NATIONAL CITY BANCSHARES INC, DEL AM, 1998-06-24

NATIONAL CITY BANCSHARES INC
DEL AM, 1998-06-24
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                  NATIONAL CITY BANCSHARES, INC.
                   227 Main Street, P.O. Box 868
                  Evansville, Indiana 47705-0868




June 24, 1998

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

     Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-56295

Dear Sir or Madam:

          National City Bancshares, Inc. hereby requests that the following
delaying  amendment  be incorporated into the above-referenced Registration
Statement:

          The  Registrant   hereby   amends   this   Registration
          Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary  to
          delay  its  effective  date  until the Registrant shall
          file a further amendment which specifically states that
          this  Registration  Statement shall  thereafter  become
          effective  in  accordance  with  Section  8(a)  of  the
          Securities  Act  of  1933  or  until  the  Registration
          Statement shall become  effective  on  such date as the
          Commission, acting pursuant to said Section  8(a),  may
          determine.

                              Very truly yours,

                              NATIONAL CITY BANCSHARES, INC.

                              Robert A. Keil
                              President