The father gloried in being a Great White Hunter; for his son, hunting was a far more serious matter. He arrived in Africa 17 years ago and earned a reputation as one of the top professional hunters in Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro area. But Ernest's son Patrick Hemingway, 40, eight years ago put away his rifle for a more rewarding job--protecting and preserving Africa's dwindling wildlife. Now Patrick is teaching conservation to 63 black African students currently enrolled at the College of African Wildlife Management at Mweka, in northern Tanzania. "I like the work," he says, "because the Africans who come to Mweka are drawn, in ever-increasing numbers, by some deep-rooted sense of mission. They are the ones who will nurture what is left of Africa's long-ravaged game populations."

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After 22 years on the job, a man would seem entitled to a pension. At least the United Steelworkers union thought so when it offered $25,000 a year to Arthur Goldberg, who had served the union as counsel from 1939 to 1961. The former Labor Secretary, Supreme Court Justice and U.N. Ambassador thought about it for three weeks and then politely declined. "I'm proud of my reputation," said Goldberg by way of explanation. "My integrity is something I value very much."

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A hotel room may not be the best place to keep a little girl on a holiday, but Kyoko Ono, 5, daughter of Artist Yoko Ono, is delighted with the idea. She breezed into Montreal with her parents after her father, Beatle John Lennon, was refused entry into the United States because of a recent marijuana conviction in London. While the elder Lennons were spending ten days in bed as a "lie-in for peace," Kyoko put on a show of her own--hopping periodically from the bed, Teddy bear firmly in hand, grabbing handfuls of rose petals and throwing them at newsmen and visitors. "She digs it all," says John. "The last thing she said before going to sleep last night was how lovely it is living with stars."

Ra's voyage had begun. A tug towed the 12-ton papyrus craft out of the harbor at Safi, Morocco, and then cast off, leaving Thor Heyerdahl and his crew to sail their weird wicker boat 4,000 miles across the Atlantic to Central America. The Norwegian adventurer, who proved with Kon-Tiki that man could navigate a raft across the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia, hopes to show that ancient Egyptians discovered the New World long before Columbus. After four days, Heyerdahl radioed that Ra was 133 miles along the predicted track, riding a strong current and floating well--quieting a fear that the papyrus would rapidly absorb sea water. If all goes well, Ra should make her landfall some time in the autumn.

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There was Vanessa Redgrave, Commander of the Order of the British Empire and otherwise handsomely decorated actress, looking like any other mother in Nice, France. Not only was she towing Daughters Natasha, 6, and Joely, 4, but the soft bulge under her floppy white pants suit suggested offspring to come. Vanessa and brood were at the airport to see off Franco Nero, the Italian actor who fathered her expected child but whom she feels no need to marry. Though he spent most of the week with Vanessa, Franco had to leave before Mum and the kids were ready to go home. He did not miss, however, the highlight of Vanessa's French visit: for her role in The Loves of Isadora, she received the Best Actress award at closing ceremonies of the International Film Festival at nearby Cannes.

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St. John Hospital of Detroit held a benefit stag dinner at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, and for each $100 ticket there was a chance on a new Cadillac. The winner: General Motors Chairman James M. Roche. His comment: "I got a good car."

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On their 35th birthday last week, only two of the surviving four Dionne quintuplets, Yvonne and Annette, gathered to share a cake at Annette's suburban Montreal home. Marie couldn't make it, and Cecile, who is separated from her husband, chose to stay with her four children in Quebec City. (The fifth sister, Emilie, died during an epileptic attack in 1954.) Father and Mother Oliva and Elzire were not on hand either; friends say that relations between the sisters and their parents have grown steadily cooler since the girls' sheltered, unhappy childhood. But they remain "very close" to each other, says Annette's husband: "I should know. I pay the phone bills."

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"Of course, it is a bit of a tragedy leaving my son. But I have my career, and the time has come to get back to it." With those words, Sophia Loren prepared to leave Carlo Ponti Jr. for the first time since his birth five months ago last week. She will soon begin work in Russia on De Sica's I Girasoli opposite a longtime amico, Marcello Mastroianni. In the film, which sounds suspiciously like an Italian reprise of Waterloo Bridge, Sophia is cast as an essentially moral woman forced into prostitution by the agonies of war. While she is on location, little Carlo will be cared for by his nanny at the Pontis' villa near Rome. Said Sophia: "I think it is bad for children to be carted around. They must have a secure background."

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