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indirectly acquire Empire Banking Co.,

Homerville, Georgia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. National City Bancshares, Inc.,

Evansville, Indiana; to merge with

Community First Financial, Inc.,

Maysville, Kentucky, and thereby

indirectly acquire Community First

Bank of Kentucky, Warsaw, Kentucky,

and Community First Bank, N.A.,

Maysville, Kentucky.

2. National City Bancshares, Inc.,

Evansville, Indiana; to merge with Trigg

Bancorp, Inc., Cadiz, Kentucky, and

thereby indirectly acquire Trigg County

Farmers Bank, Cadiz, Kentucky.

3. Independent Southern Bancshares,

Inc. ESOT, Brownsville, Tennessee, and

its subsidiary, Independent Southern

Bancshares, Inc., Brownsville,

Tennessee; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of First Western Bank,

Cooper City, Florida.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Archer, Inc., Central City, Nebraska;

to acquire an additional 9 percent, for a

total of 57.20 percent, of the voting

shares of Osceola Insurance, Inc.,

Osceola, Nebraska, and thereby

indirectly acquire First National Bank,

Osceola, Nebraska, and Gretna State

Bank, Gretna, Nebraska.

2. Gold Banc Corporation, Inc., and

Gold Banc Acquisition Corporation VII,

Inc., both of Leawood, Kansas; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of First State Bancorp., Inc., Pittsburg,

Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

First State Bank & Trust Company,

Pittsburg, Kansas. In connection with

this application Gold Banc Acquisition

Corporation VII, Inc., Leawood, Kansas,

has applied to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of First State Bancorp.,

Inc., Pittsburg, Kansas;, and thereby

indirectly acquire First State Bank &

Trust Company, Pittsburg, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 12, 1998.

Robert dev. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–16171 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

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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 July 13, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. The A.N.B. Holding Company, Ltd.,

The ANB Corporation, and ANB

Delaware Corporation, all of Terrell,

Texas; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Bank of Van Zandt,

Canton, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 15, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–16250 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

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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, including the

companies listed below, 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 July 2, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. Cooperatieve Centrale RaiffeisenBoerenleenbank B.A., Utrecht, The

Netherlands; to acquire Weiss, Peck &

Greer, L.L.C., New York, New York, and

thereby engage in acting as investment

and financial adviser to any person,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of Regulation

Y; conducting agency transactional

services for customer investments,

pursuant to § 225.28 (b)(7) of Regulation

Y; acting directly or indirectly as

general partner of, managing member in

or otherwise controlling investment

funds that invest in up to 5 percent of

the voting securities and 25 percent of

the nonvoting equity of companies; See

The Dresdner Bank, A.G., 84 Fed. Res.

Bull. 361 (1998), (‘‘Dresdner/Oeschle’’);

The Bessemer Group, Incorporated, 82

Fed. Bull. 569 (1996); and Meridian

Bancorp, Inc., 80 Fed. Res. Bull. 736

(1994); acting as a commodity pool

operator, See Dresdner/Oeschle;

providing administrative services to

mutual funds to the extent set forth in

Board orders, See Lloyds/IAI Lloyds TSB

Group plc, 84 Fed. Res. Bull. 116 (1998);

The Governor and Company of the Bank

of Ireland, 82 Fed. Res. Bull. 1129

(1996); Bankers Trust New York

Corporation, 83 Fed. Res. Bull. 780

(1996); and J.P.Morgan, 84 Fed. Res.

Bull. 113 (1997).

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 12, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–16169 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

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