NR 96-101
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE           Contact: Lynnette Carter-Warren
                                                                              (202) 874-4700

Date: September 18, 1996 

               OCC ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
                     AND FOUR TERMINATIONS  

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced  four
enforcement actions taken against national banks.  The eight actions released today include: one
order by the Comptroller, one civil money penalty, one consent order, one prohibition, and four
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, Disclosure Room (3-10), Washington, DC  20219.  Requests made by facsimile
transmission should 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's
Interpretations and Actions.  Subscriptions to that publication are available from the OCC's
Communications Division.  

ORDER BY THE COMPTROLLER  
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
Indiana
96-42     John K. Synder, Donald E. Hedrick and Robert Q. Calloway,
        Rushville National Bank, Rushville                8/19/96

CIVIL MONEY PENALTY, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
South Dakota
96-43     Paul H. Nordstrom and Marcia A. Nordstrom, Security Bank
       of South Dakota, N.A., Fort Pierre                 5/14/96


CONSENT ORDER 
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
Connecticut
96-44     Augustus I. Cavallari, Jr., Summit National Bank, Torrington7/30/96

PROHIBITION, BY CONSENT
No.  Individual, Bank, City                                  Date
New York
96-45     Luis Alfaro, Capital National Bank (Failed), Bronx7/2/96

TERMINATION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
No.   Bank, City, Old EA#                                    Date
California
96-46     FORMAL AGREEMENT, El Segundo First National Bank,
        El Segundo, #747                                  8/13/96
96-47     CONSENT ORDER, Frontier Bank, National Association, 
       La Palma, #93-71                                    8/8/96
96-48     FORMAL AGREEMENT, Hacienda National Bank,
       Santa Maria, #93-19                                6/19/96

Tennessee
96-49     FORMAL AGREEMENT, The First National Bank of Gatlinburg
       Gatlinburg, #94-170                                8/27/96





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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,800 national banks and 66 federal
branches and agencies of foreign banks in the U.S., accounting for more than half the nation's
banking assets.  Its mission is to ensure the safety and soundness of the national banking
system.