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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(H.2, 1977 No. 44)
Actions of the Board; Applications and Reports
Received During the Week Ending October 29, 1977
ACTIONS OF THE BOARD
Discount rates. Federal Reserve Banks, increasing the
discount rate from 5-3/4 per cent to 6 per cent,
effective Wednesday, October 26.
Appointments announced; in the Division of Research and
Statistics, Mr. Richard H. Puckett, Associate Research
Division Officer, Mr. Jared J. Enzler, Associate Research Division Officer, and Mr. John D. Paulus, Associate Research Division Officer; in the Office of the
Controller, Mr. Edward T. Mulrenin, Assistant Controller,
and in the Division of Personnel, Mr. John R. Weis,
Assistant Director.
Regulation Z, comment period for uniform guidelines for
the enforcement of the Truth in Lending law and its
regulatory rules has been extended for 15 days, the five
Federal agencies that regulate banks, thrift institutions
and credit unions.
Bank Holding Company Act, section 2(g)(3) determination
that First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah,
does not control Mr. John Price, Salt Lake City, or
Security Savings & Loan Association, Pocatello, Idaho.
Citizens Bank of Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
request for permission to make an additional investment
in bank premises. V
Bank of Oakfield, Oakfield, Wisconsin, application for
permission to exercise specific trust powers. 1/
Deregistration under Regulation G for Canteen Corporation,
1430 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, Illinois. 1/
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Application processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
Allied First National Bank, Newton, Texas, proposed merger
with The First National Bank of Newton, Newton, Texas,
report to the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive
factors. 1/
Allied Humble Bank, N.A., Humble, Texas, proposed merger
with American National Bank, Humble, Texas, report to
the Comptroller of the Currency on competitive factors.
1/

Gulf National Bank, Tallahassee, Florida, proposed merger
with The Lewis State Bank, Tallahassee, Florida, report
to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive factors. 1/
Southern National Bank of Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Biloxi Branch of, proposed acquisition by First
National Bank of Jackson County, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, report to the Comptroller of the Currency on
competitive factors. V
Waltac, Inc., Los Angeles, California, proposed merger with
Walker Bank and Trust Company, Salt Lake City, Utah,
report to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on
competitive factors. 1/
Westac, Inc., Los Angeles, California, proposed merger with
United California Bank, Los Angeles, California, report
to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive factors. 1/

1/ Application processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to Section
9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
The Community Bank, Napoleon, Ohio. Branch to be established at 1333 Woodlawn Avenue, Napoleon, Henry County.
2/

