STEINHARDT GROUP HAS 6.6 PCT OF HOLIDAY &lt;HIA>

  A group led by New York investor
  Michael Steinhardt told the Securities and Exchange Commission
  it bought a 6.6 pct stake in Holiday Corp common stock as an
  investment.
      The group said it paid 114 mln dlrs for its 1.6 mln Holiday
  shares, 530,000 of which were bought since Feb. 6.
      At the same time, group members said they held short
  positions in the stock totaling 830,000 shares.
      In addition to Steinhardt himself, the group includes
  Steinhardt Partners and Institutional Partners, two investment
  firms of which Steinhardt is one of the general partners.
  

