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management. Please comment on how

the FFIEC should treat such loans.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

Joe M.Cleaver,

Executive Secretary, Federal Financial

Institutions Examination Council.

[FR Doc. 97–24235 Filed 9–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P, 6210–01–P, 6714–01–P,

6720–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than

September 29, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Steven L. Voorhees, Harvard,

Nebraska; to acquire voting shares of

Harvard State Company, Harvard,

Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire

Harvard State Bank, Harvard, Nebraska.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 9, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–24265 Filed 9–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than October 9,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. Olympian New York Corporation,

Brooklyn, New York; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of

Olympian Bank, Brooklyn, New York.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Albrecht Financial Services, Inc.,

Norwalk, Iowa; to acquire 100 percent of

the voting shares of Heartland

Bankshares, Inc., Madrid, Iowa, and

thereby indirectly acquire City State

Bank, Grimes, Iowa.

2. Mercantile Bank Corporation,

Grand Rapids, Michigan; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of

Mercantile Bank of West Michigan,

Grand Rapids, Michigan (in

organization).

C. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. Rice Lake Bancorp, Inc., Rice Lake,

Wisconsin; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of TALCO, Inc.,

Menomonie, Wisconsin, and thereby

indirectly acquire Menomonie Shares,

Inc., Menomonie, Wisconsin;

Menomonie Financial Services, Inc.,

Menomonie, Wisconsin; and First Bank

and Trust, Menomonie, Wisconsin.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 9, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–24264 Filed 9–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

September 17, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 2lst Streets,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Proposals concerning

reorganization of Federal Reserve Board

functions.

2. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

3. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.

Dated: September 10, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–24351 Filed 9–10–97; 12:00 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

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,
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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: 080497 AND 081597

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date

terminated

American Residential Services, Inc, Mark P. Shambaugh, Havel Bros., a Division of Shambaugh & Sons, Inc .. 97–2861 08/04/97

Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, Andre Chagnon, OpTel, Inc ............................................................... 97–2866 08/04/97

Societe BIC S.A., Emildir Anstalt, a Swiss Trust, Sheaffer International ................................................................ 97–2889 08/04/97

360 Communications Company, 360 Communications Company, South Bend/Mishawaka MSA Limited Partnership .................................................................................................................................................................. 97–2920 08/04/97

DreamWorks L.L.C., SGW Holding Inc., Sega Gameworks, LLC ........................................................................... 97–2925 08/04/97

Sega Enterprises, Ltd, SGW Holding Inc, Sega Gameworks, LLC ........................................................................ 97–2926 08/04/97

The Seagram Company Ltd., SGW Holding, Inc., Sega Gameworks, LLC ............................................................ 97–2927 08/04/97

John M. Anderson, Republic Industries, Inc., Republic Industries, Inc ................................................................... 97–2941 08/04/97

Republic Industries, Inc., John M. Anderson, Anderson Dealership Group, Inc., Anderson Chevrolet, Inc .......... 97–2942 08/04/97

The Williams Companies, Inc., Continental Energy Associates, Continental Energy Associates .......................... 97–2945 08/04/97

Callaway Golf Company, U.S. Industries, Inc., Odyssey Sports, Inc ...................................................................... 97–2957 08/04/97

Wasserstein Perella Group, Inc., Time Warner Inc., American Lawyer Media, L.P.; ALM Counsel Connect Inc 97–2961 08/04/97

Lear Corporation; ITT Industries, Inc., ITT Assets .................................................................................................. 97–2964 08/04/97

Pool Energy Services Co., Steve L. Holifield, Trey Services, Inc ........................................................................... 97–2965 08/04/97

Code, Hennessy & Simmons II, L.P. Douglas J. Von Allmen, Temple, Inc ............................................................ 97–2968 08/04/97

Avonmore Creameries Limited (An Ireland Company), Waterford Co-operative Society Limited (An Ireland

