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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 12–8–97 AND 12–19–97—Continued

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

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, American Equity Investment Life Holdings Company, American Equity Investment Life Holdings Company ............................................................................................................................... 98–0906 12/19/97

Sonat Inc., Selim K. Zilkha, Zilkha Energy Company ............................................................................................. 98–0909 12/19/97

Selim K. Zilkha, Sonat Inc., Sonat Inc ..................................................................................................................... 98–0910 12/19/97

J.W. Childs Equity Partners, LP, Universal Hospital Services, Inc., Universal Hospital Services, Inc ................... 98–0911 12/19/97

Enova Corporation, Peter M. Way, WEHCO, Inc .................................................................................................... 98–0913 12/19/97

Pacific Enterprises, Peter M. Way, WEHCO, Inc .................................................................................................... 98–0914 12/19/97

AB Volvo (a Swedish company), AB Volvo, Volvo Penta Marine Products LP ...................................................... 98–0916 12/19/97

PNC Bank Corp., Friedman Billings Ramsey Group, Inc., Friedman Billings Ramsey Group, Inc ........................ 98–0917 12/19/97

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada, Continental Western Life Insurance Company ................................................................................................................................................ 98–0919 12/19/97

Lowell W. Paxson, ValueVision International, Inc., VVI Seattle, Inc.; VVILPTV, Inc.; VVI Spokane, Inc .............. 98–0933 12/19/97

Michael Zilkha, Sonat Inc., Sonat Inc ...................................................................................................................... 98–0943 12/19/97

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,

D.C. 20580, (202) 326–3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1365 Filed 1–20–98; 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 12–22–97 AND 12–31–97

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

LucasVarity plc, Varga Participacoes Ltda., Freios Varga, S.A .............................................................................. 98–0687 12/22/97

John T. Kim Trust of December 31, 1987, Amkor Technology, Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc ............................... 98–0720 12/22/97

David D. Kim Trust of December 31, 1987, Amkor Technology, Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc ............................. 98–0721 12/22/97

Susan Y. Kim Trust of December 31, 1987, Amkor Technology, Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc ............................. 98–0722 12/22/97

US Airways Group, Inc., Citicorp, Shuttle, Inc. (d/b/a USAir Shuttle, Inc. or US Airways) ..................................... 98–0757 12/22/97

Republic Industries, Inc., John H. Dobbs, Jr., Springhill Toyota, Inc., et. al ........................................................... 98–0758 12/22/97

Republic Industries, Inc., James K. Dobbs, III, Hoover Toyota, Inc., et. al ............................................................ 98–0759 12/22/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Dobbs Brothers Buick-Pontiac, Inc., Dobbs Brothers Buick-Pontiac, Inc ...................... 98–0760 12/22/97

United HealthCare Corporation, Medicode (Delaware), Inc., Medicode, Inc .......................................................... 98–0788 12/22/97

Dasault Systemes SA, Deneb Robotics, Inc., Deneb Robotics, Inc ....................................................................... 98–0799 12/22/97

Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Inc., Resource Bancshares Corporation, Resource Bancshares Corporation ................................................................................................................................................................. 98–0813 12/22/97

Freedom Communications, Inc., Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Inc ................................................................ 98–0877 12/22/97

William J. Curtis, Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Inc ........................................................................................ 98–0878 12/22/97

Green Equity Investors II, LP, Hollinger, Inc. (a Canadian company), Hollinger International Inc ......................... 98–0880 12/22/97

Citizen Utilities Company, The Voting Trust D&E Communications, Inc., D&E Communications, Inc ................... 98–0891 12/22/97

Ford Motor Company, Aldersgate Capital Limited (an English company), AT&T Automotive Services, Inc ......... 98–0895 12/22/97

Citation Corporation, Dycast, Inc., Dycast, Inc ........................................................................................................ 98–0896 12/22/97

RLC Industries Co., RLC Industries Co., R–H Timber Co., LLC ............................................................................ 98–0935 12/22/97

John C. Hampton, RLC Industries Co., R–H Timber Co., LLC ............................................................................... 98–0936 12/22/97

Foamex International Inc., Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst Equity Fund II, L.P., Crain Holdings Corp ..................... 98–0605 12/23/97

TRW Inc., BDM International Inc., BDM International Inc ....................................................................................... 98–0710 12/23/97

The AES Corporation, Edison International, Southern California Edison Company ............................................... 98–0804 12/23/97

NGC Corporation, Edison International, Southern California Edison Company ..................................................... 98–0809 12/23/97

Northern States Power Company, Edison International, Southern California Edison Company ............................ 98–0810 12/23/97

Huston Industries, Incorporated, Edison International, Southern California Edison Company ............................... 98–0811 12/23/97

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System, McKeesport Area Health Care Systems, McKeesport Area

