51662 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 191 / Thursday, October 2, 1997 / Notices

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. Richard Paul Pederson, II, Page,

North Dakota; to acquire additional

voting shares of Page Bank Holding

Company, Page, North Dakota, and

thereby indirectly acquire Page State

Bank, Page, North Dakota.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Sptember 29, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–26174 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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 October 27,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park,

Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of California Bank, N.A.

(in organization), Beverly Hills,

California.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., Quincy,

Illinois, Quincy, Illinois; to merge with

Golden Bancshares, Inc., Golden,

Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire

Golden State Bank, Golden, Illinois, and

Brown County State Bank, Mount

Sterling, Illinois.

2. Mid America Banking Corporation,

Columbia, Missouri; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring a

minimum of 98.58 percent of the voting

shares of Pulaski Bancshares, Inc.,

Dixon, Missouri, and thereby indirectly

acquire State Bank of Dixon, Dixon,

Missouri.

In connection with this application,

Mid America Mortgage Services, Inc.,

Columbia, Missouri; Mid America

Mortgage Services of St. Louis, Inc., St.

Louis, Missouri; and Mid America

Mortgage Services of Springfield, Inc.,

Springfield, Missouri; also have applied

to become bank holding companies by

acquiring an aggregate ownership of 19

percent of the voting shares of Mid

America Banking Corporation,

Columbia, Missouri, and thereby

indirectly acquire Pulaski Bancshares,

Inc., Dixon, Missouri, and State Bank of

Dixon, Dixon, Missouri.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of

Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. Security Bank Holding Company

ESOP and Security Bank Holding

Company, both of Coos Bay, Oregon; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of Pacific State Bank, Reedsport,

Oregon. Comments regarding this

application must be received by October

20, 1997.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 26, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–26090 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT

INVESTMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Notice

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. (EDT),

October 14, 1997.

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room

4506, 1250 H Street, NW., Washington,

DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Approval of the minutes of the

September 8, 1997, Board member

meeting.

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report

by the Executive Director.

3. Review of KPMG Peat Marwick

audit reports:

(a) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of the Thrift

Savings Plan Account Maintenance

Subsystem and Participant Support

Process at the United States Department

of Agriculture, National Finance

Center’’

(b) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of Access

Controls and Security Over the TSP

Computerized Resources at the United

States Department of Agriculture,

National Finance Center’’

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Roger W. Mehle,

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift

Investment Board.

[FR Doc. 97–26286 Filed 9–30–97; 11:59 am]

BILLING CODE 6760–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Coordinating Committee: Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following committee

meeting.

Name: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Coordinating Committee (CFSCC).

Time and Date: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., October 22,

1997.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room will

accommodate approximately 100 people.

Purpose: The Committee is charged with

providing advice to the Secretary, the

Assistant Secretary for Health, and the

Commissioner, Social Security

Administration (SSA) to assure interagency

coordination and communication regarding

chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) research and

other related issues; facilitating increased

Department of Health and Human Services

(HHS) and agency awareness of CFS research

and educational needs; developing

complementary research programs that

minimize overlap; identifying opportunities