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...First Alderman: What do they want with...
...Second Alderman: They want to buy-a-an-that is~xenceph~no, it's an electro...
...show, bright and British as a redcoat, rose to the occasion. It was a political parable about two youngsters (Soprano Carole Lynn and Tenor Eric Palmer) who get themselves elected to Parliament on an All Party ticket. Forthwith they foil the villainess, Mrs. Alderman Busy (Joan Young), a battle-ax burlesque of Lady Astor. With the aid of Big Ben the barge-master (David Davies), they abduct her from the floor of the House of Commons while she is proposing Prohibition. And after much pother and porridge, all factions unite in a flag-waving finale ("Big Ben! Big Ben! . . . Chime...
Chicago's frumious Mayor Ed Kelly, who once introduced the Navy's famed "Bull" Halsey as "Alderman Halsey" had another one of those weeks. Highlights...
...once called Admiral William Halsey "Alderman Halsey," referred to Charles de Gaulle as "Dee Gowl," introduced the U.S. protocol expert, Stanley Woodward, as "chief of portico," lauded a fellow politician for being "a member of no thinking group...