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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H,2
1973 No. 20

Applications and Reports Received or Acted on
During the Week Ending May 19, 1973

District

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Date
Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Beaver Trust Company, Beaver, Pennsylvania
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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
East End State Bank, Houston, Texas
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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Bankers Trust Company of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
Branch to be established at the intersection of East
Henrietta Road and Calkins Road, Town of Henrietta,
Monroe County.
Madison State Bank, Madison, New Jersey. Branch to
be established at the Northeast corner of the
intersection of Cliffwood Avenue and Laurence
Harbor-Morristown Road, Township of Madison, Middlesex
County.




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Girard Trust Bank, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Branch to be established at 520 Penn Street, Reading,
Berks County.
The Ohio Savings & Trust Company, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
Branch to be established at the corner of Wabash and
Monroe Street, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County.
Withdrawn
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, New York, New York.
Branch to be established at the Southwest corner of
Franklin Avenue and Seventh Street, Incorporated Village
of Garden City, Nassau County.
Bankers Trust Company, New York, New York. Branch to be
established in the immediate vicinity of Franklin Avenue
and 11th Street, Garden City.
Approved
*Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Branch to be established on Route 172, Deer Isle.
-State Bank of Albany, Albany, New York. Branch to be
established at 111 Delaware Avenue, Delaware, Albany
County.
^Marine Midland Bank-New York, New York, New York. Branch
to be established at the Southeast corner of the
intersection of Asch Loop and Bartow Avenue, CO-OP
City, Bronx County.
*The Hillsboro Bank and Savings Company, Hillsboro, Ohio.
Branch to be established at 1468 North High Street,
Hillsboro, Highland County.
^Mountain Trust Bank, Roanoke, Virginia. Branch to be
established at 5110 Williamson Road N. W., Roanoke.

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



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To Organize, or Invest in, a Corporation Doing
Foreign Banking and Other Foreign Financing Pursuant
To Section 25 or 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York.
To organize a corporation to be known as First Empire
Overseas Corporation to be located in Buffalo, New York.
Approved
The First National Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
To organize an Edge corporation to be known as Bank
of Boston International Los Angeles at Los Angeles,
California.
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Thirty Day Notice of Intention to Establish An
Additional Branch in a Foreign Country
Approved
First National City Bank, New York, New York City. To
establish an additional branch in Managua, Nicaragua.
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- 4 To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, for
prior approval to acquire 90 per cent or more of
the voting shares of Industrial State Bank &
Trust Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan; 90 per cent
or more of the voting shares of The Owosso
Savings Bank, Owosso, Michigan; and 90 per cent
or more of the voting shares of Alpena Savings
Bank, Alpena, Michigan.

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Southwest Company, Sidney, Iowa, for prior approval
to acquire 85 per cent or more (less directors 1
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of Fremont
County Savings Bank, Sidney, Iowa.

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**Fidelity Corporation, Burke, South Dakota, for prior
approval to acquire 98 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Burke State Bank, Burke, South
Dakota.

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Approved
**Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, for prior approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less
directors 1 qualifying shares) of MacGregor Park
National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas.

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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
**Fidelity Union Bancorporation, Newark, New Jersey,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors 1 qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of Fidelity Union Trust Company, N.A., Morristown,
New Jersey, a proposed new bank.

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




Received Continued
First & Merchants Corporation, Richmond, Virginia,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of First & Merchants National Bank of Tidewater,
Chesapeake, Virginia, a proposed new bank.
Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida,
for prior approval to acquire 90 per cent or more
of the voting shares of Delray Beach National
Bank, Delray Beach, Florida.
Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida,
for prior approval to acquire 51 per cent or more
of the voting shares of the Fidelity Bank of West
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.
General Financial Systems, Inc., Riviera Beach, Florida,
for approval to retain 2,450 shares of the
voting shares of Tri-City Bank, Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida.
Great Lakes Holding Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
for prior approval to acquire indirectly 90 per cent
of the voting shares of Alpena Savings Bank, Alpena,
Michigan, through acquisition of Great Lakes Bancorp,
Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Great Lakes Holding Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
for prior approval to acquire indirectly 90 per cent
or more of the voting shares of Industrial State
Bank & Trust Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, through
acquisition of Great Lakes Bancorp, I n c K a l a m a z o o ,
Michigan.
Great Lakes Holding Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for
prior approval to acquire indirectly 90 per cent or
more of the voting shares of The Owosso Savings
Bank, Owosso, Michigan, through acquisition of Great
Lakes Bancorp, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan.
D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, for prior
approval to acquire a majority of the voting shares
of the successor by merger to First National Bank in
Grand Junction, Grand Junction, Colorado.







