[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66101-66103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32956]


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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 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: 11/10/97 and 11/21/97 
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    Name of acquiring person, name of                          Date     
acquired person, name of acquired entity      PMN No.       terminated  
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Kenneth R. Thomson, Dow Jones & Company,                                
 Inc., IDD Enterprises, L.P.............         97-3644        11/12/97
Western Atlas Inc., Arthur Kelsey,                                      
 Weldmation, Inc........................         98-0292        11/12/97
Kenneth R. Thomson, Dow Jones & Company,                                
 Inc., Ottaway Newspapers, Inc..........         98-0304        11/12/97
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Kenneth R.                                   
 Thomson, Thomson Newspapers, Inc.......         98-0305        11/12/97
Thermo Electron Corporation, Novartis AG                                
 (a Swiss company), Novartis Assets.....         98-0318        11/12/97
AccuStaff Incorporated, Richard A.                                      
 Koplow, Office Specialists, Inc........         98-0326        11/12/97
The Vincam Group, Inc., Theodore L.                                     
 Gatsas, Staffing Network, Inc..........         98-0330        11/12/97
The Vincam Group, Inc., Michael J.                                      
 Gatsas, Staffing Network, Inc..........         98-0337        11/12/97
Renal Care Group, Inc., Laidlaw Inc. (a                                 
 Canadian corporation), STAT Dialysis,                                  
 Inc.; STAT Management Corporation......         98-0359        11/12/97
Insignia Financial Group, Inc., P.                                      
 Wesley Foster, Jr., Barnes Morris                                      
 Pardoe & Foster Management Services,                                   
 LLC....................................         98-0364        11/12/97
J.W. Childs Equity Partners, L.P.,                                      
 Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund                                  
 II, L.P., Desa Holdings Corporation....         98-0376        11/12/97
Mediacom LLC, Jones Cable Income Fund 1-                                
 C, Ltd., Jones Cable Income Fund 1-B/C                                 
 Venture................................         98-0377        11/12/97
Chase Manhattan Corporation, (The), Bank                                
 of New York Company, Inc., (The), The                                  
 Bank of New York (Delaware)............         98-0385        11/12/97
The Bank of Nova Scotia, Standard                                       
 Chartered PLC (a U.K. company),                                        
 Standard Chartered Bank (Mocatta                                       
 Bullion and Base Metal)................         98-0408        11/12/97
CM Holdings, Inc., WH Smith Group, plc                                  
 (a British company), The Wall Music,                                   
 Inc....................................         98-0437        11/12/97
General Electric Company, Lockheed                                      
 Martin Corporation, LMT Sub Inc........         98-0441        11/12/97
The Presbyterian Foundation for                                         
 Philadelphia, Foundation for the                                       
 Elderly, Inc., FFE/Maplewood-Cliveden,                                 
 Inc....................................         98-0196        11/13/97
Group Financial Partners, Inc., M.                                      
 Stuart Millar, Datatape Inc. and Delta                                 
 Tango, Inc.............................         98-0258        11/13/97
Theodore L. Gatsas, The Vincam Group,                                   
 The Vincam Group.......................         98-0338        11/13/97
Michael J. Gatsas, The Vincam Group,                                    
 Inc., The Vincam Group, Inc............         98-0339        11/13/97
Paul G. Allen, Metricom, Inc., Metricom,                                
 Inc....................................         98-0344        11/13/97
Paul G. Allen, Metricom, Inc., Metricom,                                
 Inc....................................         98-0345        11/13/97
Jacor Communications, Inc., American                                    
 Radio Systems Corporation, American                                    
 Radio Systems License Corp.............         98-0398        11/13/97
Pioneer Natural Resources Company,                                      
 Electrafina S.A., Plum Creek Pipeline,                                 
 Co.....................................         98-0406        11/13/97
Atlas Copco AB, Joseph A. Paradis, III,                                 
 Rental Equipment Service Company.......         98-0457        11/17/97
Jerrold M. Jung, Wolverine Tractor &                                    
 Equipment Company, Wolverine Tractor &                                 
 Equipment Company......................         98-0257        11/18/97
Crown NorthCorp, Inc., ULLICO, Inc., AMI                                
 Capital, Inc...........................         98-0288        11/18/97
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Ladreit de                                            
 Lacharriere, Robert D. and Judith M.                                   
