[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56238-56239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27939]



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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. Sec. 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: 09/30/96 and 10/11/96 
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  Name of acquiring person, name of acquired                     Date   
        person, name of acquired entity           PMN No.     terminated
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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Mervin                                   
 Pregulman, Siskin Steel & Supply Company, Inc      96-2921     09/30/96
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Robert S.                                
 Siskin, Siskin Steel & Supply Company, Inc...      96-2923     09/30/96
Kirtland Capital Partners II L.P., The British                          
 Petroleum Company plc, Unifrax Corporation...      96-2959     09/30/96
U.S. Office Products Company, Sofco, Inc.                               
 Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Sofco-Mead,                             
 Inc..........................................      96-2975     09/30/96
Red Lion, a California limited partnership,                             
 Doubletree Corporation, Doubletree                                     
 Corporation..................................      96-2977     09/30/96
Doubletree Corporation, Red Lion, a California                          
 Limited Partnership, Red Lion Hotels, Inc....      96-2978     09/30/96
UtiliCorp United Inc., The Dow Chemical                                 
 Company, Oasis Pipe Line Company.............      96-2979     09/30/96
Praxair, Inc., Parry Corporation, Parry                                 
 Corporation..................................      96-2830     10/01/96
Unison HealthCare Corporation, David A.                                 
 Kremser, Signature HealthCare Corporation....      96-2990     10/01/96
The Sherwin-Williams Company, Robert Reiner,                            
 Sunshine Quality Products, Inc...............      96-3008     10/01/96
Minnesota Power & Light Company, Thomas and                             
 Susan Friedkin, Gulf States Automotive                                 
 Remarketing, Inc.............................      96-2964     10/02/96
Belk Brothers Company, Leggett of Virginia,                             
 Inc., Leggett of Virginia, Inc...............      96-2985     10/02/96
New Rio, L.L.C., Calvin Klein, Inc., Calvin                             
 Klein, Inc...................................      96-2986     10/02/96
United Magazine Company, George R. Klein, Geo.                          
 R. Klein News Co.............................      96-2987     10/02/96
Phillips Publishing International, Inc.,                                
 Knowledge Sciences, Inc., Knowledge Sciences,                          
 Inc..........................................      96-2988     10/02/96
W.A. Thomas Company, Inc., SPX Corporation,                             
 SPX's Hy-Lift Division.......................      96-2989     10/02/96
The Viscount Rothermere, Southam Inc., Southex                          
 Exhibitions, Inc.............................      96-2992     10/02/96
United Auto Group, Inc., Charles A. Standefer,                          
 Standefer Motor Sales, Inc...................      96-2998     10/02/96
Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon,                               
 Inc., Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc.................      96-3002     10/02/96
Physician Sales & Service, Inc., Diagnostic                             
 Imaging, Inc., Diagnostic Imaging, Inc.......      96-3012     10/02/96
Heilig-Meyers Company, Self Service Furniture,                          
 Inc., Self Service Furniture, Inc............      96-3015     10/02/96
Northwestern Public Service Company, Stephen                            
 R. Plaster Trust, Empire Energy Corporation..      96-2947     10/03/96
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Donald G.                               