Received Continued
D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, for prior
approval to acquire a majority of the voting shares
of the successor by merger to The First National
Bank of Glenwood Springs, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
First National Charter Corporation, Kansas City,
Missouri, for prior approval to acquire 100
per cent (less directors' qualifying shares)
of the voting shares of the successor by merger
to American National Bank in Springfield, Springfield, Missouri.
Approved
BancOhio Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, for prior
approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors'
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of the
successor by merger to The Gummings Bank Company,
Carrollton, Ohio.
First Piedmont Corporation, Greenville, South Carolina,
for prior approval to acquire 9.5 per cent of the
voting shares of First Palmetto State Bank and
Trust Company, Columbia, South Carolina.
Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland,
for prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or more
of the voting shares of The Citizens National Bank,
Laurel, Maryland.
First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, for
prior approval to acquire all of the voting shares
(less directors' qualifying shares) of the First
Security Bank of Logan, Logan, Utah, a proposed new
bank.
Suspended
On H.2 No. 6, the Board reported receipt of an application from Florida Bancorp, Inc., Pompano Beach,
Florida, for prior approval to acquire 90 per cent
of the voting shares of Lighthouse Point Bank, Lighthouse Point, Florida. This application is now in
suspense awaiting receipt of Applicant's reply to a
Department of Justice letter to the Board dated May
5, 1973.




Withdrawn
On H.2 No. 3, the Board reported receipt of an application from Grandco Bancorporation, Granby, Colorado,
for prior approval to acquire 12,201 or more of the
voting shares of The Bank of Winter Park, Hideaway
Park, Colorado. In a letter dated May 1, 1973,
Applicant requested that the application be withdrawn .

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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(5) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, for prior
approval to acquire a majority of the voting
shares of First McKinley Corporation, Glenwood
Springs, Colorado.
D. H. Baldwin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, for prior
approval to merge with First Western Slope Corporation, Grand Junction, Colorado.

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Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**First National City Corporation, New York, New York,
notification of intent to establish new offices of
its wholly-owned subsidiary, Acceptance Finance
Company, as subsidiaries thereto, to 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; and if this proposal
is effected the offices 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 borrowers's disability;
(b) individual casualty insurance on property,
generally automobiles and household goods, subject
to security agreements with Acceptance; in regard
to the sale of credit related insurance, counseling
will not be offered) in New Orleans, Louisiana;
Denver, Colorado; and Ballwin, Missouri.

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**First Piedmont Corporation, Greenville, South Carolina,
notification of intent to engage in a de novo
activity (leasing personal property and equipment,
or acting as agent, broker, or advisor in leasing
of such property) through its subsidiary, First
Piedmont Leasing Company, Inc., in Greenville,
South Carolina.

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**First Virginia Bankshares Corporation, Falls Church,
Virginia, notification of intent to engage in de
novo activities (operating as a finance company,
including the extension of small personal loans;
financing retail installment sales; granting real
estate loans, primarily second mortgage loans; and
acting as agent or broker in the sale of property
insurance, credit life insurance, credit accident
and health insurance to its customers) through
its subsidiary, Atlantic Finance Company (a subsidiary of Benson Investment Corporation), in Lake
Charles, Louisiana.

5-18-73

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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Received Continued
**Maryland National Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland,
notification of intent to engage in d_e novo
activities (engaging generally in the business
of leasing personal property, including, but not
limited to, the leasing of various types of equipment, machinery, vehicles, transportation equipment, and data processing equipment; orginating
personal property leases as principal or agent;
servicing personal property leases for affiliated
or nonaffiliated individuals, parterships, or
corporations; buying and selling and otherwise
dealing in personal property lease contracts as
principal or agent; acting as adviser in personal
property leasing transactions; and in the placement, as agent or broker, and through agents
and brokers, of appropriate forms of insurance
for the purpose of protecting its interest as
lessor or the interests of others as lessors in
such leases or such personal property) through a
subsidiary to be known as Maryland National
Leasing Corporation, in Baltimore, Maryland.
**Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida,
notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities ((1) conducting the business of a mortgage company, including the making or acquiring,
for its own account or for the account of others,
loans and other extensions of credit; (2) servicing
loans and other extensions of credit for any person;
and (3) acting as investment or financial adviser
to the extent of (i) providing portfolio investment
advice, and (ii) furnishing general economic information and advice) in Menlo Park, California,
through its present subsidiary, Barnett-Winston
Company.

