Diamond prices and buying tips from Action Line
A reader seeks guidance on fair diamond pricing and store selection. Prices cited for one and two carat stones range from $2,000 to $5,000 and $4,500 to $15,000 respectively. Advice stresses conservative, established jewelers and wary of claims of perfect blue white diamonds.
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T.P.R
Long Beach
Sylvia Porter
C. C. Lewis Jewelry Co
Pine Ave
Brand Jewelers
Hazelbrook Ave
Lakewood
Selling Jewelry and Tax Refund Help From Action Line
A local jeweler warns selling rings via newspaper ads can yield higher prices than stores or brokers. Action Line helped D S of Long Beach obtain a delayed 1974 tax refund after IRS tracing. Readers ask about miniature Christmas tree lights and replacement bulbs with store and catalog options.
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Internal Revenue Service
Action Line
D.S
Long Beach
C.W
Keith Brown
Sav-On-Drugs Inc
Pine Ave
Sears Roebuck Co
Sears
Long Beach Blvd
Los Cerritos Mall
Cerritos
Carrier collision near Mediterranean leaves crews missing
Pentagon officials provide partial casualty estimates after the Belknap and Kennedy collide. Belknap towed to Augusta Bay Sicily as other U S vessels including Ricketts Hart Dale and Pharris respond. Soviet destroyer observed the event and may have offered no aid. Families of the two captains informed they are all right.
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Pentagon
Kennedy
U.S
Bordelon
Augusta Bay
Sicily
Ricketts
Hart
Dale
Pharris
Norfolk
Belknap
United States
Soviet Union
SALT talks inch toward high level US Soviet meeting
US and Soviet officials keep the door open for a high level encounter within two months to break the SALT deadlock. Kissinger may visit Moscow to confer with Brezhnev, with a Brezhnev-Hondoros type meeting possible if Moscow proposes a reasoned response to US arms limits.
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Washington
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kissinger-Brezhnev
Ford
Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Helsinki
Communist Party
Havana
Florida
Kissinger
Kiss
Schlesinger critiques SALT framework amid tensions with Kissinger
Former defense secretary Schlesinger warned the Vladivostok SALT framework provided less arms stability and questioned Soviet adherence to the agreement. He noted tensions with Kissinger and Ford while acknowledging some U.S. proposals were acceptable after discussions with Kissinger. He cited Russian hardening and possible verification interference as factors dimming negotiation prospects.
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Brezhnev
Communist Party
Moscow
Ford
Vladivostok
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Europe
White House
Schlesinger
Defense
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Russia
Attempts to save N.Y. hit new snag
New York lawmakers failed to push 200 million dollars in city tax increases on a Saturday deadline. Gov. Carey warned action delays risk default as President Ford weighs federal aid. GOP support faded amid welfare and board demand, delaying relief for New York City.
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New York
Hugh Carey
Judah Gribets
Victor Manerro
Albany
N.Y
New York City
Carey
Ford
New York State
Washington
Assembly
Perry Duryea
China
Emergency Financial Control Board
White House
Ron Messen
Juan Carlos sworn in and pledges unity and change
The new king of Spain vows unity and participatory governance while paying tribute to Franco. Madrid scenes show divides between honoring the past and welcoming the future as crowds honor the monarch in ceremonial regalia beside the lying state of Franco.
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Juan Carlos
Spain
Franco
Madrid
France
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Action Ine
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London
Mediterranean
Bernard Gwertzman
New York Times Service
Inger
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Schiesinger
Raps
C. Norman Shealy
W.C
S.C. LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Shealy
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Medical Staff
The
Memorial and Children’s Medical Center Foundation
Children’s Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
CALL
Mhmc-Uci Center For Health Education
Houssels Forum
Atlantic Ave
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