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...insurrectionist tendencies. He's got an explosive embedded in his palm (it's not called a hand grenade for nothing), so that when he wins the race, and shakes hands with the President, there'll be a New World order - unless he's stopped by his navigator (Simone Griffeth), a secret spy for the insurgents...
When Opera Midwest burst onto the music scene two years ago with a glittering production of Verdi's La Traviata, the Evanston, Ill., company was regarded as something of a musical mystery. Its general manager and financial "angel," Stephen Griffeth, had been able to conjure up a first-season budget of $400,000, a stunning amount for a group of virtual unknowns. Its star soprano was Griffeth's wife, Myra Cordell, a Northwestern University voice graduate. The music director was a former security guard who had conducted a children's choir in West Germany. Even Griffeth...
...Griffeth maintained that the company's financial support came from anonymous donors. Other critically acclaimed productions followed with Cordell in starring roles, and plans were well along for a dazzling finale to the second season when Griffeth suddenly canceled the remaining performances...
Other officers elected were: Vice-President, Griffeth Bowen Washburn '35, of Greystone Park, New Jersey; Secretary, Victor Horsley Kramer '35, of Clincinnati, Ohio; Treasurer, George Clifton Edwards, Jr. 1G.; and Committee-man-at-large Raymond Dennett '36, of Washington...
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