Health Care Systems ........................................................................................................................................... 98–0892 12/23/97

Nokia Corporation, Ipsilon Newtorks, Inc., Ipsilon Networks, Inc ............................................................................ 98–0952 12/23/97

Worcester City Campus Corporation, Memorial Health Care, Inc., Memorial Health Care, Inc ............................. 98–0726 12/24/97

Orbital Sciences Corporation, Ashtech Inc., Ashtech Inc ........................................................................................ 98–0819 12/24/97
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN 12–22–97 AND 12–31–97—Continued

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

ACME Televison Holdings, LLC, Koplar Communications, Inc., Koplar Communications, Inc .............................. 98–0821 12/24/97

Queensway Financial Holdings Limited, Davinder S. Sahni, Paradigm Insurance Company ................................ 98–0833 12/24/97

Stichting AdministratiekantoorABN AMRO Holding, Bankers Leasing Association, Inc., Bankers Leasing Association, Inc ............................................................................................................................................................ 98–0865 12/24/97

Fortune Brands, Inc., Michael G. Crisp, Crisp Publications, Inc ............................................................................. 98–0868 12/24/97

Heilig-Meyers Company, Reliable Stores, Inc., Reliable Stores, Inc ...................................................................... 98–0881 12/24/97

Lennar Corporation, North American Asset Development Corporation, North American Asset Development

Corporation ........................................................................................................................................................... 98–0887 12/24/97

Ronald O. Perelman, Thomas Dan Friedkin and Debra L. Friedkin, Gulf States Acceptance Company, LP ........ 98–0888 12/24/97

Bahrain International Bank, Thompson Paper Box Co., Inc., Thompson Paper Box Co., Inc ............................... 98–0893 12/24/97

Investec Holdings Limited, Ernst & Company, Ernst & Company .......................................................................... 98–0894 12/24/97

Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Reddi-Pac, Inc., Reddi-Pac, Inc ....................................................................................... 98–0897 12/24/97

United States Filter Corporation, Estate of Ronald E. Janke, Castalloy Corporation and Unified Investments,

LLP ....................................................................................................................................................................... 98–0920 12/24/97

Genesis Direct, L.P., Lawrence A. Joseph, Select Service & Supply Co., Inc ....................................................... 98–0929 12/24/97

Mr. Roger J. Sippl, Borland International, Inc., Borland International, Inc .............................................................. 98–0931 12/24/97

CUC International Inc., Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P., NRT Incorporated ......................................................... 98–0938 12/24/97

Praxair, Inc., Richard K. Dillard, Whitmore Oxygen Company & Whitmore Chemical Company ........................... 98–0939 12/24/97

Thermo Electron Corporation, Edison International, Southern California Edison Company .................................. 98–0940 12/24/97

Ashland Inc., Frederick M. Franklin, L.F. Franklin and Sons, Inc.; Valley Asphalt Products ................................. 98–0953 12/24/97

CHS Electronics, Inc., Gilbert Dreyfus and Julia Dreyfus, Micro Informatica Corporation ..................................... 98–0954 12/24/97

Precision Castparts Corp., Schlosser Forge Company, Schlosser Casting Company ........................................... 98–0955 12/24/97

Country Mutual Insurance Company, Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company, Middlesex Mutual Assurance

Company .............................................................................................................................................................. 98–0960 12/24/97

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., William Blair Capital Partners V, LP, CARA Holdings, Inc .............................. 98–0961 12/24/97

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P., Mark D. Bawden, The Bawden Corporation .......................................... 98–0962 12/24/97

N.V. Koninklije Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij, Newco-Joint Venture, Newco-Joint Venture ................. 98–0964 12/24/97

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P., Joyce Bawden, The Rawden Corporation ............................................. 98–0965 12/24/97

Emerson Electronic Co., Lee A. Henningsen, Firetrol, Inc ...................................................................................... 98–0967 12/24/97

Bayerische Vereinsbank AG, Bayerishe Hypotheken-und Wechsel-Bank AG, Bayerishe Hypotheken-und

Weschsel-Bank AG .............................................................................................................................................. 98–0969 12/24/97

Snyder Communication, Inc., R.A.B. Advertising, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Blau Marketing Technologies, Inc ......................................................................................................................................................... 98–0970 12/24/97

Melco, Inc., Michael A. Frost, TechWorks, Inc ........................................................................................................ 98–0971 12/24/97

PRI Automation, Inc., Equipe Technologies, Inc., Equipe Technologies, Inc ......................................................... 98–0972 12/24/97

Retlaw Enterprises, Inc., John D. Pezold, Augusta Family Broadcasting Inc.; Columbus Family ......................... 98–0974 12/24/97