Bank of Frederick County, Stephens City, Virginia. Branch
to be established on U.S. Route 11 near its intersection
with Interstate Highway 81, Frederick County. 1]
Aliceville Bank and Trust Company, Aliceville, Alabama.
Branch to be established at 2nd Avenue, N.W., Aliceville.
2V
Citizens Bank of Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Branch to be established at Lincoln Road and South 28th
Avenue, Hattiesburg. 2/
Tracy Collins Bank and Trust Company, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Branch to be established in the immediate vicinity of
The Foothill Village Shopping Center, approximately 13th
South and 22nd East, Salt Lake City.
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To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
Benson Bancshares, Inc., Benson, Minnesota, for approval
to acquire 88 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Swift County Bank, Benson, Minnesota.
Fortune Insurance Company, Inc., Hugoton, Kansas, for approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors' qualifying shares) of the voting shares of The First State
Bank, Norton, Kansas. 2/
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Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Returned
Royal Trust Bank Corp., Miami, Florida, for approval to
acquire 51 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Baymeadows Bank, Jacksonville, Florida.
Royal Trustee Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for approval to acquire 51 per cent or more of the voting shares
of Baymeadows Bank, Jacksonville, Florida.
Approved
New Virginia Bancorporation, Springfield, Virginia, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of
the successor by merger to Bank of Warrenton, Warrenton,
Virginia. 2/
First Charter Financial Corporation, Syracuse, Indiana,
for approval to retain 2.7 per cent of the voting shares
of State Bank of Syracuse, Syracuse, Indiana.
Old Kent Financial Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares (less directors1 qualifying shares) of the
successor by merger to Peoples Bank and Trust, N.A.,
Trenton, Michigan. 2/
Crystal State Agency, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for
approval to acquire 94.1 per cent of the voting shares
of Wayzata Bank & Trust Company, Wayzata, Minnesota.
B.O.C. Corporation, Sheridan, Wyoming, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of The Wyoming Security
Bank, Sheridan, Wyoming.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Returned
Money Management Corporation, Merrillville, Indiana, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(homeowners insurance) at 2515 Portage Mall, Portage,•
Indiana, through its subsidiary, Financial Insurance,
Inc. (10/25/77) 3/
If Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.
3/ 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
First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for permission to organize a subsidiary trust company to be
named First Trust Company of North Dakota, Fargo, North
Dakota (10/28/77) V
Platte Valley Bancorp, Inc., Brighton, Colorado, notification of intent to engage in d_e novo activities (in all
the activities that an industrial bank is authorized to
engage in by Article 22, Chapter 11 of the Revised
Statutes of 1973, as amended, such as: accepting time
and savings deposits; making consumer loans, including
first and second mortgage real estate loans as well as
direct and indirect personal loans that are unsecured or
secured by such collateral as motor vehicles, furniture,
appliances, mobile homes and other categories of personal
property or equipment; and acting as agent for the sale
of single and joint reducing term and single level
credit life insurance and health and accident insurance
which names the industrial bank as creditor beneficiary
of benefits paid in connection with loans made by such
industrial bank) at 5th Avenue and Bridge Streets,
Brighton, Colorado, through a wholly-owned subsidiary,
Platte Valley Industrial Bank (10/24/77) 3/
Reactivated
Northwest Bancorporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for permission to organize a subsidiary trust company to be
named First Northwestern Trust Co. of North Dakota,
Fargo, North Dakota and assume trust activities of six
subsidiary banks (10/26/77) 3J
Permitted
Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to continue to engage in de novo
activities (acting as an insurance agency for the sale
of credit life and credit accident and health insurance
sold in connection with extensions of credit) at 5813
Melton Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, through its
wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, Mortgage Associates,
Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (10/30/77) 3/
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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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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
Chemical New York Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to relocate cle novo activities (the
origination and sale of mortgage loans in residential,
commercial and industrial real estate and the servicing
of mortgage loans owned by The Galbreath Mortgage Company and owned by others) from 1700 Sunset Boulevard,
West Columbia, South Carolina to the vicinity of the
intersection of Gadsden Street and Richland Streets,
Columbia, South Carolina, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, The Galbreath Mortgage Company (10/27/77) 3/
Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de_ novo activities (making consumer installment personal loans, purchasing and servicing for its
own account consumer installment sales finance contracts,
making loans to individuals and businesses secured by
real and personal property, the proceeds of which may be
for purposes other than personal, family or household
usage; sale of credit related life/accident and health,
or decreasing or level (in the case of single payment
loans) term life insurance to cover the outstanding
balances of credit transactions (singly or jointly with
co-signers in the case of life coverages) in the event
of death, or, to make contractual monthly payments on
the credit transactions in the event of the obligator's
disability by licensed agents or brokers to the extent
permissible under applicable State insurance laws and
regulations) at Sea Tac Village, Intersection of Pacific
Highway S. and South 320 Street, Federal Way, Washington,
through a subsidiary, West Coast Credit Corporation
d/b/a Fidelity Finance Co., Inc. (10/28/77) 3/
Mellon National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in <ie novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or the account
of others, loans and other extensions of credit such as
would be made by a mortgage banking company; acting as
insurance agency in connection with credit life and
disability insurance and mortgage redemption insurance
which is directly related to the extension of credit or
provision of other financial services) at Suite 3LL,
4150 Belden Village Street, Canton, Ohio, through its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Mellon National Mortgage Co. of
Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio (10/27/77) 3/
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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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Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(mortgage banking including the making, acquiring and
servicing for its own account or the accounts of others,
loans and other extensions of credit) at 1616 West Shaw
Avenue, Suite D-2, Fresno, California, through a whollyowned subsidiary, The Kissell Company, Springfield, Ohio
(10/27/77) V
Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(mortgage banking including the making, acquiring and
servicing for its own account or the accounts of others,
loans and other extensions of credit) at Suite 211, 2247
Building, 2247 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach,
Florida, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Kissell
Company, Springfield, Ohio (10/29/77) 3J
United Virginia Bankshares Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia,
notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(originating loans as principal; originating loans as
agent; servicing loans for non-affiliated individuals,
partnerships, and corporations; servicing loans for
affiliates of United Virginia Bankshares Incorporated;
the sale, as agent, of credit life, credit disability,
mortgage redemption and mortgage cancellation insurance
in connection with such loans and such other activities
as may be incidental to the business of a mortgage corporation) from 2200 Century Parkway, N.E., Suite 798,
Atlanta, Georgia to 2295 Parklake Drive, N.E., Suite
470, Atlanta, Georgia, through its subsidiary, United
Virginia Mortgage Corporation (10/28/77) 3/
The Wachovia Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
notification of intent to continue to engage in de novo
activities (rendering data processing services related
to banking, financial, or related economic data and
specifically in the following product areas: data
processing services to banks including deposit, loan and
accounting services; data processing services to corporate
customers of banks including accounting services such as
payroll, general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts
payable, and inventory accounting; data processing
services to financial institutions, colleges and universities
in the accounting and servicing of student loans; and
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of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued

