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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
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During the Week Ending July 26, 1975

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Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank, Flint, Michigan

7-21-75

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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The Cleveland Trust Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Branch
to be established at 2040 Adalbert Road, Cleveland,
Cuyahoga County.

4

The Home Banking Company, Saint Marys, Ohio. Branch to
be established at 228 East South Street, Saint Marys,
Auglaize County.

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Bank of the James, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia. Branch to
be established at 13900 Patterson Avenue, Goochland
County.

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The Detroit Bank & Trust Company, Detroit, Michigan.
Branch to be established at 2075 West Big Beaver Road,
Troy, Oakland County.

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Valley Bank of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, Branch to be
established at the Northeast corner of Spring Mountain
Road and Industrial Road, Las Vegas, Clark County.




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- 2United California Bank, Los Angeles, California.
to be established at the following locations.

Branches

A.

To be established in the vicinity of the intersection
of Mooney Boulevard and Caldwell Avenue in the city
of Visalia, Tulare County.

B.

To be established in the vicinity of the intersection
of Treat Boulevard and Bancroft Road In the Unincorporated
community of Lower Ygnacio Valley, Conra Costa County.

Approved
*American Trust and Savings Bank, Dubuque, Iowa. Branch
to be established at Rockdage Road and Maquoketa Drive
in the unincorporated area of Dubuque County.
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To establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
The Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, New York,
New York: a branch in Denmark, to be located in
Copenhagen.
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Thirty Day Notice of Intention to Establish an
Additional Branch in a Foreign Country
Received
The Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, New York,
New York: an additional branch in Puerto Rico, to
be located in the City of Mayaques.
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*Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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- 3Xnternational 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
Bank of America, New York, New York: to acquire 100 per
cent of BA Financial Services Limited, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
First National City Bank, New York, New York: an
additional investment in its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Caribbean Merchant Bank Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica.
First National City Overseas Investment Corporation,
New York, New York: to continue to hold the shares of
Investors Finance Corporation, Makati, Rizal, Philippines,
after the latter issues additional debt obligations.
Marine Midland International Corporation, New York, New
York: to acquire 100 per cent of a joint service organization (G.I.E.) in Paris, France.
State of New York Banking Department, New York, New York:
views of the Board re an agency in New York City by
Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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To Merge Pursuant to Section 18(c) of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
Approved
*The Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia for
prior written consent to merge with New Bank of
Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.

*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
Midwest Bancshares, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri, for
approval to acquire 3,215 shares of the voting shares of
Dexter National Bank, Dexter, Missouri.
Approved
Kansas State Bancshares, Inc., Manhattan, Kansas, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent of the voting shares of
Kansas State Bank of Manhattan, Manhattan, Kansas.
Returned
"Trust B" under the Last Will and Testament of Ralph R.
Kriesel, Deceased, St. Paul, Minnesota, for approval to
acquire 39.06 per cent of the voting shares of First
National Bank in Anoka, Anoka, Minnesota and 19.20 per
cent of the voting shares of First State Bank of Spring
Lake Park, Spring Lake Park, Minnesota.
"Trust B-l" under the Last Will and Testament of Ralph R.
Kriesel, Deceased, St. Paul, Minnesota, for approval to
acquire 37.08 per cent of the voting shares of The First
National Bank of Hudson, Hudson, Wisconsin.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
CleveTrust Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent (less directors' qualifying shares)
of the voting shares of the successor by merger to The
City Bank, Kent, Ohio.
Manufacturers National Corporation, Detroit, Michigan,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares of the successor by consolidation to Bay City
Bank & Trust Company, Bay City, Michigan.
First Banc Group, Inc., Creve Coeur, Missouri, for approval
to acquire 76 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Commonwealth Bank, Wentzville, Missouri.

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Withdrawn
First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas,
for approval to acquire 87.8 per cent or more of the
voting shares of First Greenville National Bank, Greenville, Texas. In a letter dated July 16, 1975, Applicant
requested that the application be withdrawn.
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To Retain Bank Shares Acquired in a Fiduciary Capacity
Pursuant to Section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act
of 1956
Received
Texas American Bancshares, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, for
permission to retain 120 shares of Bank of Fort Worth,
Fort Worth, Texas.
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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
**Equitable Bancorporation, Baltimore, Maryland, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (selling by-products of the development of programs for
permissable data processing activities to banking
institutions) in the Munsel Building, Calvert and
Fayette Streets, Baltimore, Maryland.
**York State Company, York, Nebraska, notification of intent
to shift de novo activities (acting as insurance agent
or broker with respect to credit life and credit accident
and health insurance, the purpose of which is to provide
loan or repayment funds in the event of loss or income
or other inability of a borrower from the bank to repay
indebtedness) from its subsidiary bank, York State Bank,
York, Nebraska, to the bank holding company.

