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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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Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Sears Bank and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois

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Union Bank, Los Angeles, California

6-9-75

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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The Peoples State Bank of Holland, Holland, Michigan.
Branch to be established in the vicinity of
501 West Main, Holland Township, Ottawa County.
Denied by State
Peapack-Gladstone Bank, Gladstone, New Jersey. Branch
to be established at 155 Morristown Road, Bernardsville,
Somerset County.
United Counties Trust Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Branch
to be established at 44-50 Church Street, Borough of
of Little Silver, Monmouth County.
Approved
*0ld Kent Bank and Trust Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Branch to be established in the vicinity of 6650
East Fulton Street, Ada Township, Kent County.
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*Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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-2To establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
First National Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis,
Minnesota: a branch in George Town, Grand Cayman,
Cayman Islands, to be located in George Town.
Approved
Republic National Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas:
a branch in the Republic of Singapore, to be located
in Singapore.
Rainier National Bank, Seattle, Washington: a branch
in the Republic of Singapore, to be located in Singapore.
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Thirty Day Notice of Intention to Establish an
Additional Branch in a Foreign Country
Received
Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, New York,
New York: an additional branch in the Republic of
Panama, to be located in the Colone Free Zone.
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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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Bankers International Corporation, New York, New York:
to acquire 100.0 per cent of B.T, International (Nigeria)
Ltd., a representative office, Lagos, Nigeria.

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Walter E. Heller International Corporation, Chicago, Illinois,
a bank holding company: an additional investment to
increase its ownership from 63.0 per cent to 83.4 per cent
in H. & H. Factors Limited, Croydon, England.




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Detroit Bank & Trust International, Detroit, Michigan:
to continue to hold the shares of Indianhead Financial
Services Limited, Toronto, Canada, after the latter
issues debt obligations.
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To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
First Penn Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for
approval to acquire 50,929 shares of the voting shares
of Penn Square Bank, N.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Columbia Bancshares, Inc., El Paso, Texas, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less
directors1 qualifying shares) of First State Bank,
Crane, Texas.
Ranco Bancshares, Inc., Spur, Texas, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of Spur Security Bank,
Spur, Texas.
Approved
Full Service Insurance Agency, Inc., Buxton, North
Dakota, for approval to acquire 83.2 per cent or more
of the voting shares of First State Bank of Buxton,
Buxton, North Dakota.
C.S.B. Co., Cozad, Nebraska, for approval to acquire
80 per cent or more of the voting shares of Cozad
State Bank and Trust Company, Cozad, Nebraska.
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.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Winters National Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of Euclid
National Bank, Euclid, Ohio.
Old Kent Financial Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares of Old Kent Bank of Grandville, Grandville,
Michigan, a proposed new bank.







Received Continued
Old Kent Financial Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares of Old Kent Bank of Wyoming, Wyoming, Michigan,
a proposed new bank.
First State Banking Corporation, Alcester, South Dakota,
for approval to acquire 622 shares of the voting
shares of State Bank of Alcester, Alcester, South
Dakota.
Ameribanc Inc., St. Joseph, Missouri, for approval to
acquire 90 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Farmers State Bank of Princeton, Missouri, Princeton,
Missouri.
D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of
First National Bank in Craig, Craig, Colorado, a proposed new bank.
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron
Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers,
Kansas City, Kansas, for approval to acquire
additional shares up to 32,000 of the voting shares
of The Brotherhood State Bank, Kansas City, Kansas.
Approved
DETROITBANK Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of The
Detroit Bank - Troy, Troy, Michigan, a proposed new
bank.
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors'
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of M&I Bank
of Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, a proposed new bank.
Arizona Equities, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona, for approval
to acquire an additional 3.2 per cent of the voting
shares of The Arizona Bank, Phoenix, Arizona.
Denied
United Banks of Colorado, Inc., Denver, Colorado, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of The First National Bank in Golden, Golden,
Colorado.

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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
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, consumer credit related property and casualty
insurance and 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: 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 co-signers 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 obligators1 disability to the extent permissible
under applicable State insurance laws and regulations;
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 W.
3500 South, Granger, Utah, to 1361 South State Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah, through its subsidiary, Nationwide
Financial Corporation of Utah.
**Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, Florida, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making consumer loans as authorized under the Florida
Consumer Finance Act (Florida Statutes Chapter 516)
and extending credit secured from time to time by second
mortgages; and engaging in the activities of an insurance
agency with respect to the sale of credit life and credit
accident and health insurance directly related to an
extension of credit by Southeast Consumer Finance, Inc.)
in Jacksonville and Tampa, Florida, through a subsidiary,
Southeast Consumer Finance, 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
**Citizens Fidelity Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(the leasing of real property and personal property
and equipment, and acting as agent, broker, or adviser
in the leasing of such property) at Citizens Plaza 500,
West Jefferson Street; Kentucky Home Life Building,
Fifth and Jefferson Streets; and 419 West Jefferson
Street; all located in Louisville, Kentucky; through
a subsidiary, Citizens Fidelity Leasing Corporation.

