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

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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: 10-01-97 and 10-10-97

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Name of acquiring person, name of Date

acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated

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The Times Mirror Company, Stanley Henry,

This Week Publications, Inc............ 97-3387 10/01/97

Ontario Teachers' Pension Board,

Beneficial Corporation, Beneficial

Corporation............................ 97-3492 10/01/97

Parity, plc, Jonathan Gross,

Telecommunications Technology

Corporation/Personnel.................. 97-3565 10/01/97

Zurich Insurance Company, Scudder,

Steven & Clark, Inc., Scudder, Steven &

Clark, Inc............................. 97-3582 10/01/97

Wausau Paper Mills Company, Mosinee

Paper Corporation, Mosinee Paper

Corporation............................ 97-3453 10/02/97

Fairview Hospital and Healthcare

Services, Board of Social Ministry,

Board of Social Ministry............... 97-3481 10/02/97

McLaren Health Care Corporation,

Michigan Affiliated Healthcare System,

Inc., Michigan Affiliated Healthcare

System, Inc............................ 97-3501 10/02/97

Mariner Health Group, Inc., Prism Health

Group, Inc., Prism Health Group, Inc... 97-3509 10/02/97

American International Group, Inc., Eli

Lilly and Company, PCS Holding

Corporation............................ 97-3566 10/02/97

Leslie B. Otten, Kamori Kanko Co., Ltd.,

Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation,

Steamboat.............................. 97-3505 10/03/97

Masaycshi Son, GlobalCenter, Inc.,

GlobalCenter, Inc...................... 97-3561 10/03/97

Lincolnshire Equity Fund, L.P., CGF

Industries, Inc., CGF Industries, Inc.. 97-3572 10/03/97

Timothy J. Buchanan, Alternative Living

Services, Inc., Alternative Living

Services, Inc.......................... 97-3584 10/03/97

D. Ray Cook, Alternative Living

Services, Inc., Alternative Living

Services, Inc.......................... 97-3585 10/03/97

Steven L. and Susan C. Vick, Alternative

Living Services, Inc., Alternative

Living Services, Inc................... 97-3586 10/03/97

Pacificorp, GTE Corporation, GTE North

Incorporated........................... 97-3587 10/03/97

The Walt Disney Company, Cinergi

Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Cinergi

Pictures Entertainment, Inc............ 97-3596 10/03/97

Texas Utilities Company, Lufkin-Conroe

Communications Co., Lufkin-Conroe

Communications Co...................... 97-3597 10/03/97

Walter Industries, Inc., Charles P.

Gallagher, Applied Industrial Materials

Corporation............................ 97-3600 10/03/97

Transamerica Corporation, Whirlpool

Corporation, Whirlpool Financial

Corporation............................ 97-3602 10/03/97

Champion International Corporation, Fort

James Corporation, Diamond Occidental

Forest Inc............................. 97-3609 10/03/97

Adventist Health System/West, South

Coast Medical Center, South Coast

Medical Center......................... 97-3612 10/03/97

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., N.R. Hamm

Quarry, Inc., N.R. Hamm Quarry, Inc.... 97-3616 10/03/97

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., N.R. Hamm

Contractor, Inc., N.R. Hamm Contractor,

Inc.................................... 97-3617 10/03/97

Mr. Jean-Charles Naouri, Casino Guichard-

Perrachon, Casino Guichard-Perrachon... 97-3618 10/03/97

Ameritech Corporation, Republic

Industries, Inc., Republic Security

Companies Holding Co................... 97-3620 10/03/97

Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc.,

Reinhard Mohn, (Mr.), Gruner + Jahr

Printing & Publishing Co............... 97-3622 10/03/97

Serge Godin, Teleglobe Inc., ISI

Systems, Inc........................... 97-3623 10/03/97

MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., Mid-

America Bancorp, Mid-America Money

Order Company.......................... 97-3625 10/03/97

Ameritech Corporation, Rollins, Inc.,

Rollins, Inc. (Rollins Protective

Services Division)..................... 97-3626 10/03/97

Allergan, Inc. Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Incorporated, Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Incorporated........................... 97-3629 10/03/97

