Diamonds cheaper this year but prices are due to rise
New York city diamond market shows price drops since 1946 with a forecast of rising costs as marriages rebound. Albert Haase of the Jewelry Industry Council cautions this is the last year prices will stay below the 1946 peak. The piece mixes price data, myth and trivia about diamonds and consumption.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Santa Claus
Albert Haase
Jewelry Industry Council
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Chicago
Elizabeth Taylor
Haase
First Chinese Motor Vehicles Roll Off Changchun Plant
Changchun No 1 motor vehicle plant, an $257 million project using Soviet and American machines, produces China’s first motor vehicles on July 15. By year end 4,000 six wheeled Liberation Trucks will be on roads, with eventual output at 30,000 annually. The four ton open body truck uses a Soviet design engine and parts from across China. 80 Soviet specialists remain. Salaries run 11 to 45 dollars monthly, with merit rewards and family subsidies.
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Hangchun
China
Changchun
Manchuria
Peipingcheng
Wall
Soviet Union
Maple Sap to Syrup Yield per Tree
An average maple tree yields about 15 to 20 gallons of sap which boils down to a little more than one quart of syrup, illustrating the conversion from sap to final product.
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Charles VII
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Aggie
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Limerick
Jim Waller
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Russia
Li Tai-sun
Olden Rocket 88
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Oldsmobile
Olds
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Chanute, Kansas
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David McGhee
North Lincoln
Beltone
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Tioga Inn Hotel
Chanute, Kas
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Walnut Springfield, Mo
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