'Poon to Welcome Ibis Back Today

The Harvard Lampoon will welcome its long-lost Ibis back to the top of its building in a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. today. Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci and entrepreneur Ralph Cahaly, among other notables, will speak during the brief program.

Usually reliable sources on the Lampoon revealed last night that the story of the bird's rediscovery will be recounted at the celebration this afternoon. The bird, a rare metal variety of Three-klornis aethlepicus, disappeared in the fall of 1961.

Vellucci once urged the Cambridge City Council to turn the Bow St. Castle into a public comfort station, but he was also instrumental in finding the lost Ibis. Cahaly is expected to speak for the business community.

The adventures of the Ibis while in the hands of its abductors are reportedly full of intrigue. It is rumored that the Lampoon will soon publish a book-length account of them.