James Q. Crowe, Peter Kiewit Sons',

Inc., Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.......... 97-3631 10/03/97

Komatsu Ltd., Robert G. Thomson,

Furnival Machinery Company............. 97-3633 10/03/97

GCIH, Inc., Auburn Hoisery Mills, Inc.,

Auburn Hoisery Mills, Inc.............. 97-3634 10/03/97

Grey Wolf, Inc., Justiss Oil Company,

Inc., Justiss Oil Company, Inc......... 97-3635 10/03/97

Bandag, Inc., Joe W. Esco, Joe Esco Tire

Co..................................... 97-3636 10/03/97

Hadi B. Lashkajani, Richard E. Becker,

Indian River Foods, Inc................ 97-3638 10/03/97

A.M. Todd Group, Inc., Richard E.

Becker, Indian River Foods, Inc........ 97-3639 10/03/97

EIS, Inc., Com-Kyl, Inc., Com-Kyl, Inc.. 97-3645 10/03/97

Blackstone Capital Partners II Merchant

Banking Fund LP, Park Corporation,

American Axle & Manufacturing of

Michigan, Inc.......................... 97-3647 10/03/97

Metal Management, Inc., Betty Albert,

Superior Forge, Inc.................... 97-3648 10/03/97

Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners,

II, L.P., Park Corporation, American

Axle & Manufacturing of Michigan, Inc.. 97-3649 10/03/97

Adecco, S.A., Estate of David J.

McGrath, Jr., TAD Companies, TAD

Technical, L.P. & TAD Temporaries...... 97-3650 10/03/97

Bandag, Incorporated, J.W. Brewer Tire

Co., Inc., J.W. Brewer Tire Co., Inc... 97-3655 10/03/97

Becton Dickinson and Company, SoloPak

Pharmaceuticals, Inc., SoloPak

Pharmaceuticals, Inc................... 97-3656 10/03/97

New Rio, L.L.C. The Warnaco Group, Inc.,

The Warnaco Group, Inc................. 97-3662 10/03/97

The Warnaco Group, Inc., New Rio,

L.L.C., Designer Holdings.............. 97-3663 10/03/97

Einar Wilhelm Sissener, Cultor

Corporation, Cultor Food Science, Inc.. 97-3685 10/03/97

Paradigm Geophysical Ltd., Tech-Sym

Corporation, CogniSeis Development, Inc 97-3507 10/06/97

ALZA Corporation, IVAX Corporation,

Baker Norton Pharmaceuticals, Inc...... 97-3570 10/06/97

D.S.I. Distributing, Inc., C. Michael

Schroeder, Consumer Satellite Systems,

Inc.................................... 97-3653 10/06/97

Misys plc, Medic Computer Systems, Inc.,

Medic Computer Systems, Inc............ 97-3462 10/07/97

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Monsanto

Company, G.D. Searle & Co.............. 97-3503 10/07/97

Airgas, Inc., James P. Lyons, JWS

Technologies, Inc. & Ridgewood Avenue

Company, L.P........................... 97-3547 10/07/97

SmarTalk TeleServices, Inc., ConQuest

Telecommunications Services

Corporation, ConQuest

Telecommunications Services Corporation 97-3610 10/07/97

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,

Partners Limited, Security First Group,

Inc.................................... 97-3646 10/07/97

Extendicare Inc., Arbor Health Care

Company, Arbor Health Care Company..... 97-3697 10/07/97

Weyerhaeuser Company, Union Camp

Corporation, Union Camp Corporation.... 97-3527 10/08/97

Union Bank of Switzerland, Xpedite

Systems, Inc. Xpedite Systems, Inc..... 97-3641 10/08/97

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Fenway Partners Capital Fund, L.P.,

Xpedite Systems, Inc., Xpedite Systems,

Inc.,.................................. 97-3642 10/08/97

The Virginia Insurance Reciprocal,

Compensation Hospital Association

Trust, Compensation Hospital

Association Trust...................... 97-3665 10/08/97

The Virginia Insurance Reciprocal,

Kentucky Hospital Association Trust,

Kentucky Hospital Association Trust.... 97-3668 10/08/97

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group

plc, Michael H. Polaski, Specialty

Underwriters, Inc...................... 97-3669 10/08/97

N.V. Verenigd Bezit VNU, Cordiant plc,

The National Research Group, Inc....... 97-3676 10/08/97

Craig Sloan, David Manufacturing Co.,

David Manufacturing Co................. 97-3681 10/08/97

Fedeal Express Corporation, AMR

Corporation, American Airlines, Inc.... 97-3682 10/08/97

Insight Communications Company, L.P.,

Cablevision Systems Corporation, A-R

Cable Services, Inc.................... 97-3643 10/09/97

Jonathan A. Nicholson, JP Foodservice,

Inc., JP Foodservice, Inc.............. 97-3456 10/10/97

Jacor Communications, Inc., John M.

Shanahan, MultiVerse Networks, LLC;

Syergy Broadcast Investment............ 97-3619 10/10/97

Siebe plc, Dow Chemical Company (The),

Dow Chemical Company (The)............. 97-3624 10/10/97

Catholic Health Initiatives, Quorum

Health Group, Inc., Midlands Medical

Associates, L.P........................ 97-3666 10/10/97

Craig O. McCaw, Caroline Hunt Trust

Estate, Start Technologies Corporation. 97-3670 10/10/97

Bandag, Incorporated, Ernest R. Duff,

Southern Tire Mart, Inc................ 97-3672 10/10/97

TCW Special Placements Fund III, Kert

Rabe, GHP Holdings, Inc................ 97-3684 10/10/97

Jefferson Health System, Magee

Rehabilitation Hospital, Magee

Rehabilitation Hospital................ 97-3690 10/10/97

Creative Computers, Inc., Elek-Tek, Inc.

(Debtor-in-Possession), Elek-Tek, Inc.

(Debtor-in-Possession)................. 97-3695 10/10/97

Ripplewood Partners, L.P., Don M.

Wheeler, ACM Equipment Sales & Rentals

and ICM Sales & Rentals................ 97-3701 10/10/97

Bridgestone Corporation, Rene

Charvillat, Thompson Aerospace Corp.

and Thompson Aerospace, Inc............ 97-3702 10/10/97

Premier Parks Inc., Kentucky Kingdom,

Inc., Kentucky Kingdom, Inc............ 98-0001 10/10/97

IMCO Recycling, Inc., William and Louise

Warshauer (Husband and Wife), Alchem

Aluminum, Inc.......................... 98-0004 10/10/97

William and Louise Warshauer (Husband

and Wife), IMCO Recycling Inc., IMCO

Recycling Inc.......................... 98-0005 10/10/97

Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Schwarz

Pharma AG (a German Entity), Schwarz

Pharma, Inc............................ 98-0006 10/10/97

Tabacalera, S.A. (a Spanish company),

Havatampa, Inc., Havatampa, Inc........ 98-0007 10/10/97

Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, Kamilche

Company, Simpson Paper Company......... 98-0009 10/10/97

Tyco International Ltd., Jason

International, Inc., Jason

International, Inc..................... 98-0017 10/10/97

Richard L. Duchossois, Richard

Greenthal, Sentex Systems, Inc......... 98-0025 10/10/97

Richard L. Duchossois, William Davis,

Sentex Systems, Inc.................... 98-0026 10/10/97

WinStar Communications, Inc., US One

Communications, Corp. (Debtor In

Possession), US One Communications

Services Corp. & US One Communica...... 98-0027 10/10/97

Air Products and Chemical, Inc.,

Industrial Gas & Supply Co., Industrial

Gas & Supply Co........................ 98-0032 10/10/97

Richard Roizen (a French national),

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

Disguise Holding Corporation........... 98-0034 10/10/97

Aviation Sales Company, Thomas J. Bach,

Kratz-Wilde Machine Company............ 98-0041 10/10/97

Aviation Sales Company, Jerome G. Bach,

Kratz-Wilde Machine Company............ 98-0042 10/10/97

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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, DC

20580, (202) 326-3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97-30258 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]

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