 Van Kampen, Fitch Investors Service,                                   
 L.P., Fitch Information Service........         98-0351        11/18/97
Frontier Vision Partners, L.P., Cox                                     
 Enterprises, Inc., CoxCom, Inc.........         98-0375        11/18/97
Frontier Insurance Group, Inc., ACCEL                                   
 International Corporation, Acceleration                                
 Life Insurance Co., Acceleration                                       
 National...............................         98-0382        11/18/97
International Business Machines                                         
 Corporation, International Business                                    
 Machines Corporation, Technology                                       
 Service Solutions......................         98-0386        11/18/97
Sumner Redstone, Mari Hulman George, IMS                                
 Broadcasting, LLC......................         98-0403        11/18/97
Creative Technology Ltd., Cambridge                                     
 SoundWorks Inc., Cambridge SoundWorks                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0420        11/18/97
CKE Restaurants, Inc., Alvin E. (Spike)                                 
 Ehrhardt and Theresa Ehrhardt, Great                                   
 River Restaurants; Hannibal Sandy's,                                   
 Inc....................................         98-0443        11/18/97
Inland Resources, Inc., Crysen                                          
 Corporation, Crysen Refining, Inc. &                                   
 Sound Refining, Inc....................         98-0465        11/18/97
Patriot American Hospitality Operating                                  
 Company, Wyndham Hotel Corporation,                                    
 Wyndham Hotel Corporation..............         98-0472        11/18/97
Spartan Motors, Inc., Smeal Fire                                        
 Apparatus Co., Smeal Fire Apparatus Co.         98-0478        11/18/97
Media General, Inc., T. Eugene Worrell,                                 
 Bristol Newspapers, Inc and Abingdon                                   
 Newspapers, Inc........................         98-0483        11/18/97
Guy J. Turcotte (a resident of Canada),                                 
 Pioneer Natural Resources Company,                                     
 Pioneer Natural Resources Company......         98-0484        11/18/97
Pioneer Natural Resources Company,                                      
 Chauvco Resources Ltd. (a Canadian                                     
 company), Chauvco Resources Ltd........         98-0485        11/18/97
MedPartners, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue                                  
 Shield of Massachusetts, Inc., Blue                                    
 Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts,                                
 Inc....................................         98-0486        11/18/97

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Emerson Electric Co., Computational                                     
 Systems, Incorporated,Computational                                    
 Systems, Incorporated..................         98-0487        11/18/97
Lason, Inc., Lou Lee, VIP Litho, Inc....         98-0488        11/18/97
Lason, Inc., Melvin A. and Perl Valdez,                                 
 VIP Litho, Inc.........................         98-0489        11/18/97
ShopKo Stores, Inc.Penn-Daniels,                                        
 Incorporated, Penn-Daniels,                                            
 Incorporated...........................         98-0492        11/18/97
Video Update, Inc., Moovies, Inc.,                                      
 Moovies, Inc...........................         98-0499        11/18/97
Discount Auto Parts, Inc., Hi-Lo                                        
 Automotive, Inc., Hi-Lo Automotive, Inc         98-0518        11/18/97
Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Charles E.                                      
 Hasty, CH Industries, Inc..............         98-0531        11/18/97
Textron, Inc., Ransomes plc, Ransomes                                   
 plc....................................         98-0532        11/18/97
Omaha World-Herald Company,BRC Holdings,                                
 Inc., Business Records Corporation.....         97-0605        11/19/97
Caritas Christi, Neponset Valley Health                                 
 System, Inc., Neponset Valley Health                                   
 System, Inc............................         98-0436        11/19/97
Metals USA, Inc., Thomas J. Shapiro,                                    
 Wayne Steel, Inc.......................         98-0448        11/19/97
Anthony Kies, The Edgar B. Rumble                                       
 Marital Trust, Michigan Hangar Co., Inc         98-0455        11/19/97
Monsanto Company, Milennium                                             
 Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Milennium                                        
 Pharmaceuticals, Inc...................         98-0476        11/19/97
