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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Dura Pharmaceuticals CONV 26632SAA7 1054 1355000 PRN OTHER 01 1355000
AES Corp. CONV 00130HAN5 13402 9125000 PRN OTHER 01 9125000
Automatic Data Processing LYON CONV 053015AC7 7910 5640000 PRN OTHER 01 5640000
Level 3 Comm Cvt CONV 52729NAG5 42 30000 PRN OTHER 01 30000
Motorola LYON CONV 620076AJ8 101 60000 PRN OTHER 01 60000
AES 5.375% Cvt Pfd PFD 001033208 4271 40680 SH OTHER 01 40680
AES Trust III 6.75% Cvt Pfd PFD 00808N202 587 9525 SH OTHER 01 9525
Belco Oil & Gas 6.5% Cvt Pfd PFD 077410207 364 24000 SH OTHER 01 24000
CVS TRACES 6% Cvt Pfd PFD 126645209 6088 85440 SH OTHER 01 85440
Cendant Income PRIDES Cvt Pfd PFD 151313301 1187 31750 SH OTHER 01 31750
Cox $3.50 Income PRIDES Cvt Pf PFD 224044305 15018 220850 SH OTHER 01 220850
Sealed Air Corp $2 Ser A Cvt P PFD 81211K209 13366 264680 SH OTHER 01 264680
Time Warner/Houston Ind ACES C PFD 442161204 9408 78075 SH OTHER 01 78075
Vodafone AirTouch/MediaOne $3. PFD 58440J500 11434 238200 SH OTHER 01 238200
Vodafone AirTouch/MediaOne $3. PFD 58440J401 4679 43327 SH OTHER 01 43327
AES Corp COM 00130H105 93564 1251698 SH OTHER 01 1251698
AES Corp Wts Exp 2000 COM 00130H113 1294 10351 SH OTHER 01 10351
AFLAC, Inc. COM 001055102 1207 25574 SH OTHER 01 25574
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 40208 791298 SH OTHER 01 791298
AT&T Liberty Media Group Cl A COM 001957208 155636 2739474 SH OTHER 01 2739474
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 5327 146690 SH OTHER 01 146690
Advanta Corp Cl B COM 007942204 194 13811 SH OTHER 01 13811
Aegon NV COM 007924103 233 2441 SH OTHER 01 2441
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 3139 130468 SH OTHER 01 130468
Alltel Corp COM 020039103 708 8558 SH OTHER 01 8558
America Online Inc COM 02364J104 387 5100 SH OTHER 01 5100
American Express COM 025816109 1143 6873 SH OTHER 01 6873
American Genl Corp COM 026351106 3255 42893 SH OTHER 01 42893
American Home Prod COM 026609107 4037 102862 SH OTHER 01 102862
American Int'l Grp COM 026874107 29141 269513 SH OTHER 01 269513
Amgen, Inc. COM 031162100 252 4200 SH OTHER 01 4200
Atlantic Richfield COM 048825103 2407 27832 SH OTHER 01 27832
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 259 4800 SH OTHER 01 4800
BP Amoco PLC ADS COM 055622104 461 7780 SH OTHER 01 7780
BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 10512 463337 SH OTHER 01 463337
Bank One Corp COM 06423A103 506 15827 SH OTHER 01 15827
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 536 10686 SH OTHER 01 10686
Bank of New York COM 064057102 240 6000 SH OTHER 01 6000
Bell Atlantic COM 077853109 259 4202 SH OTHER 01 4202
BellSouth COM 079860102 2113 45146 SH OTHER 01 45146
Berkshire Hathaway Cl A COM 084670108 5386 96 SH OTHER 01 96
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 3060 47672 SH OTHER 01 47672
CINergy Corp COM 172474108 223 9300 SH OTHER 01 9300
CVS Corp COM 126650100 4461 111870 SH OTHER 01 111870
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 894 18700 SH OTHER 01 18700
Cendant Corp COM 151313103 26575 1000463 SH OTHER 01 1000463
Chase Manhattan Corp (New) COM 16161A108 449 5784 SH OTHER 01 5784
Chevron COM 166751107 515 5941 SH OTHER 01 5941
Chromatics Color Sciences (New COM 171116304 105 15000 SH OTHER 01 15000
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 21558 405791 SH OTHER 01 405791
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 827 7724 SH OTHER 01 7724
Citigroup, Inc. COM 172967101 105705 1898179 SH OTHER 01 1898179
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 1526 26189 SH OTHER 01 26189
Comcast Cl A COM 200300101 273 5697 SH OTHER 01 5697
Comcast Cl A-Spec COM 200300200 10732 212257 SH OTHER 01 212257
Commercial Federal COM 201647104 18124 1017470 SH OTHER 01 1017470
Corning Inc. COM 219350105 80873 627224 SH OTHER 01 627224
Covance, Inc. COM 222816100 6373 589413 SH OTHER 01 589413
Cox Communications COM 224044107 4168 80928 SH OTHER 01 80928
DuPont E I COM 263534109 434 6593 SH OTHER 01 6593
EMC Corp COM 268648102 1180 10800 SH OTHER 01 10800
Elan Corp PLC ADR COM 284131208 43016 1458157 SH OTHER 01 1458157
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 899 13512 SH OTHER 01 13512
Equity Office Properties Tr COM 294741103 2997 121690 SH OTHER 01 121690
Estee Lauder Cl A COM 518439104 236 4680 SH OTHER 01 4680
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 6169 76578 SH OTHER 01 76578
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 52642 843115 SH OTHER 01 843115
First Data Corp COM 319963104 41433 840220 SH OTHER 01 840220
First Union Corp COM 337358105 561 17038 SH OTHER 01 17038
GTE COM 362320103 270 3830 SH OTHER 01 3830
