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: 11/24/97 and 12/05/97

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Name of acquiring person, Name of Date

acquired person, Name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated

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Spectra-Physics AB, FLIR Systems, Inc.,

FLIR Systems, Inc...................... 98-0086 11/26/97

Allied Capital Lending Corporation,

Allied Capital Corporation, Allied

Capital Corporation.................... 98-0494 11/26/97

Allied Capital Lending Corporation,

Allied Capital Corporation II, Allied

Capital Corporation II................. 98-0495 11/26/97

Allied Capital Lending Corporation,

Allied Capital Commercial Corporation,

Allied Capital Commercial Corporation.. 98-0496 11/26/97

The Toa Fire and Marine Reinsurance Co.,

Ltd., Swiss Reinsurance Company (a

Swiss corporation), The Mercantile and

General Reinsurance Company of America. 98-0548 11/26/97

George S. Hofmeister, Mario J. Gabelli,

Binnings Building Products, Inc........ 98-0555 11/26/97

Recycling Industries, Inc., Jack Levin,

United Metal Recyclers................. 98-0560 11/26/97

Recycling Industries, Inc., Brenner

Companies, Inc., Brenner Companies,

Inc. and United Metal Recyclers........ 98-0561 11/26/97

Recycling Industries, Inc., Seymour

Levin, United Metal Recyclers.......... 98-0570 11/26/97

Pacific Mutual Holding Company,

Oppenheimer Capital, L.P., Oppenheimer

Capital, L.P........................... 98-0575 11/26/97

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.,

Construction Loan Insurance

Corporation, Construction Loan

Insurance Corporation.................. 98-0583 11/26/97

The Dow Chemical Company, Sentrachem

Limited, Sentrachem Limited............ 97-3189 11/28/97

Fiserv, Inc., Hanifen, Imhoff Holdings,

Inc., Hanifen, Imhoff Holdings, Inc.... 98-0314 11/28/97

Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover &

Co., CSG Systems International, Inc.,

CSG Systems International, Inc......... 98-0411 11/30/97

Northland Cable Properties Six Limited

Partnership, Tele-Communications, Inc.,

Robin Cable Systems, L.P. InterMedia

Partners, L.P.......................... 98-0393 12/01/97

Northland Communciations Corporation,

Tele-Communications, Inc., Robin Cable

Systems, L.P. InterMedia Partners, L.P. 98-0394 12/01/97

United States Filter Corporation,

Stranco, Inc., Stranco, Inc............ 98-0433 12/01/97

Preussag AG, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hapag-Lloyd

AG..................................... 98-0445 12/01/97

Cedar Fair, L.P., Knott's Berry Farm (a

partnership), Knott's Berry Farm (a

partnership)........................... 98-0565 12/01/97

Patriot American Hospitality Operating

Company, WHG Resorts & Casinos, Inc.,

WHG Resorts & Casinos, Inc............. 98-0567 12/01/97

Pharma Vision 2000 AG, Tularik Inc.,

Tularik Inc............................ 98-0568 12/01/97

Robotic Vision Systems, Inc., Vanguard

Automation, Inc., Vanguard Automation,

Inc.................................... 98-0578 12/01/97

Global Private Equity III Limited

Partnership, Kay Juel, III, Contact

East, Inc.............................. 98-0586 12/01/97

The Guarantee Life Companies, Inc., PFG,

Inc., PFG, Inc......................... 98-0589 12/01/97

Legal and General Group Plc, Georgia

Duck & Cordage Mill, Georgia Duck &

Cordage Mill........................... 98-0652 12/01/97

John W. Pope, Rose's Holdings, Inc.,

Rose's Stores, Inc..................... 98-0432 12/02/97

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.,

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund

II, L.P., Benchmark Jackson, L.L.C..... 98-0466 12/02/97

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Arbed S.A., Minorco (a Luxembourg

