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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Applications and Reports Received or Acted on
and All Other Actions of the Board
H. 2
1975 No. 4

During the Week Ending January 25, 1975

District
To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Cape Cod Bank and Trust Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Branches to be established at the following locations
A.

To be established off Station Avenue, South
Yarmouth.

B.

To be established on Route 6A and Underpass Road
(Southeast corner), Brewster.

American Trust & Savings Bank, Dubuque, Iowa. Branches
to be established at the following locations:
A.

To be established at the intersection of Rockdale
Road and Tower Drive, Dubuque.

B.

To be established at the intersection of U.S.
Highway 52 and Iowa Highway 386, Sageville.

Withdrawn
Chemical Bank-Buffalo, New York. Branch to be
established at 2500 Walden Avenue, Unincorporated Area,
Town of Cheektowaga, Erie County.
Approved
^Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company/Mid-Hudson, Monroe,
New York. Branch to be established in the Stoneridge
Shopping Center, Route 211 and Stoneridge Road, Town
of Wallkill, Orange County.

*Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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^Commerce Union Bank of Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg,
Tennessee. Branch to be established at 1225 North
Locust Avenue, Lawrenceburg.
^Commerce Union Bank of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Branch to be established at the Southeast corner of
Brainerd and Spring Creek Roads, Chattanooga.
^Commerce Union Bank of Rutherford County, Murfreesboro,
Tennessee. Branches to be established at the following
locations:
A.

To be established at 802 Memorial Boulevard,
Murfreesboro.

B.

To be established at 707 South Tennessee Boulevard,
Murfreesboro.

^Adrian State Bank, Adrian, Michigan. Branch to be
established at 307 East Beecher Street, Adrian.
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International Investments and Other Actions Approved
Pursuant to Sections 25 and 25(a) of the Federal
Reserve Act and Sections 4(c)9 and 4(c)13 of the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended
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Continental Illinois Corporation, Chicago, Illinois,
a Bank Holding Company: to acquire 100.0 percent of
CI Capital (Canada) Limited, Canada.
Republic International Company, Dallas, Texas: permission
to amend Article FOURTH of the Corporation's Articles
of Association to remove the geographical restrictions
which presently confine RIC's operations to Great Britain
and Latin America.
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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
Ranger Financial Corporation, Ranger, Texas, for approval
to acquire 92.22 per cent of the voting shares of First
State Bank, Ranger, Texas.
Approved
F.N.B. Corporation, Sharon, Pennsylvania, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less
directors1 qualifying shares) of the successor by merger
to First National Bank of Mercer County, Greenville,
Pennsylvania.
Mingo Insurance Agency, Mingo, Iowa, for approval to
acquire 80.5 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Mingo Trust and Savings Bank, Mingo, Iowa.
LaCrosse Insurance, Inc., LaCrosse, Kansas, for approval
to acquire 83.2 per cent or more of the voting shares of
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Rush County,
LaCrosse, Kansas.
The George Madison Corporation, Pawnee, Oklahoma, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of The First National Bank of Pawnee, Pawnee,
Oklahoma.
NBC Corporation, Altus, Oklahoma, for approval to acquire
80 per cent of the voting shares of The National Bank of
Commerce of Altus, Altus, Oklahoma.
PBC Financial Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for
approval to acquire 82.4 per cent of the voting shares
of Farmers & Merchants Bank, Eufaula, Oklahoma.
Southwest National Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
for approval to acquire 90 per cent or more of the
voting shares of The Carlsbad National Bank, Carlsbad,
New Mexico, and The Bank of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, New
Mexico, and through acquisition of 100 per cent of the
voting shares (less directorsf qualifying shares) of
Southwest National Bank, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a
proposed new bank.

