39620 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 27, 2000 / Notices

Virginia; Melinda Jean Thomas,

Bruceton Mills, West Virginia; Phyllis

Jean Thomas, Bruceton Mills, West

Virginia; Ward Fike Thomas, Bruceton

Mills, West Virginia; to retain voting

shares of State Bancorp, Inc., Bruceton

Mills, West Virginia, and thereby

indirectly retain voting shares of

Bruceton Bank, Bruceton Mills, West

Virginia, and Terra Alta Bank, Terra

Alta, West Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. David R. and Norvelle Dickey,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to acquire

voting shares of First Thomas Ban Corp,

Thomas, Oklahoma, and thereby

indirectly acquire voting shares of First

National Bank of Thomas, Thomas,

Oklahoma.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 21, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16161 Filed 6–26–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

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 July 21, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Heartland Bancshares, Inc., Lenox,

Iowa; to acquire an additional 25

percent, for a total of 62.5 percent, of the

voting shares of Union Bank of Arizona,

Gilbert, Arizona.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. First Security, Inc., Owensboro,

Kentucky; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of First Security Bank

of Owensboro, Inc., Owensboro,

Kentucky.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Sooner Southwest Bankshares, Inc.,

Tulsa, Oklahoma; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of State National

Bancshares, Inc., Heavener, Oklahoma,

and thereby indirectly acquire State

National Bank, Heavener, Oklahoma.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 21, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16159 Filed 6–26–00; 8:45 am]

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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 July 11, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,

Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480–0291:

1. Community Bank Group, Inc., Eden

Prairie, Minnesota; to acquire Midland

Insurance Group, Inc., Winsted,

Minnesota, and thereby engage in

selling general insurance in a

community of less than 5,000, pursuant

to section 225.28(b)(11)(iii) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 21, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–16160 Filed 6–26–00; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Friday, June 30,

2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank