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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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1972 No. 38

During the Week Ending September 16, 1972

District

Date
Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act
Received

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Old Kent Bank and Trust Company, Grand Rapids,
Michigan (August)

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Houston-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Houston,
Texas (July)

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Proxy Statement (Special Meeting) Filed Pursuant
to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Citizens Fidelity Bank and Trust Company,
Louisville, Kentucky
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Tender Offer Statement Filed Pursuant to
Section 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
Received
Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Alabama,
Montgomery, Alabama. Amendment #2 (Filed by
Central and State National Corporation of
Alabama)
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To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
First Trust and Deposit Company, Syracuse,
New York. Branches to be established at
the following locations:
A. 195 Genessee Street, Utica, Oneida County*
B.

On the south side of Kellogg Road,
approximately 200 feet east of the
intersection of Kellogg Road and Tibbitts
Road, (unincorporated area) Town of
New Hartford, Oneida County.

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Metropolitan Bank of Syracuse, Syracuse, New York.
Branch to be established in the immediate
vicinity of the intersection of West Genessee
Street and Hindsdale Road, (unincorporated area)
Town of Camillus, Onondage County.

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The Barter Bank & Trust Company, Canton, Ohio.
Branch to be established in the immediate
vicinity of Hills and Dales Road and State
Route 241, Wales Road, Jackson Perry Township,
Stark County.

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Bay City Bank & Trust Company, Bay City, Michigan.
Branch to be established at 1500-1512 Broadway,
Bay City.

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Bank of Eldon, Eldon, Missouri. Branch to be
established at intersection of Highway 54 and
W Lakeland.

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Bank of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. Branch to be
established in, adjacent to, or near Grand Central
Shopping Center, City of Pocatello, Bannock County.
Approved
*The Union Banking & Trust Company of Du Bois,
Pennsylvania. Branch to be established at 418-420
Main Street, Reynoldsville, Jefferson County.

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




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*First Michigan Bank and Trust Company, Zeeland,
Michigan. Branch to be established at 1136
Ottawa Beach Road, Park Township, Ottawa County.
^Manchester Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Branch to be established (drive-in and walk-up
facility) at 2329-39 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis.
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To Establish an Overseas Branch of a Member Bank
Pursuant to Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
The First National Bank of Boston, Boston,
Massachusetts. Branch to be established in
Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti.
First American National Bank of Nashville,
Nashville, Tennessee. Branch to be established
in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
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Thirty Day Notice of Intention to Establish An
Additional Branch in a Foreign Country
Received
First National City Bank, New York, New York.
Additional branch to be established in Netherlands
Antilles, to be located in Willemstad, Curacao.
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*Application processed by Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of Governors
under delegated authority.




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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
**Capitol Bancorporation, Boston, Massachusetts, for
prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of Capitol Bank and Trust Company,
Boston, Massachusetts.

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**Yankee Heritage Bancorporation, Gloucester,
Massachusetts, for prior approval to acquire at
least 80 per cent of the voting shares of Cape
Ann Bank and Trust Company, Gloucester,
Massachusetts,

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**Century Financial Corporation of Michigan, Saginaw,
Michigan, for prior approval to acquire 100
per cent (less directors1 qualifying shares) of
the voting shares of the successor by merger to
Second National Bank of Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan.

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Approved
**CB&T Bancshares, Inc., Columbus, Georgia, for prior
approval to acquire 100 per cent (less directors1
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of the
successor by merger to Columbus Bank & Trust
Company, Columbus, Georgia.
Denied
Arvco, Inc., Arvada, Colorado, for approval to retain
53.065 per cent of the voting shares of Arvada
State Bank, Arvada, Colorado.
Suspended
**First Wyoming Bancorporation, Kemmerer, Wyoming,
for prior approval to acquire not less than 80
per cent of the voting shares of the First National
Bank of Kemmerer, Kemmerer, Wyoming.

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




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-5To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**Dominion Bankshares Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of
the voting shares of Dominion Bank of York County,
York County, Virginia, a proposed new bank.

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Equitable Bancorporation, Baltimore, Maryland,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of University National Bank,
Rockville, Maryland.

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Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Baltimore,
Maryland, for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares of Westminster Trust
Company, Westminster, Maryland.
Outreach National Enterprises, Incorporated,
Beaumont, Texas, for approval to retain 81.67
per cent of the outstanding shares of Texas
Bank of Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont, Texas.

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First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent (less
directors1 qualifying shares) of the voting shares
of First Security Bank of Price, N.A., Price,
Utah, a proposed new bank.
Approved
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, Florida,
for prior approval to acquire 80 per cent or
more of the voting shares of First Bank of
Deltona, Deltona, Florida.
First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Houston,
Texas, for prior approval to acquire 100 per
cent of the voting shares (less directors1
qualifying shares) of Executive National Bank,
Houston, Texas, a proposed new bank.

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




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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(5) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Approved
Financial Institutions, Inc., Warsaw, New York,
for prior approval to merge with Geneva Shareholders,
Inc., Warsaw, New York.
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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
**First National Boston Corporation, Boston,
Massachusetts, notification of intent 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.
**Shawmut Association, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts,
notification of intent to engage in a de
novo activity (securities clearance, and related
and incidental activities) through a subsidiary
to be known as Shawmut Securities Clearance
Corporation, with offices in Boston, Massachusetts,
and New York, New York.
First National City Corporation, New York, New York,
for prior approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of Acceptance Finance Company,
Clayton, Missouri.

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




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-7Received Continued
**Hamilton Bancshares, Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee,
notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (providing mortgage banking services
in Tennessee and Georgia; said mortgage activity
will include the solicitation of life insurance,
accident and health insurance and home owners
insurance incident to the mortgage) through
a subsidiary to be known as Hamilton Mortgage
Corporation in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis,
and Nashville, Tennessee; and Atlanta and Macon,
Georgia.

