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...large municipalities in trouble has been a sales-tax increase. But last week, by a 3-to-2 ratio, Orange County's voters spurned tradition and rejected an increase. Their decision plunged the county's future -- and perhaps that of municipal bonds -- into uncertainty. Says county chief executive William Popejoy: "We have shot ourselves, not necessarily in the foot but maybe in a more painful part of the anatomy." Some would suggest the head...
Knapp's successor will be William Popejoy, 46, a longtime industry executive who was president of American Savings before F.C.A. bought the thrift in 1983. Popejoy will have no time to ease into his new job. F.C.A. reported on Aug. 15 that it has certificates of deposit worth about $15 billion that mature by the end of September. Popejoy must quickly convince investors not to pull out all that money...
...lush, gently rolling heartland to dunk front wheels seven days later in the Father of Rivers at Clinton. En route, along 440 miles of tranquil back-country roads, the sportive pedalers pumped and panted, munched, sang and slurped through 42 towns and hamlets with such names as Unique, Popejoy, Maquoketa, Alice and Viola. If it was an exhilarating experience for the bikers, saddle sores and all, the Ragbrai caravan-accompanied by 500 four-wheel followers in cars, campers and motor homes-provided the event of the year for the sleepy communities it passed through...
...Raider. In Oklahoma City, Robert Simms Popejoy was fined $7 after he walked into a restaurant, strolled over to one of the booths, blandly took a bite out of a patron's hamburger...
...weapon* that he instructed his aide-de-camp to try to get one of the genuine articles from the book's publisher, the University of New Mexico Press. Word of Feisal's request splashed into U.S. wire services, and soon the university's President Tom Popejoy was being showered with offers of stilettos, daggers, cheese knives and bodkins from all over. San Antonio's Chamber of Commerce sent Popejoy, for forwarding to Bagdad, an absolutely original Bowie knife (it said so right on the blade, which was "made in Germany"). At week's end, Author...