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

H. 2
1972 No. 45

During the Week Ending November 4, 1972

District

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Date
Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Texas Bank and Trust Company of Dallas,
Dallas, Texas.
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To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The Sandusky Security Bank, Sandusky, Ohio.

4

The Delta Bank, Delta, Ohio.

7

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
South Chicago Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois.

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The Clay City Banking Company, Clay City, Illinois.




11-1-72

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1972 No. 45
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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The State Bank of North Jersey, Pine Brook,
New Jersey. Branch to be established at
the intersection of Route 202 and 287, South
of Changebridge Road, Town of Montville,
Morris County.
The Niles Bank Company, Niles, Ohio. Branch
to be established at the northwest corner
of the intersection of Heaton-North Road
and State Route 82, Warren, Trumbull County.
Union Savings Bank of Manchester, Manchester,
Michigan. Branch to be established at 9108
Austin Road, unincorporated village of Bridgewater Township, Washtenaw County,
Approved
^United Counties Trust Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Branch to be established at 242 Main Street,
Keansburg, Monmouth County.
»Bank of Suffolk County, Stony Brook, New York.
Branch to be established on the southeast corner
of William Floyd Parkway and Long Island Expressway, unincorporated village of Yaphank, Brookhaven
Township, Suffolk County.
*The Fidelity Bank, Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Branch to
be established at 430 Rhawn Street, Philadelphia.
•''American Bank and Trust Company, Lansing, Michigan.
Branch to be established at 6420 S. Cedar Street,
Lansing.
-First American Bank, Memphis, Tennessee. Branch
to be established at 147 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis.

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




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Approved Continued
*Sedalia Bank and Trust Company, Sedalia, Missouri.
Branches to be established (drive-in facilities)
at the following locations:
A. East Broadway and Crescent Drive, Sedalia.
B.

Hughesville,

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To Establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
North Carolina National Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Branch to be established in George Town, Grand Cayman,
Cayman Islands.
Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Branch to be established at Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy.
Approved
Irving Trust Company, New York, New York. Branch to
be established in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands.
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, New York, New York.
Branch to be established in Nassau, Bahamas,
First American National Bank of Nashville, Nashville,
Tennessee. Branch to be established in George Town,
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Branch to be established
in Nassau, Bahamas.
The Northern Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois. Branch
to be established in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands.

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







Approved Continued
United California Bank, Los Angeles, California. Branch
to be established in Nassau, Bahamas.

Thirty Day Notice of Intention to Establish An
Additional Branch in a Foreign Country
Received
The First National Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
Branch to be established in Campinas, Brazil.
First National City Bank, New York, New York. Branch
to be established in Greece, to be located in the
Kypseli area of Athens.

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1972 No. 45
-5To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Northern Illinois Bancorp, Inc., Joliet, Illinois,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of the successor by merger to Louis Joliet Bank,
Joliet, Illinois.
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**Commerce Financial Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cen (less
directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of Bank of Commerce, Fort Worth, Texas.
Approved
**Banc of Maine Corporation, Augusta, Maine, for
prior approval to acquire at least 80 per cent
of the voting shares of the successor by merger
to Bank of Maine, N.A., Augusta, Maine.

10-30-72

11- 3-72

Allied Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, for prior
approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors'
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of the
successors to the assets and liabilities of
Conroe Bank, Conroe, Texas; Continental Bank,
Houston, Texas; and Merchants Bank, Port Arthur,
Texas.
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2

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**Unit:ed Jersey Banks, Hackensack, New Jersey, for
prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of United Jersey National Bank of Hudson County,
Secaucas, New Jersey, a proposed new bank.

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




10-31-72

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Received Continued
First Steuben Bancorp, Inc., Steubenville, Ohio,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of the successor by merger to The First National
Bank of Hopedale, Hopedale, Ohio.
**Bank of Virginia Company, Richmond, Virginia,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of
the voting shares of Bank of Virginia-Norfolk,
Norfolk, Virginia, a de novo bank.

