Marriage to chieftain
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) HUNTINGTON BEACH (California) February 2. The reason his mother married the chieftain of a stoneage tribe in Indonesia was to gain material for a book on primitive customs, said the, son of the explorer Wyn Sargest, the Associated Press* reported. “My Mom knows what she’s doing.” Jmy Sargeant, aged 17, said. “Mom is writing a book. It’s all about customs and things. And the best way to get the material . . His 42-year-old mother, twice-divorced, has become one of the wives to Chief Obaharok in the Indonesian province of West Irian. ,
Jmy (pronounced Jimmy) said he does not expect the marriage to last. “Mom needed the material for the book. When she’s done with the book, that will be it.”
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33141, 3 February 1973, Page 7
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