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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Applications and Reports Received or Acted on
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1974 No, 51

During the Week Ending December 21, 1974

District
To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The FTB Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio
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To Withdraw from Membership in the Federal Reserve
System Without a Six-Month Notice as Prescribed by
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Commercial and Farmers Bank, Ellicott City, Maryland
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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
First Commercial Bank, Arlington, Virginia. Branch to
be established at 3801 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington.

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Bank of the Commonwealth, Detroit, Michigan. Branch to
be established at the Northeast corner of Hayes Road
and Seventeen Mile Road, Clinton Township, Macomb County.

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Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Company. Branch to be
established at the Northeast corner of St. Andrew 1 s Church
Road and Quillman Drive, Louisville, Jefferson County.




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Received Cont'd
Camden County Bank, Camdenton, Missouri. Branch to
be established at 101 South Highway 5, Camdenton,
Camden County.
Approved
*The Annapolis Banking and Trust Company, Annapolis, Maryland.
Branch to be established on Riva Road near its intersection
with Admiral Corcoran Drive, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County.
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Thirty Day Notice of Intention to Establish an
Additional Branch in a Foreign County
Received
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, New York,
New York: an additional branch in England, to be
located in London.
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York, New York:
an additional branch in the Virgin Islands, to be
located in St. Thomas.
Approved
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York, New York:
two additional branches in Panama, to be located in
La Coneepcion and in Penonome.
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To Merge Pursuant to Section 18(c) of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
Received
The Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio for prior
approval to merge with The FTB Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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^Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.







To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati, Ohio, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent (less directors f qualifying shares)
of the voting shares of the successor by merger to The
Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Clyde Bancorporation, Inc., Clyde, Kansas, for approval to
acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of The
Exchange National Bank of Clyde, Clyde, Kansas.
Industrial Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Industrial State Bank, Kansas City, Kansas.
Approved
Fidelity National Financial Corporation, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares (less directors T qualifying shares) of the
successor by merger to Fidelity National Bank of Baton
Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
First Mississippi National Corporation, Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, for approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors1 qualifying shares) of the voting shares of
the successor by merger to First Mississippi National
Bank, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
First Macomb Corporation, Mount Clemens, Michigan, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of
the successor by consolidation to Mount Clemens Bank,
Mount Clemens, Michigan.
Greater Metro Bank Holding Company, Aurora, Colorado, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Aurora National Bank, Aurora, Colorado.
Denied
Pentagon Bankshares, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for
approval to acquire 87.4 per cent of the voting shares
of State Bank of St. Anthony Village, St. Anthony Village,
Minnesota.

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3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Sun Banks of Florida, Inc., Orlando, Florida, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Peoples Bank of Broward County, Tamarac, Florida.

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Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, for
approval to acquire at least 90 per cent (plus directors'
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of United Bank
of Macon, Macon, Missouri.

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Metro Insurance Agency, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, for
approval to acquire 25 per cent of the voting shares of
The Pleasant Hill Bank, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.

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Valley View Bancshares, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, for
approval to acquire 24.99 per cent of the voting shares
of Industrial Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, and
indirectly Industrial State Bank, Kansas City, Kansas.
Approved
The Central Bancorporation, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares of The Newark Trust
Company, Newark, Ohio.

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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in cte novo activities (acting as a special purpose leasing corporation for specific leasing transactions with a single customer and in that connection to
hold legal title to personal property) at 399 Park
Avenue, New York, New York, through its subsidiary,
Citimarlease (Whitney), Inc.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Received Continued
^Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to relocate de novo
activities (making of installment loans for personal,
family, or household purposes; the purchasing of sales
finance contracts executed in connection with the sale
of personal, family, or household goods or services; the
selling of credit life insurance and credit accident and
health insurance sold in connection with certain personal
installment loans made and sales contracts purchased and
reinsuring such insurance through Patrick Henry Insurance
Company and Patrick Henry Life Insurance Company, both
indirect subsidiaries of Philadelphia National Corporation; and generally engaging in the business of a consumer finance company) from 420 North Mangum Street,
Durham, North Carolina, to North Duke Mall, 3600 North
Duke Street, Durham, North Carolina, through its subsidiary, Signal Finance of North Carolina, Inc.