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




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Received Continued
**The Citizens and Southern National Bank, and its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Citizens and Southern
Holding Company, Atlanta, Georgia, notification
of intent to change the location of activities
engaged in de novo (rendering of investment
advice and portfolio management services to individuals, corporations, pension and profitsharing plans, private foundations, and endowments) through its present subsidiary, Citizens
and Southern Investment Counseling, Incorporated,
from 1020 Ingraham Bldg, 25 S.E. Second Avenue,
Miami, Florida, to Suite 704 Catalonia Bldg, 250
Catalonia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida.
First National Holding Corp., Atlanta, Georgia,
for permission to retain the shares of Tharpe
& Brooks Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia.
Southwest Company, Sidney, Iowa, for permission to
retain the assets of Pullman Insurance Agency,
Sidney, Iowa.

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**Patagonia Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as a consumer finance company; and acting
as an insurance agent in connection with insurance directly related to the extension of credit
to the subsidiary's borrowers) through a proposed
de novo office of its subsidiary, Model Finance
Company to be known as Model Finance Company of
Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska.

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**U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, 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, for example, by a
mortgage, finance, credit card, or factoring
company; and servicing loans and other extensions
of credit for any person) in Portland, Oregon.

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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-11Approved
GET Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut, for prior
approval to acquire all of the voting shares of
General Discount Corporation and thereby to indirectly acquire voting shares of Company 1 s
subsidiaries G.D.C. Leasing Corporation and
General Discount Corporation (Maine), all with
head offices in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Third National Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee,
for prior approval to acquire all of the voting
shares of the successor by merger to John W.
Murphree Company, Nashville, Tennessee.

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American Fletcher Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana,
for prior approval to acquire assets of Shoppers
Charge Service, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio\ Shoppers
Charge Service, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; Shoppers Charge Service, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Houston Shoppers Charge Service, Houston, Texas;
Shoppers Charge division of Indianapolis Morris
Plan Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana; and the
Custom Services division of the Shoppers Charge
division of Indianapolis Morris Plan Corporation,
each of which corporation is a subsidiary of
Economy Finance Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Permitted
**Shawmut Association, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts,
to engage in de novo activities (making or acquiring
loans and other extensions of credit such as would
be made by a commercial finance company; and servicing such loans) through a subsidiary to be
known as Shawmut Credit Corp., in Boston, Massachusetts; and New York, New York.
**The Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, New York,
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 would
be made by a mortgage company; and servicing such
loans and other extensions of credit for any person)
through a subsidiary known as Dovenmuehle, Inc.,
Chicago, Illinois, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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Permitted Continued
**First National City Corporation, New York, New York,
to 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, the
offices will offer to sell insurance as follows:
(a) 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
loan in the event of the borrowers disability;
(b) individual casualty insurance on property,
generally automobiles and household goods, subject to security agreements) through four new
offices of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Acceptance
Finance Company, as subsidiaries thereto, in
Moore, Oklahoma; Kenner, Louisiana; Austell,
Georgia; and Tucson, Arizona.

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^Fidelity American Bankshares, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia,
to engage in de novo activities (granting and servicing loans secured by mortgages (principally
second mortgages to individuals); and acting as
agent in the sale of credit life and credit accident
insurance in connection with such loans) through its
subsidiary, Columbia Mortgage Company, in Hampton,
Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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**Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida,
to engage in a d_e novo activity (acting as investment
adviser to the extent of providing portfolio investment advice and administrative services to a publiclyowned corporation engaged in investing in ownership
interests in income-producing real estate) in Jacksonville, Florida, through a subsidiary to be known
as Barnett-Winston Property Advisers, Inc.

5-17-73

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




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**Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, to engage in de_ novo activities ((1)
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
factoring company; (2) servicing loans and other
extensions of credit for any person; and (3)
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 expectation is that the effect of the
transaction and reasonably anticipated future
transactions with the same lessee as to the same
property will be to compensate the lessor for not
less than the lessor's full investment in the
property) in Los Angeles, California, through a
subsidiary known as Citizens and Southern Factors,
Inc.
**Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, to engage in d£ novo activities ((1)
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 factoring company; (2) servicing loans and other extensions of credit for any person; and (3) 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 expectation is that the effect of the transaction
and reasonably anticipated future transactions with
the same lessee as to the same property will be
to compensate the lessor for not less than the lessor'
full investment in the property) in Miami, Florida,
through a subsidiary known as Citizens and Southern
Factors, Inc.