6

First at Orlando Corporation, Orlando, Florida, for
prior approval to acquire at least 90 per cent
of the voting shares of Guaranty Bank of Miami,
Miami, Florida.

6

First at Orlando Corporation, Orlando, Florida,
for prior approval to acquire at least 90 per cent
of the voting shares of West Dade Bank, Miami,
Florida.

6

First Financial Corporation, Tampa, Florida, for
prior approval to acquire not less than 80 per
cent of the voting shares of The Lee County Bank,
Fort Myers, Florida.

6

**Florida Commercial Banks, Inc., Miami, Florida,
for prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or
more of the voting shares of Florida Commercial
Bank of Vero Beach, Vero Beach, Florida, a
proposed new bank.

7

First National Financial Corporation, Kalamazoo,
Michigan, for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares of the successor by
merger to The Commercial Bank of Stambaugh,
Stambaugh, Michigan.

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




11- 1-72

10-31-72

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1972 No. 45
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Received Continued
First New Mexico Bankshare Corporation, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, for prior approval to acquire 56,000
or more of the voting shares of The Clovis National
Bank, Clovis, New Mexico.
Approved
The Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, New York,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of Chase Manhattan Bank of Greater Rochester
(National Association) Caledonia, New York,
the successor by merger to Bank of Caledonia,
Caledonia, New York.

2

First Empire State Corporation, Buffalo, New York,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of
the voting shares (less directors f qualifying
shares) of the successor by merger to The First
National Bank of Highland, Highland, New York.

7

Banks of Iowa, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for prior
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the
voting shares of First National Bank, Burlington,
Iowa.

10

Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri,
for prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or more
of the voting shares of Commerce Bank of St. Louis,
National Association, St. Louis, Missouri, a
proposed new bank.

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




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1972 No. 45

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Approved Continued
Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares (less directors f qualifying shares)
of Bank Plaza del Oro, N.A., Houston, Texas,
a proposed new bank.
Suspended
On H.2 No. 34, the Board reported receipt of an
application from Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc.,
Jacksonville, Florida, for prior approval to
acquire 90 per cent or more of the voting shares
of the Peninsula State Bank, Tampa, Florida.
This application is now in suspense at Applicant's
request.
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2

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**First Empire State Corporation, Buffalo, New York,
notification of intent to engage in de_ novo
activities (principal or agent, to originate
purchase, acquire, invest in and deal in or with,
to service, sell, dispose of, and make loans
with respect to or upon the security of bonds,
mortgages and other securities or instruments
relating to real property situated within or
without the State of New York) through a subsidiary
known as First Empire Realty Credit Corp., in
White Plains, Garden City, Canandaigua, Buffalo,
and New York, all located in New York.

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




10-25-72

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1972 No. 45
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Received Continued
New Jersey National Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
shares of Underwood Mortgage & Title Co., Irvington,
New Jersey.
Northern Virginia Bankshares Incorporated, Arlington,
Virginia, for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares of Falls Church
Mortgage Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia.
**Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville,
Florida, notification of intent to shift a
de novo activity (acting as investment and
financial adviser to, and administering the
day-to-day operations of, Barnett Mortgage
Trust, a publicly owned real estate investment
trust) from a subsidiary bank to a subsidiary
known as Barnett Winston Company, Jacksonville,
Florida, a wholly-owned subsidiary.
7

American Fletcher Corporation, Indianapolis,
Indiana, for prior approval to acquire the accounts
receivable and operating assets of certain
subsidiaries of Economy Finance Company,
Indianapolisj Indiana.

9

Bank Shares Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of
the shares of O.C.B. Agency, Inc., Rochester,
Minnesota.

