When Was Sugar Discovered in World History
Questions on the origin of sugar prompt a brief history from early sugar cane in New Guinea to its spread by traders. It notes sugar cane in India by 400 B C and expansion through Persia Arabia and Europe, with Columbus linking sugar to the New World in 1492.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Papua
Australia
South Pacific
Indonesia
Asia
India
Alexander the Great
B.C
Persia
Arabia
Syria
Palestine
Egypt
Mediterranean
Christopher Columbus
New World
Canary
Islands
West Indies
Brazil
Mexico
New Orleans
Louisiana
United States
Pollution Hikes Your Food Bill
Air pollution raises grocery costs and laundry expenses while potentially harming lungs. Agricultural experts estimate refouling of the atmosphere causes about 500 million dollars in crop damage each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colosseum
Rome
Titus
University of Iowa Medical College
Change Grow to Flip in Four Moves
A riddle asks to transform the first word Grow into the last word Flip in four moves by changing one letter per move. It teases tomorrow's paper for the answer and notes the winner Annette Korlana from Green Island New York with a zip code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Book of Knowledge
Annette Korlana
Green Island
N.Y
Riddles About Ghosts Cops And Tables
The jokes play on sight lines and wordplay. Ghosts are seen through, multiplication tables lack legs, and a policeman is said to hold up cars with one hand.
TVA Power Record Set By Systems
The 158 municipal and cooperative electric systems distributing TVA power set fiscal 1968 records, serving 2 million customers across 80 000 square miles in seven states. They sold 41.8 billion kWh, up 10 percent, with operating revenue rising 15 percent to 381.5 million and net income at 37.9 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA Power
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville Electric Systems
Municipal Systems
Rural Electric Cooperatives
Addiion
Thematic quotes on cost and risk in early space and travel
The text discusses cheaper pathways to the moon versus building vessels, cites Edison on human appetite for knowledge, notes rising auto accident risk with one in four vehicles involved last year, and cites a $12 billion dollar toll.
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Thomas A. Edison
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Kathy Hale
Cheektowaga
State Farm
State Farm Fire and Casualty
Troy Williams
Wth Ave
Elk River Development Association
Floyd L. Graham
Fayetteville, Tenn
Frank P. Turner
Athens
Carlton Kelley
John C. Calhoun State Technical Junior College
Don
D. Bobo
Lynchburg, Tenn
William B. Long
Pulaski Area
Pulaski, Tenn
Ralph Mitchell
The
Association
Buschs
Remington
Remington Ladies & Gents
Warngton
Phil D. Mitchell
Central Pawn Shop
E. Moulton St
Jane Parker Apple
Peg
General Mills
Jane Parker Holiday
Jane Parker
Cami
Sam
Buttermilk
Sandwic
ANN Page Tomato
Ketchu P ‘Welchade
A&p Fresh Potato
Uncle Ben
Sunnyfield Plain
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