CIGARETTE SMOKERS are spending more than ever but getting less tobacco. Although U.S. cigarette production puffed to record 441 billion in 1957, total tobacco output dipped 23% from 1956 to postwar low of 1,680 million Ibs. Five years ago makers rolled out 325 cigarettes per Ib. of tobacco; in 1957 they manufactured 360 per Ib. by using filters and homogenized tobacco leaf (TIME, June 18, 1956).
THREE-DAY WEEKEND will be tried by Longren Aircraft Co. of Torrance, Calif., which believes it is first company to do so. Its 498 workers will take one three-day...
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