9

**First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota,
notification of intent to relocate the office
of FBS Financial, Inc., (formerly IDS Credit
Corporation) now situated at 2915 Classen
Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to 2525
NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. FBS
Financial, Inc., is a nonbanking subsidiary
of First Bank System, Inc., engaged in the
following de novo activities (purchasing and

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




11- 3-72

11- 2-72

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1972 No. 45
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Received Continued
servicing instalment obligations arising from
the sale of materials and services for the
installation and construction of improvements
to real property, from the sale of homes and
from the sale of motor vehicles, appliances
and other personal property and making direct
consumer loans pursuant to licenses granted
under small loan laws of Minnesota and Texas;
credit life and disability insurance, written
by nonaffiliated insurance companies is made
available in connection with certain types
of instalment obligations). Some of the
foregoing activities are conducted through three
subsidiary corporations, FBS Homes, FBS
Financial, Inc. of Texas, and Empire Loan and
Thrift Company.
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**Marine Bancorporation, Seattle, Washington,
11- 1-72
notification of intent to engage in a de novo
activity (acting as insurance agent or broker
with regard to the the following types of insurance
(i) insurance for the holding company and its
subsidiaries; (ii) insurance that is directly
related to an extension of credit by the bank
or bank-related subsidiaries of the holding company;
and (iii) insurance that is directly related to
the provisions of other financial services by
the bank or bank-related subsidiaries of the
holding company, or is otherwise sold as a matter
of convenience to the purchaser) through its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Commerce Credit Company,
Seattle, Washington.
Approved
First Pennsylvania Corporation, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, for prior approval to acquire the
assets of American Loan and Finance Company,
Hamilton, Ohio.

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




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1972 No. 45
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Permitted
**First National Boston Corporation, Boston,
Massachussets, to continue to engage in de novo
activities (factoring, commercial financing and
leasing of personal property) through a subsidiary
known as FNB Financial Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

10-30-72

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**Equimark Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
11- 2-72
and its wholly-owned subsidiary Atlantic Management
Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland, 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 making available
to its borrowers, at the borrower's option, group
credit life accident and health insurance covering
the balance of the borrowers indebtedness) through
a subsidiary known as Landmark Finance Corporation,
Charleston, South Carolina.

6

**Hamilton Bancshares, Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee,
to engage in de novo activities (providing
mortgage banking services) through a subsidiary
to be known as Hamilton Mortgage Corporation
in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville,
Tennessee; and Atlanta and Macon, Georgia.

10-30-72

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**Jefferson Bancorp, Inc., Miami Beach, Florida, to
engage in die novo activities (accounts receivable
financing, mortgage financing, factoring, and
servicing loans and other extensions of credit)
in Orlando, Florida, through its present
subsidiary, Jefferson Capital Corporation.

11-2-72

**Palmer Bank Corporation, Sarasota, Florida, to
engage in a de novo activity (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) through a subsidiary to be known as Palmer
Data Corporation in Sarasota, Fort Myers, and
Naples, Florida.

10-29-72

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




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Permitted Continued
**First Chicago Corporation, Chicago, Illinois,
to engage in a d_e novo activity (acting as an
investment or financial adviser to the extent
of (i) serving as investment adviser, as defined
in Section 2(a) (20) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, to investment companies registered
under that act; (ii) providing portfolio
investment advice to other persons; and (iii)
furnishing general economic information and
advice, general economic statistical forecasting
services and industry studies) through subsidiaries
known as First Chicago Fiduciary and Investment
Services Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, and
Starwood Associates, Inc., New York, New York.
**PanNational Group, Inc., El Paso, Texas,
notification of intent to engage in a de_ novo
activity (leasing of personal property and
equipment and acting as agent, broker, or adviser
in the leasing of such property) through a
subsidiary known as PanNational Leasing, Inc.,
El Paso, Texas.
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10-12-72

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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
**American Financial Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio,
10-31-72
to acquire the Oak Savings and Loan Company,
Cincinnati, Ohio, through a merger with its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Hunter Savings Association,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

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




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Received Continued
^^Arizona-Colorado Land and Cattle Company, Phoenix,
Arizona, notification of intent to acquire
Rufenacht, Bromagen and Hertz, Inc., Chicago,
Illinois, a commodity brokerage firm.

11- 3-72

Permitted
**The Sperry and Hutchinson Company, New York, New
11- 4-72
York, to acquire Ter Bush & Powell, Inc.,
Schenectady, New York, through National Business
Services Inc. Ter Bush & Powell is a privately-owned
insurance brokerage firm.

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