MEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
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Worth
By SYIVIA PORTER
Copyriqhr, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
HOW MUCH DOES A WIFE COST?
i How much does a wife cost?
: ; Since I reported several weeks ago how much it costs a
bride to tie up her husband legally on the big day, you have
ent a steady trickle of letters challenging me to tell what
wedding expenses the groom assumes, how much an average
honeymoon costs, what about the expenses of having a baby
and some kill-joys even have inquired about the expenses
or divorce and death. So I have been digging and as I col
lect the facts, I'll pass them on to vou.
' . ; Of course, just as no one can estimate what it costs a bride
to lure her bachelor into matrimony, so no one can estimate
what it costs a groom to court his lady. But there are hard
jacts .on what he spends in connection with the wedding
itself.
. ' Practically speaking he has only one major expense the
engagement and wedding rings. The other expenses church
fees,, gifts to. his ushers, perhaps renting that once-in-a-life-time
formal suit are minor, may run under $100.
The rings, though, are an important expense. Here, from
the New York firm of Tiffany & Co., which makes an an
nual nationwide survey of developments in the diamond
ring market, are bread-and-butter guides for the estimated
1.7' million U.S. men who will become husbands this year
; and ' for 'the tens of millions of grooms to follow them.
Ii a diamond engagement ring the thing to give? It
.; -.surely it. Judging by 1962's sales, 85 per cent of this year's
' brides are getting diamond engagement rings. Sales of the
; : non-diamond ring are insignificant.
What kind of ring is in style now? The solitaire (single
' stone) as opposed to the multiple -stone ring is by far the
! most, popular type of true diamond engagement ring. The
Isize of the center diamond in the ring sold by the typical
jeweler is 451 points (100 points equal a one-carat diamond)
or nearly cjarat.
' What is the average price paid? Between $227 to $230,
. excluding Federal tax, says Tiffany's. This average hides the
. fact that the cost of the engagement ring may run from un
der $100 to hundreds of thousands and today the cost fre
quently is boosted by interest on instalment purchases.
. Should a fiancee help select the ring? In the majority
- of oases now, the fiancee accompanies her future husband
on the ring expeditions-just the opposite of the soap opera
concept.; Also, seven of every 10 customers buy a matched
set of diamond engagement and diamond wedding rings.
-"What's the average cost of wedding bands? The most
. popular prices for narrow and standard widths diamond-set
rings' have remained constant during the last four annual
. surveys. The average is $91.
Il l diamond engagement ring a good investment? If
you buy an average ring, definitely no, for you buy the
ring at a retail price (plus tax and any instalment charges)
t while if you sell, you sell at the wholesale price. This "re--eovery
price" usually runs at only one-third your cost.
Tiffany's offers two rules-of-thumb for maximum value
'here: first spend your money on one big stone rather than
many little ones and thus avoid paying a disproportionate
'amount for cutting the stone: second, realise that quality
baing equal and weight within reason (five to 10 carats),
; . the- heavier the carat weight of the diamond, the greater
its worth. A two-carat diamond stone is worth more than
two one-carat stones of the same quality, a 50-point stone is
worth more than two 25-point stones, etc.
Are diamonds themselves good investments? Almost 2,000
years ago, the Roman historian Pliny said, "The diamond is
the most valuable not only of precious stones, but of all
things in this world." He made a remarkably valid point.
Diamonds are the least destructible of gems, are easily hid
den; easily carried, supported in price by one of the world's
most rigid monopolies. In our era,, many Cuban refugees
flfeil their'homeland with diamonds instead of cash to finance
.tHeir. relocation here. In Hitler's era, diamonds financed the
flight of countless Jews from Germany. . '
It takes considerable know-how to make a successful in
vestment in diamonds, though. The value of the gem, ac
cording to the .American Gem Society of Los Angeles, will
be determined by four factors ranking in importance in this
order:- accuracy of cutting, color, clarity and carat weight.