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**Palmer Bank Corporation, Sarasota, Florida,
notification of intent 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.

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**Pan American Bancshares, Inc., Miami, Florida,
notification of intent to shift a de novo
activity (making and acquiring, for its own
account or for the account of others, loans
and other extensions of credit for the purpose
of commercial sales financing) from its
subsidiary bank, Pan American Bank of Hialeah,
N.A., Hialeah, Florida, to a subsidiary to be known
as Pan American Capital Corp., Hialeah, Florida.

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**Pan American Bancshares, Inc., Miami, Florida,
notification of intent to shift a de novo activity
(providing data processing services for the
holding company and its subsidiaries and storing
and processing other banking, financial, or
related economic data for others) from its
subsidiary bank, Pan American Bank of Miami,
Miami, Florida, through a subsidiary to be known
as Pan American Data Corp., Miami, Florida.

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




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Received Continued
**Danehower Realty Corporation, Chanute, Kansas,
notification of intent to engage in a de
novo activity (leasing of personal property
and equipment, or acting as agent, broker or
adviser in the leasing of such personal property
and/or equipment). Such activity will be
conducted at 14 North Lincoln, Chanute, Kansas.
**PanNational Group, Inc., El Paso, Texas (formerly
State National Bancshares, Inc.) to engage in
a <ie 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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Approved
Provident National Corporation, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, for prior approval to acquire all
of the voting shares of John P. Maguire & Co.,
Inc., New York, New York.
Permitted
**First National Boston Corporation, Boston,
Massachusetts, to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring for its own account or the
account of others, loans and other extensions of
credit, and leasing of personal property) through
subsidiaries known as Massachusetts Tankers, Inc.,
Boston Tankers, Inc., Boston Tankers Corp. I,
Boston Tankers Corp. II, Boston Tankers Corp.
Ill, and Boston Tankers Corp. IV, all in Boston,
Massachusetts,
**The Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, New York,
to engage in die novo activities (to conduct
generally the business of a mortgage company by
(1) making or acquiring for investment or resale,
for its own account or for the account of others,
loans and other extensions of credit in respect of

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




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real property; (2) acting as an issuer, broker
3|id/or dealer in respect of securities guaranteed
by the Government National Mortgage Association,
which are based on or backed by pools of mortgages,
which securities may be of the type commonly
known as straight pass through or modified pass
through securities; (3) act as an investment
and financial adviser on real estate matters
to the extent of providing portfolio investment
advice to others, furnishing general economic
information and advice, general economical
statistical forecasting services and industry
studies and providing financial advice to
State and local governments, such as with respect
to the issuance of their securities; (4) service
mortgage loans; and (5) act as a broker and/or
dealer in connection with the placement of
debentures issued by the Federal Housing
Administration) through a subsidiary to be
known as Housing Investment Corporation of
Florida. Such activities will be conducted at
offices in Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, West
Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and
Jacksonville, Florida.

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**First Empire State Corporation, Buffalo, New York,
to engage in de novo activities (as principal
or agent to originate, purchase, acquire,
invest in, deal in, deal with, 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 to be known
as First Empire Realty Credit Corp., White
Plains, New York.

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




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Permitted Continued
**First Pennsylvania Corporation, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, to engage in a de_ novo activity
(bookkeeping, record keeping, processing,
accounting, transfer agent, registrar and similar
services,pertaining to the relations of
corporations, business trusts, open-end-andclosed-end investment companies, unit investment
trusts, and pension profit sharing and other
employee benefit plans, with their shareholders,
securities holders or beneficiaries) through
its subsidiary, Fund/Plan Services, Inc.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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**First Alabama Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham,
Alabama, to engage in a de_ novo activity
(acting as agent or broker with respect to (i)
credit life or accident and health insurance
that is directly related to the extension of
credit by a bank or bank-related firm; (ii)
credit life or accident and health insurance
that is directly related to the provision of
other financial services by a bank or bankrelated firm; and (iii) insurance sold in
communities which have a population not
exceeding 5,000) through a subsidiary to be
known as FAB Agency, Inc., at locations in
Birmingham, Montgomery, and Huntsville, Alabama.

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**First National Holding Corp., Atlanta, Georgia,
to engage in a de novo activity (making loans,
principally secured by second mortgages on
single family residences, for its own account)
in Tampa, Florida, through its present subsidiary,
First South Homeowners Co., Inc.

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




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Permitted Continued
**Great American Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
to continue to engage in a de novo activity
(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 a consumer credit or finance
company) through a subsidiary known as Ambank
Acceptance Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
doing business as American Acceptance Associates.
**Patagonia Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, to engage
in de novo activities (consumer finance business
and to act as an insurance agent in connection
with insurance directly related to the extension
of credit to its borrowers) through a subsidiary
known as Advance Loan Company of Lakewood,
Lakewood, Colorado.
Reactivated
**Industrial National Corporation, Providence,
Rhode Island, notification of intent to continue
to engage in a de novo activity (leasing of
personal property and equipment) through a
subsidiary known as Industrial Leasing Corporation,
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
**Citizens Financial Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio,
notification of its intent to acquire the City
Plumbing and Heating Company, Cleveland, Ohio,
a company involved in the building trades
business as a contractor of plumbing, heating and
ventilation to general contractors.

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




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Permitted
**0n H.2 No. 34 the Board reported receipt of a
notification from Arizona-Colorado Land & Cattle
Company, Phoenix, Arizona, to acquire Jaschke
Engineering, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado. The
45-day period has been accelerated.

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




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