[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38835-38836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19293]


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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 August 14, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
    1. Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., Lititz, Pennsylvania; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Cardinal Bancorp, Everette, 
Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire First American National 
Bank of Pennsylvania, Everette, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice 
President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. United Financial Corp., Great Falls, Montana; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Choteau County Bancshares, Inc., Fort Benton, Montana, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First State Bank of Fort Benton, Fort Benton, 
Montana.
    In connection with the application, Applicant also has applied to 
retain Heritage Bank, FSB, Great Falls, Montana, and thereby engage in 
owning, controlling, or operating a savings association, pursuant to 
Sec.  225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y, and acquire Fort Benton 
Insurance Agency, Fort Benton, Montana, through its acquisition of 
Choteau County Bancshares, Inc., Fort Benton, Montana, and thereby 
engage in general insurance agency activities in a town of less than 
5,000, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(11)(iii) of Regulation Y.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. New Millennium Bankshares, Inc., Topeka, Kansas; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Alliance Bank, Topeka, Kansas (a de novo bank in organization).
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. First Baird Bancshares, Inc., Baird, Texas; First Baird 
Bancshares of Delaware, Inc., Dover, Delaware; Weatherford Bancshares, 
Inc., Baird, Texas; and First Weatherford Bancshares, Inc., Carson 
City, Nevada;

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to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Western American 
National Bank, Bedford, Texas. Comments regarding this application must 
be received not later than July 30, 1998.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 15, 1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-19293 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]
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