Hello John,   
      
   JM>In the 1970's, Newt Gingrich, an assistant professor who taught environmenta   
   JM>studies and an unsuccessful Congressional candidate,   
   JM>criticized a local manufacturing company.   
      
   JM>The company, Southwire, was a powerful force. It was also,   
   JM>Mr. Gingrich asserted, a polluter.   
      
   That was early in Newt's career as a politician.   
   Southwire quickly set him straight on the matter.   
      
   JM>But by the time he finally won a seat to the House in 1978,   
   JM>Mr. Gingrich had reconciled his differences with Southwire.   
      
   IOW, bought out by Southwire, as noted in a previous post.   
      
   JM>The Richards family, its owners, became his strong allies   
   JM>and helped to bolster his struggling personal and political   
   JM>finances in his formative years, campaign aides,   
   JM>contributors and public records indicate.   
      
   And in Newt's eyes, no longer a polluter.   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
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