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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 March 20, 1976

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Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
United Counties Trust Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey
(February 1976)
Union Bank & Trust Company, Montgomery, Alabama
(March 1976)

To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Bank of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Approved
*01ton State Bank, Olton, Texas

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-Valley Bank and Trust Company, South Salt Lake, Utah

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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
Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Stanley, Wisconsin

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Denied
* Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Stanley, Wisconsin
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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 a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
-Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company/Central New York,
Ontario, New York. Branches to be established at
the following locations:
A.

To be established in the immediate neighborhood
of Lyell Avenue and Howard Road, Town of
Gates, Monroe County.

B.

To be established in the immediate neighborhood
of Tart Road and Route 11, Village of North
Syracuse, Town of Clay, Onondaga County.

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"Merchants & Farmers Bank, Columbus, Mississippi. Branch
to be established on New Hope Road in the New Hope
Community (unincorporated), Lowndes County.

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^United California Bank, Los Angeles, California. To
establish a Three Lane Drive-up facility to be located
across the street from the Inglewood main office at
the corner of Regent and Market Streets, Inglewood.
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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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Bank of America, New
hold the shares of
(formerly known as
Chile, after FINAM

York, New York: to continue to
Financiera FINAM de Chile, S.A.
Financiera America, S.A.), Santiago,
issues debt obligations.

Hawaii Bancorporation, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii: investment - additional in Marianas Finance Corporation,
Agana, Guam.
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^Applications 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
Dorset Bancshares, Inc., Dorset, Minnesota, for approval to acquire 81.5 per cent of the voting shares of
Farmers State Bank of Dorset, Dorset (P.O. Park Rapids),
Minnesota.
One Corporation, New Richmond, Wisconsin, for approval
to acquire 87.8 per cent of the voting shares of The
First National Bank of New Richmond, New Richmond,
Wisconsin.
Tioga Bank Holding Company, Tioga, North Dakota, for
approval to acquire 98 per cent of the voting shares of
The Bank of Tioga, Tioga, North Dakota.
El Dorado Bancshares, Inc., Prairie Village, Kansas,
for approval to acquire 98 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Citizens State Bank of El Dorado, El
Dorado, Kansas.
Approved
CU Bank Shares, Inc., Dallas, Texas, for approval to
acquire 99 per cent or more of the voting shares (less
director's qualifying shares) of Town North National
Bank, Farmers Branch, Texas.
Withdrawn
CAPCO Corporation, Lincoln, Nebraska, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent (less directors 1 qualifying shares)
of the voting shares of Citizens State Bank, Lincoln,
Nebraska.

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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
Valley of Virginia Bankshares, Inc., Harrisonburg,
Virginia, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of the
successor by merger to The First National Bank of
Troutville, Troutville, Virginia.

Received Continued
Florida Bankshares, Inc., Hollywood, Florida, for approval to acquire 23.8 per cent of the voting shares of
First National Bank of Sebring, Sebring, Florida.
The Royal Trust Company, Montreal, Canada, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
The First Bank of Gulfport, Gulfport, Florida.
American Affiliates, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, for approval to retain 3.832 per cent of the voting shares and
to acquire an additional 3.739 per cent of the voting
shares of American National Bank and Trust Company of
South Bend, South Bend, Indiana.
Approved
Landmark Banking Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Landmark Bank of Pompano Beach, N.A.,
Pompano Beach, Florida, a proposed new bank which will
acquire the majority of the assets and assume all of the
deposits and certain of the other liabilities of The Security State Bank of Pompano Beach, Pompano Beach,
Florida.
Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directors T qualifying shares) of Commerce Bank of
Grandview, National Association, Grandview, Missouri, a
proposed new bank.
Denied
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of Blackstone
Valley National Bank, Northbridge, Massachusetts.
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, Florida, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Worth Avenue National Bank, Palm Beach, Florida.




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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
**Chemical New York Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities (making of direct loans and purchasing sales finance contracts representing extensions of credit such as would
be made or acquired by a finance company; and acting as
agent for the sale of credit life insurance, credit
accident and health insurance, and credit related property and casualty insurance issued in connection with
extensions of credit; if this proposal is effected, Sun
Finance Company will offer to sell insurance as follows:
group credit life/accident and health insurance to cover
the outstanding balances of extensions of credit to
borrowers in the event of their death, or, to make the
contractual monthly payments on the extensions of credit
in the event of the borrowers' disability; individual
physical damage insurance on personal property subject
to security agreements including liability insurance
only when such insurance is sold as part of an insurance
package on such property) from 3885 Buford Highway,
Atlanta, Georgia to 2000 Clearview Avenue, Atlanta,
Georgia, through its subsidiary, Sun Finance Company.