Denied
Dexter Banking Company, Dexter, Kansas, for approval to
acquire 95 per cent or more of the voting shares of
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Dexter, Kansas,
Dexter, Kansas. The 4(c)(8) application for permission
to retain the assets of the former Kemp-McFall Agency,
Dexter, Kansas, hereby becomes moot.
Withdrawn
On H.2 No. 1 (1975), the Board reported receipt of an
application from Mille Lacs Bancshares, Inc., Onamia,
Minnesota, for approval to acquire 90 per cent of the
voting shares of First State Bank of Onamia, Onamia,
Minnesota. In a letter dated January 15, 1975, Applicant requested that the application be withdrawn.
* * * * *

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Bank of Virginia Company, Richmond, Virginia, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
of Bank of Virginia-Cavalier Country, Albemarle County
(P.O. Charlottesville), Virginia, the successor by
merger to Cavalier-Country Bank, Albemarle County (P.O.
Charlottesville), Virginia.
Mountain Banks, Ltd., Colorado Springs, Colorado, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Mountain National Bank of Aurora, Aurora,
Colorado, a proposed new bank.
Texas American Bancshares Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directorsf qualifying shares) of Gulf Southern
National Bank, Houston, Texas, a proposed new bank.
Approved
Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, for
approval to acquire 50.9 per cent of the voting shares
of Barry County Bank, Cassville, Missouri.
Denied
Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directors' qualifying shares) of The Austin National
Bank, Austin, Texas.




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1975 No. 4
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- 5 Denied Continued
Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors'
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of Oak Hill
National Bank, Oak Hill, Texas, a proposed new bank.
Withdrawn
On H.2 No. 45 (1974), the Board reported receipt of an
application from Fidelity American Bankshares, Inc.,
Lynchburg, Virginia, for approval to acquire 90 per
cent or more of the voting shares of The Citizens
National Bank of Emporia, Emporia, Virginia. In a
letter dated January 16, 1975, Applicant requested
that the application be withdrawn.
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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
**Colonial-American Bankshares Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia,
notification of intent to engage in d_e novo activities
(making, acquiring, and servicing, for its own account
or for the account of others, loans secured principally
by second mortgages on real property; and acting as an
agent in the sale of credit life insurance and accident
and health insurance in connection with such loans) at
2731 Williamson Road, Roanoke, Virginia, through a
subsidiary, Colonial American Mortgage Corporation, and
also at 2112 Colonial Avenue, S.W., Roanoke; 112 South
Jefferson Street, Roanoke; 202 South Jefferson Street,
Roanoke; 7337 Williamson Road, N.W., Roanoke; 3002
Edgewood Street, S.W., Roanoke; 4203 Melrose Avenue,
N.W., Roanoke; 2230 Melrose Avenue, N.W., Roanoke; 112
McClanahan Street, S.W., Roanoke; 2730 Ogden Road, S.W.,
Roanoke; 210 Washington Avenue, Vinton; and 3403
Williamson Road, N.W., Roanoke; all located in
Virginia; through offices of Colonial-American National
Bank.
First Alabama Bancshares, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, for
approval to acquire all of the shares of First Alabama
Life Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona.

**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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- 6 Received Continued
**First National Holding Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as agent, broker, or adviser in leasing personal
property and equipment) at 2 Peachtree Street, Atlanta,
Georgia, through a subsidiary, First South Financial
Corporation.
**First Union, Incorporated, St. Louis, Missouri, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting
as underwriter for credit life and for credit health
and accident insurance which is directly related to
extensions of credit by its wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary, Union Finance Company) at Suite 3300, Valley
Center, Phoenix, Arizona, through a subsidiary, Preferred Life Insurance Company, and will involve insurance
written in connection with extensions of credit made
at the offices of Union Finance Company or its whollyowned subsidiaries in the following locations: 401
Truman Road, Kansas City; 11612 Hickman Mills Drive,
Hickman Mills; 9411 East 63rd, Raytown; 120 South
Liberty, Independence; 1802 Swift, North Kansas City;
845 Boonville, Springfield; and 7837-B Wornall Road,
Kansas City; all located in Missouri.

10

**First National Lincoln Corp., Lincoln, Nebraska, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(industrial banking activities) in Lincoln, Nebraska,
through a subsidiary, First Savings Company of Lincoln.