Warren A. Hood, Jr., Simpro Holding Corporation, Ltd., Simpro Films Corporation .............................................. 98–0977 12/24/97

AlliedSignal Inc., Jeffrey J. Steiner, The Fairchild Corporation ............................................................................... 98–0979 12/24/97

Kingsway Financial Services, Inc., UCC Corporation, UCC Corporation ............................................................... 98–0980 12/24/97

Frederick W. Smith, FDX Corporation, FDX Corporation ........................................................................................ 98–0981 12/24/97

Ladbroke Group PLC, Colorado Gaming & Entertainment Co., Colorado Gaming & Entertainment Co ............... 98–0982 12/24/97

Colony Investors II, L.P., Virgin Entertainment Group Limited, Virgin Entertainment Group Limited ..................... 98–0991 12/24/97

PPG Industries, Inc., Chrysler Corporation, Chrysler Corporation .......................................................................... 98–0992 12/24/97

GP Batteries International Limited, The Gillette Company, Duracell, Inc ............................................................... 98–0994 12/24/97

United States Surgical Corporation, Pfizer Inc., Valleylab, Inc.; Vesta Medical, Inc .............................................. 98–0995 12/24/97

MBW Investors LLC, The Procter & Gamble Company, Procter & Gamble Company (Duncan Hines Business) 98–0999 12/24/97

Andrew A. Wiederhorn, R.J. Brandes, Belgravia Financial Services, LLC ............................................................. 98–1004 12/24/97

John H. Sykes, Michael M. Gray, McQueen International Limited (a Scottish corporation) ................................... 98–1005 12/24/97

Michael M. Gray (a Scottish national), John H. Sykes, Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated ...................................... 98–1006 12/24/97

Madison Dearborn Capital Partners II, LP, National Wholesale Liquidators of 34th Street, Inc., National Wholesale Liquidators of 34th Street, Inc ...................................................................................................................... 98–1010 12/24/97

Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc., Flying Color Graphics, Inc., Flying Color Graphics, Inc .............................. 98–1011 12/24/97

Philips Electronics N.V., Credit Lyonnais S.A. (a French corporation), Alpha Library Company, Inc.; Beta Library Co., Inc ........................................................................................................................................................ 98–1014 12/24/97

Northern States Power Company, Mid-Continent Power Company, Inc. (debtor-in-possession), Mid-Continent

Power Company, Inc. (debtor-in-possession ....................................................................................................... 98–1020 12/24/97

Liz Claiborne, Inc., Donna Karan International Inc., Donna Karan Studio; The Donna Karan Company .............. 98–1021 12/24/97

ACC Corp., US WATS, Inc., US WATS, Inc ........................................................................................................... 98–0731 12/26/97

General Electric Company, Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., Stewart & Stevenson Limited Partnership ....... 98–0148 12/29/97

Donald L. Sturm, SpectraNet International, SpectraNet International ..................................................................... 98–0997 12/29/97

Enron Corp., SpectraNet International, SpectraNet International ........................................................................... 98–1001 12/29/97

ITT Industries, Inc., Charles H. Kaman, Kaman Sciences Corporation .................................................................. 98–0672 12/30/97

General Electric Company, Industrial Risk Insurers, Industrial Risk Insurers ......................................................... 98–1026 12/30/97

Destriz Gestao e Servicos Sociedade Unipessoal, Mr. Michael Christopherson, GP Companies, Inc .................. 98–0822 12/31/97

Allen E. Paulson, Mr. John C. Waterfall, Elsinore Corporation ............................................................................... 98–0835 12/31/97

American International Group, Inc., Newco-Joint Venture, Newco-Joint Venture .................................................. 98–0951 12/31/97

Jeffrey J. Steiner, AlliedSignal Inc., AlliedSignal Inc ............................................................................................... 98–0973 12/31/97

Becton, Dickinson and Company, MedPlus, Inc., MedPlus, Inc ............................................................................. 98–1015 12/31/97

Enron Corp., Catalytica, Inc., Catalytica Combustion Systems, Inc ....................................................................... 98–1019 12/31/97

StorMedia Incorporated, Kubota Corporation (a Japanese corporation), Akashic Memories Corporation ............. 98–1027 12/31/97

Freudenberg & Co. (a German Corporation), Arthur P. Frigo, M. B. Walton, Inc .................................................. 98–1028 12/31/97
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN 12–22–97 AND 12–31–97—Continued

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

UNYS, Inc., Upstate Holding Company, Inc., Upstate Holding Company, Inc ....................................................... 98–1031 12/31/97

Central Grocers Cooperative, Inc., Strack and Van Til Super Market, Inc., Strack and Van Til Super Market,

Inc ......................................................................................................................................................................... 98–1034 12/31/97

