U.S. Census Bureau Daily
Feature for Oct. 7: Apples
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Profile America -- Saturday,
Oct. 7. The spotlight this weekend in many parts of the country
is on apples -- and all the delicious things that can be made
from them. Some 100,000 people are expected at the South Mountain
fairgrounds in Gettysburg, Pa., for the 42nd Annual Apple Harvest
Festival. Over in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., 40,000 will take part
in the Apple Butter Festival, while up in New England, the Vermont
Apple Festival will be held in Springfield. Later this month,
festivals will be held in Mount Vernon, Mo. and Coshocton, Ohio.
All will feature entertainment, crafts, games and good food.
Each year, American farmers produce nearly 5 million tons of
applies -- which works out to about 17 pounds for each person.
These and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau
can be found on the Web at http://www.census.gov.
U.S.
Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 27: Bubble Gum
WASHINGTON, April 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily
"Profile America" feature for Thursday, April 27 from
the U.S. Census Bureau:
Profile America -- Thursday, April 27. One of the joys of
American youngsters -- and big league baseball players -- was
invented by accident in 1928 -- bubble gum. Walter Diemer, an
accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia,
brewed up an experimental batch that was less sticky than regular
gum and also stretched more easily. Seeing that it would make
bubbles, he took a five-pound chunk to a local grocery store,
where it sold out in a single afternoon. Diemer's invention was
pink because that was the only food color on hand when he made
the first batch. Americans buy just over 1-billion dollars of
all forms of gum each year -- a sizeable part of the 5.5-billion
dollars worth of non-chocolate confections produced annually
in the U.S. You can find these and more facts about America from
the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov.
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Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office
of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available
as produced segments ready to air on a monthly CD or on Internet
at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom"
button). For further information, contact Rick Reed at 301-763-2812,
fax at 301-457-3670, or e-mail at rreed@census.gov.
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THURSDAY, OCT. 5: FIRST
HOME DEVELOPER
Profile America -- Thursday, Oct. 5. The way Americans buy
a home changed forever this week in 1947. That's when one of
the first communities built by a real estate developer opened
for residents to move into -- Levittown, on New York's Long Island.
Named for William and Alfred Levitt, the town ultimately contained
more than 17,000 Cape Cod and Ranch houses, snapped up by soldiers
returning from World War II and facing an acute housing shortage.
The houses in Levittown had 800 square feet of floor space and
sold for $8,000. Today, the average new home in America has just
over 1,700 square feet of living space and sells for more than
$184,000. These and more facts about America from the U.S. Census
Bureau can be found on the Web at htp://www.census.gov.
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