Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 229 / Friday, November 28, 1997 / Notices 63343

desired information in a timely and

uniform manner. The information

advises FMCS of the parties involved,

type of negotiation, number of

employees, date of contract termination

or reopening, and the names and phone

numbers of contact persons. The

information supplied by the parties is

collected by the FMCS Notice

Processing Unit (NPU) and distributed

by NPU to the appropriate FMCS field

office for assignment of a federal

mediator. Parties are not required to use

Form F–53 to request services or

assistance. The entities affected by this

action are approximately 600 federal

agencies and labor unions. The form is

filled out once per request, and the time

required to fill it out is estimated to be

10 minutes or less. Approximately 1,000

forms are submitted annually. FMCS

seeks a three (3) year extension without

modification for Form F–53. Form F–53

is scheduled to expire on November 30,

1997; however, OMB has granted the

agency a short-term extension until

February 19, 1998.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: FMCS solicits

comments on:

(1) The necessity of the collection of

information for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency;

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden on respondents

of the collection of information;

(3) The clarity and utility of the

information collected; and

(4) The manner by which the burden

associated with respondents’ collection

of information could be minimized.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Elizabeth G. Watson,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–31144 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6732–01–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may 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

December 12, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Michael D. Platt, Hardtner, Kansas,

James L. Molz, Kiowa, Kansas, David C.

Collins, and Roland C. Pederson, both of

Burlington, Oklahoma; to acquire voting

shares of B-K Agency, Inc. Hardtner,

Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

The Farmers State Bank, Hardtner,

Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 24, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31314 Filed 11–26–97; 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 December 23,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. Wachovia Corporation, WinstonSalem, North Carolina; to merge with

Ameribank Bancshares, Inc.,

Hollywood, Florida, and thereby

indirectly acquire American Bank of

Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Century Bank Corp., Fairmount,

Indiana; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 97.8 percent of

the voting shares of Citizens Exchange

Bank, Fairmount, Indiana.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Mississippi Valley Bancshares, Inc.,

Clayton, Missouri; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Southwest Bank, Belleville, Illinois (in

organization).

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Narragansett Financial Corp., Fall

River, Massachusetts; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring CitizensUnion Savings Bank, Fall River,

Massachusetts. Comments on this

application must be received by

December 12, 1997.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 21, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–31143 Filed 11–26–97; 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