company), Hochschild Partners.......... 98-0471 12/02/97

Wisconsin Energy Corporation, ESELCO,

Inc., ESELCO, Inc...................... 98-0509 12/02/97

Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., Vickers

PLC, Air-Shields Vickers, Inc. & TECA

Corporation............................ 98-0522 12/02/97

American Industrial Partners Capital

Fund II, L.P., John W. Kluge, Stanadyne

Automotive Holding Corp................ 98-0546 12/02/97

U.S. Office Products Company, Mr. Thomas

S. Bagley, AASI Holding Corporation.... 98-0549 12/02/97

Woodgrain Millwork, Inc., Fenway

Partners Capital Fund, L.P., Brown

Moulding Company, Inc.................. 98-0563 12/02/97

Advanced Communications Group, Inc.,

Liberty Cellular, Inc., KIN Network,

Inc.................................... 98-0576 12/02/97

Ryder Systems, Inc., Russ Jones,

International Truck Rental and Leasing,

Inc.................................... 98-0579 12/02/97

Cablevision System Corporation,

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (a Japanese

corporation), Radio City Productions

LLC.................................... 98-0580 12/02/97

Ricoh Company, Ltd. (a Japanese

company), Jeffry M. Picower, Monroe

Systems For Business, Inc.............. 98-0594 12/02/97

Home Products International, Inc., The

Chase Manhattan Corporation, Seymour

Sales Corporation...................... 98-0598 12/02/97

BASF Akiengesellschaft, Hoechst

Aktiengesellschaft, BHC Company........ 98-0599 12/02/97

Citicorp, Amerisource Health

Corporation, Amerisource Health

Corporation............................ 98-0609 12/02/97

Marshall T. Reynolds, Portec, Inc.,

Portec Assets.......................... 98-0613 12/02/97

Clarian Health Partners, Inc., Lakeland

Health Corporation, Lakeland Health

Corporation............................ 98-0614 12/02/97

Legal & General Group Plc, BTR Plc,

Schlegal Corporation; Schlegel Oklahoma

Inc.................................... 98-0615 12/02/97

Questor Partners Fund, LP, Lord Moyne-

Jonathan Guinness, AP Parts

International, Inc..................... 98-0617 12/02/97

Phoenix Packaging Corporation, Sequa

Corporation, Northern Can Systems,

Inc., Sequa Corporation................ 98-0623 12/02/97

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, II, L.P.,

Victor J. Barnett, Arcade Holding

Corporation............................ 98-0625 12/02/97

Whole Foods Market, Inc., Edward and

Juliette Jonna, Merchant Management

Affiliates, Inc.; Merchant of Vino..... 98-0626 12/02/97

Central Parking Corporation, Lewis Katz,

Kinney System Holding Corporation...... 98-0628 12/02/97

Lewis Katz, Central Parking Corporation,

Central Parking Corporation............ 98-0629 12/02/97

Starwood Lodging Corporation, ITT

Corporation, ITT Corporation........... 98-0631 12/02/97

The Clayton & Dubilier Private Equity

Fund IV LP, Rubin Brown, Brown

Wholesale Electric Company, Inc........ 98-0634 12/02/97

Mannesmann AG, R. William Milton, Crane

America Services, Inc.; Crane America

Leasing, In............................ 98-0636 12/02/97

J. Frank Harrison, Jr., Walter Matthews,

Jr., Coca-Cola Bottling Company,

Southeast, Incorporated................ 98-0643 12/02/97

Jordan Industries, Inc., Motion Control

Engineering, Inc., Motion Control

Engineering, Inc....................... 98-0646 12/02/97

Tribune Company, James M. Landoll,

Landoll, Inc........................... 98-0648 12/02/97

Tribune Company, The McConnell Family

Trust, Landoll, Inc.................... 98-0649 12/02/97

Tyler Corporation, William D. Oates,

Business Resources Corporation......... 98-0650 12/02/97

General Electric Company, James Bastian,

SimuFlite Training International, Inc.. 98-0704 12/02/97

VS&A Communications Partners II, L.P.,

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, The

Reuben H. Donnelly Corporation

(Proprietary East Di................... 98-0534 12/03/97

First Data Corporation, NationsBank

Corporation, Boatmen's Merchant

Processing Company, LLC................ 98-0584 12/03/97

Olympus Growth Fund II, LP, Steven C.

