[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28168]


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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 that engages either 
directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking 
activity that is listed in Sec.  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 November 17, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Jeffery Hirsch, Banking 
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Central Bancshares, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky; to acquire 
Central Bank, F.S.B., Nicholasville, Kentucky (in formation), and 
thereby engage through a de novo federal-chartered savings bank, in 
permissible savings and loan association activities, pursuant to Sec.  
225.28 (b)(4) of the Board's Regulation Y.
    2. Star Bank Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio; to acquire Great 
Financial Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Great Financial Bank, F.S.B, Louisville, Kentucky, and thereby 
engage in permissible savings and loan association activities, pursuant 
to Sec.  225.28 (b)(4) of the Board's Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 20, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-28168 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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