FIRST &lt;FBT> REITERATES SPECULATION PREMATURE
  First City Bancorp of Texas Inc, which
  is soliciting bidders, reiterated that it is premature to
  speculate on what course of action it will pursue following a
  story in today's Wall Street Journal that it has attracted at
  least three potential acquirers.
      First City said the article was not confirmed by the
  company, and it cautioned that there is "absotluely nothing to
  say or report beyond" its statement.
      The Journal reported that among the bidders for First city
  was Robert Carney and Robert Abboud, a former Chicago banker.
  