Gannett Corp COM 364730101 1648 20200 SH OTHER 01 20200
General Comm Cl A COM 369385109 8336 1905365 SH OTHER 01 1905365
General Electric COM 369604103 36622 236650 SH OTHER 01 236650
General Instrument Corp. COM 370120107 467 5500 SH OTHER 01 5500
Gillette COM 375766102 4276 103820 SH OTHER 01 103820
Hannaford Bros COM 410550107 277 4000 SH OTHER 01 4000
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 34749 505434 SH OTHER 01 505434
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 1040 15400 SH OTHER 01 15400
Int'l Bus Machines COM 459200101 12176 112874 SH OTHER 01 112874
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 25838 277083 SH OTHER 01 277083
Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 595 17560 SH OTHER 01 17560
L M Ericsson Tel Sp ADR COM 294821400 8350 127118 SH OTHER 01 127118
Level 3 Communications, Inc. COM 52729N100 512 6255 SH OTHER 01 6255
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 4331 57748 SH OTHER 01 57748
MCI Worldcom Inc. COM 55268B106 1358 25598 SH OTHER 01 25598
MSC Industrial Direct COM 553530106 6613 499118 SH OTHER 01 499118
Masco Corp COM 574599106 1633 64370 SH OTHER 01 64370
May Dept Stores COM 577778103 460 14250 SH OTHER 01 14250
McDonalds COM 580135101 2132 52892 SH OTHER 01 52892
Meadowbrook Ins Grp COM 58319P108 2129 324354 SH OTHER 01 324354
Mediaone Group Inc. COM 58440J104 11949 155557 SH OTHER 01 155557
Merck COM 589331107 11787 175432 SH OTHER 01 175432
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 590 5056 SH OTHER 01 5056
Minn Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 490 5010 SH OTHER 01 5010
Molex Inc. COM 608554101 5377 94847 SH OTHER 01 94847
Molex Inc. Cl A COM 608554200 54243 1198744 SH OTHER 01 1198744
Morgan J P COM 616880100 248 1956 SH OTHER 01 1956
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 5260 36846 SH OTHER 01 36846
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 112015 760711 SH OTHER 01 760711
NICOR COM 654086107 312 9600 SH OTHER 01 9600
NiSource Inc. COM 65473P105 3497 195663 SH OTHER 01 195663
Nucor COM 670346105 247 4500 SH OTHER 01 4500
Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 856 7638 SH OTHER 01 7638
PNC Bank Corp COM 693475105 9032 202965 SH OTHER 01 202965
Pepsico COM 713448108 1328 37674 SH OTHER 01 37674
Pfizer COM 717081103 971 29940 SH OTHER 01 29940
Philip Morris COM 718154107 3391 147453 SH OTHER 01 147453
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 1688 15404 SH OTHER 01 15404
Royal Dutch Pet 1.25 Gldrs COM 780257804 2456 40556 SH OTHER 01 40556
SBC Comm COM 78387G103 1135 23284 SH OTHER 01 23284
San Juan Basin Royalty Tr COM 798241105 244 23500 SH OTHER 01 23500
Santa Fe Energy Tr Dep Units COM 802013102 529 30000 SH OTHER 01 30000
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 5772 136208 SH OTHER 01 136208
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 1484 26442 SH OTHER 01 26442
Sealed Air Corp COM 81211K100 5953 114900 SH OTHER 01 114900
Sears Roebuck COM 812387108 1475 48544 SH OTHER 01 48544
ServiceMaster Company COM 81760N109 660 53586 SH OTHER 01 53586
Simon Property Group, Inc. COM 828806109 9019 393220 SH OTHER 01 393220
Sola Int'l COM 834092108 5083 366360 SH OTHER 01 366360
Southwest Airlines COM 844741108 1538 95350 SH OTHER 01 95350
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. COM 845905108 83 11200 SH OTHER 01 11200
Sprint Corp COM 852061100 5716 84918 SH OTHER 01 84918
Sprint PCS Group COM 852061506 1323 12903 SH OTHER 01 12903
State Street Corp. COM 857477102 643 8800 SH OTHER 01 8800
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 848 10950 SH OTHER 01 10950
TCI Satellite Ser A COM 872298104 470 29388 SH OTHER 01 29388
Teekay Shipping Corp COM Y8564W103 247 15500 SH OTHER 01 15500
Telular Corp (New) COM 87970T208 132 13925 SH OTHER 01 13925
The Walt Disney Co. (New) COM 254687106 852 29130 SH OTHER 01 29130
Torchmark COM 891027104 994 34197 SH OTHER 01 34197
Travelers Property Casualty Co COM 893939108 312 9100 SH OTHER 01 9100
Tribune COM 896047107 5663 102852 SH OTHER 01 102852
US Bancorp COM 902973106 390 16358 SH OTHER 01 16358
Univ Hlth Rlty Tr COM 91359E105 613 41928 SH OTHER 01 41928
Valmont Industries COM 920253101 371 23100 SH OTHER 01 23100
Vodafone Airtouch PLC ADR COM 92857T107 70231 1418818 SH OTHER 01 1418818
Wal Mart Stores COM 931142103 626 9060 SH OTHER 01 9060
Walgreen Company COM 931422109 2340 80000 SH OTHER 01 80000
Warner Lambert Co COM 934488107 1295 15800 SH OTHER 01 15800
Wells Fargo (New) COM 949746101 4564 112866 SH OTHER 01 112866
Westvaco Corp Com COM 961548104 381 11672 SH OTHER 01 11672
Vanguard Index Tr 500 Port 922908108 825 6099.096 SH OTHER 01 6099.096
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