CENTRAL BANCORPORATION <CBAN> CHIEF TO RETIRE
Central Bancorporation Inc said
Oliver W. Birckhead, 64, president and chief executive officer
of the company and chairman and CEO of its Central Trust Co NA
Cincinnati unit, will retire on December 31.
    Central Bancorporation said Noble O. Carpenter will succeed
Birckhead at the holding company on January one, 1988.
    The company said Carpenter is currently executive vice
president of the holding company and president and CEO of
Central Trust Co of Northeastern Ohio NA.

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