Sanford N. Pensler, Gordon S. Lang, CCL Custom Manufacturing Corp ............................................................... 98–1035 12/31/97

WinStar Communications, Inc., Telesoft Corp., Telesoft Acquisition Corp. II ......................................................... 98–1036 12/31/97

The General Electric Company, p.l.c., Marsh Company, Marsh Company ............................................................ 98–1037 12/31/97

General Electric Company, R.G. Darby, R.G. Darby Company, Inc. and Total Trim, Inc ...................................... 98–1039 12/31/97

Aurora Equity Partners LP, Sal Cannizzaro, Innovative Lithographers, Inc ........................................................... 98–1041 12/31/97

Patriot American Hospitality Operating Company, CHC International, Inc., CHC International, Inc ...................... 98–1043 12/31/97

Ekco Group, Inc., FCP Southeast Investors IV, LP, APP Holding Corporation ...................................................... 98–1051 12/31/97

Mail-Well, Inc., James E. Sowell, Poser Business Forms, Inc ................................................................................ 98–1053 12/31/97

Linsalata Capital Partners Fund II, LP, Craig Manchen, Highland Group Industries, LP ....................................... 98–1056 12/31/97

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,

D.C. 20580, (202) 326–3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1366 Filed 1–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 942–3278]

Howard S. Berg; Analysis to Aid Public

Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed Consent Agreement.

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this

matter settles alleged violations of

federal law prohibiting unfair or

deceptive acts or practices or unfair

methods of competition. The attached

Analysis to Aid Public Comment

describes both the allegations in the

draft complaint that accompanies the

consent agreement and the terms of the

consent order—embodied in the consent

agreement—that would settle these

allegations.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary,

Room 159, 6th St. and Pa. Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C.

Steven Baker or Russell W. Damtoft,

Federal Trade Commission, Chicago

Regional Office, 55 East Monroe St.,

Suite 1860, Chicago, IL. 60603. (312)

353–8156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C.

46 and Section 2.34 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice (16 CFR 2.34), notice

is hereby given that the above-captioned

consent agreement containing a consent

order to cease and desist, having been

flied with and accepted, subject to final

approval, by the Commission, has been

placed on the public record for a period

of sixty (60) days. The following

Analysis to Aid Public Comment

describes the terms of the consent

agreement, and the allegations in the

complaint. An electronic copy of the

full text of the consent agreement

package can be obtained from the FTC

Home Page (for January 13, 1998), on

the World Wide Web, at ‘‘http://

www.ftc.gov/os/actions/htm.’’ A paper

copy can be obtained from the FTC

Public Reference Room, Room H–130,

Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580, either in

person or by calling (202) 326–3627.

Public comment is invited. Such

comments or views will be considered

by the Commission and will be available

for inspection and copying at its

principal office in accordance with

Section 4.9(b)(6)(ii) of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice (16 CFR 4.9(b)(6)(ii)).

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To

Aid Public Comment

The Federal Trade Commission has

accepted an agreement, subject to final

approval, to a proposed consent order

from respondent Howard S. Berg.

The proposed consent order has been

placed on the public record for sixty

(60) days for reception of comments by

interested persons. Comments received

during this period will become part of

the public record. After sixty (60) days,

the Commission will again review the

agreement and the comments received

and will decide whether it should

withdraw from the agreement and take

other appropriate action or make final

the agreement’s proposed order.

This matter concerns an efficacy

claim made regarding Howard Berg’s

Mega Reading promoted by respondent.

The Commission’s complaint charges

that respondent, in concert with TruVantage International, L.L.C. and Kevin

Trudeau, made a false and

unsubstantiated claim that Howard

Berg’s Mega Reading is successful in

teaching anyone, including adults,

children and disabled individuals, to

significantly increase their reading

speed while substantially

comprehending and retaining the

material.

The proposed consent order contains

provisions designed to remedy the

violations charged and to prevent this

respondent from engaging in similar

acts and practices in the future. The

proposed order extends to any product

or program purported to significantly

increase one’s reading speed.

Part I of the proposed consent order

prohibits the respondent from

representing that Howard Berg’s Mega

Reading, or any substantially similar

product, is successful in teaching

anyone, including adults, children and

disabled individuals, to increase their

reading speed above 800 words per

minute while substantially

comprehending and retaining the

material. Part II of the proposed order

prohibits the respondent from

representing the performance, benefits,

or efficacy of any product or program

purported to significantly increase one’s

reading speed, unless the representation

is substantiated.

The remaining parts of the proposed

consent order require the respondent to

maintain promotional and

substantiation materials related to the

claims covered by the order, to notify

the Commission of any changes in his

employment, and to file one or more

compliance reports.

The purpose of this analysis is to

facilitate public comment on the

proposed consent order. It is not

intended to constitute an official

interpretation of the agreement and