Word: pomponio
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even though Blake and his colleagues occasionally looked like beleaguered Daniels in a fundamentalist's lions' den, their choice of Tulsa was a deliberate one. "We saw it not as a way of taking on Hargis," said a council spokesman, Faith Pomponio, "but as a way of communication with his people." In fact, most of Tulsa's Protestant clergymen were cordial, and Republican Mayor James Hewgley was almost lyrical in his welcome: "The Lord sent them here." Even Hargis paid the council a backhanded compliment. "The cause of religious fundamentalism," he complained, has been "set back...
...family homes is also rebounding. Last week the Commerce Department reported that total private-housing starts rose to an annual rate of 1,598,000 units during September, the highest since February 1964. But apartments account for 40% of new housing so far this year, and Arthur Pomponio, president of the Apartment Association, insists that the apartment share will grow to 45% of all starts...