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Counting U.S. Senate seats that they expected to win this fall, Democrats underestimated the power of plump, matronly Fern Armitage Johnson, wife (for 47 years) of Colorado's Democratic Senator Edwin Johnson. Big Ed has never lost an election and seemed sure to win again in November. But after 18 years in Washington, Mrs. Johnson felt homesick for Colorado. Last week Big Ed announced: "Mrs. Johnson has developed a complex about living longer in Washington, so retirement is a must...
...Johnson is still healthy and hardworking. He sounded wistful about quitting the Senate, but Fern Johnson, squeezing his hand, was "just wild with joy." Republicans were delighted, too. Johnson's Senate seat, previously a Democratic cinch, is now open to capture...
...singing the whole company is quite superb, with clear diction, much gusto and a pretty sense of how to make funny lines seem just that. Morely shines in the Judge's role (and in his patter song) while Sara-Jane Smith plays the betrothed Angelina with giddy charm. Don Fern, one of the few Trial principals who does not also sing in Pinafore, makes up for an infinitesimal voice by rascally and slick acting as the defendant, Edwin. William Cowperthwaite as the Usher is the only other outstanding actor in the curtain raiser. His strong, clear voice and solemn scowl...
Without its two regular lightweights, the squad dropped its opening two matches. Sophomore Phil Herrera at 123 lost, 6 to 1, after being tied up most of the duel, while 130-pound Don Fern was pinned in the second period...
...lightweight divisions Phil Herrera and Don Fern will replace Ed Keating and Dick Adams, who is sidelined with burns. The heavyweight lineup has juggled Captain Chandler to the 167 pound class and put Dick Hook at 157. The team remains otherwise unchanged...