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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1965

Page

11

Diamond Purchases Surge as U S Diamond Market Expands

Sylvia Porter reports 1964 U S diamond sales at Beers Consolidated Mines reach a record 373 million dollars as the industry shows a 38 percent rise from 1962 to 1964. Retail prices meanwhile move higher across the market.

Sylvia Porter U.S Beers Consolidated Mines

Diamond bargains misleads buyers says trade group

Morton Sarett of the Jewelry Industry Council warns that true discounts do not exist for diamonds and cautions buyers about auctions and estate sales. He notes that smugglers and black market traders do not offer real bargains and that stolen stones are illegal to purchase.

Morton R. Sarett Jewelry Industry Council New York U.S. Customs Service Sarett

Diamond buying basics from a 1965 La Crosse Tribune column

Guidance on diamonds explains the four Cs carat color cut and clarity and notes standard yardsticks. It warns buyers to favor established retailers and that true bargains are unlikely, with training and trust as key filters.

The Hall Syndicate, Inc

Knowles Reappoints Jerome Slechta to State Personnel Board

Governor Knowles announced the reappointment of Jerome Slechta of Jefferson to a five year term on the State Personnel Board. Slechta, 58, has practiced law in Jefferson for more than 30 years.

Madison Warren P. Knowles Jerome Slechta Jefferson State Personnel Board Slechta

Floods Leave 11 Dead in West-Central Mexico

Heavy rains and floods in west-central Mexico for over three weeks eased, with millions in damage and at least 11 killed. Thousands rendered homeless as rescue and relief efforts continued.

Mexico City Mexico

Ten More Registrars Ordered to South to Register Negroes

Atty Gen Katzenbach designates ten additional counties in Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana under the Voting Rights Act to register Black voters without literacy tests. The counties Jefferson and Davis and Jones in Mississippi Perry and Wilcox in Alabama and Ouachita Parish in Louisiana are added as examiners move to broaden reach amid prior blocks and reports of discrimination.

Washington South Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Nicholas Katzenbach Jefferson Davis and Jones Perry and Wilcox Ouachita Parish Civil Service Cmil Katzenbach

Foreign trade surplus expected in England next year

London AP reports the National Institute of Economic and Social Research predicts Britain will have a foreign trade surplus by year end, but unemployment may rise by at least one percent. The institute says Labour austerity measures to curb the 1964 deficit are showing success.

London Britain National Institute of Economic and Social Research Institute Quarterly Economic Review

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