[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 228] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-32] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 January 26, 1998. A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001: 1. Niagara Bancorp, MHC, Lockport, New York and Niagara Bancorp, Inc., Lockport, New York; to become bank holding companies by acquiring voting shares of Lockport Savings Bank, Lockport, New York. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413: 1. First Financial Corporation, Terre Haute, Indiana; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of The Morris Plan Company of Terre Haute, Inc., Terre Haute, Indiana, and industrial loan company. C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034: 1. Bolivar Banking Corporation, Shelby, Mississippi; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The Bank of Bolivar County, Shelby, Mississippi. D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272: 1. Diboll State Bancshares, Inc., Diboll, Texas, and Diboll State Bancshares of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Pineland State Bank, Pineland, 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. Capital Community Bancorporation, Inc., Orem, Utah; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Orem Community Bank, Orem, Utah. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 29, 1997. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 98-32 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F