Almanac highlights from February 41st day in 2012
Today notes the end of the Seven Years War with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and Queen Victoria's 1840 wedding to Albert. It cites the 25th Amendment ratified in 1967 and North Korea’s 2005 nuclear acknowledgment. Includes birthdays of Lamb to Dern and Peggy Fleming Olympic gold in 1968.
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United States
Paris
Britain
Victoria
Prince Albert
North Korea
Charles Lamb
Boris Pasternak
Jimmy
Durante
Bertolt Brecht
Mark Spitz
George Stephanopoulos
Laura Dern
Emma Roberts
Peggy Fleming
Grenoble
France
Europe
Daddy Warbucks era reshapes American politics
Dick Polman argues that six billionaire donors including Edward Conrad Robert Mercer John Paulson Bob Perry Julian Robertson Paul Singer and Sheldon Adelson bankroll Restore Our Future and Winning Our Future to flood Florida with tens of millions in negative ads. He links Citizens United to a new political money power that drowns out other voices and widens influence for Republicans in 2012.
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Pop Quiz
Edward Conrad
Robert Mercer
John Paulson
Bob Perry
Julian Robertson
Paul Singer
Sheldon Adelson
America
Daddy Warbucks
Florida
Perry
Restore Our Future
Newt Gingrich
Adelson
Gingrich
Winning Our Future
Mitt Romney
U.S. Supreme Court
Citizens United
John G. Roberts Jr
Romney
Ers
Iowa
Ronald Reagan
Rick Santorum
Wall Street
Foster Friess
Santorum
Miguel Fernandez
Harlan Crow
Texas
Paul Tudor Jones
Goldman Sachs
Federal Election Commission
Sen
Russell Long
Letters urging votes in Lorain County races and school levy
Readers urge support for Paulette Lilly and Lisa Swenski for domestic relations judge posts on March 6 and back Joel Fritz. They also promote Lorain County Joint Vocational School levy renewals Issue 15 and Elyria Township fire levy Issue 8 with personal anecdotes and endorsements from local residents and union members.
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Paulette Lilly
Lilly
Lisa Swenski
Lorain County
Swenski
United Steelworkers of America
Lorain
Oppor
Joel Fritz
Fritz
Elyria Township
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
JVS
Kevin Zacovic Lorain
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for The Chronicle Telegram
The Chronicle Telegram outlines letters to the editor rules including a 250 word limit and a request for signature full address and telephone number for verification. It specifies submission by mail to Editorial Page Editor Elyria Ohio by box 4010 or by fax or email with attention to the page editor.
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Dick Polman
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
P.O. Box
Philadelphia
Dpolman
Phillynews.com
Dickpolman
Chronicle-Telegram
the Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Legislator Proposes Left Lane Ban In Ohio Highways
Dayton Daily News columnist D L Stewart discusses an Ohio bill to outlaw driving in the left lane except to pass slower vehicles. He notes enforcement doubts, his own speed habits, and reader reactions, framing the issue as a clash of safety and driving freedom.
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Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Rusty Wallace
Pa Kettle
Leadfoot Stewart
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