[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 48954] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-23483] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Once the notices have been accepted for processing, they will also 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 23, 1996. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198: 1. Jon and Angela Pope, both of Hoxie, Kansas; to acquire an additional 29 percent, for a total of 52 percent, and Lois Madison, Hoxie, Kansas, to acquire an additional 9 percent, for a total of 30 percent, of the voting shares of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. Rexford, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Peoples State Bank, Colby, Kansas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 9, 1996. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 96-23483 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F