News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Tobacco

Lower rates eyed for domestic leaf. N&O, Nov-29-79, 44:3
Leaf farmers begin signing settlements. N&O, Dec-1-79, 38:1
Information on tobacco is offered. N&O, Dec-3-79, 28:4
Vote on leaf quotas is set for Dec. 18. N&O, Dec-3-79, 26:3

Tobacco

Farmers expected to back leaf price supports. N&O, Dec-18-79, 31:1
Tobacco's image may have a chance - a slim one. N&O, Dec-18-79, 29:1
Farmers heavily favor supports. N&O, Dec-19-79, 39:2
Tobacco support voting lauded. N&O, Dec-20-79, 51:1
Rotate cigarette label warnings, agency urges. N&O, Dec-24-79, 1:1

Tobacco

Leaf firm admits seeking purchaser. N&O, Dec-7-79, 42:5
British leaf company plans to sell operation. N&O, Dec-8-79, 30:1
Leaf firms' sales down. N&O, Dec-11-79, 21:1
Dippers say old art hasn't been snuffed out. N&O, Dec-14-79, 41:1

Tobacco

Leaf industry hits label proposal. N&O, Dec-26-79, 35:2
Rhodesia looming as tough leaf foe. N&O, Dec-26-79, 1:2
Report denied. N&O, Dec-28-79, 29:4
Blue mold to renew leaf attack in '80, experts say. N&O, Dec-31-79, 16:1

Tobacco

Outgoing head of tobacco associations calls for lower federal price supports - Ja 1 86 7A
USDA reduces tobacco quota 4.7%, but legislation could force revision - Ja 1 86 1
Editorial: Downhill slide for tobacco (marketing quota) - Ja 5 86 10A
N.C. led nation in production of tobacco, turkey - Ja 6 86 6A
National health panel cites ECU study, warns against use of smokeless tobacco - Ja 16 86 1
Stabilization Corp. reports lower leaf surplus than year ago - Ja 16 86 11A
Congress OKs bill to stall leaf-growers referendum - Ja 24 86 9B
Warning labels on smokeless tobacco products debated - Ja 31 86 2D
NCSU scientist (Conkling) uses tobacco for genetic tinkering - Fe 17 86 8B
Hopes still high for passage of bill including overhaul of leaf program - Fe 20 86 20A
N.C. figures show tobacco becoming less important crop - Mr 3 86 8A
N.C. leaf farmers say they backed program - Mr 14 86 1D
Some farmers get tax break on leaf bulk-curing barns - Mr 17 86 8B
Leaf quotas expected to stabilize after first few years of new law - Mr 22 86 1
Editorial: Tobacco's great expectations - Mr 25 86 14A
Rose says leaf dealers may stop using N.C. ports - Mr 30 86 41A
Vegetables supplant tobacco as Granville farmer's cash crop - My 12 86 8B
Court upholds school's ban on tobacco - My 22 86 27A
Penny tobacco fee studied to offset Gramm-Rudman - Jn 7 86 WA-1
Proposed ban on tobacco ads draws criticism - Jn 11 86 4C
Center wants to test genetically altered leaf - Jn 18 86 1C
Stabilization board OKs buy-out plan for tobacco surplus - Jn 21 86 1
NCSU gets funds for leaf research - Jy 1 86 1C
Firms sign agreements to buy surplus tobacco - Jy 3 86 1
Test planting of altered leaf OK'd - Jy 3 86 2C
Fewer acres of leaf planted; production forecast down 13% - Jy 16 86 2C
Leaf tradition burning out in Durham - Au 27 86 8B
Leaf exporter fights 'nesting' - Se 1 8B
Green-tobacco illness linked to nicotine absorbed through handling of plants - Se 3 4C
Loan program shows promise for state's tobacco farmers - Se 4 86 1C
Durham leaf warehouse owners remember heyday of market - Se 21 86 44A
Experts discuss future of tobacco in N.C. - Oc 1 86 1C
Group blames lower leaf prices on trade agreement with Japan - Oc 15 86 1C
Leaf market merger sought for Robersonville, Williamston - Oc 18 86 5C
Tobacco still king of N.C. cash crops - Oc 30 86 1
Genetic tobacco test call success - No 8 86 2C
Unity of tobacco industry called essential - De 6 86 18A

