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ENTEBBE, Uganda, Jan. 26--First reports in over six months of the Lampoon's long-missing Ibis came to light today when adventuring author Ernest Hemingway's party told the Associated Press here that a metallic-tinged beast had led the flock of jungle birds that downed their plane last Saturday...
...confusion in the Hemingway camp last night over whether the report was accurate or not. Hemingway at first did not mention the bronze-colored bird in his reports to the press, but later admitted he was in the rear seat and had not actually been able to see the flock as it dove in on the low-flying craft...
When businessmen of a feather flock together, does a conspiracy automatically exist? In the recent past, the answer of the U.S. Supreme Court has seemed to be yes. In the cement industry's basing-point price case five years ago. the Federal Trade Commission ruled-and the Supreme Court agreed-that the "parallel business behavior" of the cement companies in issuing identical price lists for their products was ample evidence of illegal conspiracy to restrain trade. But last week, in a decision that might set a far-reaching precedent, the Supreme Court had a change of heart...
...when his flock became restive, a shepherd boy in 10th century France left his bread and goat's-milk cheese behind him in a cave near the village of Roquefort. Weeks later the boy came back to see what had become of his lunch. The bread was a lost cause, but the cheese was covered with green mold that proved highly edible. The result: mankind began eating Roquefort cheese...
...flock of year-end dividends and a spate of extras were declared last week. Amerada Petroleum Corp. declared an extra $1. New York Central upped its dividend 50?, and Polaroid Corp. gave stockholders one new share for every two shares held. Despite the good news, the dreary market slipped, under heavy selling of the tobacco stocks. In one day, the three biggest tobacco stocks fell more than three points each as investors took note of 1) published reports linking cigarette-smoking with lung cancer and 2) a slip in tobacco sales over the past few months. By week...