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~ WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS Washington, D. C. ~; _quly 27, 196o_. - By GENE SHiJ11iATR averaged j5M net income. ~ ~ ~.. LIND operators of tobacco and snack stands in the ;'' B If the public wasn t nearly District - there are many here - netted an 100 pet cent honest, blind average of $6036 last year. This is the highest re- stand operators would not ,. .j~ ; corded anywhere. Government buildings here, make money. They've been tr in d t i ll b f a e o te co ns and man y feelf y private ones, have But the can't tell the differ- The tobacco stand has proved • such stands. ence bty#w d ti the answer to one of our more een enomma ons aerious unemployment prob- About 2100 such stands of paper money. They must lems-the blind. Nearly all have helped these people live take the customer's word. ._ _ . , . . . f tik-. n n~<.. RADIO REPORTS, Inc. : Washington, D. C. ": JUl 15 195o C NE'S O C 0 x ;.- ! y ., 1~ BA T .. ;~ . . "ri Today's Business at 6:40 P.M. over WRC (Washington) : BILL SPRAGUE: "Tobacco News remarks that the government has saved at least five million dollars because of the dropping of the blue excise tax stamps on packages of cigarettes a year ago." RADIO REPORTS, Ir_c. Washington, D. C. April 12, 1960 Washingfon Busin.ss Blind Stand Operators Here Do Best __ . Blind stand operators there ItEN SICKED 800 YEARS AGO Today's Business at 6:40 P.M. over WRC' (Washington BILL SPRAGUE: "Tobacco News reports archeolo~ists have found evidence in. an Arizona Ind'ian cave that men took up smoking more than 800 years ago. The excavators found'cigarettes made out of hollow reeds with tobacco stuffed in one end, and, yes, the other " end was a filter." near-normal lives. ' t Last year nationally, these stands proJuced a total net Income of $6.5 million, or $3354 on the average. This na- tional average ia about half of the average here. trict in the national average T'.Y. . .x n - ''.;.'rth f'y;t Maryland ie next to the Di's- ~~