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,O,A-IP 4 / - ~ . •; . ~ . ''{. .~... ... . .... _ '.. . . . . .t, ..'..,. ~ ' ~ . .+.. i. ~ ~./ :.~. . . . .~ . ~ ~ . ~ ~ } TFiE' STATE : .As of the date of this report, clippings were starting to show up~as result of ;'items appearing in the recently released issL}e of TOBACCO NEWS. These are samples. ; 'c ii?. • . . . .. . . 1 :'~. W ..i t 1. . . . - .i . . ., . , ... . _ . .. . _ ... ., . , a... : ~.. . , . ._. . _. . ~ _. _ ' . . i.. . . ,. . .'. i ., .~_. C -BERAID 11~ Durham, North Carolina ~~ -july 14, I96o ~'~: B{ind Vendors Earn Most From Tobacco ` WASHINGTON - The Tobacco 3'nstitute, Inc., has reported that sales of cigarettes and other to- bacco products made up the bulk of the $6.5 million earned lastt year by blind operators of re- tail stands. The blind' uendors earned a na- - tionwide average of more than $3,300 each, the report said. The 93 North Carolina vpndors earned' an average of $1,860 each. The stands are operated in every state as a major part of a federal-state program to help the handicapped blin& to become self-supporting. The vendors arrn often provide& rent-free locationF in public buildings. -'' UPi=7! --- ABELEASE AT 6130 P.!! ) ( tVENDOBS-TOBACCO) , Sl. ~~`i.La~;<lr Columbia, South Carolina ~~~~~ JulY 19, 1960 ~x"s,}~~S~f~„ A:WORTHY WORK ~x ~~. . A little publicized project that is a fine one is the cooperative effort of the states and' the federal govern- rnent under whi& authorized blind ~tyilf~r9 persons operate snack bars. i There are 46 such vendors 'inh South Carolina and they had an av- erage erage income in 1959 of $1,860 per year, no great sum but quite a hel¢) to the person who is handicapped by the loss of his sight. In the nation there are 2,111 per- sons under the program. The high- est average is in Washington, where ~ it is a tidy $6,038. '; The project not only provides in- come but it gives the blind person something to do, and a feeling of independence that is most valuable. BLIND VENDORS EARNED MORE HERE THAN ANYWHERE IN THE NATIONa THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE REPORTED TODAY. EARNINGS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WERE $6,,v38 AVERAGING 69 BLIND ETAI LE3tS. t TNE -Z.111 BLIND OPERATORS IN THE UNITED STATES EARNED MORE THAN t6,sIO,O®® LAST YEAR AVERAGING MORE THAN $3, 3jilf EACH. BLIND VENDO$S ASE OfT£N PBOVIDED 3ENT-F$EE LOCATIONS IN PNBLIC "' ITION A FEDERAL PB36MA PBOVIDES TRAINING IN S!lALL ~ T I A D . W BU.LDIAl65. N 9 REfAIL BUSINESS OPEBATION, FUNDS FOR EQUIPMENT AND INITIAL STOCK. ~ CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS !lAKE UP THE BULK OF SALES, THE ~ . , TOBACCO INSTITUTE YEPORTED. -'` 7/ 13--MJ1B3 APED ~ . ~ UPI-64 (TOBACCO ) THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAVED AT LEAST tS,B0D.B11 DURING THE FIRST YYAit OF COLLECTING FEDERAL EXCISE TAXES ON CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO ~ PRODUCTS WITHOUT REVENUE STAMPS, THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE BEPORTEH TODAY. PRINCIPAL SAVING WAS IN COSTS OF PRINTING AND YANDLIN6 STANPS. IN ADDITION. THE INSTITUTE QUOTED CHARLES .).. MOUNTDVpIS. CHIEF OF THE TOBACCO TAX BRANCH OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICt, AS SAYING T)tE CHANGEOVER HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. HE THINKS FbqTHE8 SAVINGS ARE POSSIBLE . ELIMINATING OTHER PAPER WOYK. 7/15--TS1243PED