History sought on gem treasure in royal heirlooms
A 16th to 18th century tale surrounds the Armada Pearls once owned by the O'Donnell family. Ernest Chapman, now 71, traces the four iridescent gems back to Elizabethan times, suggesting their origin in Far Eastern temples or from Spanish explorers. The pearls remain housed in a London bank vault as researchers seek their true origin.
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UPI
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O'Donnell
Mexico
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Ireland
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Eliza
Dublin
Spain
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Trish
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Barrensland
Arranmore
Mary O'Donnell
Seven Remain In Hospitals After Crashes Near Lubbock
Seven of the nine people injured Tuesday night in two traffic accidents near Lubbock remained hospitalized Wednesday night. Sherilyn Bohannon, 17, of 2118 49th St, was seriously hurt when the Volkswagen bus she rode in rear ended a parked butane tank truck.
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Methodist
Sherilyn Bohannon
49Th St
38Th St
Rawalpinid
Pakistan
Canton
Ave
David Hale
Rt. 1
Floydada
Pearls Worth 1 Million Spark Noted Royals Mystery
A long kept secret romance at Clapham Common produced a pair of pearls valued at about 1 million pounds. The couple, Miss O'Donnell and Mr Chapman, married after the 1924 Empire Exhibition where experts praised the jewel's worth. Chapman sought museum records on their origin as the couple settled at Clapham Common. Miss O'Donnell died there a few years earlier.
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Miss O'Donnell
Clapham Common
Donnell
Mary
World Of Carl Sandburg On Campus At Tech Union
On a Wednesday night the Kaleidoscope Players staged The World of Sandburg at the Texas Tech Student Union for about 200 in attendance. The performance featured Bill Fegan Will Sandy Lee Speich and Robert Colson in a vibrant mix of poetry prose and music from Sandburg and related works. The show was introduced by Union director Dorothy Pijan marking the first season under her tenure.
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Avalanche-Journal
Little Cat
Texas Tech Student Union
Kaleidoscope Players
Norman Corwin
Sandburg
Bill Fegan
Will Sandy
Lee Speich
Bette Davis
Robert Colson
Colson
Union
Dorothy Pijan
Karen Moore
Corpus Christi
Salt Water Anglers Forecast Fish Catch Boom in 1964
New York report forecasts salt water sport fishing will match commercial catches in 1964 with about 7 million anglers hauling roughly 1.5 billion pounds of fish. Total spending for boats bait transport and lodging projected near 700 million dollars averaging about 100 dollars per person.
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New York
UPS
United States
Tobacco harvest figures amid Honduran teen labor concerns
The 1964 tobacco harvest in Honduras involves about 241 million pounds with 14 100 acres grown and 8 percent of the labor force, including teens, affected. Prices averaged 29 5 cents a pound last year, likely down to around 38 cents this year under new law No 88 238.
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Sarintas A
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Ac-Mneres
Itrialference Board
Business Expansion In Last Decade Seen
New York report from UPD summarizes INICB data showing American manufacturers spent over 96 billion dollars on new plants and equipment during 1953 to 1962. Nine states accounted for more than 60 percent of the total including Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan New York Texas Indiana and New Jersey.
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UPD
National Industrial Conference Board
INICB
Ohio
Penn
Michigan
Texas
Indiana
New Jersey
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