Umbrella Man Elected
From Reuters
MANILA —
Ben Sarmiento, who once had the job of holding an umbrella to keep sun and rain off the head of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, has been elected mayor of the northern Philippine town of San Juan, the Manila Journal reported Thursday.
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