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Discharged from prison, Lou Jean Poplin-sometime beautician, full-time nudzh-must first spring her husband Clovis (William Atherton) from the minimum-security prison where he is serving a short term for sundry low crimes and misdemeanors, then help him snatch a car to transport them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cross-Country Circus | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

Steiner met last Friday with A. William olson chief of the Justice Department's Internal Security Division and had what he later called a "full and fair hearing" of the issues involved. Several sources suggested that without Steiner's help, Poplin probably would have served his full sentence...

Author: By Richard J. Meislin, | Title: The Jury Goes: Popkin Is Sprung | 12/2/1972 | See Source »

...POPLIN Lubbock, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 22, 1968 | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...ordered them to the rear was about 5'10," stocky, about 180 lbs. He had a swarthy complexion with a dark scar on his face. His hair was long, black, greasy, and combed straight back. He wore a tan, zipper poplin jacket...

Author: By John A. Herfort, | Title: Pistol-Toting Duo Robs Cahaly's, Escapes With $300 From Register | 3/22/1966 | See Source »

There are raincoats, of course, and the latter-day versions are a splendiferous lot. Ranging in fabric from poplin to pique to patent leather, and in price from less than $5 to well over $100, they come single-breasted, double-breasted, belted in back, on the sides, all the way around or not at all, spill off the racks in solid colors, stars, stripes, prints, polka dots and patterns. This year's favorite is flowers: from A for aster to Z for zinnia, they make a coat a serenade to spring; its wearer becomes a veritable walking garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Singing? Hardly | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

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