[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6938-6939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3453]


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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

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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 March 9, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Jeffery Hirsch, Banking 
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Northwest Bancorp, MHC, and Northwest Bancorp, Inc., both of 
Warren, Pennsylvania; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Corry Savings Bank, Corry, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Little Sioux Bancshares, Inc., Sioux Rapids, Iowa; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring at least 87.67 percent of the voting 
shares of First State Bank, Sioux Rapids, Iowa.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. National City Bancshares, Inc., Evansville, Indiana; to merge 
with Illinois One Bancorp, Inc., Shawneetown, Illinois, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Illinois One Bank, National Association, 
Shawneetown, Illinois.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice 
President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Community First Bankshares, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota; to merge 
with Community Bancorporation, Thornton, Colorado, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Community First National Bank, Thornton, Colorado.
    2. Community First Bankshares, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota; to merge 
with FNB, Inc., Greeley, Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire First 
National Bank of Greeley, Greeley, Colorado, and Poudre Valley Bank, 
Fort Collins, Colorado.
    3. Community First Bankshares, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Pioneer Bank of Longmont, 
Longmont, Colorado.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 6, 
1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-3453 Filed 2-10-98; 8:45 am]
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