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**Fi.rs t Pennsylvania Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to relocate due novo activities
(making, acquiring, and servicing loans or other extensions of credit for personal, family, or household purposes including the sale of credit insurance, life/
accident and health and disability insurance which is
directly related to such consumer loans) from 5923
Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio to 9236 Winton Road,
Cincinnati, Ohio, through its indirect subsidiary,
Industrial Loan Corp. of Ohio.

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**Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(mortgage banking, including the making and selling of
mortgages for its own account and the accounts of others)
at Suite 7, Central Plaza, 3630 Central Avenue, Riverside, California, through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
The Kissell Company, Springfield, Ohio.

3-18-76

**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
**Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account and for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of credit
such as would be made by a mortgage company) at 1003
Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware, through a subsidiary, Mercantile Mortgage Corporation.

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Commercial National Corporation, Peoria, Illinois, for approval to Commercial National Life Insurance Company,
Scottsdale, Arizona, and thereby engage de novo in the
underwriting of credit life and credit accident and
health insurance in connection with extensions of credit
by the holding company system.

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**Walter E. Heller International Corporation, Chicago,
Illinois, notification of intent to engage in dt2 novo
activities (to engage in the business of commercial
finance) at 101 Park Center Plaza, Suite 1108, San Jose,
California, through its subsidiary, National Acceptance
Company of California.

3-18-76

**Rainier Bancorporation, Seattle, Washington, 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
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 of the transactions (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 f s
full investment in the property plus the estimated total
cost of financing the property over the term of the
lease, from rentals; estimated tax benefits (investment
tax credit, net economic gain from tax deferral from
accelerated depreciation, and other tax benefits with a
substantially similar effect); 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 in the case of a lease of not more than 7

3-10-76

**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
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
debtors and with regard to consumer credit related
property and casualty insurance on personal property
subject to security agreements with Rainier Credit
Company) at 21551 Foothill Boulevard, Hayward, California,
through its subsidiary, Rainier Credit Company.
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**Rainier Bancorporation, Seattle, Washington, 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
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 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 rentals; estimated tax benefits (investment tax credit, net economic gain from tax deferral
from accelerated depreciation, and other tax benefits
with a substantially similar effect); 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 in the case of a lease of not more than 7
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

**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
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 debtors
and with regard to consumer credit related property and
casualty insurance on personal property subject to
security agreements with Rainier Credit Company) at 124
Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, California, through its
subsidiary, Rainier Credit Company.

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Delayed
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in _de novo activities (acting as agent and broker
for the sale of credit related life and health insurance
and credit related property and casualty insurance on
purchased installment sales finance contracts, said insurance will only be offered when such transactions are
the equivalent of direct extensions of credit by Advance
Mortgage Corporation; if this proposal is effected, the
agent-broker will offer to sell insurance, generally by
mail, as follows: group and individual credit related
life insurance and accident and health insurance to
cover the outstanding balances of loans by Advance
Mortgage Corporation to borrowers, generally mortgagors
of improved real property, in the event of their death,
or, to make the contractual monthly payments on the
loans in the event of the borrowers' disability; property
and casualty insurance coverage on property, generally
mobile homes, and one-to-four family residences where
Advance Mortgage Corporation has extended credit and
taken a security interest in such property and to include
liability coverage in home and "package" policies where
such is the general practice; any other coverage as a
conveience to customers of Advance Mortage Corporation
but gross premium of such sales will not exceed 5 per
cent of Citicorp's gross premium on credit and other
financial service related insurance sales; in this
regard, the subsidiary will not act as a general 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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Delayed Continued
agency; also, to its parent company Citicorp and
Citicorp's domestic subsidiaries and, via group insurance plans to all employees the proposed subsidiary
will offer to sell any insurance needed to protect the
corporations and their employees against risks to persons and property) at Georgetown Plaza, 4481 West 38th
Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, through its subsidiary,
Advance Agency, Inc. and its subsidiary, Advance Life,
Inc.
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**Bancoklahoma Corp., Tulsa, Oklahoma, notification of
intent to engage in de novo activities (making, acquiring, and/or servicing for its own account or for the
account of others, commercial and industrial loans
(except first mortgages and real property) and other
extensions of credit (including issuing letters of
credit and accepting drafts) such as direct leasing of
commercial and industrial property (except real property)
factoring of accounts receivables, discounting loans,
receivables, acceptances, and other commercial paper and
credit instruments, such loans and other extensions of
credit to be both secured and unsecured and of amounts
of not less than $100,000) at 320 South Boston, Tulsa,
Oklahoma.