Tobacco

Rose to offer bill to prevent double fee for leaf farmers - Ja 8 83 2C
Discount-leaf growers pose threat to supports, spark calls for quality - Ja 10 83 10A
Dipping and chewing on rise in high schools - Ja 16 83 1
New law spurs flurry of allotment sales - Ja 17 83 1
Tobacco lobbyists facing another year of heat in Congress - Ja 17 83 10C
Farm bureau backs direct sales of leaf - Fe 5 83 2C
Reform needed to save supports, leaf growers say - Fe 27 83 30A
N. C. leaf group joins bid to kill tobacco program - Mr 9 83 5C
Scientists try to squeeze funds, protein from tobacco project - Ap 11 83 12C
Farm bureaus split on seeking leaf reforms this year - Ap 14 83 12A
Hunt backs move to boost leaf quality, industry health - Ap 20 83 2C
Economic factors urge tobacco's rescue - Ap 24 83 4D
Hunt raps proposal to end leaf program - Ap 29 83 2D
Helms, Rose put tobacco over feud - My 2 83 1
Editorial: Tobacco needs a fixing - My 3 83 4A
Farm bureau reverses stand, supports leaf program changes - My 7 83 1
Rose outlines leaf program reforms - My 13 83 1
Leaf leaders endorse price-support freeze - My 18 83 1
Disease (blue mold) spreads to untreated tobacco; impact minimized - My 26 83 30A
Under the dome: Scrap leaf recycled as political weapon - My 28 83 1
Graham backs Helms' letters on scrap leaf - My 29 83 34A
Tobacco issue puts Helms in political vise - Jn 5 83 4D
Fast-spreading blue mold outbreak threatens untreated N. C. tobacco - Jn 11 83 4C
Hunt urges defeat of anti-support bill - Jn 19 83 29A
Teamwork urged as way to save tobacco industry - Jn 28 83 8B
Cigarette makers caught off-guard by plan for rebate - Jy 21 83 11A
U. S. approves rebate on hike in leaf buying - Jy 21 83 1
Editorial; Surgery on tobacco - Jy 22 83 4A
Tobacco firms unsure about rebate plan - Jy 22 83 5D
(Carteret) School panel ponders ban on tobacco - Au 2 83 4C
Carteret school board agrees to study tobacco ban proposal - Au 3 83 2C
Foreign competition, quota cuts threaten future, leaf farmers say - No 5 83 8B
Helms upstages Hunt in announcing Taiwanese tobacco purchase - No 5 83 1C
Tobacco legislation nearing final hurdles in Congress - No 6 83 34A
Block's 11.5% cut in quota worries tobacco community - De 16 83 13A
Panel to examine morality of tobacco - De 20 83 4C

Tobacco

Doctors at forum tell of death, disease linked to tobacco use - No 21 85 18C
Officials meet, discuss plans for surplus leaf buy-out - No 27 85 16C
Tobacco compromise welcomed in state - De 14 85 7A

Tobacco

Hostile climate for the tobacco industry lobby - Ja 4 87 1D
Some in (tobacco) co-op question worth of leaf lobbyist - Ja 27 87 1C
N.C. exports haven't gained momentum from falling dollar - Fe 8 87 1I
Fight to ban tobacco ads renewed in Congress - Fe 19 87 2C
Ban on tobacco sales to minors is proposed - My 2 87 5B
New process lets tobacco plants relax - My 4 87 11A
Panel OKs ban against student tobacco use at school - My 21 87 30A
Senate backs ban on tobacco use at school - My 22 87 1D
Tobacco bill sponsor takes measure off floor - My 23 87 4C
School tobacco-ban measure pulled; Sponsor takes bill off Senate floor to thwart move to kill it - My 27 87 4C
House vote may kill Senate tobacco bill - My 28 87 18A
Rose plans hearings on imported leaf - Jn 3 87 12B
RJR blames tainting on U.S.-grown tobacco - Jn 5 87 5D
Senator wants dangers of tobacco taught to children in N.C. schools - Jn 9 87 18C
RJR official blames U.S. growers for herbicide-tainted exports - Jn 12 87 8B
Tobacco levy set at 2 cents - Jn 16 87 5C
Tobacco is the tie that binds N.C. congressmen together - Jn 22 87 8B
Tobacco education bill dying - Jn 25 87 14A
Scientists get OK to test genetically altered leaf - Jy 10 87 6C
Tobacco fields to be inspected for chemical misuse by farmers - Jy 10 87 3D
N.C. tobacco buyers anxious about chemicals cropping up - Jy 12 87 29A
Tobacco industry shows 8th highest trade surplus - Jy 25 87 2C
Reaping N.C. tobacco history; Former Durham workers to recall hard lives, long hours in factories - Au 31 87 8B
Bills seek regulation of tobacco - Se 17 87 23A
Co-op can process 1 million pounds of tobacco each day - Se 21 87 7B

Tobacco

Martin urges farmers to back leaf program - Ja 4 92, 3B
Tobacco growers gather; State's farmers told market looks strong - My 30 92, 5B
Tobacco industry touts contribution to economy - Jn 2 92, 1D
Tobacco will provide experimental protein - Jn 16 92, 5B - Jail bans tobacco, but not for health reasons - Jy 10 92, 5B
Young tobacco spitters draw alarm - De 11 92, 4B
Legislator seeks to toughen law on selling minors tobacco - De 12 92, 5B

Tobacco

Stabilization may lose $250 million on leaf sales - Jy 22 84 1
Tobacco's value to town affirmed - Jy 30 84 1C
Guilford farmer says his plan will solve leaf surplus crisis - Au 7 84 5C
Leaf debate spills from health effects to Hunt-Helms race - Au 12 84 23A
'Something's got to give,' state tobacco farmers say - Se 24 84 2C
Loan receipts rise, raising leaf worries - Se 28 84 3D
Baptists still debating leaf stand - Oc 1 84 14C
Troubled tobacco program undergoing intense scrutiny - Oc 14 84 29A
Plan to reduce leaf stockpiles may hurt '85 sales, officials say - Oc 30 84 1C
74 million pounds committed or sold in leaf discount program - No 1 84 1C
N. C. leaf farmers forced to diversify - No 5 84 1
Leaf farmers say they want quota to stay - No 9 84 1
N. C. growers seek changes in federal leaf program - No 10 84 1
Editorial: Tobacco's hard times - No 15 84 4A
Poultry closing in onleaf as top cash crop in state - No 23 84 2C
NCSU data on tobacco rates types - No 26 84 8B
Leaders of N. C. agriculture groups fear disagreements will harm
tobacco - De 9 84 37A
Tobacco farmers, state officials prepare for lower quota's effects - De 14 84 3D
Tobacco meeting brings little agreement - De 15 84 5C

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