Time Clock: Jan. 2, 1961

BESTSELLING CIGARETTE is Pall Mall, according to Printers' Ink survey. Pall Mall overtook Camel, which dropped to No. 2. Salem moved up from seventh in 1959 to sixth, Marlboro from tenth to ninth. The 1960 order: Pall Mall, Camel, Winston, Lucky Strike, Kent, Salem, Chesterfield, L & M, Marlboro, Viceroy.

1960 HARVEST set alltime record, although farmers planted the fewest acres (329 million) since 1916.

DIVIDEND BAIT was offered Baltimore & Ohio stockholders by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway to push the tenders it holds for 55% of B. & O. stock to 80%. After winning battle for control against New York Central,...

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