[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45420-45421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22723]


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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. The notices also will 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 September 10, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. ALBANK, FSB Incentive Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 
Albany, New York; to retain ALBANK Financial Corporation, Albany, New 
York, and thereby retain shares of ALBANK Commercial, Albany, New York, 
a de novo bank, and ALBANK, FSB, Albany, New York, a federal savings 
association.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Imogene Metcalf, and Charles W. Butler, both of Hooker, 
Oklahoma; to acquire voting shares of Hooker National Bancshares, Inc., 
Hooker, Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank, 
Hooker, Oklahoma.
    2. Michael D. Platt, Hardtner, Kansas, James L. Molz, Kiowa, 
Kansas, David C. Collins, and Roland C. Pederson, both of Burlington, 
Oklahoma; to acquire voting shares of B-K Agency, Inc. Hardtner, 
Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire The Farmers State Bank, 
Hardtner, Kansas.


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    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 21, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-22723 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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