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STAFi' Tucson, Arizona December 2, .196i ENTEEPAtISE & TIMES ockton, Mas'sachusetts December 27, 1961 For Better Butts WASHQIdGTON. - (UPI) - , t~ More than S3t4' millimn has been f,,,spent by the America:ni tobacco ~ Industry during, the past ninP years for new and improved ~)manufacturing, processinl; and resPanch facilities, the Tobacco ~Institute reportedi An adlTlLtonat! Os80 millton Is so far planned. Q for similar work this year. In« ~ cluded in the hnpriovement pro- ~,ram to date Is an Item of more f harr $1!64 million for new ma- c!iGne.ry, or more than half the i.otal ouqa9. -. r >$~4NNF~R Nashvilley Tennessee December 14, 1961 - = rM.~r(IF .. t-'i;Ot. - . ?' . NE41S-SENTINEL Knoxville, Tennessee December 17, 1_961 Snuffi'one of the early forms of tpharr0 adopted by Europeans, has maintained a substantial popularity in this country. About 35,p©0,0D0 pounds are usrd in makinti snuff, I Atlanta - The Llnitkd States tobacco crop,is converted to con- sumer products ini about 700 fac- toniRs in 32 states. 700 [lolrat•co f"':+ctlories i!u U.S. JOURNAL Winston-Salem, North Carolina December 2, 1961 Cash Cropa ' The first five cash crops in the United States are, in order, wheat, corn, tobacco, cotton and' soy beans. i Lewis andlClark found tobacco a big help;,~~ ~~ in blazing the trail through Indian territo ny to the Pacific in 1'81D4',0t1. They shared fa t~ •'\ bacco with every tribe they met, paving the ~ way for future trading and settlements 1~. 0 ~ e During the ColoradorGofd Rush ~ of' 11859, when 5U;p00 prospec- j tors rushed west, tobacco was ~ sold for its weight in gold dust. Today, 17,000,000, Americans depend on tobacco for all or part ofl their IiNelihood! ~ r r_r : Oa a % `~'.. ~ y Even the feared Comman- ches would' peacefully op- pr.oach wagon trains to beg fo,r, ttobacco. The Indians grew tobacco, but they pre- ferred the white man's leaf. nu 0 r: Y~ X~ N 1li0aiSt) 75+,J9 , Zwlore t'han 2,000 blind per- ;sons help to support them- solves by* ' operating tobacco. and news stands. LABOR HERALD Allentown, Pennsylvania November 15, 1961