STANDARD TRUSTCO SEES BETTER YEAR

  Standard Trustco said it expects earnings
  in 1987 to increase at least 15 to 20 pct from the 9,140,000
  dlrs, or 2.52 dlrs per share, recorded in 1986.
      "Stable interest rates and a growing economy are expected to
  provide favorable conditions for further growth in 1987,"
  president Brian O'Malley told shareholders at the annual
  meeting.
      Standard Trustco previously reported assets of 1.28 billion
  dlrs in 1986, up from 1.10 billion dlrs in 1985. Return on
  common shareholders' equity was 18.6 pct last year, up from 15
  pct in 1985.
  

