Hi John,   
      
   On Tue 2012-May-22 17:32, John Massey (1:123/789) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
      
      
    RW> I thought I read   
    RW> somewhere back then that there were some conflict of interest issues   
    RW> re that company adn some government contracts.   
      
   JM> You didn't.   
      
      
      
   JM> In the 1970's, Newt Gingrich, an assistant professor who taught   
   JM> environmental studies and an unsuccessful Congressional candidate,   
   JM> criticized a local manufacturing company.   
      
   JM> The company, Southwire, was a powerful force. It was also, Mr.   
   JM> Gingrich asserted, a polluter.   
      
   YEp, that's what i was referring to, had read something   
   about that way back when, but, as they say, I've slept since then .   
      
      
      
   Thanks for the correction .   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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