68290 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 1997 / Notices

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. 2245]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceedings

December 23, 1997.

Petitions for reconsideration and

clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceedings

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of these

documents are available for viewing and

copying in Room 239, 1919 M Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. or may be

purchase form the Commission’s copy

contractor, ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800.

Oppositions to these petitions must be

filed January 15, 1998. See Section

1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s rule (47

CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an opposition

must be filed within 10 days after the

time for filing oppositions has expired.

Subject: Telecommunications

Services Inside Wiring Customer

Premises Equipment (CS Docket No. 95–

184).

Implementation of the Cable

Television Consumer Protection and

Competition Act of 1992: Cable Home

Wiring (MM Docket No. 92–260).

Number of Petitions Filed: 8.

Subject: Amendment of the

Commission’s Rules to Establish a Radio

Astronomy Coordination Zone in Puerto

Rico (ET Docket No. 96–2, RM–8165).

Number of Petitions Filed: 1.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–34087 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

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 January

13, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Craig Dwight Heath, Phoenix,

Arizona, and Robert Theodore Heath,

Newton, Illinois, both individually and

as co-trustees for the Heath Trust for

First National Bancshares in Newton,

Inc.; to retain voting shares of First

National Bancshares in Newton, Inc.,

Newton, Illinois, and thereby indirectly

retain First National Bank in Newton,

Newton, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, December 24, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–34091 Filed 12–30–97; 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 January 26,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. The Independent Mutual Holding

Company, Laconia, New Hampshire; to

become a bank holding company by

acquiring 100 percent of the voting

shares of Laconia Savings Bank,

Laconia, New Hampshire.

2. West Coast Bancorp, Lake Oswego,

Oregon; to merge with Centennial

Holdings, Ltd., Olympia, Washington,

and thereby indirectly acquire

Centennial Bank, Olympia, Washington.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. First American Corporation,

Nashville, Tennessee; to merge with

Deposit Guaranty Corporation, Jackson,

Mississippi, and thereby indirectly

acquire Deposit Guaranty National

Bank, Jackson, Mississippi.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

G&W Life Insurance Company, Jackson,

Mississippi, and Deposit Guaranty

Mortgage Company of Florida, Inc.,

Tallahassee, Florida, and thereby engage

in extending credit and servicing loans

and credit insurance activities, pursuant

to §§ 225.28(b)(1) and (b)(11) of the

Board’s Regulation Y.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Gold Banc Acquisition Corp, Inc. II,

Leawood, Kansas; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Farmers

Bancshares of Oberlin, Inc., Oberlin,

Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Farmers National Bank, Oberlin, Kansas.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc.,

McAllen, Texas, and Texas Regional

Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

(Applicants); to merge with Brownsville

Bancshares, Inc., Brownsville, Texas,

and thereby indirectly acquire BNB

Bancshares, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware,

and Brownsville National Bank,

Brownsville, Texas.

In connection with this application,

Applicants also have applied to merge

with TB&T Bancshares, Inc.,

Brownsville, Texas, and thereby

indirectly acquire Texas Bank & Trust

Company, Brownsville, Texas.

In addition, Applicants have applied

to merge with Raymondville Bancorp,