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...formality of taking the oath of office. Moments later, as the duly elected Vice President of the U.S., he listened as the clerk read his resignation from the Senate. Johnson made a hand-washing gesture, watched patronizingly while an appointed Senator, Millionaire William Blakley, was sworn in his stead, shortly walked out of the chamber to revert (but not for long) to the title of mister...
...Republican Keith Thomson, who had just been elected to the U.S. Senate, Wyoming's Democratic Governor John Joseph Hickey resigned from his own office, was appointed by the state's Democratic secretary of state Jack Gage (who succeeded him as Governor) to serve in Thomson's stead for a Senate term of two years. "Thus," said Lawrence, "the majority of the people of Wyoming, who elected a Republican to the United States Senate, have been deprived of a Senator of their own party and even of the chance to elect one until two years have elapsed...
Bell's familiarity with Washington will stand him in good stead at the Budget Bureau where he will be on the one hand buried in a mass of detailed figures and on the other subjected to strong political pressures contesting the apportioning of the federal funds which he supervises...
...final edged note. Punch presents useful new phrases tailored to newly poor U.S. tourists. Recommends Punch: In stead of saying. "Will you folk never learn to make a chilled martini?", say "I am acquiring a taste for mild ale." For "Yeah, we did Scotland last week-end," substitute "I think we can afford the fare to Banbury." For "Keep the change, kid." try "Thank...
...those who seek a return to forward-looking government, if Kennedy's liberal program must someday be explained away as a mere campaign expedient. This, of course, would require some ingenuity on the part of the liberals. But the experience they have gained recently should stand them in good stead if worse comes to worst...