[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61509-61511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30258]


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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]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M