5832 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 26 / Friday, February 7, 1997 / Notices

express their views in writing to the

Reserve Bank indicated for that notice

or to the offices of the Board of

Governors. Comments must be received

not later than February 21, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Eduardo Antonio Masferrer, Miami,

Florida; to acquire an additional 8.51

percent, for a total of 15.2 percent, of the

voting shares of Hamilton Bancorp, Inc.,

Miami, Florida, and thereby indirectly

acquire Hamilton Bank, N.A., Miami,

Florida.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 3, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3044 Filed 2-6-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

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. Once the application has

been accepted for processing, it will also

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,

including whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company can ‘‘reasonably

be expected to produce benefits to the

public, such as greater convenience,

increased competition, or gains in

efficiency, that outweigh possible

adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). 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 March 3, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Christopher J. McCurdy, Senior

Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New

York, New York 10045-0001:

1. U.S. Trust Corporation, New York,

New York; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of U.S. Trust Bank of

Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior

Vice President) 100 North 6th Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:

1. Keystone Financial Inc., Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania; to merge with Financial

Trust Corp., Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and

thereby acquire Financial Trust Co.,

Carlise, Pennsylvania; Chambersburg

Trust Co., Chambersburg, Pennsylvania;

First National Bank and Trust Co.,

Waynesboro, Pennsylvania; and

Washington County National Bank,

Williamsport, Maryland.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690-1413:

1. Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc., Beloit,

Wisconsin; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Rochelle Bancorp,

Rochelle, Illinois, and thereby indirectly

acquire Rochelle Savings Bank, S.B.,

Rochelle, Illinois.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Midland Acceptance Corporation,

Rochelle, Illinois, and thereby enage in

making and servicing loans, pursuant to

§ 225.25(b)(1) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning,

Director, Bank Holding Company) 101

Market Street, San Francisco, California

94105-1579:

1. U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of Business & Professional Bank,

Woodland, California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 3, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3045 Filed 2-6-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

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 § 225.25 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.25) 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.

Once the notice has been accepted for

processing, it will also 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, including whether

consummation of the proposal can

‘‘reasonably be expected to produce

benefits to the public, such as greater

convenience, increased competition, or

gains in efficiency, that outweigh

possible adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a

hearing on this question must be

accompanied by a statement of the

reasons a written presentation would

not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identifying specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing, and indicating how the party

commenting would be aggrieved by

approval of the proposal.

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 February 21, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. Farmers State Financial Corp.,

Victor, Montana; to engage de novo

through its subsidiary, Farmers State

Bank, FSB, Stevensville, Montana, in

operating a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(9) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 26 / Friday, February 7, 1997 / Notices 5833

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 3, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3043 Filed 2-6-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

FOREIGN 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,

February 12, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st Streets,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 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.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3167 Filed 2–5–97; 10:12 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of Minority Health; Notice of a

Cooperative Agreement With Central

State University

The Office of Minority Health (OMH)

announces that it will enter into a

cooperative agreement with Central

State University to support a Family and

Community Violence Prevention

Program.

The purpose of the Family and

Community Violence Prevention

Program is to positively impact the

increasing incidence of violence and

abusive behavior in low income, at-risk

communities through the mobilization

of community partners to address these

issues. In order to have an effect on this

trend, interventions conducted through

partnerships must be directed to the

individual, the family and the

community as a whole, and must be

designed to impact the academic and

personal development of those who are

at risk.

This cooperative agreement is

intended to demonstrate the merit of

programs that involve partnerships

between community institutions and

Family Life Centers to spearhead a

community effort to improve the quality

of life for all community residents.

Authority

This cooperative agreement is

authorized under section 1707(d)(1) of

the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C.

300u–6(d)(1).

Background

Assistance will be provided only to

Central State University of Wilberforce,

Ohio. No other applications are

solicited. Central State University is

uniquely qualified to administer this

cooperative agreement because it has:

1. developed an infrastructure to

manage a multi-faceted demonstration

program coordinated among widely

dispersed institutions of higher

education addressing the issues of

family and community violence;

2. in place a management staff with

the background and experience to guide,

develop and evaluate a multimillion

dollar demonstration program;

3. established a relationship with a

network of institutions of higher

education actively involved in programs

to prevent family and community

violence;

4. demonstrated an ability to bring

together individual schools to function

as a cohesive unit in addressing

common issues and goals;

5. experience in carrying out a

program designed to reduce the

incidence of violence and crime; and

6. demonstrated through past

activities its ability to pull together

experts in the field of violence

prevention to serve in an advisory

capacity to a multi-year project.

Approximately $4,800,000 (indirect

and direct costs) is available in FY 1997

to fund this cooperative agreement. The

project is expected to begin on

September 30, 1997, for a 12-month

budget period within a project period

not to exceed 3 years. Continuation

awards within the project period will be

made on the basis of satisfactory

performance and availability of funds.

Violent and abusive behavior exacts a

large toll on the physical and mental

health of Americans. According to the

Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review

and 1995 Revisions, the United States

ranks first among industrialized nations

in violent death rates, with homicide

and suicide claiming more than 50,000

lives each year. An additional 2.2

million people are injured by violent

assaults annually. According to this

report, morbidity and mortality due to

violence show some disturbing trends.

Youth are increasingly involved as both

perpetrators and victims of violence. In

1992, the homicide rate for young black

men exceeded that of young white men

by as much as 8 times. Women are

frequent targets of both physical and

sexual assault, often perpetrated by

spouses, ex-spouses, intimate partners,

or others known to them. Women with

family incomes under $9,999 had the

highest rates of violence attributable to

an intimate while those with family

incomes over $30,000 had the lowest

rates.

Blacks are disproportionately

represented among both violent crime

offenders and victims. While blacks

constituted 12 percent of the U.S.

population in 1993, in that same year

they represented 58 percent of persons

arrested for murder, 41 percent arrested

for rape, 62 percent arrested for robbery,

and 40 percent arrested for aggravated

assault (Bureau of Justice Statistics,

1994). Arrest data also indicate that

violent crime, especially murder,

involve intraracial victims-offender

relationship patterns. In 1993, 94

percent of black murder victims were

killed by black offenders and 84 percent

of white murder victims were killed by

white offenders (Department of Justice,

1993).

According to the National Center on

Child Abuse and Neglect, an estimated

2.9 million children were reported as

alleged victims of maltreatment in 1994.

Of the investigation dispositions, 1.0

million were determined to have been

victims of either substantiated or

indicated maltreatment. Of these, 53

percent suffered from neglect, 26

percent were physically abused, 14

percent were sexually abused, 3 percent

suffered from medical neglect, 5 percent

from emotional maltreatment, 15

percent from other types of

maltreatment, and 4 percent unknown.

About 27 percent were 3 years old or

younger, 20 percent were age 4 to 6, 17

percent were 7 to 9, 15 percent were

between 10 and 12, and 21 percent were

teenagers (13 to 18). Of those cases

where states reported race/ethnicity, 56

percent of the victims were white, 26

percent were African American, 9

percent Hispanic, 2 percent Native

American, and less than 1 percent

Asian/Pacific Islander.