Francis and Gayle A. Francis, AMN

Healthcare, Inc........................ 98-0607 12/03/97

Health Care Service Corporation a Mutual

Legal Reserve, Medical Mutual of Ohio,

Medical Life Insurance Company......... 98-0616 12/03/97

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting

Trust, Bennet R. and Maxine H. Miller

(Husband and Wife), Tri-County

Telephone Company, Inc................. 98-0679 12/03/97

General Dynamics Corporation, Ceridian

Corporation, Computing Devices

International and Subs................. 98-0452 12/04/97

Newcor, Inc., Machine Tool & Gear, Inc.,

Machine Tool & Gear Inc................ 98-0591 12/04/97

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., Laidlaw

Inc., ECDC Environmental, L.C.......... 98-0624 12/04/97

Robbins & Myers, Inc., J.M. Huber

Corporation, Flow Control Equipment,

Inc.................................... 98-0665 12/04/97

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Hanson,

P.L.C., Milestone Materials, Inc....... 98-0718 12/04/97

American Radio Systems Corporation,

Latin Communications Group, Inc., Radio

Exito, Inc.; Portland Radio, Inc....... 97-2054 12/05/97

Apple Computer, Inc., Power Computing

Corporation, Power Computing

Corporation............................ 97-3427 12/05/97

Jeffrey J. Prosser, B. John Klindworth,

St. Croix Cable T.V., Inc., Virgin

Islands Cable T.V...................... 97-3457 12/05/97

Interstate Bakeries Corporation, Estate

of Elizabeth B. Noyce, JSC Corporation. 98-0264 12/05/97

Wang Laboratories, Inc., David A.

Banning & Mary Lynn Banning, Bannex

Corporation............................ 98-0439 12/05/97

Wasserstein Perella Group, Inc., Boston

Ventures Limited Partnership IV,

National Law Publishing Company, Inc... 98-0453 12/05/97

Rally's Hamburgers, Inc., Checkers Drive-

in Restaurants, Inc., Checkers Drive-in

Restaurants, Inc....................... 98-0475 12/05/97

G. James Roush, FDX Corporation, FDX

Corporation............................ 98-0536 12/05/97

Newcor, Inc., Stephen Grand, Grand

Machining Company d/b/a Deco-Grand;

Deco Technolo.......................... 98-0590 12/05/97

MasTec, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership

Plan of Weeks Construction Co., Weeks

Construction Company................... 98-0592 12/05/97

Material Sciences Corporation, Marshal

I. Wais, Colorstrip's, Inc............. 98-0597 12/05/97

RJR-Nabisco Holding, Inc., Cornnuts,

Inc., Cornnuts, Inc.................... 98-0606 12/05/97

The SKM Equity Fund II, LP, Dan Neuhar,

Wee Good Corporation................... 98-0621 12/05/97

The SKM Equity Fund II, LP, Michel

Bernstein, Wee Good Corporation........ 98-0622 12/05/97

Lear Corporation, Stronach Trust, Magna

Interior Systems (USA), Inc............ 98-0627 12/05/97

Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., Whitehall

Associates, L.P., Starflake Foods

Company, Inc. & Borden Fun Cheese Busi. 98-0630 12/05/97

The Clayton & Dubilier Private Equity

Fund IV LP, Kenneth Moskowitz, Avon

Electrical Supplies, Inc.; Avon

Electrical............................. 98-0632 12/05/97

The Clayton & Dubilier Private Equity

Fund IV, Leonard Moskowitz, Avon

Electrical Supplies, Inc.; Avon

Electrical Product..................... 98-0633 12/05/97

MedPartners, Inc., American Medical

Management, Ltd., American Medical

Management, Ltd........................ 98-0642 12/05/97

JELD-WEN, Inc., Grossman's, Inc. (debtor

in possession), Grossman's, Inc.