Hutchison Whampoa Limited, Western                                      
 Wireless Corporation, Western Wireless                                 
 Corporation............................         98-0503        11/19/97
The FINOVA Group, Inc., The Nomura                                      
 Securities, Co., Ltd., AT&T Commerical                                 
 Finance Corporation....................         98-0514        11/19/97
MBNA Corporation Broadway National Bank,                                
 Broadway Bancshares, Inc...............         98-0521        11/19/97
N.V. Koninklije Nederlandsche Petroleum                                 
 Maatschappij, Tejas Gas Corporation,                                   
 Tejas Gas Corporation..................         98-0266        11/20/97
Republic Industries, Inc., The Charlie                                  
 Roberts Hillard Marital Deduction                                      
 Termin-Hillard Auto Group, Inc.........         98-0275        11/20/97
Worldtex Inc., NFA Corp., NFA Corp's                                    
 Elastic Corporation of America division         98-0302        11/20/97
C.H. Boehringer Sohn, Ben Venue                                         
 Laboratories, Inc., Ben Venue                                          
 Laboratories, Inc......................         98-0409        11/20/97
USA Waste Services, Inc., Longview                                      
 Group, Inc., Longview Group, Inc.......         98-0414        11/20/97
Richard M. Scaife, Gannett Co., Inc.,                                   
 Gannett Satelite Information Network,                                  
 Inc., Media West.......................         98-0435        11/20/97
Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.,                                   
 Bob Weik, Baxter Electric Company, Ltd.         98-0516        11/20/97
Bob Weik, Integrated Electrical                                         
 Services, Inc., Integrated Electrical                                  
 Services, Inc..........................         98-0517        11/20/97
Dover Corporation, Sanger Works Factory                                 
 Holdings, Inc., Sanger Works Factory                                   
 Holdings, Inc..........................         98-0233        11/21/97
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Livingston                                   
 Enterprises, Inc., Livingston                                          
 Enterprises, Inc.......................         98-0328        11/21/97
Terry L. Hunter, The Registry, Inc., The                                
 Registry, Inc..........................         98-0348        11/21/97
The Registry, Inc., Terry L. Hunter, The                                
 Hunter Group, Inc......................         98-0349        11/21/97
Steven M. Willens, Lucent Technologies,                                 
 Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc.........         98-0387        11/21/97
Ronald H. Willens, Lucent Technologies,                                 
 Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc.........         98-0388        11/21/97
ICG Communications, Inc., NETCOM On-Line                                
 Communication Services, Inc., NETCOM On-                               
 Line Communication Services, Inc.......         98-0401        11/21/97
The Hartford Financial Services Group,                                  
 Inc., Omni Insurance Group, Inc., Omni                                 
 Insurance Group, Inc...................         98-0405        11/21/97
Allen E. Paulson, Riviera Holdings                                      
 Corporation, Riviera Holdings                                          
 Corporation............................         98-0407        11/21/97
J&J Snack Foods Corp., National ICEE                                    
 Corporation, National ICEE Corporation.         98-0427        11/21/97
CMI Corporation, Rexworks, Inc.,                                        
 Rexworks, Inc..........................         98-0431        11/21/97
American Buildings Company, Neal C. and                                 
 Brenda L. DuCharme (husband and wife),                                 
 Modular Structures International, Inc..         98-0442        11/21/97
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dr. h.c. Paul                                
 Sacher, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.; Roche                                 
 Products, Inc..........................         98-0444        11/21/97
Thomas J. Shapiro, Metals USA, Inc.,                                    
 Metals USA, Inc........................         98-0447        11/21/97
Orion Capital Corporation, Michigan                                     
 Mutual Insurance Company, Unisun                                       
 Insurance Company......................         98-0449        11/21/97
Cooper Industries, Mr. Jack Pearlman,                                   
 AtLite Lighting Equipment, Inc.........         98-0450        11/21/97
Bridgestone Corporation, Gerald W.                                      
