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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Applications and Reports Received or Acted on

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and All Other Actions of the Board
During the Week Ending May 31, 1975

District
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
Security First Bank & Trust Company, Grand Haven, Michigan
Denied
Security First Bank & Trust Company, Grand Haven, Michigan
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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The Peoples Banking Company of Lewisburg, Lewisburg, Ohio.
Branch to be established at East Main Street, Verona,
Preble County.
Approved
-First Bank, Slidell, Louisiana. Branch to be established
at the intersection of Covington Highway and Morgan
Street, St. Tammany Parish, Madisonville.
"Warren Bank, Warren, Michigan. Branch to be established
at 13490 Ten-Mile Road, Warren.
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-Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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To establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
First National Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts:
a branch to be located in Luxembourg.

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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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The First National Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts:
competitive factors report to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation to assume the liabilities of
the Luxembourg branch of Bank of Boston International,
New York, New York, a Section 25(a) Corporation.
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International Investments and Other Actions Denied
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 Tokyo Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, a foreign bank holding
company: to acquire 100 per cent of Tokyo Bancorp
International (Houston) Inc., Houston, Texas.
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To Merge Pursuant to Section 18(c) of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
Received
The Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Richmond, Virginia
for prior approval to merge with New Bank of
Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
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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
The First National Corporation of Ardmore, Inc., Ardmore,
Oklahoma, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of First National Bank and Trust Company
of Ardmore, Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Approved
Lakeland Financial Corporation, Woodruff, Wisconsin, for
approval to acquire 90.06 per cent of the voting shares
of Lakeland State Bank, Woodruff, Wisconsin.
First Union Corporation, Stillwater, Oklahoma, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of The First National Bank and Trust Company
of Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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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
Popular Bancshares Corporation, Miami, Florida, for approval to acquire 50.152 per cent of the voting shares
of Trans Florida Bancshares, Inc., Sarasota, Florida.
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.
Approved
First National Bankshares of Florida, Inc., Pompano
Beach, Florida, for approval to acquire at least 80
per cent of the voting shares of First National Bank
of New Smyrna Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Michigan National Corporation, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of West Oakland Bank, National Association, Novi, Michigan.
Denied
Michigan National Corporation, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares (less directors1 qualifying shares) of the
successor by merger to Commercial National Bank, Cassopolis, Michigan.

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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, for approval to acquire the
consumer finance assets of Federal Discount Corporation,
Dubuque, Iowa.

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**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
relocate de novo activities (making consumer installment
personal loans, purchasing consumer installment sales
finance contracts; and acting as broker for the sale of
consumer credit related life/accident and health insurance and consumer credit related property and casualty
insurance; if this proposal is effected, Nationwide
Financial Corporation of 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 the loans in
the event of the borrowers' disability; (b) individual
physical damage insurance on personal property subject
to security agreements (including liability only when
such insurance is sold as part of an insurance package
on such property); further, in regard to the sale of
credit related insurance, Nationwide Financial Corporation
of 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.

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**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
relocate de novo activities (making consumer installment
personal loans, purchasing consumer installment sales
finance contracts; and acting as broker for the sale of
consumer credit related life/accident and health insurance and consumer credit related property and casualty
insurance; if this proposal is effected, Nationwide
Financial Corporation of Louisiana 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' disability; (b) individual
physical damage insurance on personal property subject

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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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Received Continued
to security agreements (including liability only when
such insurance is sold as part of an insurance package
on such property); further, in regard to the sale of
credit related insurance, Nationwide Financial Corporation of Louisiana will not offer insurance counseling) from 501 Baronne Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
to 3949 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, Louisiana, through its subsidiary, Nationwide Financial
Corporation of Louisiana.
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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 on
mobile homes, motor homes or other similar vehicles;
(3) mortgage redemption insurance; (4) single premium
decreasing term life insurance; and (5) vendor 1 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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**Central Bankshares Corporation, Jonesboro, Georgia, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (making loans principally secured by second mortgages on
single family residences) at 176 Covington Street,
McDonough, Georgia, through a subsidiary, Central Bankshares Equity Corporation.

5-29-75

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**First Tennessee National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(providing bookkeeping or data processing services for
the internal operations of the holding company and its
subsidiaries; and storing and processing other banking,
financial, or related economic data, such as performing
payroll, accounts receivable or payable, or billing services) at 921 Woodland Street, Nashville, Tennessee,
through its division known as First Tennessee Data
Service Center.

5-29-75

**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
**Fidelity Union Bancorporation,. Newark, New Jersey, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (the
business of making loans in the present maximum amount
of $3,500 or less under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Consumer Discount Company Act; and making available
to customers, credit life insurance and disability insurance covering the unpaid balance of loans outstanding;
and other insurance to protect collateral during the
periods of credit extensions) at 25th and Butler Streets,
Palmer Township, Pennsylvania, through a subsidiary of
its subsidiary, Suburban Finance Company, known as
Sentry Consumer Discount Company.

5-29-75

**CB&T Bancshares, Inc., Columbus, Georgia, notification of
intent to engage in de novo activities (making or acquiring, for its own account or for the account of others,
loans and other extensions of credit such as would be
made by a first mortgage company) at 620 Shuring Drive,
Northeast Plaza Shopping Center, Macon, Georgia, through
a subsidiary, The Georgia Company of America.