**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
Federated Capital Corporation, Houston, Texas, for
approval to acquire the shares of Financial Protection
Insurance Company of Texas, Houston, Texas.
**Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
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 making consumer installment personal loans,
purchasing consumer installment sales finance contracts,
making loans to small businesses and other extensions of
credit such as would be made by a factoring company or a
commercial finance company; and acting as broker or
agent for the sale of consumer related life/accident and
health insurance and consumer related property and
casualty insurance) at 1111 Town and Country Road,
Orange, California, through its subsidiary, Security
Pacific Finance Corp.

7- 3-75

Approved
The Central Bancorporation, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, for
approval to acquire all of the voting shares of The
Shawnee Life Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona.
Permitted
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
relocate de novo activities (the purchasing and servicing for its own account of 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 on purchased consumer installment sales
finance contracts; said insurance will only be offered
when such transactions are the equivalent of direct
extensions of consumer credit by the subsidiary; if this
proposal is effected, the subsidiary will offer to sell
insurance as follows: (a) group credit life/accident
and health insurance to cover the outstanding balances
on consumer installment sales finance contracts to
obligators, singly or jointly with their spouses or cosigners in the case of life coverage, in the event of
death, or, to make the contractual monthly payments on
consumer installment sales finance transactions in the
event of the obligators' disability to the extent per-

**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
missible under applicable State insurance laws and
regulations; (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, the
subsidiary will not act as a general insurance agency)
from 2085 West 3500 South, Granger, Utah, to 1361 South
State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, through its subsidiary,
Nationwide Financial Corporation of Utah.
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**Omaha National Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (the business
of leasing personal property, or acting as agent, broker,
or adviser in leasing such property; and also including
the making and servicing of leases between individuals,
partnerships, trusts, corporations, and other business
entities for the purpose of engaging in the leasing of
personal property; such personal property leasing activities will serve as the functional equivalent of an
extension of credit to the lessee of the property, the
property to be leased will be acquired specifically for
the leasing transaction under consideration on a nonoperating basis, and at the inception of the initial
lease, the effect of the transaction will yield a return
that will compensate the lessor for not less than the
lessor's full investment in the property over the term
of the lease) at Farnam at Seventeenth Street, Omaha,
Nebraska, through a subsidiary, Leasebanc Financial
Corporation.
Reactivated
**Ridge Bancorporation of Wisconsin, Greendale, Wisconsin,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as an insurance agent or broker with respect to
any insurance that is directly related to an extension
of credit by or through Ridge Financial Corporation or
is directly related to the provision of other financial
services by Ridge Financial Corporation) in Milwaukee
and Greendale, Wisconsin, through a subsidiary, Ridge
Financial Corporation.

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




7-21-75

7-23-75

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**Ridge Bancorporation of Wisconsin, Greendale, Wisconsin,
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 issuing letters of credit and accepting
drafts), such as would be made by a finance company;
servicing loans and other extensions of credit for any
person; and acting as an insurance agent or broker with
respect to any insurance that is directly related to an
extension of credit by or through Ridge Financial
Corporation or is directly related to the provision of
other financial services by Ridge Financial Corporation)
in Glendale, Wisconsin, through a subsidiary, Ridge
Financial Corporation.
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Other Actions of the Board
Statement by Chairman Arthur F. Burns before the House
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Statement by Governor Robert C. Holland before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on July 22,
1975.
Statement by Governor Henry C. Wallich before the Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary
Policy of the House Banking, Currency and Housing Committee and Subcommittee on International Economics of
the Joint Economic Committee, Hearing on "Problems of
International Monetary Reform and Exchange Rate Management'1.
Fair Credit Billing Amendments to the Truth in Lending Act,
the Board scheduled an informal hearing, to take place
August 5 and 6, on revised proposals for regulations to
implement the amendments, written comment on the proposals
will be received through August 12, 1975.
Euclid Bank, N.A., Euclid, Ohio, proposed merger with Euclid
National Bank, Euclid, Ohio, report to the Comptroller
of the Currency on competitive factors.
**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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Continued
First National Bank and Trust Company of Ellenville,
Ellenville, New York, proposed merger with Highland
National Bank of Newburgh, Newburgh, New York, report to
the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive factors.
Bristol Savings Bank, Bristol, New Hampshire, proposed
acquisition by The First National Bank of Bristol,
Bristol, New Hampshire, report to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation on competitive factors.
Peninsula National Bank, Burlingame, California, proposed
merger with The Westlands Bank, Santa Ana, California,
report to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on
competitive factors.
MDB Bank, Yellow Springs, Ohio, proposed merger with The
Miami Deposit Bank, Yellow Springs, Ohio, report to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive
factors.
Southern California First National Bank, San Diego, California, proposed acquisition by The Bank of Tokyo of
California, San Francisco, California, report to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive
factors.
First Tennessee National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee,
extension of the divestiture period for the "Stray
Winds" property, such property should be divested no
later than December 31, 1975.
Northwest Bancorporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, order for
hearing, pursuant to a decision by the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, on the application
to acquire T. G. Evensen and Associates, a corporation
which provides financial and investment advice to State
and local governments, the hearing will commence at
10:00 a.m. on September 16, 1975, at the Federal Reserve
Bank of Minneapolis, and it will be open to the public.
***Citizens Commercial Corporation, Flint, Michigan, extension
of time to November 4, 1975, within which to acquire
Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank, Flint, Michigan.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority•




