Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 16 / Wednesday, January 24, 1996 / Notices 1937

Mercantile Bancorporation, Inc.;

Acquisition of Company Engaged in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities

The organization listed in this notice

has given notice under § 225.23(a)(2) or

(e) of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR

225.23(a)(2) or (e)) for the Board’s

approval under section 4(c)(8) of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843(c)(8)) and § 225.21(a) of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.21(a)) to acquire or

control voting securities or assets of a

company engaged in a nonbanking

activity that is listed in § 225.25 of

Regulation Y as closely related to

banking and permissible for bank

holding companies. Unless otherwise

noted, such activities will be conducted

throughout the United States.

The notice is available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. Once the notice has been

accepted for processing, it will also be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the question whether

consummation of the proposal can

‘‘reasonably be expected to produce

benefits to the public, such as greater

convenience, increased competition, or

gains in efficiency, that outweigh

possible adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking

practices.’’ Any request for a hearing on

this question must be accompanied by

a statement of the reasons a written

presentation would not suffice in lieu of

a hearing, identifying specifically any

questions of fact that are in dispute,

summarizing the evidence that would

be presented at a hearing, and indicating

how the party commenting would be

aggrieved by approval of the proposal.

Comments regarding this application

must be received not later than February

7, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:

1. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St.

Louis, Missouri; to acquire Metro

Savings Bank, F.S.B., Wood River,

Illinois, and thereby engage in owning

and operating a federal savings bank,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(9) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 18, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–907 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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: 010196 AND 011296

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

A.H. Belo Corporation, John S. Hager, Owensboro Publishing Company ............................................................. 96–0559 01/02/96

Ashtead Group PLC, William T. Theros, McLean Rentals, Inc ............................................................................... 96–0642 01/02/96

Barry Diller, Tele-Communications, Liberty HSN, Inc ............................................................................................. 96–0640 01/03/96

Barry Diller, Savoy Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Savoy Pictures Entertainment, Inc ............................................ 96–0646 01/03/96

Kenneth W. Ford, Weyerhaeuser Company, Weyerhaeuser Company ................................................................. 96–0650 01/03/96

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Gregory F. Arnette, Arnet Optic Illusions, Inc ........................................................ 96–0656 01/03/96

Glencore Holding AG, Alumax Inc., Alumax Inc ..................................................................................................... 96–0657 01/03/96

The Triumph Group Holdings, Inc., Teleflex Incorporated, Teleflex Incorporated .................................................. 96–0658 01/03/96

URS Corporation, Greiner Engineering, Inc., Greiner Engineering, Inc ................................................................. 96–0711 01/03/96

PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc., PerSeptive Technologies II Corporation, PerSeptive Technologies II Corporation . 96–0638 01/04/96

Lowell W. Paxson, Shop at Home, Inc., Shop at Home, Inc .................................................................................. 96–0659 01/04/96

Ingersoll-Rand Company, MascoTech, Inc., MascoTech, Inc ................................................................................. 96–0660 01/04/96

Harsco Corporation, Thermadyne Holdings Corporation, Coyne Cylinder Company ............................................. 96–0663 01/04/96

RPM, Inc., TCI, Inc., TCI, Inc .................................................................................................................................. 96–0666 01/04/96

Paper Converting Machine Company, Bemis Company, Inc., Hayssen Manufacturing Company ........................ 96–0667 01/04/96

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Jay Brinsfield, Matthew’s Inc. of Delaware .......................................................................... 96–0668 01/04/96

Jacob Elie Beaucaire Safra, William Benton Foundation, Encyclopedia Britannica Holdings Ltd ......................... 96–0669 01/04/96

K N Energy, Inc., Tom Brown, Inc., Tom Brown, Inc .............................................................................................. 96–0682 01/04/96

Tom Brown, Inc., K N Energy, Inc., K N Production Company .............................................................................. 96–0683 01/04/96

Bayer AG, Pharmacopeia, Inc., Pharmacopeia, Inc ................................................................................................ 96–0684 01/04/96

North American Fund II, L.P., SoftKey International Inc., Softkey International Inc ............................................... 96–0690 01/04/96

Summit Ventures IV, L.P., Radius, Inc., Splash Technology, Inc ........................................................................... 96–0694 01/04/96

The S.K. Equity Fund, L.P., Targus Group International, Inc., Targus Group International, Inc ............................ 96–0703 01/04/96

George Wimpey PLC, Tarmac PLC, John McLean & Sons Ltd ............................................................................. 96–0718 01/04/96

Tarmac PLC, George Wimpey PLC, Wimpey Construction Limited & Wimpey Minerals Hold. Ltd ...................... 96–0719 01/04/96

Kenneth R. Thomson, SCS/Compute, Inc., SCS/Compute, Inc ............................................................................. 96–0727 01/04/96

Texas Industries, Inc., Thomas Schmindheiny (a Swiss person), PLA Holdings, Inc ............................................ 96–0391 01/05/96

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, Osteopathic Hospital Founders Association, Osteopathic Hospital

Founders Association ........................................................................................................................................... 96–0551 01/05/96

Lincolnshire Equity Fund, L.P., Barry Weisfeld, Cricket Acquisition Corporation ................................................... 96–0617 01/05/96

Harvard Pilgram Health Care, Inc., Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Matthew Thornton Health Plan, Inc ... 96–0644 01/05/96

Stuart and Anita Subotnick, Kelso Partners IV, L.P., KWIZ, Inc., KMAX, Inc., KAXX, Inc. and KBAX, Inc .......... 96–0651 01/05/96

