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1929-01-26 Rube Goldberg's "The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, A.K.," cartoon series first published in "Colliers Weekly" 1947-04-01 "Shin Takarajima" (New Treasure Island) by Osamu Tezuka published, first manga cartoon in tankbon form

OVER AT UNIVERSAL its known officially as Untitled Menno Meyjes Project. Sure, its rare for a writer to have his name attached to a priority studio production. But it turns out its all a smoke screen.

Wemba, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba in Lubefu in what was then the Belgian Congo, collapsed and died on stage while performing at a music festival in Ivory Coast on April 24. He was 67 years old.

Almost every handyman-around-the-house knows Plumb hammers and hatchets. Philadelphias venerable Fayette R. Plumb, Inc. has been making fine tools since the 1880s, and is proudand jealousof its trademark. Not so well known is Los Angeles Plomb Tool Co. (named after Alphonse Plomb, one of three founders), a much younger firm (founded in 1907). When Plomb

TIME June 26, 1989 12:00 AM EDT Those funky singing California raisins may be in for some competition from a new kid on the block: the Craisin. Invented by Ocean Spray, a Craisin is a cranberry that has been dried and sugared to sweeten its tart flavor. The product is innocent enough, but the Craisin