louis Dreyfus et Cie,

Duke/Louis Dreyfus L.L.C..................... 97-1954 05/06/97

Duke Power Company, Duke Power Company, Duke/

Louis Dreyfus L.L.C.......................... 97-1955 05/06/97

Sterling Software, Inc., Texas Instruments

Incorporated, Texas Instruments Incorporated. 97-1958 05/06/97

The Walt Disney Company, Hicks, Muse, Tate &

Furst Equity Fund II, L.P., Chancellor Radio

Broadcasting Company......................... 97-1959 05/06/97

The Walt Disney Company, Evergreen Media

Corporation, Evergreen Media Corporation of

Los Angeles.................................. 97-1960 05/06/97

OY Rapala Group Ltd., NC Holdings I, Inc., NC

Holdings, I, Inc............................. 97-1967 05/06/97

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, Thomson

Advisory Group, Inc., Thomson Advisory Group,

Inc.......................................... 97-1972 05/06/97

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company,

Oppenheimer & Co., L.P., Oppenheimer Group,

Inc.......................................... 97-1980 05/06/97

Oppenheimer & Co., L.P., Pacific Mutual Life

Insurance Company, Thomson Advisory Group,

Inc.......................................... 97-1981 05/06/97

MCN Energy Group, Inc., Pan Energy

Corporation, Source Cogeneration Co., Inc.,

Summit Computing, Inc........................ 97-1987 05/06/97

Novell, Inc., Novonyx, Inc., Novonyx, Inc..... 97-1797 05/07/97

Merck & Co., Inc., Istituto Gentili, S.p.A.,

Istituto Gentili, S.p.A...................... 97-1815 05/07/97

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust,

New Hope Cellular Cooperative, Huntsville

Cellular Telephone Corp., Inc................ 97-1837 05/07/97

Sumner M. Redstone, George A. Vandeman,

Channel 34 Television Station, Inc........... 97-1933 05/07/97

American International Group, Inc., Ameritech

Corporation, Ameritech Communications of

Ohio, Inc.................................... 97-1949 05/07/97

FW Strategic Partners, L.P., Odyssey Partners,

L.P., Scotsman Holdings, Inc................. 97-1950 05/07/97

Cypress Merchant Banking Partners, L.P.

Odyssey Partners, L.P., Scotsman Holdings,

Inc.......................................... 97-1957 05/07/97

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

Zimmer, Jr., and Barbara Zimmer, Zimmer Paper

Products, Inc................................ 97-1962 05/07/97

Alltel Corporation, Alltel Corporation,

Savannah MSA Cellular Partnership............ 97-1969 05/07/97

Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P., Allied Waste

Industries, Inc., Allied Waste Industries,

Inc.......................................... 97-1971 05/07/97

H&R Block, Inc., Fleet Financial Group, Inc.,

Option One Mortgage Corporation.............. 97-1988 05/07/97

DI Industries, Inc., Grey Wolf Drilling

Company, Grey Wolf Drilling Company.......... 97-1990 05/07/97

James K.B. & Audrey Nelson, DI Industries,

Inc., DI Industries, Inc..................... 97-1991 05/07/97

Manor Care, Inc, Vitalink Pharmacy Services,

Inc., Vitalink Pharmacy Services, Inc........ 97-1828 05/09/97

US Robotics Corporation, 3Com Corporation,

3Com Corporation............................. 97-1885 05/09/97

Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Parker &

Parsley Petroleum Company, Parker & Parsley

Petroleum Company............................ 97-1909 05/09/97

Olicom A/S (a Danish company), CrossComm

Corporation, CrossComm Corporation........... 97-1941 05/09/97

Blackstone Capital Partners II Merchant

Banking Fund LP, Allied Waste Industries,

Inc., Allied Waste Industries, Inc........... 97-1964 05/09/97

Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners, II L.P.,

Allied Waste, Inc., Allied Waste, Inc........ 97-1965 05/09/97

Blackstone Family Investment Partnership II

L.P., Allied Waste Industries, Inc., Allied

Waste Industries, Inc........................ 97-1966 05/09/97

PictureTel Corporation, MultiLink, Inc.,

MultiLink, Inc............................... 97-1973 05/09/97

Trinity Industries, Inc., Ladish Co., Inc.,

Industrial Products Division................. 97-1974 05/09/97

Vanstar Corporation, A. Salam Qureishi,

Sysorex International, Inc................... 97-1985 05/09/97

Electronic Data Systems Corporation, State

Street Corporation, Wendover Financial

Services Corporation......................... 97-1986 05/09/97

Virginia Mason Health System, Group Health

Cooperative of Puget Sound, Virginia Mason

Health Plan, Inc............................. 97-1993 05/09/97

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American Homestar Corporation, Brilliant

Holding Corporation, Brilliant Holding

Corporation.................................. 97-1995 05/09/97

The Hearst Trust, Bob Marbut, Argyle

Television, Inc.............................. 97-1999 05/09/97

Bob Marbut, The Hearst Trust, Hearst-Argyle

Television, Inc.............................. 97-2000 05/09/97

MedPartners, Inc., Karl G. Mangold, Karl G.

Mangold, Inc................................. 97-2020 05/09/97

MedPartners, Inc., Herschel Fischer, Herschel

Fischer, Inc................................. 97-2021 05/09/97

Joseph Littlejohn & Levy Fund II, L.P., Jay D.

Zingg, MSI Manufacturing Group, Inc.......... 97-2022 05/09/97

Joseph Littlejohn & Levy Fund II, L.P., Helmut

F. Homann, MSI Manufacturing Group, Inc...... 97-2023 05/09/97

Mezzanine Lending Associates III, L.P., Code,

Hennessy & Simmons II, L.P., Omega Holdings,

Inc.......................................... 97-2024 05/09/97

Genstar Capital Partners II, L.P., E. I. du

Pont de Nemours and Company, E. I. de Pont de

Nemours and Company.......................... 97-2028 05/09/97

Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, American

Province of Little Company of Mary Sisters,

Little Company of Mary Health Services....... 97-2029 05/09/97

GKN plc, Sinter Metals, Inc., Sinter Metals,

Inc.......................................... 97-2032 05/09/97

Evergreen Media Corporation, Gannett Co.,

Inc., Pacific and Southern Company, Inc...... 97-2047 05/09/97

Warbug, Pincus Ventures, L.P., Coventry

Corporation, Coventry Corporation............ 97-2052 05/09/97

Roger S. Penske, Carrie B. DeWitt, North

Carolina Motor Speedway, Inc................. 97-2063 05/09/97

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P.

Fielding, 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. 97-13774 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]

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