NR 98- 30
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact:  Frank D. Vance, Jr.  
                                   (202) 874-4700

Date: March 17, 1998 


               OCC ANNOUNCES 14 NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                          AND 6 TERMINATIONS

WASHINGTON, DC --The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
today announced 20 enforcement actions taken against national
banks.  The 20 actions released today include: two formal
agreements, five civil money penalties, one personal cease and
desist order, one cease and desist order, one personal cease and
desist order for restitution, four removals/prohibitions, and six
terminations of existing enforcement actions.

A list of enforcement actions previously disclosed and copies of
the actual documents are available from the OCC's Communications
Division by writing to: Comptroller of the Currency, Public
Information Room (1-5), Washington, DC  20219.  Requests made by
facsimile transmission should to be sent to (202) 874-4448.  Please
include the identifying enforcement action number when placing an
order.  Enforcement actions are also listed monthly in OCC
Interpretations and Actions.  Subscriptions to that publication are
available from the OCC's Communications Division.

The OCC also maintains a searchable database of all public
enforcment actions taken since August 1989 on its Internet Web Site
located at http://www.occ.treas.gov.

FORMAL AGREEMENT, BY CONSENT
No.       Bank/City                                    Date
Oklahoma
97-111    First National Bank in Pawhuska, Pawhuska   9/12/97

Texas
97-109    The National Bank of Madisonville,
          Madisonville                               12/18/97

CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, BY CONSENT 
No.       Individual/Bank/City                        Date
Colorado
97-92     Robert W. Lewis, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
          Denver                                     12/17/97
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CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES (cont.)
Kansas
97-108    Dale Swenson, Tri-County National Bank,
          Washington                                  7/30/97

Minnesota
97-104    John E. Herges, Stearns County National
          Bank, St. Cloud                            12/30/97
97-105    Michael McNeil, Stearns County National
          Bank, St. Cloud                            12/30/97
97-106    Norman Skalicky, Stearns County National
          Bank, St. Cloud                            12/30/97

PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDER, BY CONSENT
No.            Individual/Bank/City                   Date
Maryland
97-107    Martin Rozenblum, Capital Bank, N.A.,
          Rockville                                   12/2/97

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER, BY CONSENT
No.            Individual/Bank/City                   Date
Texas
97-98     First National Bank of Newton, Newton       8/25/97

PERSONAL CEASE AND DESIST ORDER FOR RESTITUTION, BY CONSENT 
No.            Individual/Bank/City                   Date
Colorado
97-92    Robert W. Lewis, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
         Denver                                      12/17/97

REMOVALS/PROHIBITIONS, BY CONSENT 
No.            Individual/Bank/City                   Date
California
97-97   Julie Nguyen, Bank of America, N.T. & S.A.,
        San Francisco                                 8/25/97

Colorado
97-92   Robert W. Lewis, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
        Denver                                       12/17/97

Louisiana
97-90   Luther P. Palumbo, Jr.,  Progressive National
        Bank of DeSoto Parish, Mansfield              11/8/97

Oklahoma
97-89   Georganna Townsend, People's National Bank,
        Checotak                                       4/3/97

TERMINATION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS 
No.            Bank/City/Old EA#                      Date
California
97-102  FORMAL AGREEMENT, Marathon National Bank, Los
        Angeles, #95-47                              12/31/97

Indiana
97-95   SECURITIES ENFORCEMENT, NBD Bank, N.A.,
        Indianapolis, #979                            6/26/97
-more-                           
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TERMINATIONS (cont.)
Maryland
97-94   SECURITIES ENFORCEMENT, First National Bank of
        Maryland, Baltimore, #983                     6/05/97

97-110  FORMAL AGREEMENT, Sequoia National Bank, Bethesda,
        #95-11                                       12/22/97

Missouri
97-96   SECURITIES ENFORCEMENT, UMB Bank, N.A., Kansas
        City,  #988                                   7/18/97

Pennsylvania
97-93   SECURITIES ENFORCEMENT, Mellon Bank, N.A.,
        Pittsburgh, #995                               6/5/97



















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