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 Westamerica Bancorp. said 
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Richard W. Decker resigned as president and chief executive officer after only a year on the job 
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because of differences with the board.
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 The banking company couldn't be reached 
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to comment beyond a written announcement.
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 It didn't specify the nature of the differences, 
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saying only 
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that they related to management style and strategic objectives.
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 Westamerica said 
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Mr. Decker's posts were assumed by David Payne, Westamerica's chairman, 
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who at 34 years of age becomes one of the youngest chief executives of a sizable bank in the country.
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 Mr. Decker is about 45 years old.
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 Neither Mr. Payne nor Mr. Decker could be reached to comment.
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 Westamerica has about $1.3 billion of assets
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 and is the largest independent bank in northern California.
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 It controls about 35% of the affluent Marin County market across the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco.
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 Mr. Decker's resignation surprised many industry officials.
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 He was brought to the company in September 1988 after 15 years at Los Angeles-based First Interstate Bancorp.
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 The bank had been suffering in late 1987 from a slew of bad real estate loans 
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made in Arizona.
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 When he was hired, 
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Mr. Payne lauded Mr. Decker's extraordinary . . . skills and his outstanding reputation as one of the West's brightest bankers.
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 Though the bank isn't performing as well as some of its competitors in the lucrative California market, 
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its condition has improved 
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since Mr. Decker took over.
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 For the six months 
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ended June 30,
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 it earned $3.1 million, or 61 cents a share,
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 compared with net income of $2.4 million, or 41 cents a share, a year earlier.
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 Its stock also has risen lately, 
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at least partly because it is considered a possible takeover candidate.
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 Interstate banking is scheduled to begin in California in 1991, 
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and larger California banks, such as Wells Fargo & Co., have been paying fat premiums 
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to buy smaller banks 
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to control markets 
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before any out-of-state banks enter the fray.
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 In American Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday, Westamerica closed at $22.25 a share, down 75 cents.
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