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14=TOBACCO-The International IF'eekly ~iller . Appointed By Philip Morris Kenneth R. Miller Kenneth R. Miller has been appointed Assistant to the Re- gional Vice President-Latin America at Philip Morris Inter- national. Mr.Miller was previously Assistant to the General Man- ager of C. A. Tabacalera Naci- onal, an affiliate of Philip Mor- ris International in Caracas, Venezuela. He joined Philip Morris In- ternational in 1964 as a man- agement trainee assigned to C. A. Tabacadera Nacional! In 1966, he was appointed sales representative in Ecuador for the Venezuelan company, and im July, 1967, was named Assistant to the General Manager. August 1968 . The Tobacco Jobbe~ //~ AD DAILY NEW YORK, N. Y. DAILY•CIRC. N. AVAIi~ AU G 7 1968 August 23, 1968 Do- Thomas B. Shropshire, coordinator-Africa for Philip b4flrris International since 1967, has been elected board chair- ~ man and'~ managing director of the Kwara, . ;. '~ Tobacco Company, Ltd., of Lagos, Nigeria. ;' administration at New York University. Q appoint'ed a sales supervisor working throughout the United States. In 1961 he was named export representative for ~ Philip Morris International'. A native of'~ Little Rock, Ark., he ~ earned a bachelor of science degree from Lincolm University in 1950! He also attended the graduate school of business The firm, a joint enterprise of Philip Morris ~ International, the United Africa Company, ~' Ltd., and Northern Nigeriam Investments, N' Ltd., manufactures nationall cigarette brands Q for the Nigerian market at its factory in ~ Ilorin. Mr. Shropshire began his business career with Philip Morris in 1952 as a sales N representative and, shortly thereafter, was Philip Morris Taps Jerry Tcrrr/ As Mgr. of Distributor Sales ~ JERRY TARR (second from left), formerly director of operations for the National Association of Tobacco Distributors, is congratulated on his appoint- ment as manager of distributor sales for Philip Morris Domestic by Joseph Kolodny, NATD managing director. Looking on are Max L. Berkowitz (left), vice president-sales for Philip Morris Domestic, and James C. Bowling, group vice president-t'obaeco for Philip Morris Domestic. In his new post, Mr. Tarr will work closely with Philip Morris distributor accounts and will be active in the area of creative proQramming and service-oriented studies. 1002402460 C ...Phili Morris is shuffling. Paul Engel will take over toiletries. Another appointment M. . ra t or the confectionery operation. The firm is calling a specia lders n ld lti h kh o . stoc o er specua • meeting next week which is fraught wit (71