Where Gems Come From
The column surveys gem sources worldwide, noting diamonds mined in South Africa and cut in London, opals from Australia, sapphires from Sri Lanka, rubies and other gems, with jade primarily from Burma. It highlights refining in Dar-Quaberstein and the overarching global trade network.
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South Africa
London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Tel Aviv
New York
Australia
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
dar-Qberstein
Germany
Burma
Echoes help blind baby Dennis Daughters see he hears
Dennis Daughters an eight month old born blind uses a sonar beanie device to translate echoes into audible sounds. The Scottish psychologist Dr Tom Bower conceived the project hoping to aid other blind babies if successful. The device weighs about 1 1/2 ounces and helps the infant locate objects and recognize his favorite toy a rubber caterpillar by pitch size and edge cues.
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Melody Daughters
Dennis
Tom Bower
Melady
Tom Bawer
Dennis Daughters
Bower
Italian Communist Leader Berlinguer says Party has autonomy
In an interview with Time Berlinguer said the Italian Communist Party with 1.7 million members has absolute autonomy and asks America not to interfere in Italian affairs The party gained 10.1 million votes 23 4 percent in local elections while the Vatican backed Christian Democrats had 10.7 million votes 25 3 percent He denied plans for immediate elections and supported NATO membership.
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New York
Enrico Berlinguer
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
Time Magazine
Berlinguer
Time
America
Christian Democrats
Italy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Humanite
Kissinger
Ilalian Communist Party
Papers Taken From Giancana Wallet Hint At Hidden Syndicate Secrets
Police and federal investigators probe the death of rackets boss Sam Momo Giancana in Oak Park Illinois after a wallet found near his body reportedly contained cash and papers with clues to hidden compartments and illicit records. The Sun Times cites a carpenter-linked hideout called The Fort and notes investigators tracked a disappearance connected to construction crews who built gambling halls.
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Oak Park, Ill
Sam
Momo
Giancana
Chicago Sun-Times
Crime Syndicate
Bass
Chicago
Senate
Central Inteligence
Fidel Castro
Oak Park
Mexico
The
Sun-Times
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St. Asa
Jocelly Hishiois, Fits, Hationt
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American Sem Society
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Communist Party Movement
San Francisco
Donald Kizzee
Kizzee
Bachman’s
Mshi
Rev. Price
Singer Company
Shyrock
Lees
Louis
Doar
International
Denver
Angelique
Valencia
Grande Regency
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