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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914760-05-000053
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050301
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050303
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050302

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098677
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SUGAR & CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS [2060]
		IRS NUMBER:				221318955
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01361
		FILM NUMBER:		05655498

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7401 S CICERO AVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60629
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3128383400

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SWEETS CO OF AMERICA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660921
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<TYPE>8-K
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<FILENAME>t30827_8k030105.txt
<DESCRIPTION>MARCH 1, 2005
<TEXT>
                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                            CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                         TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 MARCH 1, 2005
                Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

                          TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its charter)



                                    VIRGINIA
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                                    001-01361
                            (Commission File Number)

                                   22-1318955
                      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

  7401 SOUTH CICERO AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS                   60629
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                  773-838-3400
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

     [__]     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
              Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     [__]     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
              (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     [__]     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
              the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     [__]     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
              the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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ITEM 5.02.   DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPALS OFFICERS; ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

Retirement of Director

(b) On March 1, 2005, Charles W. Siebert notified the Board of Directors of
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (the "Company") that he will retire as a director
of the Company at the end of his current term expiring at the 2005 annual
meeting of stockholders and when his successor is duly elected and qualified,
and, accordingly, will not stand for re-election at the meeting.


<PAGE>




                                   SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the under-
signed thereunto duly authorized.


March 2, 2005                               TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                            By:  /s/ G. Howard Ember, Jr.
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 G. Howard Ember, Jr.
                                                 Vice President/Finance and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer


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