12

**Rainier Bancorporation (formerly Marine Bancorporation),
Seattle, Washington, notification of intent to relocate
a Portland, Oregon, office of its subsidiary, Rainier
Credit Company (formerly Commerce Credit Company), which
engages In, (making or acquiring, for its own account or
for the account of others, loans and other extensions
of credit, including the making of consumer installment
loans, purchasing consumer installment sales finance
contracts and making of loans to small businesses;
leasing personal property and equipment, or acting as
agent, broker, or adviser in leasing of such property,
where at the inception of the initial lease the effect

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




1-20-75

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1975 No. 4

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of the transaction (and, with respect to 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, from
(1) rentals; (2) estimated tax benefits (investment tax
credit, net economic gain from tax deferral from accelerated depreciation, and other tax benefits with a
substantially similar effect); (3) the estimated residual
value of the property at the expiration of the initial
term of the lease, which in no case shall exceed 20
per cent of the acquisition cost of the property to the
lessor; and (4) in the case of a lease of not more than
seven years in duration, such additional amount, which
shall not exceed 60 per cent of the acquisition cost
of the property, as may be provided by an unconditional
guarantee by a lessee, independent third party or manufacturer, which has been determined by the lessor to
have the financial resources to meet such obligation,
that will assure the lessor of recovery of its investment and cost of financing; acting as insurance agent
or broker with regard to credit life and disability
insurance relating only to extensions of credit by Rainier
Credit Company, secured or unsecured, with the limitation
that the initial amount of such insurance issued with
respect to any debtors may at no time exceed the amount
owed by such debtors) from 11717 N.E. Halsey, Portland,
to 5331 S. W. Macadam, Portland.

12

**Zions Utah Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (operating as an industrial bank under the laws of the State
of Colorado which includes the lending of money to consumers and others; the sale on an optional basis of
credit life, health and accident insurance relating to
such loans; and the acceptance of savings in the form
of passbook accounts and certificate accounts) at 8830
West Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado, through a subsidiary, Lakewood 1st Industrial Bank.

**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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H. 2
1975 No.
Approved
F.N.B. Corporation, Sharon, Pennsylvania, for approval
to acquire the successor by merger to Citizens Budget
C o . — Youngstown, Youngstown, Ohio, and its subsidiaries.
Equitable Bancorporation, Baltimore, Maryland, for approval to acquire all of the voting shares of Equiban
Life Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona.
7

Mingo Insurance Agency, Inc., Mingo, Iowa, for permission
to continue to engage in the activities of a general
insurance agency in a community with a population not
exceeding 5,000 persons.

10

LaCrosse Insurance, Inc., LaCrosse, Kansas, for approval
to acquire LaCrosse Insurance Agency, LaCrosse, Kansas.

10

PBC Financial Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for
approval to continue to engage in finance company
activities at one location in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

2

2

Delayed
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
1-21-75
engage in de novo activities (acting as special purpose
leasing corporation for specific leasing transactions
with a single customer in that connection to hold legal
title to personal property) at 399 Park Avenue, New York,
New York, through its subsidiary, Citicorp Leasing (Alyeska),
Inc.
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
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engage in de novo activities (making consumer installment personal loans, purchasing consumer installment
sales finance contracts; and acting as broker for the
sale of consumer credit related life/accident and health
insurance and consumer credit related property and casualty
insurance; if this proposal is effected, Nationwide
Financial Corporation of Montana will offer to sell insurance as follows: (a) group credit life/accident and
health insurance to cover the outstanding balances of
loans to borrowers in the event of their death, or,
to make the contractual monthly payments on the loans
in the event of the borrower's disability; (b) individual
physical damage insurance on personal property subject
to security agreements (including liability only when
such insurance is sold as part of an insurance package
on such property); further, in regard to the sale of
credit related insurance, Nationwide Financial Corporation
of Montana will not offer insurance counseling) at the
intersection of Amherst and Harrison Avenues, Butte, Montana.

**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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1975 No. 4
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**Crocker National Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to engage in cie novo activities
(acting as an insurance agent or broker with respect
to (i) any insurance for Crocker National Corporation
and its subsidiaries, (ii) any insurance to protect the
value of assets being financed or leased by Crocker
National Corporation or its subsidiaries, including fire
and extended coverage insurance, liability insurance,
homeowner1s insurance, performance bonds connected with
construction loans, boiler and machinery insurance, theft
insurance, collision and comprehensive insurance, surety
bonds and marine property insurance, and (iii) any insurance that is otherwise sold as a matter of convenience
to the purchaser) at One Montgomery Street, San Francisco,
California, through a subsidiary, CNC Insurance Agency,
Inc.

