'Poon, Politicos Claim Pseudo-'Crime' Credit

Lampoon officers and old Fortnightly members scrambled last night to take credit for the Saturday parody of the CRIMSON by the Harvard Yearbook staff.

Lampoon president Edward M. Tarlov '60 claimed that his organization had arranged the parody. "I've got 560 signatures affirming that the Fortnightly could not have possibly handled such an issue." A Fortnightly editor countered, "Humbug. People just don't believe aristocrats can be funny. We proved they are wrong."

University Hall reaction was delayed, but one top official, who asked that his name be disclosed, commented, "We knew all about this ploy months ago, but didn't want to say anything. Boys will be boys, you know."

The doctored stories themselves had little effect. Councilmogul Al Vellucci, however, did sell his yacht upon reading about the Charles River parking lot. Balthazar Ali Khan called in to report his name was spelled Belshazzar. "Mene, mene, tekel upharsin," he warned.