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First State Banking Corporation, Aleester, South Dakota,
for approval to acquire the assets of The McKellips
Company, Alcester, South Dakota.
Hanston Insurance Agency, Inc., Hanston, Kansas, for
permission to retain the assets of Hanston Insurance
Agency, Hanston, Kansas, and to continue to engage in
the general insurance agency business.
Approved
Full Service Insurance Agency, Inc., Buxton, North Dakota,
for permission to retain its general insurance agency
activities.
Victoria Bankshares, Inc., Victoria, Texas, for approval
to acquire all of the voting shares of Central Computers,
Inc., Victoria, Texas.
Delayed
**The Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as equipment leasing and financing corporation;
and as agent, broker, or adviser in connection with the
leasing or financing of personal property, all such
leases to be on a full payout basis) at 9950 West
Lawrence Avenue, Schiller Park, Illinois, through its
subsidiary, Chase Manhattan Leasing Corporation.
Virginia National Bankshares, Inc., Norfolk, Virginia,
notification of intent to engage in de^ novo activities
(acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to
the following types of insurance related to or arising
out of loans made or credit transactions involving an
affiliate or subsidiary of Virginia National Bankshares,
Inc.: (1) credit life insurance and credit accident
and health insurance; (2) physical damage insurance

**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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on mobile homes or other similar vehicles; (3) mortgage redemption insurance; (4) single premium decreasing
term life insurance; and (5) vendor's single interest
physical damage insurance for motor vehicles, boats,
trailers and other kinds of personal property or attachments designed for use in connection therewith) at
One Commercial Place, Norfolk, Virginia, through a
subsidiary, VNB Insurance Agency, Inc.; its activities
will be conducted through offices in Virginia and North
Carolina.

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Permitted
**Chittenden Corporation, Burlington, Vermont, motification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (making or
acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, commercial construction loans and other extensions of credit such as stand-by mortgage loan
commitments to finance the construction of incomeproducing property including office buildings, shopping
centers, hotels, motels, and industrial parks; and
making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, residential construction loans to
finance the construction of apartment houses, cooperatives,
condominiums, and residential developments; and servicing loans and other extensions of credit) at Two
Burlington Square, Burlington, Vermont, through a subsidiary, Chittenden Realty Credit Corporation.
**Crocker National Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(mortgage banking activities, including the making and
servicing of mortgage loans for its own account and
the account of others) at 230 - 4th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, through its subsidiary, Schumacher
Mortgage Company.
Reactivated
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (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;

**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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if this proposal is effected, the subsidiary will
offer to sell insurance as follows: (a) group credit
life/accident and health or individual decreasing or
level (in the case of single payment loans) term life
insurance to cover the outstanding balances of consumer
credit transactions, singly or jointly with their
spouses or co-signers in the case of life coverage, in
the event of death, or, to make the contractual monthly
payments on the consumer credit transactions in the
event of the obligators1 disability to the extent permissible under applicable State insurance laws and
regulations; (b) individual casualty insurance on personal property, subject to security agreements; and
to include liability coverage in home or automobile
owner package policies where such is the general practice; further, in regard to the sale of credit related
insurance, the subsidiary will not act as a general
insurance agency) at Foothills Convenience Center at
the intersection of Swallow Road and South College
Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, through a subsidiary
of its subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Services Corporation, called Ft. Collins Industrial Bank.

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**First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, not!fication of intent to relocate Empire Thrift & Loan
Company, which engages in (lending activities) from
709 West Broadway, Minneapolis, Minnesota to 6120
Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Withdrawn
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
relocate cte 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 Colorado 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 loans in the event of the borrowers disability; (b) individual physidal damage insurance on
personal property subject to security agreements

**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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Withdrawn Continued
(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 Colorado
will not offer insurance counseling) from 5703 E.
Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado to 11470 East Colfax,
Aurora, Colorado, through its subsidiary, Nationwide
Financial Corporation of Colorado.
**First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(insurance activities directly related to its lending
activities) at 6120 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center,
Minnesota, through a subsidiary, Empire Thrift & Loan
Company.

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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
^Berkshire Hathaway Inc., New Bedford, Massachusetts,
notification of intent to acquire, directly or indirectly, more than 5 per cent of the outstanding
voting stock of Booth Newspapers, Inc., Ann Arbor,
Michigan, a company that publishes daily newspapers
in Michigan and owns a television station in Indiana.
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Other Actions of the Board
S. 1281, the "Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975",
letter to Honorable William Proxmire, Chairman,
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs, stating Board? s views on the bill.
Establishment of a Federal Reserve Board Publications
Committee to replace the existing staff Editorial
Committee.
**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
Order prohibiting Louis J. Roussel from participating
in the conduct of the affairs of the National American
Bank of New Orleans; dismissal of charges against Louie
J. Roussel, III,
Authorization for FRBank of Richmond to acquire land in
Baltimore as the site of a new branch.
Extension of time until July 10, 1975, for comment on
Board's proposed regulation to prohibit the use of
banks of credit practices the Federal Trade Commission
has declared to be unfair.
First State National Bank, Jackson, South Carolina, proposed acquisition by First-Citizens Bank and Trust
Company of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina,
report to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on
competitive factors.
Midlantic National Bank/Somerset, Bernardsville, New Jersey,
proposed merger with Midlantic National Bank/Morris,
Morristown, New Jersey, report to the Comptroller of
the Currency on competitive factors.
***Sun Banks of Florida, Inc., Orlando, Florida, extension
of time until October 1, 1975, within which to acquire
and open for business, The Bank of Lake Buena Vista,
Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
***Pulaski Investment Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas,
extension of time until June 23, 1975, in which to
file its registration statement.
***Termination as a registered lender under Regulation G
for Clinton Oil Company, Wichita, Kansas.
^^Termination as a registered lender under Regulation G
for Dynavest, Inc., Denton, Texas.
***Security State Bank of Basin, Basin, Wyoming, to make an
investment in bank premises.
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Continued
***Fidelity Bank, Rosemont, Pennsylvania, extension of time
of six months from July 1, 1975, within which to establish
a branch at 90 North Main Street, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
***Merchants Bank of New York, New York, granted permission to
exercise trust powers.
***Bamerical International Financial Corporation, San Francisco,
California, extension of time to December 12, 1975, within
which to acquire 33-1/3 per cent of the shares of a de
novo finance company in Ecuador.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.