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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1963

Page

4

American socialite to wed Himalayan prince in Sikkim

Miss Hope Cooke, 22, will marry the Mahara jkumar of Sikkim in Gangtok in a four day royal celebration. The wedding blends Western white dress with Lepcha customs as lamas and lozangs oversee the Buddhist ceremony. Cooke will renounce U.S. citizenship after marriage.

Hope Cooke Maharajkumar Sikkim Gangtok Alavan Blue Chumbi Valley Tibet Sir Tashi Namgyal Miss Cooke Mae H. Hampstone New Yorkty Sir Tashi Lozangs Royal Chapel Sarah Lawrence College New York and Washington Society Darjeeling Thecrown U.S India

Motel room looted and vehicles damaged in Vernon case

Police reported looting across several locations including a Phillips 66 service station on Parkway Drive. Items stolen or damaged included drink bottles spilled in a grease room, oil dumped on a truck, a broken plate glass window, a mirror TV set and linens worth about 205 dollars from a Holiday Inn room, and automotive parts and personal items from other sites.

Aubrey Harris Holiday Inn Parkway Drive Manuel Nives Madrid Baylor St J. E. Herriage 17Th St Ben Wolpa Plainsman Hotel East Sub

Cast Removed From Boy's Restored Arm

Everett Knowles Jr. of Somerville, 13, has the cast removed after a landmark operation at Massachusetts General Hospital to restore his severed right arm. A hospital spokesman cautioned that recovery extent remains uncertain though fingers show hopeful nerve regeneration.

Boston Everett Knowles Jr Somerville Massachusetts General Hospital

Carr Rules Wife Must Pay Inheritance Tax In Texas

Atty Gen Waggoner Carr ruled that a widow must pay inheritance tax on her deceased husband’s stocks. Tax due is half the stock value even if bought with her funds and in her name, joint survivorship but intended as her separate property. The opinion goes to State Comptroller Calvert.

Austin (Ap Waggoner Carr Carr Robert Calvert

Jury awards 29140 in highway condemnation case near Shallowater

Jurors in County Court-at-Law No. 2 awarded $29,140.15 after appealing a U S Highway 84 land condemnation near Shallowater. Special commissioners had previously set $14,611 for 19,942 acres in two tracts. Plaintiffs Earl and Mrs Elliott sought 24,000 value and 40,500 damages. verdict split land value 8,973.90 and rest damages 20,166.25. Judge Pat Moore presided. Jurors listed: Jr. Dunahoo, Jewel Applebay, John K Matheson, Jo May, Kay Dean Cullar, William Brown.

Pat Moore Jr. Dunahoo Jewel Applebay John K. Matheson Jo May Kay Dean Cullar William Brownfield

Peace Corps Officials Visit Tech Campus

Peace Corps representatives Melvin L. Schuweiler and Miss Pat Mathis will visit Texas Tech on Wednesday to meet graduating seniors and answer questions. They arrived in Lubbock Monday night and will depart Thursday morning. arrangements to meet them can be made in Room 202 Social Science Building.

Peace Corps Texas Tech Melvin L. Schuweiler Pat Mathis Lubbock Tech Schuweiler Miss Mathis Office of Public Affairs Br. ‘Sterling Fuller Social Science Building

Grenade attack wounds U S Colonel and four guests in Saigon

A Communist grenade strike in Saigon wounded a U S colonel and four American guests during a "fight America day" observance. All five were treated and released. reports say authorities used chemicals to destroy jungle foliage, a claim denied by U S officials.

Saigon South Viet Nam UPI Viet Nam America U.S Wude Radio Hanoi

Farmers Union backs broader Brannan style farm payments

The National Farmers Union urged wider use of government payments to supplement market returns from government controlled commodities. The policy favors Brannan type payments despite ongoing attacks on farm aid in Congress and among farmers, while the American Farm Bureau advocates phased withdrawal.

New York National Farmers Union Farm Organization Charles F. Brannan Harry S. Truman The Farmers Union Congress American Farm Bureau Federation Brannan

Baylor Trustees Affirm Drama Policy After O Neill Closure

Baylor University trustees reaffirmed the drama policy prohibiting vulgar or blasphemous language and commended President Abner V. McCall for handling post closure issues of Eugene O Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. McCall outlined plans to reorganize the drama department after Paul Baker's resignation and noted graduate work with Dallas Theater Center pending final details by August 34.

WACO Baylor University Abner V. McCall Eugene O'Neill McCall Paul Baker Baker O'Neill

Ted Weems Reported Slightly Improved

Tulsa doctors report bandleader Ted Weems shows no brain injury after hospitalization for congestion with oxygen deprivation. He remains semiconscious and breathing with assistance as a throat incision is used for support. doctors say no clot or hemorrhage found in the brain.

Tulsa Weems Gifford Henry Henry

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