5-30-75

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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate the St. Petersburg,
Florida office of its subsidiary, Finanee Ame rica Corporation, (Florida), a subsidiary of FinanceAmerica
Corporation, which engages in (making of consumer installment loans and purchasing installment sales finance
contracts, and making of loans to small businesses;
acting as agent or broker for the sale of credit related
life/accident and disability insurance, and credit
related property and casualty insurance in connection
with extensions of credit by FinanceAmerica Corporation)
from 654 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida, to
769 - 34th Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida.

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**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate the Miami, Florida,
office of its indirect subsidiary, FinaneeAmerica Credit
Corporation, a subsidiary of FinanceAmerica Corporation,
which engages in (purchasing installment sales finance
contracts on vehicles, mobile homes, pleasure equipment,
and home improvement; acting as agent or broker for the
sale of credit related life/accident and disability
insurance, and credit related property and casualty
insurance in connection with extensions of credit by
FinanceAmerica Credit Corporation) from Suite 226,
7800 Building, 7800 Red Road, to 1141 East Altamonte
Drive, Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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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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Permitted Continued
**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making loans, extending credit, and providing of services incident to such loans and extensions of credit
such as would be made or provided by a finance company,
including the following specific activities: (a) providing funds and/or credit services in connection with
the financing of stock and floor plan inventory of distributors and dealers of consumer products; (b) makes
available to such dealers, at their option and cost,
fire, theft, and damage insurance on a monthly reporting basis covering only the outstanding indebtedness
on such floor plan inventory) at 3074 A Whitney Avenue,
Hamden, Connecticut; 9901 Paramount Boulevard, Downey,
California; 3969 Peachtree Road, N.E. , Atlanta, Georgia;
927 Temple Street, Whitman, Massachusetts; 9001 East
Bloomington Freeway, Bloomington, Minnesota; 6501 East
Livingston Avenue, Reynoldsburg, Ohio; and 5600 West
95th Street, Leawood, Kansas; through its indirect
subsidiary, MerCredit Corporation, a subsidiary of
FinanceAmerica Corporation.

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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; and servicing loans and other extensions of credit for other
persons) at 190 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii,
through its subsidiary, Rainier Mortgage Company.

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**SEAFIRST CORPORATION, Seattle, Washington, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting as
insurance agent with regard to group and individual
credit life, credit accident and health, and credit
disability insurance in connection with extensions of
credit by SEAFIRST CORPORATION or its subsidiaries
(e.g. Seattle-First National Bank, Firstbank Mortgage
Corporation and Firstbank Leasing Corporation) at all
branches of Seattle-First National Bank located through
the State of Washington, through a subsidiary, Spokane
Eastern Company.

5-25-75

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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Other Actions of the Board
Proposal to amend Regulation T that would permit brokers
and dealers to assist in the private placement of
securities, comment should be received by the Board by
June 30, 1975.
The Board extended until June 20 the deadline for filing
comments on proposed regulations to implement the Fair
Credit Billing Act, in view of the extension, the Board
denied requests for a public hearing on the proposed
regulation.
Issuance of subordinated capital notes by Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Company, New York, New York.
***Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida,
extension of time until September 5, 1975, within which
to acquire First Marine Bank of Fort Lauderdale, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
***Crocker National Corporation, San Francisco, California,
thirty-day extension to July 1, 1975, of time within
which to form Western Bradford Trust Company, San
Francisco, California.
***Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, extension of
time to January 1, 1976, to engage de novo in certain
activities through a subsidiary known as Harriscorp
Finance, Inc., in Hillside and Aurora, Illinois.
***Washington Bancshares, Inc., Spokane, Washington, extension
of time to August 30, 1975, within which to commence
the investment advisory activities of its subsidiary,
Compass Group, Inc., Spokane, Washington.
***Adams Bank, Millersburg, Ohio, to make an investment in
bank premises.
***McIlroy Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas, to make an additional
investment in bank premises.
***Warren Bank, Warren, Michigan, to make an investment in
bank premises.
***Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, Hartford, Connecticut,
six months 1 extension of time until November 28, 1975,
to continue operation of Capitol Office at 414 Asylum
Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, pending relocation of
Pearl Street Office, at 111 Pearl Street, to new
location not yet determined.

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Continued
***Bridgewater National Bank, Bridgewater Township, New
Jersey, proposed acquisition by United National Bank,
Plainfield, New Jersey, report to the Comptroller of
the Currency on competitive factors.
***First National Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,
proposed assumption of liability to pay any deposits
made in, or similar liabilities of The Luxembourg
branch of Bank of Boston International New York, New
York, a noninsured institution, report to the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive factors.
***First National Bank of Cape Cod, Orleans, Massachusetts,
proposed merger with Second National Bank of Cape Cod,
Orleans, Massachusetts, report to the Comptroller of
the Currency on competitive factors.
***Security First Bank & Trust Co., Grand Haven, Michigan,
request for waiver of the six months 1 notice to withdraw
from membership; request denied.

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