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**Liberty National Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (making or acquiring, for its own account or the account of
others, loans or other extensions of credit, lending and
negotiating loans, and servicing loans and other extensions of credit for any person, organization, or authority)
at 100 Broadway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, through a subsidiary, L N C Financial Corporation.

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Permitted
^^Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in dies novo
activities (selling credit disability insurance and
joint credit life insurance in connection with personal
installment loans made pursuant to Signal Finance of
Ohio, Inc.'s consumer finance business and reinsuring
such insurance through Patrick Henry Insurance Company
and Patrick Henry Life Insurance Company indirect subsidiaries of Philadelphia National Corporation) at
Stadium Plaza, 1616 E. Wooster Street, Bowling Green;
3809 Darrow Road, Stow; Great Lake Mall, Room 242, 1850
Mentor Avenue, Mentor; Kamm's Plaza, 3766 Rocky River

**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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Drive, Cleveland; and Perkins Plaza, Store 5, Perkins
Avenue, Sandusky; all located in Ohio, through its
indirect subsidiary, Signal Finance of Ohio, Inc.
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**St. Joseph Bank and Trust Company, South Bend, Indiana and
St. Joseph Agency, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (sale of
credit life/accident and health insurance on mortgage
loans made by the company) through a subsidiary of St.
Joseph Agency, Inc. known as St. Joseph Mortgage Co.,
Inc., South Bend, Indiana.

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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in cle novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit and servicing for itself or
others loans and other extensions of credit, such activities to include, but not be limited to, the following:
making of consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance contracts, making loans and other
extensions of credit to small businesses, and making
loans secured by real or personal property or a combination thereof; acting as agent or broker for the sale
of credit life and credit accident and health insurance
and credit related property and casualty insurance in
connection with extensions of credit by FinanceAmerica
Corporation) at 9036 Van Nuys Boulevard, Panorama City,
California, through its subsidiary, FinanceAmerica
Corporation.

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**U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (making, acquiring, and
servicing of loans and other extensions of credit either
secured or unsecured for its own account or for the
account of others including the making of consumer
installment loans, purchasing consumer installment and
real estate sales finance contracts and evidences of
debt, and making consumer home equity loans secured by
real estate; making industrial loans; and acting as
Insurance agent with regard to credit life and disability insurance, property and casulaty insurance solely in
connection with extensions of credit by U.S. Creditcorp)
at 9340 S.W. Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, Beaverton,
Oregon, through a subsidiary, U.S. Creditcorp.

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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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Reactivated
**Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities
(consumer finance and insurance agency for any insurance
directly related to an extension of credit or provision
of other financial services or otherwise sold as a
matter of convenience to the purchaser) at 215 Locust
Street, Hudson, Wisconsin, through a subsidiary, Mortgage Associates, Inc.
**St. Joseph Bank and Trust Company, South Bend, Indiana and
St. Joseph Agency, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, notification
of intent to engage in de_ novo activities (sale of
credit life/accident and health insurance on mortgage
loans made by the company) through a subsidiary of St.
Joseph Agency, Inc. known as St. Joseph Mortgage Co.,
Inc., South Bend, Indiana.
Withdrawn
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
relocate cie novo activities (the sale of U.S. savings
bonds, money orders and traveler's checks, consumer financial planning and counseling) from 3601 South 2700
West, Salt Lake City to 56 South Main Street, Salt Lake
City, Utah, through a subsidiary of its subsidiary,
Nationwide Financial Services Corporation, called
Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial Center.

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**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in cie novo activities (the sale of U.S. savings
bonds, money orders and traveler's checks, and consumer
financial planning and counseling) at 1836 West Main
Street, Mesa, Arizona; 4421-A East Thomas Road, Phoenix,
Arizona; 5719 West Northern Avenue, 143 Valley West
Mall, Glendale, Arizona; and 1558 West Montebello,
Phoenix, Arizona, through a subsidiary of its subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Services Corporation, called
Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial Center.

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**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (the sale of U.S. savings
bonds, money orders, and traveler's checks, consumer
financial planning and counseling) at 7166 Crowder Road,
New Orleans; 3030 Severn Avenue, Metairie; 4132 General
Degaulle Drive, New Orleans; and 33rd Street and 2805
Williams Boulevard, Kenner, Louisiana; through a subsidiary of its subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Services
Corporation, called Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial
Center, Inc.

3-19-76

**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
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (the sale of U.S. savings
bonds, money orders, and traveler's checks, consumer
financial planning and counseling) in Ogden and Murry,
Utah; 2188 Highland Drive and 3601 South 2700 West, Salt
Lake City, Utah; through a subsidiary of its subsidiary,
Nationwide Financial Services Corporation, called
Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial Center.
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (the sale of U.S. savings
bonds, money orders and traveler's checks, consumer
financial planning and counseling) in Lakewood, Englewood, Aurora, and Westminster, Colorado, through a subsidiary of its subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Services
Corporation, called Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial
Center, Inc.