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




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**Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, to engage in de novo activities ((1)
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
factoring company; (2) servicing loans and other
extensions of credit for any person; and (3)
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 expectation is that the effect of the
transaction and reasonably anticipated future
transactions with the same lessee as to the same
property will be to compensate the lessor for not
less than the lessor 1 s full investment in the
property) in Dallas, Texas, through a subsidiary
known as Citizens and Southern Factors, Inc.
**First Amtenn Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee, to
engage in de novo activities (factoring, the
purchase both directly and through agents employed for the purpose without recourse to the
factored client for any financial inability of
the account debtor to pay, of accounts receivable
(which terms includes all accounts, notes, bills,
acceptances, or other evidences of indebtedness)
created by the sale and delivery of goods or the
retention of services in the ordinary course of
business by retail and wholesale sellers, manufacturers, and others providing goods and services;
and lending upon the security of accounts receivable,
inventory, and other classes of personal property
of retail and wholesale sellers, manufacturers, and
others providing goods and services) in Nashville,
Tennessee, through a subsidiary known as First Amtenn
Financial Corporation.

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




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**SJV Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana, 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, for example, by a mortgage,
finance, credit card, or factoring company; and
servicing loans and other extensions of credit
for any person) through a subsidiary known as
SJV Financial Corp., Elkhart, Indiana.
**T G Bancshares Co., St. Louis, Missouri, to engage
de novo (in the establishment and operation of a
computer service center which will: provide data
processing and bookkeeping services for participating investor banks, the internal operations of the
holding company, its subsidiaries, correspondent
banks, and/or unrelated participating banks; store
and process other banking, financial or related
economic data; furnish facilities and operating
personnel to the data processing programs; and/or
carry on permissible incidental activities to the
extent excess computer time and facilities are
available) through retention of shares of Financial
Computing Corporation of Central Missouri, an indirect subsidiary of T G Bancshares Co., in
Columbia, Missouri.

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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Permitted Continued
**T G Bancshares Co., St. Louis, Missouri, to
engage de novo (in the establishment and operation of a computer service center which will:
provide data processing and bookkeeping services
for participating investor banks, the internal
operation of the holding company, its subsidiaries,
correspondent banks, and/or unrelated participating
banks; store and process other banking, financial $
or related economic data; furnish facilities and
operating personnel to the data processing programs
and/or carry on permissible incidental activities
to the extent excess computer time and facilities
are available) through retention of shares of
Financial Computing Corporation of Hannibal, an
indirect subsidiary, by Financial Computing Corporation of Missouri, a direct subsidiary of T G
Bancshares Co., in Hannibal, Missouri.
**T G Bancshares Co., St. Louis, Missouri, to engage
de novo (in the establishment and operation of a
computer service center which will: provide data
processing and bookkeeping services for participating investor banks, the internal operations of the
holding company, its subsidiaries, correspondent
banks, and/or unrelated participating banks; store
and process other banking, financial, or related
economic data; furnish facilities and operating
personnel to the data processing programs; and/or
carry on permissible incidental activities to the
extent excess computer time and facilities are
available) through retention of shares of Financial
Computing Corporation of Lebanon, an indirect subsidiary, by Financial Computing Corporation of
Missouri, a direct subsidiary of T G Bancshares
Co., in Lebanon, Missouri.

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




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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California,
to engage in a de novo activity (acting as an
insurance agent with respect to credit life and
credit disability insurance that is directly related to an extension of credit by Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association, a whollyowned subsidiary, except for directors' qualifying
shares, of BankAmerica Corporation) through a
subsidiary to be known as BA Insurance Agency, Inc.,
San Francisco, California.
**Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California, to
engage in a de novo activity (finance leasing of personal property and equipment, and acting as agent,
broker, and adviser in leasing such property)
through its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Leasing Corporation, in Houston, Texas.
Correction:
**First Jersey National Corporation, Jersey City, New
Jersey, to engage in de_ novo activities (making
secured and unsecured loans and in connection
therewith the sale of credit life insurance) in
Wallingford, Connecticut, through its subsidiary,
Guardian Loan Company, Inc., Roslyn Heights, New
York.

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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Withdrawn
**First & Merchants Corporation, Richmond, Virginia,
notification of intent to retain a de novo
activity (acting as financial adviser to TriSouth Mortgage Investors, a Massachusetts
business trust operating as a real estate investment trust) through a subsidiary known as
F & M Tri-South Corporation, Richmond, Virginia,
a general partner along with NCNB Tri-South
Corporation, and First Atlanta Tri-South Corporation, subsidiaries respectively of NCNB
Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; and
First National Holding Corporation, Atlanta,
Georgia, both bank holding companies in a
partnership known as Tri-South Management
Associates, which serves as the investment advisor to Tri-South Mortgage Investors, in
Atlanta, Georgia.

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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
**Arizona-Colorado Land & Cattle Company, Phoenix, Arizona,
notification of intent to acquire Chambers, Campbell,
Isaacson & Chaplin, Inc., Counsulting Engineering
Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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For Exemption Pursuant to Section 4(d) of the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois.

^Processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors under
delegated authority.




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