providing computer output microfilm services for data
being processed in connection with the above services)
at 301 North Church Street, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina; 3101 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, North Carolina;
Suite 104, Pembroke Four, Virginia Beach, Virginia;
Suite 410, Westwood Office Park, Fredericksburg, Virginia;
Avalon and East Ennis Street, Salisbury, North Carolina;
and 222 Main Street, Evansville, Indiana, through the
retention of shares of Wachovia Services, Inc. (10/29/77)
3/
First Amtenn Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (making
or acquiring for its own account or the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit such as
would be made by a finance company including secured and
unsecured loans to individuals; discounting of install—-—
ment sales contracts and secured commercial financing
such as dealer floor-plan financing and lease financing;
and acting as agent or broker in selling the following
types of insurance to borrowing customers: credit life
insurance, accident and health insurance, and property
damage insurance on collateral supporting loans) at 2115
North Citrus Boulevard, Leesburg, Florida, through its
subsidiary, Sun Finance and Loan Company and 1900 Bay
Road, Unit #3, Sarasota, Florida, through its subsidiary, Atlantic Loan Company of Sarasota (10/29/77) 3/
First National Holding Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities (making
and acquiring for its own account, loans, discounts,
acceptances and other extensions of credit and such
other business as is customarily engaged in by consumer
credit or finance companies; and acting as insurance
agent or broker in selling insurance to borrowers from
such finance subsidiary to include credit life insurance
and credit accident and health insurance in connection
with loans made by said finance subsidiary) at 1290
State Line Road, South Haven, Mississippi, through a
subsidiary, Gulf Finance Corporation of Mississippi
(10/27/77) 3/
3/

4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continued
Merchants National Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana,
notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(leasing of capital goods and equipment to industry,
banks, or others, or acting as agent, broker, or adviser
in leasing such personal property where at the inception
of the initial lease the effect of the transaction 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 and such leases shall contain
such other terms and conditions as shall comply with
Section 225.4(a)(6)(a) of Regulation Y issued by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) from
2640 E. Old Forge Road, Columbus, Ohio to 4041 N. High
Street, Suite 410, Columbus, Ohio, through its subsidiary, Circle Acceptance Leasing Corp. (10/23/77) 3/
Kayco Investment Corporation, Nevada, Missouri, notification of intent to continue to engage in de novo
activities (sale as agent of credit life and credit
accident and health insurance related to extensions of
credit made by its subsidiary bank, Perry State Bank) at
Main Street, Perry, Missouri (10/28/77) 3/
BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company and servicing loans and
other extensions of credit, such activities will include, but not be limited to, making consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance contracts, making loans and other extensions of credit to
small businesses, making loans secured by real and
personal property; acting as agent or broker for the
sale of credit-related life and credit-related accident
and disability insurance in connection with extensions
of credit made or acquired by FinaneeAinerica Corporation) at 39777 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, California,
through its indirect subsidiary, FinaneeAmerica Corporation (a California Corporation) (10/29/77) 3/
37