 Brouillette, Demeter, Inc....................      96-2983     10/03/96
Aktieselskabet Potague (a Danish company),                              
 American Concrete Products, Inc., American                             
 Concrete Products, Inc.......................      96-2736     10/04/96
Graham-Field Health Products, Inc., Brierley                            
 Investments Limited (a New Zealand company),                           
 Everest & Jennings International Ltd.........      96-2918     10/04/96
Brierley Investments Limited, Graham-Field                              
 Health Products, Inc., Graham-Field Health                             
 Products, Inc................................      96-2919     10/04/96
Modern Health Affiliates, Inc., Riverview                               
 Healthcare Services Corporation, Riverview                             
 Healthcare Services Corporation..............      96-2912     10/07/96
Modern Health Affiliates, Inc., The Ocean                               
 Health System, Inc., The Ocean Health System,                          
 Inc..........................................      96-2913     10/07/96
Union Pacific Corporation, Electrafina S.A. (a                          
 Belgian company), Rockland Pipeline Company..      96-3001     10/07/96
Sumitomo Corporation, Laramie Tire                                      
 Distributors, Inc., Laramie Tire                                       
 Distributors, Inc............................      96-3009     10/07/96
Sumitomo Corporation, Hoffman Tire Co., Inc.,                           
 Hoffman Tire Co., Inc........................      96-3010     10/07/96
Esselte, AB, Stephen J. McCoy, New England                              
 Card & Index Company.........................      96-3016     10/07/96
Wingate Partners, L.P., Lagasse Brothers,                               
 Inc., Lagasse Brothers, Inc..................      96-3018     10/07/96
Mercury, Inc., William L. Henning, Sr.,                                 
 Cameron Communication Corporation............      96-3023     10/07/96
Cypress Merchant Banking Partners, L.P.,                                
 AMTROL Inc., AMTROL Inc......................      96-2852     10/08/96
William L. Henning, Sr., Mercury, Inc.,                                 
 Mercury, Inc.................................      96-3024     10/08/96
Steven Dinetz or Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst                              
 Equity Fund, Steven M. Rales, Equity Group                             
 Holdings.....................................      96-3027     10/08/96
Steven Dinetz or Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst                              
 Equity Fund, Mitchel P. Rales, Equity Group                            
 Holdings.....................................      96-3028     10/08/96
Quorum Health Group, Inc., Tuscora Park Health                          
 Services Corporation, Tuscora Park Health                              
 Services Corporation.........................      96-3031     10/08/96
Steelcase Inc., Robert C. Spradlin, Contract                            
 Interiors, Inc...............................      96-3032     10/08/96
Questor Partners Fund, L.P., Ryder System,                              
 Inc., Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., Ryder Move                             
 Management, Inc..............................      96-3040     10/08/96
AccuStaff, Incorporated, Career Horizons,                               
 Inc., Career Horizons, Inc...................      96-3047     10/08/96
HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, ReadiCare, Inc.,                               
 ReadiCare, Inc...............................      96-3054     10/08/96
Lowell W. Paxson, The Moody Bible Institute of                          
 Chicago, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago      96-3057     10/08/96
Scudder Family Voting Trust for ANI, Kenneth                            
 R. Thomson, Thomson Newspapers, Inc..........      96-3061     10/08/96
Mr. Sven A. Behrendt, Solectron Corporation,                            
 Solectron Corporation........................      96-3064     10/08/96
Solectron Corporation, Mr. Sven A. Behrendt,                            
 Force Computers Inc..........................      96-3065     10/08/96
Premier Parks Inc., Elitch Gardens Company,                             
 Elitch Gardens Company.......................      96-3068     10/08/96
Colonial Data Technologies Corp., WorldCorp,                            
 Inc., US Order, Inc..........................      96-3074     10/08/96
WorldCorp, Inc., Colonial Data Technologies                             
 Corp., Colonial Data Technologies Corp.......      96-3075     10/08/96
Marmon Holdings, Inc., Laurence Bettcher,                               
 Bettcher Industries, Inc., Protective Wear                             
 Division.....................................      97-0007     10/08/96
Raycom Media, Inc., AFLAC Incorporated, WITN-                           
 TV, Inc. and AFLAC Broadcast Partners........      96-3063     10/09/96
HK Systems, Inc., Western Atlas, Inc., Western                          
 Atlas, Inc...................................      96-3014     10/10/96
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Lykes Bros. Inc.,                               
 Lykes Bros. Inc..............................      96-3066     10/10/96
Peter Munk, Trizec Corporation, Trizec                                  
 Corporation..................................      97-0008     10/11/96
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. 
Fielding, Contact Representative, 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. 96-27939 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M