Word: birdness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...find Thresky (short for Threskiornis, which supposedly stands for Ibis Aethiopia) there now. For the Lampoon's sacred bird-symbol is reportedly still recuperating from injuries received at the hands of the CRIMSON last Spring. And besides that, the years have been tough on this venerable symbol of recent CRIMSON-Lampoon rivalry...
...started, as far most local historians can remember, sometime around the Second World War. Written records are scarce and biased, but the consensus seems to be that a CRIMSON editor was badly injured by a fall from the Lampoon roof while either stealing the bird or attempting to return it after it had been stolen...
...Birds Missing. One pigeon club in nearby Phoenix has stopped all racing because of heavy losses. In one 56-bird race, it lost all the birds. Another Phoenix club still races, but its losses are increasing distressingly. Some Arizona pigeon fanciers attribute their misfortunes to secret activities at White Sands (missile) Proving Ground...
From other parts of the U.S. came other wails. Since last August, race after race has been a "smash," with nearly all birds lost. One New York City club lost all except nine of 230 birds. Another sent out some 1,000 birds and got less than 100 back. Clubs in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California and Colorado were reported as having the same experience. A New Jersey club retrieved only two birds out of a flight of 100. There are some trouble-free spots (e.g., Massachusetts), but Editor John A. Roberts of the Racing Pigeon Bulletin says that pigeons...
...Heart Knows ... In Wahoo, Neb., when his wife spotted a wild blue goose flying by their house. Bill Behrens honked hopefully at it, found the bird liked his voice, held it in conversation while his wife got his shotgun, heeded her warning against hunting inside city limits, got in his car, kept honking as he drove slowly into open country, got out, honked again, blitzed the beguiled goose...