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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ACTIONS OF THE BOARD-Continned
BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company and servicing loans and
other extensions of credit, such activities will include, but not be limited to, making consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance contracts, making loans and other extensions of credit to
small businesses, and making loans secured by real and
personal property; acting as agent or broker for the
sale of credit-related life and credit-related accident
and disability insurance in connection with extensions
of credit made or acquired by FinanceAmerica Corporation) at Sugarhouse Shopping Center, Suite F, 4161 South
Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, through its indirect
subsidiary, FinaneeAmerica Corporation (a Nevada Corporation) (10/27/77) 3/
* * * * *

To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Returned
GATX Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, notification of
intent to acquire the assets of Kern County Equipment
Company, Bakersfield, California, an International
Harvester agricultural and construction equipment
dealership (10/27/77) V

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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to Section
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9 of the Federal Reserve Act
The Northern Virginia Bank, Springfield, Virginia.
Branch to be established in the Fox Mill Shopping
Center, Fox Mill Road and Lawyers Road, Reston, Fairfax
County.
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To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
United Oklahoma Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
* * * * *
To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Community Banks, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Bank of Middleton, Middleton, Wisconsin and
The Bank of Shorewood Hills, Madison, Wisconsin, a
proposed new bank.
Eicher Bancorporation, Iowa City, Iowa, for approval to
acquire 98.5 per cent of the voting shares of Hawkeye
State Bank, Iowa City, Iowa.
Goldfield State Bancshares, Inc., Goldfield, Iowa, for
approval to acquire 90 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Goldfield State Bank, Goldfield, Iowa.
Wellman Investment Company, Wellman, Iowa, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Wellman Savings Bank, Wellman, Iowa.
Northwest Arkansas Bancshares, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors1
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of First National
Bank, Rogers, Arkansas.

