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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check his box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
O'Leary Brian A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
P.O. Box 219
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(Street)
Pineville NC 28134
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(City (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (AWIN)
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3. IRS or Social Security
Number of Reporting
Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
April 30, 1997
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5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer(check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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Other (specify below) Officer (give title below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check applicable line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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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) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
(Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(A) or (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (D) Price
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 4/25/97 S 50,000 D $11.2496 D
(Par Value $.01)
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4/25/97 S 75,000 D $11.4996 D
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4/25/97 S 25,000 D $11.8746 D
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4/25/97 S 50,000 D $11.8746 D
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4/28/97 S 1,100,000 D $10.3746 D
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4,705,241
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
(Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis-
Price of (Month/ posed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year) ------------------------------------
Security Code V (A) (D)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of Under- 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Ex- lying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
piration Date (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
(Month/Day/Year) ative Secur- of De- direct
Secur- ities rivative Bene-
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Date Expira- Amount or (instr. ficially rity: Own-
Exer- tion Title Number of 5) Owned Direct ership
cisable Date Shares at End (D) or (Instr. 4)
of Indi-
Month rect (I)
Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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**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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Brian A. O'Leary 5/12/97
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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