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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Morgens Edwin H.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
10 East 50th Street
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(Street)
New York NY 10022
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Elsinore Corporation (ELSO)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December, 1998
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[X] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
Member of a group owning more than 10% of Issuer's Common Stock
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2.Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A)
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D)
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
(Month/ (Instr. 8) --------------------------
Day/ ----------- Amount (A) or Price
Year) Code V (D)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 12/22/98 S 3,898,515 D(1) 39,485.15
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5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
Securities Form: Direct Indirect
Beneficially (D) or Indirect Beneficial
Owned at End (I) (Instr. 4) Ownership
of Month (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 3
and 4)
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<C> <C> <C>
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3,898,515 I(3) (3)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE
Instruction 4(b)(v).
(Over)
SEC 1474 (7-96)
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Transac- 4. Transac- 5. Number of
Security (Instr. 3) sion or tion Date tion Code Derivative
Exercise (Month/ (Instr. 8) Securities
Price of Day/ ------------ Acquired (A)
Deriv- Year) Code V or Disposed
ative of (D) (Instr.
Security 3, 4, and 5)
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(A) (D)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Series A Preferred 1-for-1.86
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price of 9. Number of
Exercisable and of Underlying Derivative Derivative
Expiration Date Securities Security Securities
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 5) Beneficially
Year) ------------------- Owned at
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Date Expira- Title Number of (Instr. 4)
Exer- tion Shares
cisable Date
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<C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Immed. Common 93,000,000 $0.365 50,000,000
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Stock
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10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Form of Indirect
Derivative Beneficial
Security: Ownership
Direct (D) or (Instr. 4)
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
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<C> <C>
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I (3)
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Explanation of Responses
(1) On December 22, 1998, certain investment advisory clients of Morgens,
Waterfall, Vintiadis & Company, Inc. ("MWV&Co."), an investment adviser
registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended, disposed of 3,898,515 shares of common stock of the Issuer at a net
financial loss. Such shares were purchased by MWV International, Ltd.,
another investment advisory client of MWV&Co.
(2) The 50,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the
Issuer indicated in Table II are held by certain investment advisory clients
of MWV&Co.
(3) Mr. Morgens may be deemed an indirect beneficial owner of the 3,898,515
shares of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Issuer indicated above by virtue of his position as a principal
and the President of MWV&Co. Mr. Morgens disclaims any beneficial ownership
of any of the securities to which this filing relates, for purposes of Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
EDWIN H. MORGENS
/s/ Edwin Morgens --/-/98
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**Signature of Reporting Person
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