Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 108 / Monday, June 5, 2000 / Notices 35643

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Additional information on all bank

holding companies may be obtained

from the National Information Center

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than June 29, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Mahaska Investment Company

ESOP, Oskaloosa, Iowa; to acquire an

additional 2.29 percent, for a total of

13.87 percent in aggregate, of the voting

shares of Mahaska Investment

Company, Oskaloosa, Iowa, and thereby

indirectly acquire additional voting

shares of Mahaska State Bank,

Oskaloosa, Iowa; Pella State Bank, Pella,

Iowa; Central Valley Bank, Ottumwa,

Iowa; and Midwest Federal Savings &

Loan of Eastern Iowa, Burlington, Iowa.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,

Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480–0291:

1. F & M Financial Services, Inc.,

Preston, Minnesota; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of F & M

Community Bank, N. A., Chatfield,

Minnesota, a de novo bank.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. JTB Bancshares, Inc., Mission Hills,

Kansas; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Whiting

Bankshares, Inc., Whiting, Kansas, and

thereby indirectly acquire The State

Bank of Whiting, Whiting, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 30, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–13900 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals To Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

To Acquire Companies That Are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notice also will be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act. Additional information on all

bank holding companies may be

obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than June 19, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. First Community Bancshares, Inc.,

Bargersville, Indiana; to acquire Blue

River Federal Savings Bank, Edinburgh,

Indiana, and thereby engage in

operating a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of

Regulation Y. Comments on this

application must be received not later

than June 29, 2000.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Admiral Family Banks, Inc., Alsip,

Illinois; to engage de novo in leasing

activities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(3) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 30, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–13898 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 981 0108]

Service Corporation International;

Analysis To Aid Public Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed consent agreement.

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this

matter settles alleged violations of

federal law prohibiting unfair or

deceptive acts or practices or unfair

methods of competition. The attached

Analysis To Aid Public Comment

describes both the allegations in the

draft complaint that accompanies the

consent agreement and the terms of the

consent order—embodied in the consent

agreement—that would settle these

allegations.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary,

Room 159, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold Kirtz or Andrea Foster, Federal

Trade Commission, Southeast Region,

Suite 5M35, Midrise Bldg., 60 Forsyth

St., S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303. (404) 656–

1357.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C.

46 and Section 2.34 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice (16 CFR 2.34) notice is

hereby given that the above-captioned

consent agreement containing a consent

order to cease and desist, having been

filed with and accepted, subject to final

approval, by the Commission, has been

placed on the public record for a period

of thirty (30) days. The following

Analysis To Aid Public Comment

describes the terms of the consent

agreement, and the allegations in the

complaint. An electronic copy of the

full text of the consent agreement

package can be obtained from the FTC

Home Page (for May 18, 2000), on the

World Wide Web, at ‘‘http://

www.ftc.gov/ftc/formal.htm.’’ A paper

copy can be obtained from the FTC

Public Reference Room, Room H–130,

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,