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~: Miscellaneous Items Of Interest :1 - . . 1 .... . .. 9. _ . ... . 9'~ `•~.. . ` . . Feature and filler material continued to gain attention. .5: ..- 1....- l~, -.-r ...t'.~'a....,.._...a.....1. , TIMES UNION Albany, New York March 2'6, 1962 'fhie word nicotine,, is de- ' f '' rived frum the' nar,ie of Jean : -Nacot, who intt-; oduced to_- ~' l' ''~bacco to France in 1560. . ., . ~' . REG'ISTEFR' Des Moines', Iowa .' Apri1 1, 1962 i: TOBiACCO ANNIVERSARY ' JAMESTOWN, VA. - The 350th anniversary of the first commercial tobacco cr o p . grown in the. U.~'. will be marl;ed by a special! exiibit` openinn May 13. ~D4,~5 37l>~3 F JOURNALShreveport, La. March 28, 1962 TOBACCO TAKES MORE WOR''K'~ NEW YORK - Growing tobacco 'takes 34& man-hours per acre- far more than any other fieltl:& crop, the acco1 Institute reports: It says corn requires 10.2 m'an- hours and cotton 66. i.oo,5~37lp 43-.,~. TIMES Seattle, Wash. March 20, , 1962 T bctcKo Needs Care. hLEW YORK. - Growing to- bacco takes 378 man-hours an! acre - far more than any other' field crop, the Tobar_co• , A'. ;5'3 7643,4 4} ~ rrt t ; t~# s,": PiEGI STEH New Haven, March 25, Conn. 1962 : TIMES New York, New York T;Tl:"AMarch 23, 1962 ` ~-• y~~teti? TOBA'CCO MAKERS ^ I+IEW' YORK-Women outnum- ~,per the men engaged'in tobacco ~manufacturing. The figures vary, ~iependipg on the season, but wom~ en.vpaBe up more'than half and. soiiueta4tes as much as 60 per ceni Qf the tbtali TIMES : Shreveport, ha. March 23, 1962 TOBACCO~ MAKEI;S WOMEN '1R~9tr'40~tK-Women outiwmber. tde meniengaged in tobacco manu- "facturing; The figures ,vary, de-' ponding on the season, ~nt women, make up more than half and some- times as much as 60 per cent of the totall • ~ ad3S31~4~ 4 MIRROR Altoona, Pa. March 21+, 1962 per cent of the turat: , 1pBMAKERS 1t'p:'dEH; Iv'EAU' YORIt•-Wcinen outolum- ber the men•eneaged in tobacco~ manufactiuring. The figures vary, dependinq on the season, but women, make up mnrc thaiu naif and sometimes as much as 6Q obeceo Used as yMoney ,In o mal days In tbis coun i` co try clergymen, teachers, and ~~; t most public officials were paLd -in tobacco. Tobacco is still used . *:; :as money in some primitive :;`r.', Parts of the South Pacific, •' South America, Africa and Aus tra,lta's back country y : Tobacco Still Money NEW YORK -- In colonial .. days in, this country' clerygImr'n;' teachers, and most public of- ficials were paid in tobacco. Tobacco is stitli used as money in some primitive parts of the South Pacific, Sout'h' America. Africa, and Australia's back country. STATE JOURNAL -hansing, Michigan l.4. March 25, 1962' Tobacco Is Still Money NEW YORK-Ini colonial' days •in this country clergymen, teach . offteials ers. and most public were paid in tobacco: T' tiQ a„_cc' is still used as money ut some pruYt• itiive parts of the South Pacific, South America. Africa, a nd' Aus- tralia's haek country: MORNING GLOBE Boston, Mass. March 25, 1962 TOSACC D STILL MONEY ln colnnial days m t ts c n as money in' some primiRive. ti, clergymen, teachers andlparts of the South Pacifie. `603-j 3'76 ¢3, ~ ar.:.t public off'ieials were paid $out'h Arnericai Africa and' EAGLE m tobacco. Tobacoo is ,ttil u:enl Australtas back country. Institute reports. Wichita, Kansas March 29, 1962' Women Fig,ture Big ln Tobacco Game ttgures vary, drrendin, on the 'total. numhcr the men en;,i,;edl tn hnore tlhan hal'f'apd sometimes tobacco manufactut•in7. The as much as 60 percent of the NE1!1' ' Yo1;2i- •1,komen out- j eason, buU"women make up'