Lyndon Johnson Jr. Sworn In As George Editor

HYANNISPORT, MA -- At 4:11 a.m.  EST Saturday, Lyndon Baines  Johnson
Jr.  was sworn in as editor-in-chief of George magazine following the
death of John F. Kennedy Jr.  in a plane crash.  "At this tragic time
in  our  magazine's  history, let us look forward, remembering always
the  legacy  of  my  predecessor,"  said  the  51-year-old   Johnson,
previously George's assistant editor, after being hastily sworn in by
Chief Justice William Rehnquist on a New York-bound DC-10 jet.   "Let
us  now  begin a process of healing, followed by a time of renewal at
over 60 percent off the regular cover price." The somber ceremony was
witnessed by an estimated 15 George staffers and subscribers.

From the Onion, 21 July 1999