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IC03ayyy3y COURIER Waterloo, Iowa C April 11, 1962 Smokers Pay NEW YORK (UPI) - State taxea on tobacco products rose nearly 5o per cent during the two year period 1959-s0, accord- ing to the trade publication To- bacco News. C ipCftw*13N C PIONEER PRESS St. Paul, Minn April 17, 19c2 More t han 4.6 million dof. lars has been appropriated for cancer research by the t'o ,_ a"co industry research c`~! tlt 1?l i t t ~: too~`~`64 f9 PULLETIN! Anderson~, Indiana April 19, 1962, t Tobacco taxes add 65 per cent td the cost of smokin^. !+ -tani.at h-is fi,-ured: eo e+1 increases its weig rt 20 ion times in about ficc months; an acorn makcs a cr.m- parable increase in 1W years, a 1W~IoAyy3F1 Z HERALD JOURNAL Syracuse, N.Y. March 23, 1962 r,JiO~V Poke M1'YORIi (N'.ANi1)-Atcha 1003afqL134 L BEE Sacramento, Calif. May 11, 19c2 Cleveland's Wife Was Daring, Smoked WASHINGTON - By the end of the 1880s, ~smo~ki~ng 3 cigaret in public was sTill aa act of daring for a wom<:n. ( Mrs. Grover Cleveland was ~• one of the darlag ones. She offered cigaret's to her women guests at the White House as early as 1889. 1oo3oN4 y_j/4 CHRONI CLE Houston, Texas April 1+, 1962 The American &evol_utioni . was financed in part by a loan backed by five million potulds of Virgin to/co: Benjamin Franklun helped get the mon- ey from France. ioo3o4 14 4 N 0 REPUBLICAN Springfield, Mass. April 8, 1962 The American Revolution wns financ,d in part by a loan backed by five mill:on~ poun is of Vin,inia 1rli -- T;enjaniin Franklin he.pa 'he mone: from Francc: foo504 44 3HG TIMES-PICAYUNE New Orleans, La. April 15, 1962 PATIOTIC TOBACCO The American Revo~Hat financed in part by a loan backed by five million pounds of Virginia tobacco. Benjamin Franklin helped get the money from France. 1vr0304W43y 'y POST Denver, Colorado April 8, 1962' TOBACCO HELPED Ii.IBERTY te American Revolution wass financed ill part by a loan backed by 5 million pounds of Virginia tobacco. B e n j a m i n Franklin helped get the moneY from France. /oo% yy43y M P_ULLETIN Philadelphia, Pa. May 1, 1962 'fobticcc, DispenseriBulk tobacco,was aulnmati- cally di5pensed by vending ma- chine in English pubs of the early 1800s. 1oo3oy 4 v3y 8 MORNING GLOBE Boston, Mass. May 10, 1962 Some 19 tobacco-growing na=: 'tions have issued special post- age stamps honoring tobacco. The United States is one of the few tobac~~co countries (tobacco. _'s ou:r fourth largest agricul- t'ural. cash crop) that has not done so. '00 3oq yy3yF RgtALD -TRI BUNE New York, New York May 3, 1962 Tobacza..`1oa.e-, Warehouse receipt,,. for to- bacco became the first "t%ao-r money"' iu the Americam col- -onies, and was used to P,:' taxes. Teachers ard clerFl'~neil were paid in tobacco. STAR i0O30yy4434 1i Kansas City, Missouri May 6, 1962 Warehouse recFipts fnr tohar.- co became the first "pJ;?er. money" in the American uAf ; o!ties. and was used to p;3,+ taxes. Teachers and clergymen.. were: paid in tabacco. A wedding ceremony cost ^M pounds of leaf, a f+lneral servlcp 400 pounds I3E+ RALD EXAMINER' Los Angeles, Calif. May 11, 1962 NO WONDER: WASHINGTON IUPTa--Didyou ever wonder why a: to~ bdcr:o auctioneer talks so fast? Well., ,7lCnrnljt_p% 1,0 ta-ej ii.o 1'i~dl.tl'b+-)t:it.e. !nc . i:e 11111°..t selli ufn io 400 pilP.c of tobacco an hour. orr nearly seven pilfs a ntmieto A pilp is usttally ahniir lOn ;uitinri.r. ~4 7c- ~~3 EAGLE \ O4/yy Wichita, Kansas -'9 At April 7, 1962 ~ Tobacco Takes Work NEW YORK - Growing t.: bacco takes 378 man hours -; ' acre-far more than any oth•-L field crop, the Tobacco Insf:: ti3'e reports. It says corn quires 10.2 man hours and :c•! ton 66. r-