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Continued
***Country Agencies and Investments, Inc., Odessa, Missouri,
extension of time to August 23, 1975, within which to
consummate the acquisition of an additional 26.5 per
cent of the voting shares of La Monte Community Bank, La
Monte, Missouri.
***Country Agencies and Investments, Inc., Odessa, Missouri,
extension of time to August 23, 1975, within which to
consummate the acquisition of an additional 25.33 per
cent of the voting shares of Bank of Odessa, Odessa,
Missouri.
***Dauphin Deposit Corporation, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
extension of time to November 1, 1975, within which to
consummate acquisition of 100 per cent (less directors1
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of Dauphin
Deposit Trust Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
***First Alabama Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, extension of time until November 5, 1975, for acquisition
of shares of The Citizens Bank, Moulton, Alabama.
***First International Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Texas, request for an additional extension of time to October 22,
1975, in which to consummate the acquisition of Nassau
Bay National Bank of Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, Texas.
***First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, extension
of time until October 31, 1975, within which to comply
with BoardT s divestiture order of First Security Savings
and Loan Association, Pocatello, Idaho.
***NCNB Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, extension of
time in which it may acquire outstanding shares of
capital stock of American Trust Company, Inc., Camden,
South Carolina.
***Sun Banks of Florida, Inc., Orlando, Florida, extension of
time until November 13, 1975, within which to acquire
Peoples Bank of Broward County, Tamarac, Florida.
***Vici Bancorporation, Vici, Oklahoma, extension of time until
September 16, 1975, within which to consummate the
acquisition of The Bank of Vici, Vici, Oklahoma.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Continued
***Columbia Bank of Tampa, Tampa, Florida, to make ail investment in bank premises.
***Long Island Trust Company, Garden City, New York, to make
an investment in bank premises.
***0berlin Savings Bank Company, Oberlin, Ohio, to make an
investment in bank premises.
***Half Dollar
extension
establish
Wheeling,

Trust and Savings Bank, Wheeling, West Virginia,
of time until January 1, 1976, within which to
its branch between 1045 and 1053 Market Street,
West Virginia.

***Bank of Suffolk County, Stony Brook, New York, extension of
time to establish a branch in the immediate vicinity of
the intersection of Stony Brook Road and Route 374,
Stony Brook, also requesting an extension of time to
establish a public accommodation office at the intersection
of First Avenue and Second Street, St. James, New York.
***United California Bank, Los Angeles, California, extension
of time to January 25, 1976, within which to establish a
branch in the vicinity of Golf Club and Old Quarry
Roads, Pleasant Hill, California.
***United California Bank, Los Angeles, California, extension of
time to January 28, 1976, within which to establish a
branch in the vicinity of Main Street and Beach Boulevard,
Huntington Beach, California, provided operations at
existing office at 309 Main Street, Huntington Beach,
are discontinued simultaneously with opening at the new
location.
***United Virginia Bank, Richmond, Virginia, extension of time
in which to establish a branch at 946 East Washington
Street, Petersburg, Virginia.
***Union Commerce Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, extension of time until
February 26, 1976, within which to establish its branch
in the Investment Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio.
***Chemical Bank, New York, New York, request for permission to
establish a branch at One United Nations Plaza, Borough
of Manhattan, New York, New York.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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***First National City Overseas Investment Corporation, New
York, New York, extension of time within which to establish a branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
***First National City Bank, New York, New York, extension of
time within which to complete investment in Gesellschaft
Fur Transatlantische Beteiligungen MBH, Frankfurt,
Germany.

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