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12

**Crocker National Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities
(acting as an insurance agent or broker with respect
to mortgage guarantee insurance and mortgage life and
disability insurance on the life or health of a borrower
of Crocker National Corporation or its subsidiaries
when Crocker National Corporation or a subsidiary is
a beneficiary of the insurance) at One Montgomery Street,
San Francisco, California, through a subsidiary, CNC
Insurance Agency, Inc.

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**Crocker National Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as an insurance agent or broker with respect
to credit life and credit disability insurance on life
or health of a borrower or lessee of Crocker National
Corporation or its subsidiaries where Crocker National
Corporation or a subsidiary is the beneficiary of the
insurance) at One Montgomery Street, San Francisco,
California, through a subsidiary, CNC Insurance Agency,
Inc.

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Permitted
^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

**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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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; 192 South Main Street, Bowling Green;
123 Golden Gate Shopping Center, Mawmee; Great Lakes
Mall, Room 242, 7850 Mentor Avenue, Mentor; Perkins
Plaza, Store 5, Perkins Avenue, Sandusky; and Kamm's
Plaza, 3766 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland; all located
in Ohio; through its indirect subsidiary, Signal
Mortgage Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio.

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**United Penn Corporation, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to continue to engage in de novo
activities (making loans under the Pennsylvania Consumer Discount Act up to $3,500 and the sale of credit
insurance (life, health and disability insurance) which
is directly related to such consumer loans) at the East
End Shopping Center, 500 Scott Street, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, through its subsidiary, Valley Consumer
Discount Company.

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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 or accident insurance
that is directly related to the provision of other financial services by a bank or bank related firm) at
Selma and Hartselle, 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

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**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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or a bank related firm; credit life or 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 Bayou La Batre, Alabama, through
a subsidiary, FAB Agency, Inc.

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**First Tennessee National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee,
notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities
(acting as agent or broker with respect to credit life
insurance, credit accident and health insurance and
comprehensive physical damage insurance on motor vehicles,
mobile homes, and recreational vehicles which have been
pledged as collateral for extensions of credit by the
holding company or its subsidiaries) at 55 North Danny
Thomas Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, through a subsidiary,
Crown Agency Corporation, St. Louis County, Missouri.

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12

**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(purchasing wholesale and retail sales finance contracts
on vehicles, mobile homes, pleasure equipment, and home
improvements; acting as agent or broker for the sale of
credit insurance in connection with extensions of credit
by FinanceAmerica Service Corporation) at 128 East 6th
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, through its indirect subsidiary,
FinanceAmerica Service Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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12

**First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, 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
such as are normally made by a mortgage company; and
servicing of such accounts for itself and for others)
at 5050 North 19th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, and 2500
Louisiana Boulevard, Albuquerque, New Mexico, through
its subsidiary, Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation.

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**Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in dje novo activities
(leasing and/or financing of personal property and
equipment and real property; or acting as agent, broker,
or adviser in the leasing and/or financing of such

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**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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1975 No. 4

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property, where at the inception of the initial lease
the effect of the transaction (and with respect to
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.

12

**U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (acting as insurance agent
with regard to the transaction of life and health insurance relating only to the employees of the holding
company and its subsidiaries) at 309 S.W. Sixth Avenue,
Portland, Oregon, through a subsidiary, Mt. Hood Credit
Life Insurance Agency, Inc.

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12

**U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (acting as insurance agent
with regard to the transaction of nonfiling insurance
in lieu of, and protecting the holding company and its
subsidiaries against the consequences of, not filing,
not recording, or otherwise not perfecting any security
interest or lien in connection with extensions of credit)
at 309 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon, through a
subsidiary, Mt. Hood Credit Life Insurance Agency, Inc.