Amwest Insurance Group, Inc., Condor Services, Inc., Condor Services, Inc ....................................................... 96–0652 01/05/96
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 010196 AND 011296—Continued

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

Shared Technologies, Inc., Jeffrey J. Steiner, Fairchild Industries, Inc .................................................................. 96–0664 01/05/96

Jeffrey J. Steiner, Shared Technologies Inc., Shared Technologies Inc ................................................................ 96–0665 01/05/96

National Gaming Corp., Forte Plc, Forte Hotels, Inc .............................................................................................. 96–0706 01/05/96

Paul F. Wallace, Forte Plc, Forte Hotels, Inc .......................................................................................................... 96–0707 01/05/96

USIF, Real Estate, Forte Plc, Forte Hotels, Inc ...................................................................................................... 96–0708 01/05/96

Texaco Inc., Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Shell Western E&P, Inc .............................................................. 96–0533 01/11/96

Alco Standard Corporation, Mark E. Hawn, Atlanta Legal Copies, Inc .................................................................. 96–0627 01/11/96

Everett R. Dobson Irrevocable Family Trust, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust, Telephone and

Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust .......................................................................................................................... 96–0655 01/11/96

Jeffrey J. Steiner, Banner Aeorspace, Inc., Banner Aerospace, Inc ...................................................................... 96–0675 01/11/96

Block Drug Company, Inc., The Proctor & Gamble Company, The Proctor & Gamble Company ........................ 96–0677 01/11/96

The Atlantic Foundation, Envoy Corporation, Envoy Corporation .......................................................................... 96–0696 01/11/96

Estate of Charles A. Sammons, NACOLAH Holding Corporation, NACOLAH Holding Corporation ..................... 96–0700 01/11/96

HFS, Incorporated, Forte plc, Forte Hotels, Inc ...................................................................................................... 96–0705 01/11/96

LCI International, Inc., Ronald H. Vanderpol, Teledial America, Inc ...................................................................... 96–0712 01/11/96

Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., Ronald H. VanderPol, City Signal, Inc .................................................................... 96–0720 01/11/96

Ronald H. VanderPol, Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc ............................................... 96–0721 01/11/96

The Chase Manhattan Corporation, James I. Swenson, Swenson Family Trust, revocable trust, Details, Inc ..... 96–0723 01/11/96

Champion International Corporation, Toufic Aboukhater, Lake Superior Land Company ...................................... 96–0731 01/11/96

Vestar Equity Partners, L.P., Acadia Partners, L.P., Pinnacle Automation, Inc ..................................................... 96–0736 01/11/96

Delco Remy International, Inc., Beurt R. SerVaas, Power Investments, Inc .......................................................... 96–0742 01/11/96

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Ronald O. Perelman, Skeeter Products, Inc .................................................................. 96–0744 01/11/96

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Horton,

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. 96–1043 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6570–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[CRADA 96–001]

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health Cooperative

Research and Development Agreement

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health

and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC), announces the

opportunity for potential collaborators

to enter into a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (CRADA) to

develop a direct reading immunoassay

device for monitoring human urinary

metabolites of the herbicide, alachlor.

Humans metabolize alachlor in such a

way as to produce a set of chemically

altered compounds (metabolites) that

are more easily excreted, primarily in

urine. By determining the level of these

metabolites in urine of workers who are

at risk for exposure to alachlor, an

assessment of exposure can be made.

The device that CDC wants to have

developed would allow rapid and easy

determination of urinary metabolite

levels, thus allowing intervention

procedures to be implemented.

It is anticipated that all inventions

which may arise from the CRADA will

be jointly owned. The collaborator with

whom the CRADA is made will have an

option to negotiate an exclusive or nonexclusive royalty-bearing license. The

CRADA will be executed for a 2-year

period with the possibility of renewal

for another 2-year period.

Because CRADAs are designed to

facilitate the development of scientific

and technological knowledge into

useful, marketable products, much

freedom is given to Federal agencies in

implementing collaborative research.

The CDC may accept staff, facilities,

equipment, supplies, and money from

the other participants in a CRADA; CDC

may provide staff, facilities, equipment

and supplies to the project. There is a

single restriction in this exchange: CDC

MAY NOT PROVIDE FUNDS to the

other participants in a CRADA.

This opportunity is available until

February 23, 1996. Respondents may be

provided a longer period of time to

furnish additional information if CDC

finds this necessary.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Technical: R. DeLon Hull, Ph.D. or J.

Patrick Mastin, Ph.D., Division of

Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences,

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health, CDC, 4676 Columbia

Parkway, Mailstop C–26, Cincinnati,

Ohio 45226, Telephone 513–533–8122

and 513–533–8399, Fax 513–533–8510.

Business: Theodore F. Schoenborn,

Technology Transfer Coordinator,

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health, CDC, 4676 Columbia

Parkway, Mailstop R–2, Cincinnati,

Ohio 45226, Telephone 513–841–4305,

Fax 513–841–4500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The direct

reading device should be similar to

home pregnancy test kits and suitable

for use by the worker or a local health

care professional. For instance a test

strip made of an absorbent material such

as chromatography paper would be held

in the urine stream or dipped in a

sample of urine and the urine allowed

to wick up the strip. The presence and

approximate concentration of the

metabolite would be visualized as, for

instance, a color change (as with pH test

paper) or the appearance of a color band

at a height indicative of the

concentration of the metabolite. The

concentration of metabolite could then

be estimated, for example, from a

gradient scale imprinted on the device

or by comparison to a visual standard.

Urine from herbicide applicators being

screened during NIOSH field studies

will be used to test the strips as they are

being developed.

The device should meet the following

requirements: