[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5560-5561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3109]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Fort Wayne National Corporation, et al.; Formations of; 
Acquisitions by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's 
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842) and Sec.  225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to 
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding 
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications 
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
    Each application is available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted 
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processing, it 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 or to the offices of the Board of 
Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must 
include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in 
lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that 
are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at 
a hearing.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received not later than March 8, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Fort Wayne National Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana; to merge 
with Valley Financial Services, Inc., Mishawaka, Indiana, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Valley American Bank and Trust Company, South Bend, 
Indiana.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. JWL-GSW, Ltd., Houston, Texas; to become a bank holding company 
by acquiring 20.1 percent of the voting shares of Gulf Southwest 
Bancorp, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Gulf 
Southwest Nevada Bancorp, Inc., Reno, Nevada, and Merchants Bank, 
Houston, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 7, 
1996.
Barbara R. Lowrey,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-3109 Filed 2-12-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F