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Reactivated
**First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts,
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notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(providing bookkeeping or data processing services for
the internal operations of First National Boston Corporation and its subsidiaries, storing and processing
banking, financial, or related economic data, such as
performing payroll, accounts receivable or payable, or
billing services for others and providing all such other
data processing services and engaging in all such other
activities as are presently permissible as incidental
activities) on Edison Drive, Maine Turnpike Shopping
Center off Whitten Road and 331 Water Street, Augusta,
Maine, through a subsidiary, Firstbank Data Services,
Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, and through certain subsidiaries of Firstbank Data Services, Inc., including
First of Boston Computeristics, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.

**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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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(purchasing wholesale and retail sales finance contracts
on vehicles, mobile homes, pleasure equipment, and home
improvements; acting as agent or broker for the sale
of credit insurance in connection with extensions of
credit by FinanceAmerica Service Corporation) at 128 East
6th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, through its indirect subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Service Corporation, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Withdrawn
Provident National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
for approval to acquire voting shares of CF International
Inc., New York, New York.
* * * * *

6

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**Phoenix, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, notification of intent to
merge with Southeastern Capital Corporation.
* * * * *

Other Actions of the Board
Reduction in reserve requirements on the net demand deposits of member commercial banks.
Clarification of the Board's Order of November 12, 1974,
concerning the stock ownership of Fairfax County National
Bank, Falls Church, Virginia, by American Security Corporation, Washington, D.C.
***Belington Bank, Belington, West Virginia, to make an invest
ment in bank premises.
***Sun Bank of Ocala, Ocala, Florida, to increase its investment in bank premises.
**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority




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1975 No. 4

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Continued
***First International Bancshares, Inc. , Dallas, Texas,
extension of time to April 25, 1975, in which to consummate the acquisition of Bank of Almeda, Texas.
***First International Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Texas, extension of time to April 30, 1975, in which to consummate the acquisition of Nassau Bay Bank of Clear Lake,
Clear Lake City (P.O. Houston), Texas.
***Intermountian Bankshares Company, Charleston, West Virginia, extension of time in which to become a bank
holding company through acquisition of Kanawha Banking
Company, N.A., Charleston, and Community Bank and Trust,
N.A., Fairmont, West Virginia.
***Mercantile Bancorporation, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, extension of time, to and including April 1, 1975, to
acquire at least 90 per cent of the voting shares, plus
directors' qualifying shares, of Salisbury Savings Bank,
Salisbury, Missouri.
***Bank of Virginia-Central, Richmond, Virginia, extension
of time within which to establish a branch at 4840
Laburnum Avenue, Henrico County, Virginia.
***Isabella Bank and Trust, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, extension of time to September 9, 1975, within which to
establish a branch at 2133 South Mission Street, Union
Township, Michigan.
***Liberty Trust Company of Maryland, Cumberland, Maryland,
extension of time within which to establish a branch in
the Gee Bee Shopping Center Complex, Cumberland, Maryland.
***Provident Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio, extension of time until
November 16, 1975, within which to establish its branch
at 4400-4610 Montgomery Road, Norwood, Hamilton County,
Ohio.
***United California Bank, Los Angeles, California, extension
of time to July 28, 1975, within which to establish
branch in the vicinity of Main Street and Beach Boulevard, Huntington Beach, California, provided operations
at existing office, 309 Main Street, Huntington Beach,
are discontinued simultaneously with opening at new
location.

***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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Continued
***United Virginia Bank of Williamsburg, Williamsburg,
Virginia, extension of time within which to establish
a branch at the intersection of U.S. Route 60 and
Black1s Crossing, James City County, Virginia.
***Valley Bank of New York, Valley Stream, New York, extension of time within which to establish a branch in the
vicinity of the intersection of Middle Country Road and
Yaphank Road, Town of Brookhaven, New York.
Mingo Valley National Bank, Tulsa, Oklahoma, proposed
merger with Guaranty National Bank, Tulsa, Oklahoma;
report to the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive
factors.
Union Savings Bank, Grand Mound, Iowa, proposed purchase
of assets and assumption of liabilities by First National
Bank, Clinton, Iowa; report to the Comptroller of
the Currency on competitive factors.

***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.