[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 39134] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-19046] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Sec. 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 August 15. 1996. A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166: 1. Joseph Thomas McLane, Poplar Bluff, Missouri; to acquire an additional 43.40 percent, for a total of 43.42 percent, of the voting shares of Midwest Bancshares, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Carter County State Bank, Van Buren, Missouri, First Midwest Bank of Dexter, Dexter, Missouri, First Midwest Bank of Chaffee, and First Midwest Bank of Piedmont, Piedmont, Missouri. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 22, 1996. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 96-19046 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F