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APPLICATIONS RECEIVED-Continued
Greenwald Bancshares, Inc., Greenwald, Minnesota, for
approval to acquire 80.3 per cent of the voting shares
of State Bank of Greenwald, Greenwald, Minnesota.
West Point Bancorp., Inc., West Point, Nebraska, for
approval to acquire 93.3 per cent of the voting shares
of The Farmers & Merchants National Bank of West Point,
West Point, Nebraska,
First Western Bancorporation, Moab, Utah, for approval to
acquire 16,003 shares of the voting shares of First
Western National Bank, Moab, Utah.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut,
notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(to engage dje novo through Pioneer Credit Corporation
from its new location in the activity of equipment
leasing in the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; and to expand the geographic areas in which Pioneer Credit Corporation conducts its present activities as follows: consumer finance and commercial and industrial finance - Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York;
and agricultural finance - Connecticut) from Great
Barrington, Massachusetts to 790 Maple Avenue, Hartford,
Connecticut, through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Pioneer Credit Corporation (10/26/77) 3/
Chemical New York Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by an industrial loan company and servicing
loans and other extensions of credit all under the
Kentucky Industrial Loan Corporations Act of 1962; the
insurance agency activities previously approved for
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of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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this office will be continued in connection with the new
activity) at 1115 Dupont Circle, Riley Building, St.
Matthews, Kentucky, through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Sunamerica Credit Corporation (10/26/77) 3/
Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
engage in de novo activities (making loans to individuals and businesses secured by real and personal property, the proceeds of which may be for purposes other
than personal, family or household usage; and the sale
of credit related life/accident and health insurance
related to such loans; if these proposals are effected,
a licensed agent will offer to sell credit related
life/accident and health, or decreasing or level (in the
case of single payment loans), term life insurance to
cover the outstanding balances of credit transactions
(singly or jointly with co-signers in the case of life
coverage) in the event of death, or, to make the contractual monthly payments on the credit transactions in
the event of the obligator's disability to the extent
permissible under applicable State insurance laws and
regulations; credit related decreasing term life insurance and accident and health insurance may be reinsured
by Gateway Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of
Nationwide Financial Corporation of Missouri; further,
in regard to the sale of credit related insurance, the
subsidiary will not act as a general insurance agency)
at 9859 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Ann; 9819 W. Florissant
Avenue, St. Louis; 138 South County Center Way, St.
Louis; 100-D East Manchester, Ballwin; 2182 First Capital
Drive, St. Charles; 115 Flower Valley Shopping Center,
Florissant; and 13100 Manchester Road, Suite 150, St.
Louis, all located in Missouri, through its subsidiary,
Nationwide Financial Services Corporation presently
operating as Nationwide Financial Corporation of Missouri
(10/26/77) V
Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(arranging, making or acquiring for its own account or
for the account of others, loans and other extensions of
credit such as would be made or acquired by a mortgage
company and servicing such loans and other extensions of
credit; acting as an investment adviser and manager to a
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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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real estate Investment trust; providing bookkeeping or
data processing services for Manufacturers Hanover
Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates and storing
and processing other banking, financial or related
economic data such as performing payroll, accounts
receivable or billing services) at 2121 Sage Road,
Houston, Texas, through its subsidiary, Citizens Mortgage Corporation d/b/a Royal Oak Mortgage Corporation
(10/27/77) 2/
Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in d£ novo activities
(mortgage banking including the making, acquiring and
servicing for its own account or the accounts of others,
loans and other extensions of credit) at Suite #6, 280
North Park Avenue, Warren, Ohio, through its whollyowned subsidiary, The Kissell Company, Springfield, Ohio
(10/27/77) 3/
Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland,
notification of intent to engage in d<e 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 5910
Baltimore National Pike, Cantonsville, Maryland, through
its subsidiary, Mercantile Mortgage Corporation (10/27/77)
3/
Eicher Bancorporation, Iowa City, Iowa, for approval in
acting d£ novo as agent in the sale of credit life and
credit health and accident insurance as a convenience to
customers of Hawkeye State Bank, Iowa City, Iowa.
Financial Enterprises, Inc., Clinton, Missouri, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (to act
as insurance agent for the sale of insurance coverages
directly related to extensions of credit by its subsidiary, First National Bank, of Clinton; the bank holding
company will sell decreasing term credit life insurance,
credit accident and health insurance, and level term
credit life insurance in connection with single payment
demand notes) on the premises of its subsidiary bank's
main office at 2nd & Jefferson and at the bank's branch
facility at 1303 E. Ohio, both located in Clinton,
Missouri (10/26/77) 3/
3/

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of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company and servicing loans and
other extensions of credit, such activities will include, but not be limited to, making consumer installment loans, purchasing installment sales finance contracts, making loans and other extensions of credit to
small businesses, and making loans secured by real and
personal property; acting as agent or broker for the
sale of credit related life, credit related accident and
disability insurance, and credit related property insurance in connection with extensions of credit made or
acquired by FinanceAmerica Corporation) at 7290 East
Broadway, Tucson, Arizona, through its indirect subsidiary, FinaneeAmerica Corporation (an Arizona Corporation) (10/19/77) 3/
BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate die novo activities
(making or acquiring, for their own accounts, loans and
other extensions of credit such as would be made or
acquired by a finance company; FinaneeAmerica Corporation (a Kentucky Corporation) will engage in making
consumer installment loans, making loans and other
extensions of credit to small businesses, purchasing
installment sales finance contracts, and servicing loans
and other extensions of credit; FinaneeAmerica Loan and
Investment Company will engage in making consumer installment loans, making loans and other extensions of
credit to small businesses, making loans secured by real
or personal property, and servicing loans and other
extensions of credit; both corporations will act as
agent or broker for the sale of credit related life,
credit related accident and disability insurance, and
credit related property insurance in connection with
extensions of credit made or acquired by FinaneeAmerica
Corporation (a Kentucky Corporation) or FinanceAmerica
Loan and Investment Company) from 3213 Guthrie Green,
River City Mall, Louisville, Kentucky to 8266 Dixie
Highway, Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky, through its
indirect subsidiaries, FinanceAmerica Corporation (a
Kentucky Corporation) and FinanceAmerica Loan and Investment Company (10/20/77) 3/
3/