Co.), Waterford Co-operative Society Limited ..................................................................................................... 97–2971 08/04/97

Waterford Co-operative Society Limited (An Ireland Co.), Avonmore Creameries Limited (An Ireland Company), Avonmore Creameries Limited .................................................................................................................. 97–2972 08/04/97

Aurora Equity Partners L.P., James E. Henderson, Trans Mart, Inc ...................................................................... 97–2977 08/04/97

Aurora Equity Partners L.P., Gary A. Gamble, Trans Mart, Inc .............................................................................. 97–2983 08/04/97

Sidney B. DeBoer, Edmund Bartlett, Sun Valley Ford, Inc ..................................................................................... 97–2988 08/04/97

Johnson & Johnson, Raision Tehtast Oy AB, Raisio Staest US Inc. & Raision Benecol US LLC ........................ 97–3005 08/04/97

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., The Energy Group PLC, Citizens Power Sales, Hartford Power Sales plus

twelve .................................................................................................................................................................... 97–3006 08/04/97

Bucyrus International, Inc., Global Industrial Technologies, Inc., The Marion Power Shovel Company ................ 97–2507 08/05/97

Castle Tower Holding Corp., Robert A. Crown, Crown Communications ............................................................... 97–2870 08/05/97

Robert A. Crown, Castle Tower Holding Corp., Castle Tower Holding Corp ......................................................... 97–2871 08/05/97

Unisource Worldwide, Inc., Rolf W. Turnquist, Turnquist, Inc ................................................................................. 97–2880 08/05/97

Berkshire Fund IV, Limited Partnership, Raymond L. Jensen and Barbara Jensen, husband and wife, JMS

Automotive Rebuilders, Inc .................................................................................................................................. 97–2946 08/05/97

WorldCom, Inc., Steven J. Muir, ComTech, Inc ...................................................................................................... 97–2975 08/05/97

WorldCom, Inc., Jerry Nelson, ComTech, Inc ......................................................................................................... 97–2976 08/05/97

Falcon Holding Group, L.P., Falcon Classic Cable Income Properties, L.P., Falcon Classic Cable Income Properties, L.P ............................................................................................................................................................. 97–2978 08/05/97

Newell Co., American Greeting Corporation, Wilhold, Inc., and Acme Frame Products, Inc ................................. 97–2545 08/06/97

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Reg. Cmty, Cincinnati, NorthCoast Health Systems, Inc., Riverside Hospital

and NorthCoast Affiliates, Inc ............................................................................................................................... 97–2813 08/06/97

Hy-Vee, Inc., Schnuck Markets, Inc., Schnuck Markets, Inc .................................................................................. 97–2833 08/06/97

Zurich Insurance Company (a Swiss company), Saratoga Partners III, L.P., U.S.I. Holdings Corporation ........... 97–2915 08/06/97

Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund IV, LP, WIlliam G. Kamarek, Electronic Systems, Inc ............................. 97–2970 08/06/97

Sinophil Corporation, Sinophil Corporation, MagiNet Corporation .......................................................................... 97–2994 08/06/97

II Acquisition Corp., Imo Industries Inc., Imo Industries Inc .................................................................................... 97–3024 08/06/97

Diagnostics Holding, Inc., Hoechst A.G., Hoechst Diagnostics Holding Corporation et al ..................................... 97–2757 08/07/97

Hoechst A.G., Diagnostics Holding, Inc., Diagnostics Holding, Inc ........................................................................ 97–2758 08/07/97

James L. Ferman, Jr., Jeffrey I. Wooley, JIW Enterprises, Inc., Gulf Auto Holdings, Inc ...................................... 97–2763 08/07/97

Kelso Investment Associates V, L.P., Merck & Co., Inc., The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Endo Lab,

LLC ....................................................................................................................................................................... 97–2845 08/07/97

Kelso Investment Associates V, L.P., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Endo Lab, LLC ................................................................................................................................ 97–2846 08/07/97

American Radio Systems Corporation, Jacor Communications, Inc., Jacor Communications, Inc./Assets ........... 97–2876 08/07/97

Jacor Communications, Inc., American Radio Systems Corporation, American Radio Systems Corporation/Assets ....................................................................................................................................................................... 97–2877 08/07/97

Kelso Investment Associates V, L.P., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc ........................... 97–2911 08/07/97

Irving Laidlaw, Edwin L. Phelps, Educational Services Institute, Inc ...................................................................... ........................ ........................

Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary, ServantCor et al ........................... 97–2954 08/07/97

Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Comm. of Chi, Mercy

Health Corporation ............................................................................................................................................... 97–2955 08/07/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Silver State Disposal Service, Inc., Silver State Disposal Service, Inc .......................... 97–3021 08/07/97

General Electric Company/Greenwich Air Services, Inc., UNC Incorporated, UNC Incorporated ......................... 97–1684 08/08/97

Axiohm, S.A., French Corporation, DH Technology, Inc., DH Technology, Inc ...................................................... 97–2867 08/08/97

Thomas J. Perkins, Compaq Computer Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation .......................................... 97–2897 08/08/97

Harbour Group Investments III, L.P., The Hotsy Corporation, The Hotsy Corporation .......................................... 97–2966 08/08/97
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 080497 AND 081597—Continued

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date

terminated

HealthSouth Corporation, James R. Leininger, National Imaging Affiliates, Inc ..................................................... 97–2974 08/08/97

Medusa Corporation, Blaine Scott White, White Stone Company of Southwest Virginia ....................................... 97–2981 08/08/97

Thomas T. Gores, Cognizant Corporation, Aviator Holdings Corporation .............................................................. 97–2991 08/08/97

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., Vulcan Materials Company, BRT Transfer Terminal, Inc .......................... 97–2995 08/08/97

PhyMatrix Corp., Dr. Paul Bonheim, M.D., Babrad, Inc.; Deerco, Inc.; Bab Nuclear Radiology, P.C .................... 97–2999 08/08/97

PhyMatrix Corp., Dr. Jeffrey Warhit, M.D., Babrad, Inc.; Deerco, Inc.; Bab Nuclear Radiology, P.C .................... 97–3000 08/08/97

Life Re Corporation, J. Dix Druce, Jr., AML Acquisition Company ......................................................................... 97–3003 08/08/97

Amoco Corporation, Emmanuel Torbati, Interstate Oil ............................................................................................ 97–3008 08/08/97

BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Corporation, Tennessee RSA LP; Memphis SMSA LP .................................... 97–3009 08/08/97

General Electric Company, Leucadia National Corporation, Colonial Penn Insurance Company ......................... 97–3010 08/08/97

Boston Chicken, Inc., Boston Chicken, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Restaurant Systems L.P ............................................... 97–3012 08/08/97

Insurance Service Office, Inc., American Insurance Association, American Insurance Services Group, Inc ........ 97–3014 08/08/97

EMI Group plc, John Morey, Narada Productions Inc.; Music Design, Inc.; Nara Music ....................................... 97–3018 08/08/97

Ameritech Corporation, The Dunn & Bradstreet Corporation, DonTech I Publishing Company, L.L.C ................. 97–3019 08/08/97

Bradley S. Jacobs, USA Waste Services, Inc., USA Waste Services, Inc ............................................................. 97–3022 08/08/97

Cooper Industries, Inc., Rex-Hide Incorporated, Major Liting, Inc.; Thepitt Manufacturing Company ................... 97–3023 08/08/97

Nortek, Inc., Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Ply Gem Industries, Inc .............................................................................. 97–3029 08/08/97

American Radio Systems Corporation, Joseph M. Field, Entertainment Communications, Inc./ECI License

Company .............................................................................................................................................................. 97–3030 08/08/97

