Almanac Highlights For August 17 2017
Today lists notable birthdays including Davy Crockett Marcus Garvey Mae West W Mark Felt Maureen O Hara Robert De Niro Sean Penn Jon Gruden Donnie Wahlberg and more It notes Felt once FBI associate director and recalls Michael Phelps eight golds in Beijing 2008 The Indonesia island count 17508 and the moon phase between Aug 14 last quarter and Aug 21 new moon.
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Davy Crockett
Marcus Garvey
Samuel Goldwyn
Mae West
W. Mark Felt
Maureen O’hara
Robert de Niro
Sean Penn
Jon Gruden
Donnie Wahlberg
Washington Post
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
FBI
Indonesia
Netherlands
Youth Power in Charlottesville Fuels White Supremacy Return
The Charlottesville rally shows that young white supremacists are driving a resurgence, not fading with older generations. It highlights teen and twenty-something organizers and a 20-year-old accused of Heather Heyer's death, with parallels to past attacks and a broader trend of radicalization among millennials.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
College Republicans
Heather Heyer
Charleston
South Carolina
Baltimore
New York
Foreign Policy Magazine
Richard Spencer
Matthew Heimbach
Tim
Sys
France
Marine le Pen
United States
Dump the outrage Republicans must disown Trump now
Jennifer Rubin argues that the GOP has become the party of anti Lincoln values and callous to slavery era symbols. She urges Republicans to shun Trump, expel neo Nazi symbols, reform education on Civil War history, and consider a new third party to restore true Lincoln era principles.
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Washington
Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Republican Party
Donald] Trump
Trump
White House
Congress
Confederacy
Old South
Abraham Lincoln
U.S
Treasury
Steven Mnuchin
John Kelly
Rex Tillerson
Defense
Jim Mattis
Hillary Clinton
GOP
Free Republican Party
Appomattox
Republican House
New Centrist Project
Stand Up Republic
Evan McMullin
Mindy Finn
Letters to the editor guidelines from The Chronicle Telegram
The Chronicle Telegram outlines submission rules for letters to the editor. Letters must be 250 words or fewer and may be edited for brevity accuracy and taste. Include signature full home address and telephone for verification.
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Chronicle-Telegram
The
Chronicle- Telegram
Elyria
Reflections on Charlottesville and a family’s Anne Frank memory
Connie Schultz reflects on the Charlottesville violence marked by white supremacy and Nazi imagery. She recalls her daughter Caitlin meeting Miep Gies, Anne Frank’s protector, and contrasts past empathy with present racism while urging Americans to counter bigotry.
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