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**Money Management Corporation (formerly Bankshares of
Indiana, Inc.), Merrillville, Indiana, notification of
intent to engage in de novo activities (to act as insurance agent or broker with respect to insurance directly related to an extension of credit by a bank or
bank related firms in the holding company system, including insurance protecting collateral in which the
bank or bank related firms have a security interest, and
insurance generally sold to individual borrowers as part
of an insurance package) at 2515 Portage Mall, Portage,
Indiana, through its subsidiary, Financial Insurance,
Inc. Money Management Corporation, Merrillville, Indiana,
still proposes to engage in de novo activities (acting
as insurance agent or broker with respect to homeowner's
insurance directly related to an extension of credit by
a bank or bank-related firms in the holding company
system) at 2515 Portage Mall, Portage 5 Indiana, through
a subsidiary, Financial Insurance, Inc., which activities
continue to be delayed.

3-15-76

**Money Management Corporation (formerly Bankshares of
Indiana, Inc.), Merrillville, Indiana, notification of
intent to engage in d^e novo activities (acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to insurance for
the holding company and its subsidiaries, including
blanket bond, employee life and disability, fire and
extended coverage, fleet leasing, and errors and
omissions coverages; and credit life and credit accident

3-15-76

**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
and health insurance and mortgage redemption insurance
sold in connection with extensions of credit by a bank
or bank related firm in the holding company system) at
2515 Portage Mall, Portage, Indiana, through its subsidiary, Financial Insurance, Inc.

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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Permitted
**Berkshire Hathaway Inc., New Bedford, Massachusetts, notification of intent to acquire more than 5 per cent of
the outstanding voting stock of Pinkerton 1 s, Inc., New
York, New York, a company engaged in providing uniformed
guard, investigative services, and other related services
to various industries.

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Other Actions of the Board
Statement by Chairman Arthur F. Burns before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision,
Regulation and Insurance of the House Committee on
Banking, Currency and Housing on the proposed Financial
Reform Act of 1976.
Statement by Governor Philip C. Jackson, Jr., before the
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Senate Committee on
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, presenting the views
of the Board of Governors on S. 3008, dealing with rulemaking procedures under the Equal Credit Opportunity
Act, and on a draft proposal for a new form of private
enforcement remedy for violations of the Truth in Lending
Act.
Annual report to Congress on The Federal Trade Commission
Improvement Act for the year 1975.
The Board proposed for comment an amendment to Regulation Q
to permit member banks to agree to cover overdrafts by
transferring funds from a customer's savings account;
the Board asked for comment on its proposal through May
14, 1976.

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Continued
Letter to Center for National Policy Review in reply to
inquiry with respect to Petition on Nondiscrimination in
Lending.
Letter to Senator Jacob Javits with respect to inquiry regarding New York State securities and the general position
of the Federal Reserve System.
Issuance of subordinated capital notes by Chemical Bank, New
York, New York.
***Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta, Georgia,
extension of time to June 30, 1976, within which to
engage in de novo activities through a company known as
Citizens and Southern Mortgage Company with offices
located in Albany, Columbus and Rome. Georgia.
***Gallatin Bancshares, Inc., Gallatin, Tennessee, extension
of time to June 24, 1976, within which to become a bank
holding system.
***Owen-Curtiss Financial Corporation, Owen, Wisconsin, extension of time to April 18, 1976, within which to
acquire Owen-Curtiss State Bank, Owen, Wisconsin.
***Merchants & Farmers Bank, Columbus, Mississippi, to make
an additional investment in bank premises.
***01ton State Bank, Olton, Texas, to make in investment in
bank premises.
***Southern Bank and Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia, extension of time to April 16, 1977, within which to
establish its branch at 4701 Williamsburg Road, Richmond,
Virginia.
***United California Bank, Los Angeles, California, extension
of time to November 6, 1976, within which to establish a
branch in the vicinity of the intersection of Colusa
Avenue and Rocca Way, Yuba City, California.
***Stockmenf s Bank, Gillett, Wyoming, request granted for
permission to exercise full trust powers.

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***New San Felipe National Bank, Houston, Texas, proposed
merger with San Felipe National Bank, Houston, Texas;
report to the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive
factors.
***Topanga Plaza Office, Los Angeles, California of City
National Bank, Beverly Hills, California, proposed
acquisition by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
San Francisco, California; report to the Comptroller of
the Currency on competitive factors.

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