 Fletcher, Fletcher's Cobre Tire, Inc...         98-0451        11/21/97
Metal Management, Inc., Michael Suisman,                                
 Aerospace Metals, Inc..................         98-0456        11/21/97
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,                                    
 Bankers Trust New York Corporation,                                    
 Bankers Trust New York Corporation.....         98-0463        11/21/97
Mrs. L. Bettencourt, Angeion                                            
 Corporation, Angeion Corporation.......         98-0477        11/21/97
SmarTalk Teleservices, Inc., Frontier                                   
 Corporation, Frontier Corporation......         98-0481        11/21/97
TDS Voting Trust, Yves Jacques Rey-                                     
 Millet, Indiantown Company, Inc........         98-0491        11/21/97
TDS Voting Trust, Christian Rey-Millet,                                 
 Indiantown Company, Inc................         98-0497        11/21/97
Everett R. Dobson Irrevocable Family                                    
 Trust, Tina K. Chang, Texas 16 Cellular                                
 Telephone Company......................         98-0504        11/21/97
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Allen K. and                                
 Johnnie C. Breed, husband & wife, BREED                                
 Technologies, Inc......................         98-0506        11/21/97
Continental Grain Company, Empire                                       
 Funding Holding Corporation, Empire                                    
 Funding Holding Corporation............         98-0507        11/21/97
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Elf                                   
 Aquitaine, Elf Atochem North America,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0510        11/21/97
Carolyn Louise Adams, Enron Corp.,                                      
 Taurus Energy Corp.....................         98-0511        11/21/97
James N. Isaacs, Empire Funding Holding                                 
 Corporation, Empire Funding Holding                                    
 Corporation............................         98-0512        11/21/97
W.W. Clyde Investment Co., Geneva Rock                                  
 Products, Inc., Geneva Rock Products,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0524        11/21/97
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., International                                  
 Dairy Queen, Inc., International Dairy                                 
 Queen, Inc.............................         98-0526        11/21/97
The Chase Manhattan Corporation, Triton                                 
 PCS, Inc. (Joint Venture), Triton PCS,                                 
 Inc. (Joint Venture)...................         98-0527        11/21/97
J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, Triton                                  
 PCS, Inc. (Joint Venture), Triton PCS,                                 
 Inc. (Joint Venture)...................         98-0528        11/21/97
Private Equity Investors III, L.P.,                                     
 Triton PCS, Inc. (Joint Venture),                                      
 Triton PCS, Inc. (Joint Venture).......         98-0529        11/21/97
Equity-Linked Investors II, L.P., Triton                                
 PCS, Inc. (Joint Venture), Triton PCS,                                 
 Inc. (Joint Venture)...................         98-0530        11/21/97
American Mutual Holding Company,                                        
 AmVestors Financial Corporation,                                       
 AmVestors Financial Corporation........         98-0533        11/21/97
Saputo Group, Inc., Specialty Foods                                     
 Acquisition Corporation, Stella                                        
 Holdings, Inc..........................         98-0535        11/21/97
Delco Remy International, Inc.,                                         
 Ballantrae Corporation, Ballantrae                                     
 Corporation............................         98-0537        11/21/97
Access Beyond, Inc., Hayes Microcomputer                                
 Products, Inc., Hayes Microcomputer                                    
 Products, Inc..........................         98-0538        11/21/97
Ellicott Associates, L.P., Solid State                                  
 Geophysical Inc., Solid State                                          
 Geophysical Inc........................         98-0540        11/21/97
Linsalata Capital Partners Fund II,                                     
 L.P., The Tranzonic Companies, The                                     
 Tranzonic Companies....................         98-0541        11/21/97
Mail-Well, Inc., Golden Books Family                                    
 Entertainment, Inc., Golden Books                                      
 Publishing Company, Inc................         98-0544        11/21/97
Nextel Communications, Inc., Industrial                                 
 Wireless Technologies, Inc.............         98-0550        11/21/97
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center                                 
 System, The Rehabilitation Institute of                                
 Pittsburgh, The Rehabilitation                                         
 Institute of Pittsburgh................         98-0551        11/21/97

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George S. Hofmeister, Daniel P.                                         
 Crawford, Danvid Company, Inc..........         98-0556        11/21/97
AAA Auto Club South, Inc., The American                                 
 Automobile Association, Inc., The                                      
 American Automobile Association, Inc.--                                
 Florida Div............................         98-0557        11/21/97
Texas Health Resources, L.P. McCuistion                                 
 Community Hospital, McCuistion Regional                                
 Medical Center.........................         98-0562        11/21/97
Fiskars Oy Ab, Triumph Capital                                          
 Investors, L.P., EnviroWorks Holding                                   
 Company................................         98-0564        11/21/97
Man Chi Tam (a Hong Kong resident),                                     
 Access Beyond, Inc., Access Beyond, Inc         98-0569        11/21/97
Outdoor Systems, Inc., Jon Gunderson,                                   
 Outdoor Media Group, Inc...............         98-0577        11/21/97
N.V. Koninklije Nederlandsche Petroleum                                 
 Maatschappij, N.V. Koninklije                                          
 Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij,                                  
 Corpus Christi Natural Gas Company, L.P         98-0582        11/21/97
Tele-Communications, Inc., Tele-                                        
 Communications, Inc., Robin Cable                                      
 Systems, L.P...........................         98-0588        11/21/97
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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. 97-32956 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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