Quorum Health Group, Inc., Wesley Health System, Inc., Wesley Health System, Inc ......................................... 97–3032 08/08/97

United Auto Group, Inc., Ronnie L. Golden, Stone Mountain Jeep-Eagle, Inc ....................................................... 97–3033 08/08/97

Johns-Manville Corporation (formerly Schuller Corp.), HPG International, Inc., HPG International, Inc ................ 97–3034 08/08/97

Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc., The New York & Presbyterian Hospitals Healthcare System, Rogosin’s Institute, Inc ................................................................................................................................................................. 97–3035 08/08/97

KeyCorp, Champion Mortgage Co., Inc., Champion Mortgage Co., Inc ................................................................. 97–2749 08/10/97

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Craig O. McCaw, Cable Plus Holding Company ...................................... 97–2802 08/10/97

Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dr. C.E. Velez, CTA Incorporated ........................................................................... 97–2860 08/11/97

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., John T. Lynch, Monterey Broadcasting, LLC ............................................. 97–2996 08/11/97

Owens Corning, AmeriMark Building Products, Inc., Amerimark Building Products, Inc ....................................... 97–3016 08/11/97

John Rutledge Partners II, L.P., GWI Holding Inc., StairMaster Sports/Medical products, L.P ............................. 97–3036 08/11/97

Danaher Corporation, II Acquisition Corp., Gems Sensors, the Instrumentation Division of Imo .......................... 97–3040 08/11/97

The Times Mirror Company, K–III Communications Corporation, Krames Communications Incorporated ........... 97–3042 08/11/97

Aetna Inc., Virginia Mason Health System, Virginia Mason Health Plan, Inc ......................................................... 97–3049 08/11/97

Foundation Health Systems, Inc., PACC, PACC HMO and PACC Health Plans (non-profit corporations) ........... 97–3051 08/11/97

Triumph Group, Inc., Wells Charitable Remainder Unitrust, Hydro-Mill Co ............................................................ 97–3054 08/11/97

Dime Bancorp, Inc., North American Mortgage Company, North American Mortgage Company .......................... 97–3070 08/11/97

KCSN Management, L.P., Oda Nursery, Inc., Oda Nursery, Inc ............................................................................ 97–3072 08/11/97

Jay M. Davis, The Kronheim Company, The Kronheim Company ......................................................................... 97–3073 08/11/97

Michael C. Carlos, The Kronheim Company, Inc., The Kronheim Company, Inc .................................................. 97–3074 08/11/97

Tel-Save Holdings, Inc., Shared Technologies Fairchild Inc., Shared Technologies Fairchild Inc ........................ 97–3075 08/11/97

Fujitsu Limited, Amdahl Corporation, Amdahl Corporation ..................................................................................... 97–3077 08/11/97

Camcare, Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corporation, MPC, Inc. (Plateau Medical Center) ............................................. 97–3083 08/11/97

Bunzl, plc (a British company), American Filtrona Corporation, American Filtrona Corporation ............................ 97–3092 08/11/97

Kranson Industries, Inc., Jeffrey T. Segar, Caliber Packaging Inc ......................................................................... 97–3097 08/11/97

James L. Ferman, Jr., Carl W. Lindell, Jr., Lindell Motors, Inc.; Performance Motors, Inc .................................... 97–2827 08/12/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Powell Motor Co., Powell Motor Co ................................................................................ 97–2906 08/12/97

Gerald W. Schwartz, Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Company ....................................................... 97–2958 08/12/97

Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation, Greenwich Health Care Services, Inc., Greenwich Health Care

Services, Inc ......................................................................................................................................................... 97–3068 08/12/97

Green Equity Investors, II, L.P., Hechinger Company, Hechinger Company ......................................................... 97–2950 08/13/97

Green Equity Investors II, L.P., KMart Corporation, Builders Square, Inc .............................................................. 97–2956 08/13/97

Outdoor Systems, Inc., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, National Advertising Company ............ 97–2016 08/14/97

