Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 222 / Tuesday, November 18, 1997 / Notices 61507

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. Morgantown Bancshares, Inc.,

Morgantown, West Virginia; to become

a bank holding company by acquiring

100 percent of the voting shares of

Citizens Bank of Morgantown,

Morgantown, West Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Rockhold BanCorp., Kirksville,

Missouri; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Bank of Kirksville,

Kirksville, Missouri.

2. Unity Bancshares, L.L.C., St. Louis,

Missouri; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 54.3 percent of

the voting shares of St. Johns

Bancshares, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri,

and thereby indirectly acquire St. Johns

Bank and Trust Company, St. Louis,

Missouri.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Texas Financial Bancorporation,

Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire

86.49 percent of the voting shares of

Community Bank of Arizona,

Wickenburg, Arizona.

2. Texas Financial Bancorporation,

Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire

100 percent of Conrad Company,

Minneapolis, Minnesota, which owns

98.84 percent of the voting shares of The

Bank of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New

Mexico, and 100 percent of the voting

shares of Farmers State Bank of

Montana, Conrad, Montana, and 36.60

percent of the voting shares of National

Mercantile Bancorp, Los Angeles,

California, which owns 100 percent of

the voting shares of Mercantile National

Bank, Los Angeles, California.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of

Analytical Support, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. Urban Bank, Makati City,

Philippines; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Redwood Bancorp,

San Francisco, California, and thereby

indirectly acquire Redwood Bank, San

Francisco, California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 12, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–30157 Filed 11–17–97; 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 December 2, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Citizens Bancshares Corporation,

Atlanta, Georgia; to acquire FSB

Mortgage Services, Inc., Decatur,

Georgia, and thereby engage in

providing residential mortgage lending

and mortgage brokering services,

pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(1) & (2) of the

Board’s Regulation Y. This activity will

be conducted throughout the state of

Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 12, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–30155 Filed 11–17–97; 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: 11:00 a.m., Monday,

November 24, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Proposals regarding the schematic

design and costs of a Federal Reserve

Bank’s new building project.

2. Federal Reserve Bank and Branch

director appointments.

3. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

4. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph R. Coyne, 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

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.bog.frb.fed.us for an electronic

announcement that not only lists

applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: November 14, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–30429 Filed 11–14–97; 3:40 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Granting of Request for Early

Termination of the Waiting Period

Under the Premerger Notification

Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust

Improvements Act of 1976, requires

persons contemplating certain mergers

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General advance notice and to wait

designated periods before

consummation of such plans. Section

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies,

in individual cases, to terminate this

waiting period prior to its expiration

and requires that notice of this action be

published in the Federal Register.

The following transactions were

granted early termination of the waiting

period provided by law and the

premerger notification rules. The grants

were made by the Federal Trade