42796 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 1997 / Notices

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.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

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 September 2,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis,

Minnesota; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Packers Management

Company, Omaha, Nebraska, and

thereby indirectly acquire Packers Bank,

Omaha, Nebraska.

2. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis,

Minnesota; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of First Valley Bank

Group, Los Fresons, Texas, and thereby

indirectly acquire First Valley Delaware

Financial Corp, Dover, Delaware, and

First Valley Bank, Harlingen, Texas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Keene Bancorp Employee Stock

Ownership Plan & Trust, Keene, Texas;

to acquire 35.22 percent of the voting

shares of Keene Bancorp, Inc., Keene,

Texas, and thereby acquire First State

Bank, Keene, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–20922 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies;

Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

97-20271) published on page 41387 of

the issue for Friday, August 1, 1997.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of

Atlanta heading, the entry for Rockdale

National Bankshares, Inc., Conyers,

Georgia, is revised to read as follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Rockdale National Bankshares,

Conyers, Georgia; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Rockdale

National Bank, Conyers, Georgia (in

organization).

Comments on this application must

be received by August 22, 1997.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–20923 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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 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.

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 September 2, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Emprise Financial Corporation,

Wichita, Kansas; to acquire up to 9.9

percent of Mid Continent Bancshares,

Inc., El Dorado, Kansas, and Mid

Continent Federal Savings & Loan

Association, El Dorado, Kansas, and

thereby engage in operating a savings

association, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(4)(ii) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, August 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–20920 Filed 8–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System .

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

August 13, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st 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 items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.