Societe d’Investissement Familiale, Tarkett AG, Tarkett AG .................................................................................. 97–3041 08/14/97

American Residential Services, Inc., Robert G. Dello Russo, Del-Air Heating, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration,

Inc ......................................................................................................................................................................... 97–3067 08/14/97

Reilly Family Limited Partnership, Outdoor Systems, Inc., National Advertising Company ................................... 97–3087 08/14/97

ABRY Broadcast Partners, II, L.P., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc ...................... 97–3100 08/14/97

Kelso Investment Associates V, L.P., 21st Century Newspapers Acquisition, Inc., 21st Century Newspapers

Acquisition, Inc ..................................................................................................................................................... 97–2898 08/15/97

Warburg, Pincus Investors, L.P., Vista 2000, Inc., Vista 2000, Inc./Assets ............................................................ 97–2904 08/15/97

GS Capital Partners II, L.P., 21st Century Newspapers Acquisition, Inc., 21st Century Newspapers Acquisition,

Inc ......................................................................................................................................................................... 97–2909 08/15/97

Tabacalera, S.A., Max Rohr Importer, Inc., Max Rohr Importer, Inc ...................................................................... 97–2932 08/15/97

Conrad A. Kalitta, M. Tom Christopher, Kitty Hawk, Inc ......................................................................................... 97–2986 08/15/97

M. Tom Christopher, Conrad A. Kalitta, American International Airways, Inc., Kalitta Flying ................................ 97–2987 08/15/97

Tarkett AG, Societe d’Investissement Familiale, Sommer Allibert SA subsidiaries ................................................ 97–3045 08/15/97

Societe d’Investissement Familiale, Tarkett AG, Tarkett AG .................................................................................. 97–3046 08/15/97

Abbott Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson, Direct Access Diagnostics Division ...................................................... 97–3056 08/15/97

Wireless One Network, L.P., Price Communications Corporation, Price Communications Corporation ................ 97–3069 08/15/97

ITEQ, Inc., Astrotech International Corporation, Astrotech International Corporation ............................................ 97–3084 08/15/97

George S. Hofmeister, Harper Steel Service Center, Inc., Harper Steel Service Center, Inc ................................ 97–3108 08/15/97
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 080497 AND 081597—Continued

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date

terminated

Anixter International, Inc., Accu-Tech Corporation, Accu-Tech Corporation .......................................................... 97–3111 08/15/97

Gulf Canada Resources Limited, Stampeder Exploration Ltd., Stampeder Exploration Ltd .................................. 97–3112 08/15/97

The DII Group, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation ........................................................................................................................................................................ 97–3115 08/15/97

Credit Suisse Group, Craig O McCaw, Cable Plus Holding Company ................................................................... 97–3116 08/15/97

Laidlaw Inc., EmCare Holdings, Inc., EmCare Holdings, Inc .................................................................................. 97–3118 08/15/97

Vestar Capital Partners III, LP, Russell-Stanley Holdings, Inc., Russell-Stanley Holdings, Inc ............................. 97–3125 08/15/97

AlliedSignal, Inc., Kris Shah, Litronic Industries, Inc./KRDS, Inc ............................................................................ 97–3132 08/15/97

Estate of Charles A. Sammons, Maria DeSanto, Santo Tours & Travel, Inc ......................................................... 97–3141 08/15/97

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. 97–24247 Filed 9–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

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: 081897 AND 082997

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date terminated

Paine Webber Group, Inc., General Electric Company, Kidder Peadbody & Co ................................................... 97–3133 08/18/97

Pentair, Inc., General Signal Corporation, General Signal Group Assets .............................................................. 97–2913 08/19/97

ABRY Broadcast Partners II, L.P., Northeastern Television Investors, L.P., Northeastern Television Investors,

L.P ........................................................................................................................................................................ 97–2951 08/19/97

Boyd Gaming Corporation, Robert J. Guidry, Treasure Chest Casino, L.L.C ........................................................ 97–2963 08/19/97

Royal Bank of Canada, Partners Limited, London Insurance Group Inc ................................................................ 97–2969 08/19/97

General Electric Company, Tom W. Ward, Data Storage Marketing, Inc ............................................................... 97–3015 08/19/97

Financial Holding Corporation, NationsBank Corporation, NationsBank, N.A ........................................................ 97–3039 08/19/97

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., The News Corporation Limited, HMI Broadcasting Corp ...................................... 97–3105 08/19/97

Dyersburg Corporation, WestPoint Stevens Inc., AIH Inc ....................................................................................... 97–2919 08/20/97

The Viscount Rothermere, The Walt Disney Company, Institutional Investor, Inc ................................................. 97–3027 08/20/97

American Business Information, Inc., Acxiom Corporation, Pro CD, Inc ................................................................ 97–3120 08/20/97

The St. Paul Companies, Inc., George W. Connell, Rittenhouse Financial Services, Inc ...................................... 97–3122 08/20/97

Protective Life Corporation, John Alden Financial Corporation, Western Diversified Life Insurance Company .... 97–3126 08/20/97

Abraham D. Gosman, Santa Anita Realty Enterprises, Inc., Santa Anita Realty Enterprises, Inc ......................... 97–3135 08/20/97

FIRSTPLUS Financial Group, Inc., G. Elton and Doris Todd, Southern Management Corporation ...................... 97–3137 08/20/97

Austrialian National Industries Limited, Von Roll Holding, Ltd., Excel Mining Mining Systems, Inc ...................... 97–3145 08/20/97

PBSJ Corporation (The), Charles T. Jasper, EH&A Acquisition, Inc ...................................................................... 97–3161 08/20/97

PBSJ Corporation (The), Everett M. Owen, EH&A Acquisition, Inc ........................................................................ 97–3162 08/20/97

The Bank of New York Company, Inc., Nationsbank Corporation, Nationsbank Corporation ................................ 97–2577 08/21/97

Oracle Corporation, Treasury Services Corporation, Treasury Services Corporation ............................................ 97–3057 08/21/97

Laidlaw Inc., EmCare Holdings, Inc., EmCare Holdings, Inc .................................................................................. 97–3118 08/21/97

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., Adler Boschetto Peebles & Partners Inc., Adler Boschetto Peebles &

Partners Inc .......................................................................................................................................................... 97–3119 08/21/97

Tyco International Ltd., Keystone International, Inc., Keystone International, Inc .................................................. 97–2546 08/21/97

Benesse Corporation, Roger O. Walther, ELS Educational Services, Inc .............................................................. 97–2960 08/22/97

Tele-Communications, Inc., US West, Inc., King Videocable Company ................................................................. 97–2962 08/22/97

The Bank of New York Company, Inc., Wells Fargo and Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ..... 97–3064 08/22/97

Gerald W. Schwartz, Triple L Partners, L.P., GT Automotive Systems, Inc ........................................................... 97–3081 08/22/97

Sterling B. McCall, Jr., Group 1 Automotive, Inc., Group 1 Automotive, Inc .......................................................... 97–3098 08/22/97

Robert E. Howard, II, Group 1 Automotive, Inc., Group 1 Automotive, Inc ............................................................ 97–3099 08/22/97

PG&E Corporation, Bechtel Group, Inc., U.S. Operating Services Company; U.S. Generating Co ...................... 97–3113 08/22/97

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Barclays PLC, Barclays Global Investors, N.A ............................................................... 97–3143 08/22/97

SunAmerica Inc., Financial Service Corporation, Financial Service Corporation ................................................... 97–3147 08/22/97

Compagnie Generale des Establissements Michelin, Kokoku Steel Wire Ltd., Kokoku Steel Cord Corporation .. 97–3155 08/22/97