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^^Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (selling joint credit life insurance in
connection with personal installment loans made pursuant
to Signal Mortgage Corporation's second mortgage lending
business and reinsuring such insurance through Patrick
Henry Life Insurance Company, an indirect subsidiary of
Philadelphia National Corporation; such activities will
be conducted by Signal Mortgage Corporation at existing
offices in the following locations in Ohio except that
these locations are relevant to reinsurance only as
establishing the locations of the credit transactions to
which such reinsurance relates) at 3809 Darrow Road,
Stow, Ohio; 192 South Main Street, Bowling Green, Ohio;
123 Golden Gate Shopping Center, Mawmee, Ohio; Great
Lakes Mall, Room 242, 7850 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, Ohio;
Perkins Plaza, Store 5, Perkins Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio;
and Karnm's Plaza, 3766 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland,
Ohio; through its indirect subsidiary, Signal Mortgage
Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio.

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**Maryland National Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland,
notification of intent to engage in d_e novo activities
(engaging generally in the business of leasing personal
property, including, but not limited to, the leasing of
various types of equipment, machinery, vehicles, transportation equipment, and data processing equipment;

12-19-74

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Received Continued
originating personal property leases as principal or
agent; servicing personal property leases for affiliated
or nonaffiliated individuals, partnerships, or corporations; buying and selling and otherwise dealing in
personal property lease contracts as principal or agent;
acting as adviser in personal property leasing transactions; and engaging in the placement, as agent or
broker, and through agents and brokers, of appropriate
forms of insurance for Lhe purpose of protecting its
interests as lessor or Lhe interests of others as
lessors in such cases or such personal property) at 10
Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland, through a subsidiary,
Maryland Affiliate Corporation.
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**First Alabama Bancshares, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to
credit life/accident and health insurance that is
directly related to the extensions of credit by a bank
or bank related firm; credit life/accident insurance
that is directly related to the provision of other
financial services by a bank or bank related firm; and
insurance sold in communities which have a population
not exceeding 5,000) at Athens and Gadsden, Alabama,
through a subsidiary, FAB Agency, Inc.

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**First Alabama Bancshares, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to
credit life/accident and health insurance that is
directly related to the extension of credit by a bank or
bank related firm; credit life/accident insurance that
is directly related to the provision of other financial
services by a bank or bank related firm; and insurance
sold in communities which have a population not exceeding 5,000) in Phenix City, Alabama, through a subsidiary,
FAB Agency, Inc.

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**The Fulton National Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of credit,
including without limitation, mortgage loans and loans
to its subsidiaries) at 55 Marietta Street, Atlanta,
Georgia.

12-16-74

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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Received Continued
MorAmerica Financial Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
for approval to acquire the assets and retain certain
insurance activities of Bezanson Investments, Inc.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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**First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities (making
or acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans or other extensions of credit such as
would be made by a finance company; and incidental
credit-related insurance agency activities) from 6160
North Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, to 2628 Golf
Road, Glenview, Illinois, through its subsidiary, FBS
Financial, Inc.

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Industrial Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, for
approval to retain its insurance agency business presently being conducted at the offices of Industrial
State Bank, Kansas City, Kansas.

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**First International Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Texas,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(providing bookkeeping and data processing services for
the internal operations of Bancshares and its subsidiaries; storing and processing other banking, financial,
and related economic data; and performing such incidental activities as are necessary to carry on the foregoing
activities) at 1801 Msin Street, Houston, Texas, through
a subsidiary, First International Services Corporation,
Dallas, Texas.

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**Patagonia Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (leasing real
property or acting as agent, broker, or adviser in
leasing such property) at 222 West Osborn Road, Phoenix,
Arizona, through its subsidiary, Patagonia Leasing
Company.

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**Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(leasing and/or financing of personal property and
equipment and real property; or acting as an agent,
broker, or adviser in the leasing and/or financing of
such property, where at the inception of the initial
lease the effect of the transaction (and with respect to

12-10-74

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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governmental entities only, reasonably anticipated
future transactions) will yield a return that will
compensate the lessor for not less than the lessor's
full investment in the property plus the estimated total
cost of financing the property over the term of the
lease) at 1218 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington, and
1925 Century Boulevard, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia, through
its subsidiary, Security Pacific Leasing Corporation.

