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Decked out in mesh stockings, spike heels and a nun's habit slashed to miniskirt length, Jack Fertig, a San Francisco transvestite, campaigned for a seat on the eleven-member San Francisco board of supervisors last November under the alias of Sister Boom Boom. On the ballot he had listed his occupation as "nun of the above," and he got 23,124 votes. This was not enough to win a supervisor's seat, but enough to encourage him to enter this fall's mayoral election. Also declaring: "Lady Lillian Chaucer-Peace, gentlewoman," "James Bond Zero, political exorcist...
...When he was 18 and in the Merchant Marine, William Fertig of Franklinville, N.J., entered the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital on New York City's Staten Island to have an eye defect corrected. But before surgery, Fertig suffered a rare reaction to a widely used general anesthetic. His body temperature rose and remained at 108°, long enough to cause extensive brain damage. As a result, Fertig, now 24, is blind, cannot speak, and is paralyzed from the neck down. After bringing suit against the Federal Government, charging that doctors at the hospital had not monitored the administration...
...national championship with only Southern California standing in the way. At halftime N.D. led, 17-0, but with chunky Mike Garrett denting the Irish defense with slashing runs, the Trojans came back. In the fourth quarter, the upset was accomplished with a 15 yard scoring pass from quarterback Craig Fertig to whom...
Then everything turned upside down Trojan Quarterback Craig Fertig passed Fred Hill and Rod Sherman made clawing catches, Halfback Mike Garrett slipped away from Notre Dame tacklers as if he were coated with grease From his own 8, Fertig marched the Trojans to the Notre Dame 23. Then he rolled out, lofted a pass to Hill in the end zone, and the Irish lead...
...only 41 min. left, Parseghian decided to eat up the clock' But now the aroused Trojans held for downs, got the ball back on the Notre Dame 40, and went to desperate work A run failed, two passes fell incomplete. Finally, on fourth down, chased by Irish blitzers, Fertig threw to Sherman, who skipped into the end zone for the TD that made it Southern Cal 20 Notre Dame 17. The clock read...