Weight alone is no indication of comparative values. Says the
society, It is much like comparing the value of pictures
by their size." ' ''
Snor Boy Claimed
Deliberately Sunk
By Soviet Vessel
MiamMUPD-A Cuban exile
leader says the fishing boat
Sno' Boy was "intentionally
sunk" by Russian trawlers
when it surprised the Soviet
vessels engaging in "espion
age" activities in the Carib
bean.
The Sno' Boy has been miss
ing since July 1 on a voyage
from Kingston, Jamaica, to
Northeast Cay with 40 persons
aboard.
The exile leader. Dr. Luis
Conte Aguero, said Thursday
night he believed the 63-foot
vessel "s u r p ri s e d Russian
trawlers engaged in clandes-
tine espionage activities in the
area and was intentionally
sunk."
Search Called Off
The U. S. Navy called off a
widespread search for the Sno'
Boy July 9, theorizing the
blue and white boat either
sunk in high seas or broke up
on a reef.
Conte, leader of the Sent
inels of Liberty underground
organization, said an amateur
radio operator in Key West,
Fla., picked up a message from
the Norwegian freighter
Baume July 7 saying it had
sighted three Russian trawlers
about 30 miles west of Ja
maica. On July 6, the body of one
of the Sno' Boy's passengers
was found floating in the wa
ter some 60 miles west of
Northeast Cay, which is about
80 miles south of Kingston.
"This is the first time So
viet fishing vessels have been
sighted south of - Jamaica,
and it is significant they were
spotted in the same area where
the body was found 24 hours
earlier," Conte said.
Oregon Ducks at
Beauty Pageant
Miami Beach - (UPI) - Two fe
male white ducks named
Miracle" and "Mile" arrived
here Wednesday to take part
in the Miss Universe contest.
"Miracle" and "Mile" ar
rived in town along with two
dozen of the world's most
beautiful women who will
participate in the Miss Uni
verse contest next week.
The ducks came with Miss
Oregon, Joset June Fisher of
Portland, as a gift from Gov.
Mark Hatfield to Miami May
or Robert King High. They
will be presented to the may
or during the week of cere
monies.
The ducks were named to
publicize a fast - growing
stretch of the Oregon coastline.
The Miss Universe contest
will be preceded by the Miss
U.S.A. contest.
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FRIDAY, JULY 12. 1963
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The news as this is written?
It's a bit on the fuzzy side.
It looks like we might have
a railroad strike which no
body wants. The employees
don't want it because it would
mean losing their jobs. The
rail operators don't want it
because it would mean losing
a lot of business to their com
petitors. The owners of rail stocks
don't want it because if the
trains don't run there can be
no profits, and if there are no
profits there can be no divi
dends. The commuters in the
big cities don't want 'it, be
cause it means grief and
trouble in getting to work.
EVEN Jimmy Hoffa, Presi
dent of the Teamsters
Union, whose truck drivers
would take up much of the
slack in case of a rail shut
down, doesn't want it. He says
that "NO STRIKE . is ever
good for ANYONE, at ANY
time."
But he pledges his union's
support of a rail strike if
there is one.
It looks like a mess, doesn't
it?
WHAT to talk about today?
How about digit dialing?
Nobody wants that , either,
but it looks like we're in for
it. ' ' ,
DOWN in the Bay Area digit
dialing is a particularly
hot issue. People don't like it.
They say digits are hard to re
member, whereas the old
word prefixes were easy to re
member. So, in an effort to fix
things up, a Stanford research
psychologist steps into the
breach with what he calls a
simple formula for handling
the situation. . .
IT works like this:
First, find the number in
the directory. Then put your
finger on the number. Dial
the first group of three num
bers. Then look back to the di
rectory to refresh your mem
ory before dialing the second
group of four numbers.
