[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34452-34453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16690]


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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 21, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:

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    1. NSS Bancorp, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Norwalk Savings Society, Norwalk, Connecticut.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Area Bancshares Corporation, Owensboro, Kentucky; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Cardinal Bancshares, Inc., Lexington, 
Kentucky, and thereby indirectly acquire The Vine Street Trust Company, 
Lexington, Kentucky; First & Peoples Bank, Springfield, Kentucky; HNB 
Bank National Association, Harlan, Kentucky; and Jefferson Banking 
Company, Louisville, Kentucky.
    In connection with this application, Applicant has also applied to 
acquire Alliance Bank, FSB, Somerset, Kentucky, and thereby engage in 
the operation of a federal savings bank, pursuant to Sec.  
225.28(b)(4)(ii) of the Board's Regulation Y, and Cardinal Data 
Services Corporation, Lexington, Kentucky, and thereby engage in data 
processing activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(14) 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. First National Bank of Julesburg and South Platte Bancorp, ESOP, 
Julesburg, Colorado; to acquire 1.41 percent for a total of 34.64 
percent, of the voting shares of South Platte Bancorp, Julesburg, 
Colorado.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Bryan Family Management Trust, Bryan, Texas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 3 percent of the voting shares of Bryan-
Heritage Limited Partnership, Bryan, Texas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire The First National Bank of Bryan, Bryan, Texas.
    In connection with this application, Bryan-Heritage Limited 
Partnership, Bryan, Texas also has applied to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 24.99 percent of the voting shares of The First 
National Bank of Bryan, Bryan, Texas.
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of 
Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Eggemeyer Advisory Corp., San Diego, California; Castle Creek 
Capital, L.L.C., San Diego, California; Castle Creek Capital Partners 
Fund - I, L.P., San Diego, California; and Western Bancorp, Laguna 
Niguel, California, to merge with SC Bancorp, Anaheim, California, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Southern California Bank, Anaheim, 
California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 20, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-16690 Filed 6-25-97; 8:45 am]
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