DINNER BELL &lt;DINB.O> LEVERAGE BUY OUT DROPPED
  Dinner Bell Foods Inc said the
  talks concerning a proposed leveraged buy-out of the company
  have been terminated.
      A spokesman said the group led by Joseph F. Grimes II, a
  director of the company, and B. Rober Kill has withdrawn their
  proposal to acquire the company's stock for 23.50 dlrs a share.
      The company also said its board determined the previously
  postponed annual meeting will be held on January five.
  