While doing all this, be sure
to keep your finger on the
number in the directory. And
. . . by VERY sure that you
keep your finger on the
RIGHT number. And the
right number GROUP. If your
finger slips inadvertently over
to the wrong number, or the
wrong group, you aren't going
to get your party. You'll get
SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND the somebody else will
probably be just as much
annoyed as people always
have been when called to the
phone to answer a wrong
Russia Said Big
U.S. Challenger
In Lumber Trade
Palo Alto, Calif. Russia is
a major challenge to the Unit
ed States in world lumber
markets, an Oregon lumber
man has warned.
Robert F. Dwyer, vice pres
ident of the Dwyer Lumber
and Plywood Co. of Portland
who recently returned from
the Soviet Union, said Russia
now matches the U.S. In total
lumber production and plans
an annual 20 per cent in
crease in the coming years.
Dwyer made the comments
at a Transportation Manage
ment Program of the Stan
ford Graduate School of Bus
iness. Warns Executives
Dwyer returned from an
unofficial tour of Russia June
21. He warned the business
executives attending the grad
uate school that since Russia
entered the world lumber
market in 1958, the competi
tive effects on this country
have been substantial.
He said American lumber
producers have lost more than
$300 million of the annual do
mestic market, mostly to Can
ada, after Russia entered Can
ada's world markets.
Dwyer said, however, the
U. S. can produce better qual
ity lumber at costs as low or
lower, than Russia's.
Eugene Man Named
To Fair Commission
Salem-flJPD-Sanford Nemcr
ovsky, owner-manager of a
Eugene outdoor - store, has
been named to the State Fair
Commission, the governor's
office announced today.
Nemerovsky succeeds John
Chatt of Eugene, who resigned.
SHOOT EACH OTHER
Corney, England-lUPI) - Bob
Steele shot a fox Thursday
and was, in turn, shot by the
(ox. Steele said the dying fox
leaped at him, struck his gun
and caused it to fire, sending
a bullet through his hand.
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we have to pay for modern
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OUR early ancestors had it
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Not any of this digit busi
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number business. Not even
any prefix words.
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to ring the bell, then you took
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Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
pROFESSIONAL football has become such big business
T with capacity crowds every Sunday taken for granted
that it's hard to realize that aa. recently as 1927, less than
a tnousand spectators '
turned up for a game be-
mi-ttgu .Dears
and the New York Giants
that clinched the champi
onship for the New York
club.
Guiding spirit of the
Giants in those tough
early days was the late
Tim Mara (his sons own
and run the club today).
Tim Mara was persuaded
to back the club when,
he admitted later, lie
"didn't know the differ
ence between a touch
down and a fumble." "I founded our club," ho added, "on
strength and ignorance: the players' strength and my ignor
ance." And how his faith paid off! The New York franchise cost
him $2500 in the twenties. His heirs probably wouldn't sell
for $7 million today!
.,.'..
In Wilmington a canasta-loving club woman told Paper Mag
nate Sam Himmell, "For months I couldn't figure out where my
husband spent his evenings. Then, one night, I went home to
get an umbrella and there he waa!"
Quarterly Tax Returns
To Be Filed by July 31
A' .5
Quarterly social security
tax returns must be filed with
the district director of Intern
al Revenue by the end of July
for the second calendar quar
ter of 1963, Edward B. Jacob
son, Social Security admini
stration district manager in
Medford reminded employers
today. -
Jacobson said It is impor
tant that social security tax
returns be filed on time and
that they be complete. They
must show the correct name
and social security number.
Otherwise, the worker and his
family may not be fully pro
tected in the event of, the
worker's disability, retire .
mcnt, or death. Jacobson
noted. -h
Earnings of employees of a
trade or business must be re
ported each quarter regard
less of the amout of waees
paid. Cash wages of domestic
employees and other hnnso.
hold workers must be report
ed by each employer who pays
cash wages of $50 or more to
an employee during the calen.
dar quarter.
Employers who have ques
tionn about their quarterly
social i security reports, or
have need for tax reporting
forms, should contact the In
ternal Revenue Service office.
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