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of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATIONS RECEIVED-Continued
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
such leasing 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 as authorized by the Federal Reserve Board under
section 225.4(a)(6)(a) of Regulation Y; 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 222 East First Street,
Aberdeen, Washington, through its subsidiary, Rainier
Credit Company (10/24/77) 3/
Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as an investment or financial adviser to the
extent of serving as investment adviser as defined in
Section 2(a)(20) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
to an investment company registered under the Act;
providing portfolio investment advice to any other
person and furnishing general economic information and
advice, general economic statistical forecasting services and industry studies; such services will be offered
on a nationwide basis to the following types of accounts:
corporate pension and profit-sharing accounts; public
pension funds; investment companies registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940; and banks, trust companies and corporations) at 333 South Hope Street, Los
Angeles, California, through its subsidiary, Security
Pacific Investment Managers, Inc. (10/24/77) 3/
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Western Bancorporation, Los Angeles, California, notification of intent to engage in die novo activities (providing bookkeeping or data processing services for the
internal operations of the holding company, its subsidiaries, and others; storing and processing other
banking, financial or related economic data such as
performing payroll, accounts receivable or payable, or
billing services; making excess computer time available
to anyone; selling a byproduct of the development of a
program for a permissible data processing activity;
supplying formatting for computer output microfilm only
as an output option for data otherwise being permissibly processed by the holding company system; selling
and/or leasing excess computer equipment which can no
longer be utilized by the company; and conducting such
related activities as incidental to the data processing
business) at 124 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico;
405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California; 95
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California; 707 Wilshire
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California; 101 Continental
Boulevard, El Segundo, California; 411 North Vermont
Avenue, Los Angeles, California; 8671 South Nash Street,
El Segundo, California; 333 South Bannock Street, Englewood, Colorado; 205 West Oak Street, Fort Collins,
Colorado; 700 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho; 1400
Vista Avenue, Boise, Idaho; 24 East Main, Cut Bank,
Montana; 225 East Bridger Street, Las Vegas, Nevada; 730
Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada; 1 East
First Street, Reno, Nevada; 2445 Vassar Street, Reno,
Nevada; 320 Gold Avenue, S.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico;
8616 Northeastern Avenue N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico;
FNB Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona; 300 West Aztec Avenue,
Gallup, New Mexico; 128 West Second Street, Roswell, New
Mexico; 1300 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon; 350
S.W. Jefferson Street, Portland, Oregon; 175 South Main
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah; 3815 South West Temple,
Salt Lake City, Utah; 1215 Fourth Avenue, Seattle,
Washington; 6801 South 180th Street, Seattle, Washington;
Third and Ivinson Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming; 232 East
Main Street, Riverton, Wyoming; 425 First Avenue North,
Great Falls, Montana; 2 Main Street, Kalispell, Montana;
104 South Wolcott Street, Casper, Wyoming; 800 Seventeenth
Street, Denver, Colorado; 216 West Broadway, Hobbs, New
Mexico; 20 East Main Street, Mesa, Arizona; 1305 West
23rd Street, Tempe, Arizona; 504 Sherman Avenue, Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho; 400 Memorial Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho;
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and 150 North Stone Avenue, Tucson, Arizona; through its
subsidiary, Western Bancorp Data Processing Company
(10/19/77) 3/
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Arkansas Best Corporation, Fort Smith, Arkansas, through
a wholly-owned subsidiary, Arkansas-Best Freight System,
Inc., an interstate motor carrier, notification of
intent of its purchase of a portion of the operating
rights of Eastern Express, Inc. also an interstate motor
carrier (10/24/77) 3/
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REPORTS RECEIVED
None
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PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING
None

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