Secretaries in demand outpace supply across U.S.
Philadelphia report notes a severe nationwide shortage of secretaries as employers bid high salaries and flexible schedules. Experts cite career shifts, feminism, and improved tech skills reducing candidate pools. Labor officials and agencies warn shortages could rise to millions by 1985, while skilled secretaries command strong wages and abundant temporary work.
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Philadelphia
Lee Segal
America
Wee
Kelly Irl
Kelly Services
Charles Luttrell
Kelly Girl
Mitchell
Fromstein
Manpower, Inc
Henr Haschke
Pennsyvania State Employment Service
U. S. Labor Department
Han Dier
Luttrell
Crafts become very different fashions by Marian Chre Peggy Banks story
Peggy Banks a 52 year old Bette Midler look alike drives a traveling fashion show for The Philadelphia Gallery selling one of a kind crafts. She gathers artists who resist mass production and price original works by doubling the artist ask. Banks aims at super rich patrons viewing fashion as art and says her artists know the money will come later.
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Peggy Banks
Bette Midler
Banks
Philadelphia Gallery
SoHo
Bangor
Jim Piper
Avon-Belden Rd
Cleveland Miniaturia Society
Holiday Inn
Rockside Road
Independence
Parish-Whelan Marriage at St. Mary Church
Mary Patricia Whelan and Richard Lee Parrish wed at noon at Spirit Roman Catholic Church. The groom teaches for Elyria City Schools and the couple, after a Munich honeymoon, will reside at 184 Fowl Road.
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Richard Lee Parrish
Mary Patricia Whelan
Classic Impressions
Boly Spirit Roman Catholic Church
Munich
Germany
Lorain County
Fowl
Diamonds for every purse reshapes Amsterdam’s sparkling trade
ALICE Su profiles Herman E. Van Moppes, a Dutch diamond dealer since 1828, who says diamonds are no longer luxury for the wealthy. Tourists, especially Americans, tour Amsterdam workshops as the industry thrives despite war and crisis, with growth in Belgium Germany and Israel and van Moppes expanding across Europe.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Holland
Man E. van Moppes
van Moppes
Israel
Belgium
Ger
Van
Brazil
Germany
Diamonds as investment and cost factors across markets
A veteran salesman explains why diamonds stay valuable as personal keepsakes and trade goods. He notes global production by region, price influences from inflation, and warns against buying for pure financial gain while highlighting diamonds as a portable hedge in emergencies.
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Kalgit-Ridder Newspapers
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Peggy Banes
Parrish-Whelan
Elyria City
Alice Su
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India
South Africa
Soviet Union
Mustang
EPA
Thes City
Turnpme
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