(debtor in possession)................. 98-0645 12/05/97

TPG Partners, L.P., Nestle S.A. (A Swiss

company), Nestle Assets................ 98-0647 12/05/97

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Omnicom Group Inc., John H. Kragie &

Elizabeth J. Newell, Kragie/Newell

Advertising, Inc....................... 98-0653 12/05/97

Newcourt Credit Group Inc., Dover

Corporation, Chief Automotive Systems,

Inc.................................... 98-0657 12/05/97

George R. and Ruth J. Wackenhut, Celeste

D. Dockery, Professional Employee

Management, Inc., et al................ 98-0659 12/05/97

Ronald O. Perelman, Millard E. Morris,

Eniram Funding, LLC; & Eniram

Securitization, LLC.................... 98-0661 12/05/97

Deere & Company, Cameco Industries,

Inc., Cameco Industries, Inc........... 98-0667 12/05/97

Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Unilever N.V.,

Conopco, Inc. doing business as Lipton. 98-0671 12/05/97

Galey & Lord, Inc., Polymer Group, Inc.,

Dominion Textile, Inc. plus five

foreign subs........................... 98-0683 12/05/97

Bain Capital Fund V-B, L.P., Sandman

Merger Corporation, Sandman Merger

Corporation............................ 98-0688 12/05/97

The President and Fellows of Harvard

College, Sandman Merger Corporation,

Sandman Merger Corporation............. 98-0689 12/05/97

The Dow Chemical Company, The Dow

Chemical Company, Radian International,

LLC.................................... 98-0691 12/05/97

Joseph Bick, Keystone Automotive

Industries, Inc., Keystone Automotive

Industries, Inc........................ 98-0695 12/05/97

Ametek, Inc., EG&G Inc., Rotron

Incorporated........................... 98-0706 12/05/97

Suiza Foods Corporation, M. Jay

Skirboll, Liquitane Corp., Liquitane

Associates, S&Z Development............ 98-0713 12/05/97

Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. Genesis

ElderCare Corp., Institutional Health

Care Services, Inc., Care 4, L.P....... 98-0717 12/05/97

Eastern Maine Healthcare, Osteeopathic

Healthcare Services, Inland Hospital... 98-0732 12/05/97

O'Neal Steel, Inc., Prudential

Corporation plc, Carolina Steel

Corporation............................ 98-0745 12/05/97

Mitsui & Co. Ltd, MidAmerican Energy

Holdings Company, UNITRAIN, Inc........ 98-0747 12/05/97

Lynch Corporation, Sappi Limited (a

South African company), S.D. Warren

Company................................ 98-0748 12/05/97

Pluma, Inc., John R. Beale and Linda

Beale, Stardust Corporation............ 98-0749 12/05/97

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.,

Weyerhaeuser Company, North Pacific

Paper Company.......................... 98-0750 12/05/97

General Electric Company, Preferred

Machine and Tool Products Corporation,

Preferred Machine and Tool Products

Corporation............................ 98-0755 12/05/97

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Lakeland

Group Television, Inc., Lakeland Group

Television, Inc........................ 98-0756 12/05/97

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII,

L.P., Tenet Healthcare Corporation,

Tenet Healthcare Corporation........... 98-0767 12/05/97

The 1818 Fund II, LP, National

HealthCare, L.P., National HealthCare

Corporation............................ 98-0770 12/05/97

ACX Technologies, Inc., Britton Group,

plc, Britton Group, plc................ 98-0777 12/05/97

ConAgra, Inc., Lawrence Zoll, Zoll Foods

Corporation............................ 98-0784 12/05/97

Lawrence Zoll, ConAgra, Inc., ConAgra,

Inc.................................... 98-0785 12/05/97

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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. 97-32957 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]

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