Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 57 / Tuesday, March 25, 1997 / Notices 14145

for resignation from the Agreement from

six months to 90 days. It also deletes

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. as a

party and replaces it with Lykes Lines

Limited. The parties have requested a

shortened review period.

Agreement No.: 203–011542–001.

Title: African Northbound Space

Charter and Sailing Agreement.

Parties: Wilhelmsen Lines A/S

Safbank Line Limited Lykes Bros.

Steamship Co., Inc.

Synopsis: The proposed modification

deletes Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

as a party and replaces it with Lykes

Lines Limited. It also corrects the

addresses of Wilhelmsen Lines A/S and

Safbank Line Limited. The parties have

requested a shortened review period.

Agreement No.: 232–011544–001.

Title: The Lykes/APL Space Charter

Agreement.

Parties: Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.,

Inc. (‘‘Lykes’’) American President

Lines. Ltd.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

deletes Lykes as a party to the

Agreement and adds Lykes Lines

Limited as a member. The parties have

requested a shortened review period.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7387 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

The Kearney Companies, Inc., 3939 N.

Causeway Blvd., Suite 400, Metairie,

LA 70002; Officers: Michael W.

Kearney, President, Jeanne’ ShowsAndre’, Vice President

MH Shipping Inc., 3624 Marietta Drive,

Chalmette, LA 70043; Officers: Mike

Hardee, President, Betty Hardee,

Secretary

Trans Atlantic Co., 1 Catenacci Way,

Boston, MA 02130; Ali Karabashi,

Sole Proprietor

CNS Express Co., 2415 S. Sequoia Drive,

Room B, Compton, CA 90220; Nancy

Lee, Sole Proprietor

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7386 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–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. Once the

notices have been accepted for

processing, they will also 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 April 8, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Liberty Bank Employee Stock

Ownership Plan, New Orleans,

Louisiana; to acquire an additional 1.99

percent, for a total of 14.53 percent, of

the voting shares of Liberty Financial

Services, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana,

and thereby indirectly acquire Liberty

Bank and Trust Company, New Orleans,

Louisiana.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Barney Lee Popnoe, Coleman,

Texas; to acquire an additional .05

percent, for a total of 7.60 percent, and

Jane Doris Popnoe Trust, also of

Coleman, Texas, to retain 2.44 percent,

of the voting shares of Coleman

Bankshares, Inc., Coleman, Texas, and

thereby indirectly acquire Coleman

County State Bank, Coleman, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 19, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–7436 Filed 3-24-97; 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.

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 April 18, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690-1413:

1. National Canton Bancshares, Inc.,

Canton, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of Sturm

Investment, Inc., Denver, Colorado, and

thereby indirectly acquire The Union

National Bank of Macomb, Macomb,

Illinois.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. West Point Bancorp, Inc., West

Point, Nebraska; to merge with Dakota

Bancshares, Inc., West Point, Nebraska,

and thereby indirectly acquire Dakota