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STAN'DAR'D-STAR. ,. . New Rochel7,e, New york '. M,pRN][lq~', GLpHS C July 25, 1962M. Boston, Mass. n,, n... J1111Y n1. 1962 .- eta~~.throw an~ay~arwur onewNaa ti + • tct oLrach rigiret.. ... American Indris do:nes cated and developed corr4 pea. 'th C puunpkins, squash. nuts , , IiEWS' & COl7RffE'RI ~ white pptato~, tctiq:'c'o Charleston, S.C. tnA , JLU.'y 29, 1'962 t (,i v35?l ' 7` U_i"- C' Tg~ll seeds' are ao, tioy a gMOHERS' BURDEN' - During his familiar chant; the loblespoon will' provide enough TM eigarette tax eosta ithe av. tobacco auetioneer, apeaks at . aeedl4ngs to plant four to six CCURIER -2 t~ 3 ~. Chir7est~I ? CJLy ~7 J1u ly ly 29, 19~' .... WOOING THE INDIA-VS FAST TALKING Iiwis and Clark found ty]&L- The rhythmic chant ot a' lo eo  big tielp in blanng the, baceoauctioneerhas to be fast. traH through Indian territory to Auctioneeo try to sell'up to 400 Oro Pacific in 1804-06. They piles of fkre~cured. tobaoco'' an shared tobacco with every tribe hour-th'at's nearly seven pilea , . they met, paving the' way[ory a minute. Aeile is usuallr about ruttre trading aad setUements.: 100pounds. . C j () e}l3S ,~Sr~~~~ .~ NEWS & COURIER Charleston, S.C. July 29, 1962' One ior the strongest iotlueacei leading; to westward i ea$aosion at the early ti'_ewater colonies was the demand for new land oe which to grow fpMppp. - A ~oeww t;,pe'.of automatic:veed- - htg machine handles paper n'ren- ey and''. d'upensea cagarettess byy the carton. It will aceelit $1 and $S' b;y;; sad coins ie aoy, , cown• ; kinatioo up to ~.,and provideo the correct c6an,ge:, -7 J. NEWS & Co4JItIER Charleston, S.C. July 29, 1962' 'Liftle Known Tobacco Facf! A Dutch seientist'' reports a lihk between lung cancer inci- dmce and sovt roaditions. , Ne C tound more oases of'hmg',cancer Ib duaty, areas, fewer cases in damp, areas. Who ases i muff today? yore, than 4 million of us at'' l6st count. In industry, particularly' Ia plants where smokiag is 1erv erage psck-aJsy amokar:l more than,100 words a,minute& ayeal reportsdheTobaccoTax The average person speaks'at CoawdL 9tate dgarette taxes ab'out' 1TS200 words a mlautk average g cents a pack, wki4 the federal tax adds another g Tobacco Is aged at least two' ceaty. Some local governments yeats betore it ls ready' for also tmpose a tax an eigarettes. manufacture, _ Nomm~ b'idden„ snutf'is very pppularr with'workers. Farmers prefer It, especially, when working'around their barns, because it will not' cause fites. Miners, oil sorkera and forest rangers use it' for much the same reason. Outdooramen, lumberjecks; and athktes are greet' snuff fanci- ers: ablo artisans whose trades call for the almost'' continuous lace of the handi, NEWS & COURIER Charleston, S.CL. July 29, 1962 In colonial America, tbbacco .. Ieaf was used as money'f`pay. doototei teaehers' aad clergy- inm~ with a marriage ceramoo7 casting 200 peunds' of tobaeeo. aod a funeral swvic. 4116 potmtL• Tobacco products aaas r. `farl counters tnore often than aaytbing , ela. - except' mooey, Consumers 'spent about' {Ti6 b't'Dionsifor tobacco ptnducts In lgsi. of'Ihat toal, ab'out.g.4.1,bIl- Ifoa was for fedegal, atate and bcal euise taxet Tobaoeo1 fi the mod hew[4y taxed of aW sgrt Ptvd-eultttrai aeta: About half of what coa : tattnevapay, on the average, fo[ a package of cigarettes rep+a aeMs'taus. aiarettes fraa America were the only stable currency in tha retalli markels of Gft: many, Italy'and Frann for two years after v-E' Day. Nore than 2,000 bliod persoas belp, support 'themxlves' by aperating tobacco etands. Growing tobacco requires aa average of' 390 man,haurs per aoee, far, more than any other' agricultural crop. An acre of, eore i requires ab'out' ten' bwrs, four bours for wheat ~ SS. Pontiac, Michigan August 2', 1962 The sale of ' cigarcile% w•as banned in Kansas from 1907 to -1927. Now the state takcs In about 99' million a year in laa:es an tobacco salcs: IUU :35,~-~~7'~' LACAL NEWS West Chester, Penna. July 113, 1962 Tobacco Takes Mbre Work NEW YORK - Growing 'tohac- co takes 378 man-hours,ptr acrc- -far more than any other field crop, the Tobacco Institute re- ports. It..says cornm requires 1e.1', man;hrruc and cnllon F6: SS Pont3el Michigan' July 2$,, 1962 ,' _ -- - - Smoke Tatt 'Sky Higk' f *iASHI.NG'TON fUPTI - U. S: smokers paid enough incigaretten li -taxes last'~year. to.meet the.coetot the lii,S,Spaee AAcncy'sfiscal '1963 program, withenoa6h' funds :feit overr to buy 40 Atlas,missiles, 'the Tobacco Institute'estimates. ~ c S'PATE, Co,lumbia, S.C. July 25, 1962 LOOaLLEAF CARE l.'ytG ED (LEMSON-'Ihe future of looaae- kaf te_lj&i;Laalcas in South Caro•. :Ibn dMr-del+.~ nd largely' on'r .rc- 1id', prepantion~ and t`r- ,.ation, ot'tobeccotor:ak durin, afi,c- day.e.xpenunental period this year: ' TIMES-NEWS Hendersonrillie; S.C. July 14, 1962 BIG TAX PUFF • 8. NE'W YOBS aP6'--Tha U. government inhaled $3.1 billion in direct cig*rette taxes last ~sar- enougb',to pay for the wh'oial~DgE' space program, or alI atYte bealtk . and hospital prognms„or 255,000 new $20,000 1 homes, according te, the Trade' pnblication, Tobaaoa i .r News, ~ i