Almanac Highlights and Notable Firsts on 104th Day
Today notes mark the 104th day of 2012 and spring’s 25th day. Historical items include the 1941 Soviet Japan non aggression pact and Sidney Poitier’s 1964 Oscar win. Also recalls Apollo 13 accident 1970 and Eric Rudolph guilty plea 2005. Names birth anniversaries and sports moments appear.
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Soviet Union
Japan
Sidney Poitier
Eric Rudolph
Atlanta
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
Samuel Beckett
Lorain County delay over St Joe's plan stirs taxpayer concerns
Lorain County Commissioner Tom Williams questions a city led St Joe's private public partnership. The plan seeks 450000 each from county and city funds, a 1050000 loan balance from the state, and a 250000 facade loan. Williams demands open meetings and fair tax dollar return. He urges residents to contact him. He cites 2011 unpaid bills and 2012 deficit and argues for shared rewards and risks.
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Lorain County Commissioners
City of
Lorain
St. Joseph Community Center
Veterans Affairs Clinic
Lorain County Community College
U.S
Betty Sutton
Sherrod Brown
South Shore Community Development Corp
Industrial Reality Group
County
South Shore
St. Joe’s
Sioners
Ohio Department of Development
Ohio Realty Advisors
Lorain County
Supreme Court credibility in ObamaCare ruling questioned
Dick Polman argues the Supreme Court may not be dispassionate in ruling on ObamaCare citing past Florida recounted elections and public polling showing waning trust. He notes justices' perceived ideology, references Scalia and Roberts, and warns political influence undermines court legitimacy.
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Supreme Court
ObamaCare
U.S. Supreme Court
University of California Law
Richard Hasen
Det
al Gore
George W. Bush
Florida
High Court
Bush
Jonathan Turley
William Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Gore
Fox News
Antonin Scalia
Senate
Scalia
Charles Fried
John Roberts
Citizens United
Bloomberg News
Federal Communications Commission
Newt Minow
Wall Street Journal
Mount Olympus
Digital Topps cards replace cardboard relics in new apps
Dayton Daily Net columnist D L Stewart notes Topps releases two apps, Pennant and Bunt, to bring baseball cards to iPhone and iPod users. The pieces offer game histories since 1952 and act as fantasy style tools, amid a fading cardboard card market and nostalgic jokes about gum and bike spokes.
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Mickey Mantle
Japan
Topps
Yankee Stadium
Cleveland Indians
New York Giants
Walt Dropo
Irv Noren
Peter, Paul and Mary
Playboy
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Almanac
Eudora Welty
Howard Keel
Seamus Heaney
al Green
Garry Kasparov
Nellie McKay
Tiger Woods
Halle Berry
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
E Mid‘steem
St. Joe's
Sem Williams
Tom Williams
Amherst
Ditck
Polman
Dick Polman
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
P.O. Box
Philadelphia
Dpolman
Phillynews.com
Dickpolman
D.L. Stewart
Dayton Daily Net
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