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Feature and filler C DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE h t c Rnc es er, 1401. May 24, 1962 l'00 57G 9S Women Predomanate lin Tobacco Industry A1EW " 4't7RK - Women outnumber t'he men, engaged . in tobacit:o manufacturing. The figurea I vary, depending on 'the season, buk. women make up more than half and• sometimes as much as 60 per cent of the total. Miscellameamzs Items of'Interest material continued to gain attention. 1d0`35 3~ TELEGRAPH-NEWS Macon, Georgia June 3, 1962 Some 19 tohacco-grutving, natinns have issued sDl°ciallpostage stamps honoring to The Unit.ed States is onehe few tobacco countries [tobacco is our fourth largest agricu!tmra',' cash, crop] that' has not done so. ~b b,-55- 3Ci STATE' Columbia, S.C. June 3, 1962 TOBACCO 1 I,TIDUSTRY' R.ALEIGFI' - An estitnatpd 17 million Americans depend' upon tobacco for all or some part off their livehhoxxi. 1 0 C 3 ; _3 q, ~'-- ~. Pl?(ESS. Ponti'ac, Michigan May 25, 1962 The growing of rc. quires 398 man-hoursrm; corn takes 10.2-man-hours and cot- ton 66-man-hours. 100 -~:53q6~~3~ L MIRROR Altoona, Penna. May 18, 1962 More than 2,000 blind persons ihelli to support themselves by op- erating, tobacco and news stands. ./ co35 3,) ~,97"_/4 EVEa",~', WORLD' HERALD Omaha, Nebraska June •11, 1962 Big Tax Puff Al e w Y'o r k(UPI)-T h e United States Government in- haled ! $3,100,000,000 , in direct cigaret' taxes last year- enough to pay for the whole 1963 space program, Tobacco News reports. , TIMES l ~ Trenton, New Jersey May 15, 1962 BE; Tax Puff NEW YORK (UPh - The U.S, government inhaled $3.1 billion in di'rect~ a~ritte' taxes last year - enough to pe3r for the whole 1963 space program, or aL state health and hospital programs, or 153,oD0 new 0;O0U homes, according to; the trade publication. Tobacco hlevrs. 1C)b 3 ;39:163 STAR JOU.RIVAL Long Island City, N.Y. June 1, 1962 NO ~~~~(/NDETiI:' WASHLIGTOI*T tUPPI-Dicl you ever w•onder -why, a tobacco auctioneer talks so fast? Well,, accordina to the Toba-~c.o In- stitute, Inc.;, iie mtts~" sell up to 400 piles of tobacco an l,wur, or nearly seven piles a minute., A pile is u s u a11 y about 100 pounds;. 1bb353"c h.'EWS-TFcIBIJNE Tacoma, Washington Ji.ane 3, 1962 Warriiou.se reeep;t:; Sr~; ta4W.a became Ute fira "paperr mone~•~"' Ih the Amerlcan colontes: and was .used to pay taxes. Teachers and clergymen were paid In tobacco. A weddin cereniony cost 200 p_ound, of ~eaf, a funerall service 40i) pounds. PIONEER PRESS St. Patal, Mi'nnesota May 19, 1962 . On an average; there are about 314,000 t2b&eco seeds. in an ounce; one~ta lespoun- full being enough to plant' 3 or 4 acres of land.. 100353'76'9SM NEWS Buffalo, N.Y. May 16, 1962 ._ TSkwaa 1Woman's- Gsm. I+IE W YORK-Women outaum+ fier men in tobacco mtsnufactuc- ing. The figures vary depending on the season, but wpmen make up more than half and somes- times as much as 60% of the total. q TIMES' Toledo, Ohio May 16, 1962' Sonic dltt,ins huvC l:r'ued :iagc stamp- honorin-, trAsncru. 'The Uniti d States is one of the few tobaccu countries ;';r 1Wro ;is our fourth largest ny~ir tul-.. litral cash crc,p) thnt has nut'. r.l1,nc su. MIRROR 1016 3S .3!!7 Altoona, Penna. May 24, 1962 An estimated total of 17 millirnn;Ameaicans depend on tobacco for ~alt or some part of th-e'~r liveti- hood. I Gw ~S3 "_16qZ1_1< EXPRESS Eastbn, Penna. Jur>r 1, 1962 Grott~ing t,(+I ~~~:o takes 378 ::3an; ~ours per aene-far more than any other field crop, the Tobacco• Ittstitute reports..It says corn re- quires 10.2 man-hours and ! cotton 66. REGISTER Santa Ana, California Juuae 10', 1962 T FIOiY I I,.TKY BECAME A'CREAT'TOSACCO STATE: Many historical facts about ta bacco inciuded in,tNs 3nforma- tiwe publication. . The Toliacco Iastitute, Inc.. Dept. IIr,`W1'?th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D.C. N