Almanac April 3 2015 highlights and birthdays
Almanac notes today is the 93rd day of 2015 and the 15th day of spring. It lists TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS including Washington Irving and Marlon Brando, and recalls sports history by noting Mario Lemieux won the 1988 Art Ross trophy. It also quotes Irving and tracks the lunar phase between March 27 and April 4.
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Washington Irving
Marlon Brando
Doris Day
Gus Grissom
Jane Goodall
Wayne Newton
Sandra Boynton
Alec Baldwin
David Hyde Pierce
Eddie Murphy
Adam Scott
Jared Allen
Cobie Smulders
Amanda Bynes
Mario Lemieux
Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL
Art Ross
Wayne Gretzky
Letters to the editor guidelines from Chronicle-Telegram
The Chronicle-Telegram invites letters to the editor and notes they are edited for brevity accuracy and taste. Letters should be 250 words or fewer and may be shortened if longer. Include signature full home address and telephone number for verification via mail fax or email.
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Elyria
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IRS efficiency defies GOP ire in tax agency pullback
Doyle McManus notes the IRS collects more tax at lower cost, trims staff by 13,000 in five years, and touts ROI on enforcement. He cites GOP cuts, Tea Party scandal fallout, and Oscar for service reform while Commissioner Koskinen presses for funding to close the tax gap of about 385 billion in 2006.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Washington
John Hudak
Brookings Institution
Congress
Ted Cruz
Texas
Cruz
Treasury Department
Treasury
TRS
House
GOP
Las Vegas
Barack Obama
Ander Crenshaw
Rfla
House Appropriations Subcommittee
John Koskinen
Koskinen
United States
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in Lorain County
Lorain County Children Services leads a public awareness drive urging reporting of suspected maltreatment and involvement in community safety nets. The piece highlights a 4 percent rate of confirmed abuse, encourages volunteering, mentoring, and fostering, and promotes events on April 14 information night and April 18 Rally for Kids at Midway Mall with partners Blessing House and Voices for Children.
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Lorain County Children Services
Children Services
Lorain County
Child Protective Services Agency
Ohio
Children Service
Facebook.com
Rally For Kids
Midway Mall
Blessing House
Voices For Children and Children Services
Lessons learned from auto bailout
The bailout boosted the auto industry turning a crisis into a recovery driver. GM and Chrysler rebounded with job gains and market share recovery while suppliers faced chain risks. Economists Goolsbee and Krueger cite three lessons including desperate measures, tough conditions, and fear-driven reform.
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Washington
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Austan Goolsbee
University of Chicago
Alan Krueger
Princeton University
Obama
Goolsbee and
Krueger
Goolsbee and Krueger
National Bureau of Economic Research
America
Japan
Sergio Marchionne
Fiat
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