Antedating of "Workaholic" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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In N'archive, I find this quote in the Burlington NC Dailey Times-News,
6/19/1962 p 4 col 2, and the 6/23/1962 Corpus Christi Times, p. 4 col 1,
in an article reprinted from the Orlando FL Sentinel.

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> "Workaholic" has a first use of 1968 in OED.  I contributed
> that citation to OED, and also wrote a note in American
> Speech about this 1968 usage by Wayne Oates, which has
> generally been regarded as the coinage.  But now I find an
> earlier example by searching Newspaperarchive:
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> 1962 _News Tribune_ (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 23 Sept. 4  But how
> should a young man starting out in life guard against
> becoming a workaholic?
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> Fred Shapiro
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