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Approved
Mellon National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
for approval to retain the assets of Allomon Corporation, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, and its 50 per centowned subsidiary, National Realty Enterprises, Inc.,
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, which owns 100 per cent of
the shares of stock of Haymeadow National Corporation,
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania; and Allomon's wholly-owned
subsidiary, Mellon National Mortgage Company of Ohio,
Cleveland, Ohio, and its five wholly-owned subsidiaries
located in Cleveland, Ohio; Allied Mortgage, Inc.; Lake
States Investment, Inc.; Zook Management & Realty Company; 3826 Euclid Avenue Corporation; and Lake States
Insurance Agency, Inc.; and Mellon-Ohio's 51 per centowned subsidiary, Clark Development Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
Merchants National Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana,
for approval to acquire all of the voting shares of
Pacific American Leasing Corp., Phoenix, Arizona.
Merchants National Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana,
for approval to acquire all of the voting shares of
Plaza Life Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona.
Delayed
**Marine Midland Banks, Inc., Buffalo, New York, notification of intent to engage in due novo activities (originating, making, acquiring, and servicing, for its own
account or for the account of others, loans and other
extensions of credit either unsecured or principally
secured by mortgages on residential or commercial properties or leasehold interests therein; acting as investment or financial adviser to the extent of serving as
the advisory company for a mortgage or real estate

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Delayed Continued
investment trust, furnishing general economic information and advice on real estate matters and providing
portfolio investment advice on real estate matters; and
performing property management services on property
acquired as a result of a default on loans) at 9595
Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 501, Beverly Hills, California, through its subsidiary, Midland Research Corporation.

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**Patagonia Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (leasing real
property or acting as agent, broker, or adviser in
leasing such property) at 222 West Osborn Road, Phoenix,
Arizona, through its subsidiary, Patagonia Leasing
Company.
Permitted
**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(storing and processing of banking, financial, and
related economic data, for one or more financial institutions such as demand deposit accounting, general
ledger accounting, account reconciliation, installment
loan accounting, mortgage loan accounting, savings
accounting, credit union accounting, and commercial loan
accounting and the storing and processing of financial
and accounting data for non-financial institutions
relating to payroll, accounts receivable or payable, and
other billing services) at 2200 East Devon Avenue, Des
Plaines, Illinois, through its subsidiary, Decimus
Corporation.
**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to relocate the Roanoke, Virginia
office of its indirect subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Corporation a direct subsidiary of FinanceAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, which engages in (making
of consumer installment loans and purchasing installment
sales finance contracts, and making of loans to small
business; acting as agent or broker for the sale of
credit related life/accident and disability insurance,
and credit related property and casualty insurance in
connection with extensions of credit by FinanceAmerica
Corporation) from 11 Franklin Road, S.W. to 4301 Melrose
Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Permitted Continued
**Western Bancorporation, Los Angeles, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to the
following types of insurance that are directly related
to the extension of credit by Western Bancorporation or
its subsidiaries, or to mortgage loan servicing by
Western Bancorporation's banks or bank-related subsidiaries: (1) credit life/accident and health insurance,
and (2) mortgage disability and mortgage redemption
insurance) at 245 South Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena,
California, through its subsidiary, Western Bancorp
Mortgage Company.
Withdrawn
**First Commerce Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana,
notification of intent to engage in cte novo activities
(servicing loans and other extensions of credit for any
person) at 821 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana,
through a subsidiary, First Investment Advisors, Inc.
**Guaranty Loan and Investment Corporation of Tulsa,
Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, notification of intent to engage
in c[e novo activities (making or acquiring, for its own
account or for the account of others, loans or other
extensions of credit such as would be made by a mortgage
banking concern; and servicing loans and other extensions
of credit) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**The Jacobus Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, notification
of intent to acquire the residential and commercial
heating fuel oil business of Mobil Oil Corporation in
the Metropolitan, Milwaukee area; in addition, The
Jacobus Company would acquire five service trucks and
the accounts receivable relating to such business.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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**Berkshire Hathaway Inc., New Bedford, Massachusetts,
notification of intent to acquire Coldwell, Banker &
Company, Los Angeles, California, engaged primarily in
real estate brokerage, mortgage loan activities, insurance brokerage, appraisal services, development
management, asset management, and property management.
**Cross Manufacturing, Inc., Lewis, Kansas, notification
of intent to acquire 100 per cent of the outstanding
common stock of Holder Machinery and Hydraulic Corporation, Bay Springs, Mississippi.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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