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Vellucci says that the Ibis was stolen from the castle and left on his lawn wrapped in a sheet. The Lampoon formed a "find the bird committee" and asked Vallucci, who was on the city council at the time, if he would help them find the metal bird...
While he participated in group "find the bird" meetings, though, Vellucci kept Ibis hidden in the trunk of his car. After a month, he called the Lampoon and told them he had found the Ibis, but insisted that they pick it up at The Crimson office, an act which he says was a terrific blow to the Lampoon's pride...
...artillery. Three 175-mm field guns are outlined against the full-moon sky with piles of shells beside them and peshmerga pulling the lanyards. The subsequent roar deafens the ears with the sound of a thousand church bells ringing. Then a moment of magic silence, and somewhere a night bird's lilting song brings out the stars. God knows...
...part ABC movie, portrays the events leading up to the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision outlawing segregation in public schools. Sidney Poitier, in his first TV appearance since 1955, stars as future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who headed the N.A.A.C.P.'s legal effort. Burt Lancaster, another rare bird in television land, plays Marshall's courtroom adversary, John W. Davis. George Stevens Jr., whose father created some of Hollywood's great epics, was writer and director...
...sell-off was hastened by the illness and retirement of CEO Donald Thomas, LBJ's lawyer, who ran the financial empire single-handedly for years. Neither Lady Bird Johnson, 78, nor daughters Lynda and Luci, who live far from Texas, are prepared to ride herd on the business. Besides, the seven Johnson grandchildren, who hold stakes in the company through their trusts, are growing up. "It's generational change," said family spokesman George Christian. "Everything dictated that they all go their separate ways." And probably quite comfortably: all the properties being offered are free of debt...