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DATE: Friday, August 5, 1994                 TAG: 9408050679
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D2   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: (Staff) 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

TYSON FOODS ENDS TAKEOVER ATTEMPT OF WLR FOODS

Arkansas-based Tyson Foods Inc. said Thursday that it is terminating its $30 per share tender offer for all outstanding shares of WLR Foods, Inc. Tyson decided to take this action primarily because of WLR's recently announced agreement to acquire the turkey processing division of Cuddy Farms Inc. by CNB