Behind the photo that makes people think of Earth Day was founded by a convicted murderess

For 20 million people on American roads found April 22, 1970, for the lack of regulation of the companies Pollution, Earth Day, the annual occasion for citizens motivate us to do something good for the planet. The protests and the movement of which part they play, to do just that, and President Bill Clinton in this year of the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has helped create later awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom on environmentalists and US Senator Gaylord Nelson to lead the charge in founding earth day. However, some confusion remains grounded in Earth Day – and if, as a messenger title, a day of co-founder of Earth killed his girlfriend and “compostable” his body. The confusion is due to the show a man for Philadelphia 1970 days of Earth observations on the podium in the photo above. The man in the photo is Ira Einhorn, 70 in 1960 and in the early years, as a scientific expert on counter-movement. While teaching at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, “once allegedly broken by joints, stripped naked and danced in the classroom,” TIME reported – and Harvard University, once said “a little ‘more embraces Harvard could do much good. “Despite his unconventional methods, he did it with the traditional types has the opportunity, and was known as spin doctor, who might for their different initiatives the crusaders colleagues with hooks funding. But a decade later Unicorn went as a peace-loving hippie known as the famous “Unicorn Killer”. On 28 March 1979, a homicide detective discovered the body of Helen “Holly” Maddux in a rotting pile of newspaper and packaging material in a suitcase in Unicorn home 18 months after his disappearance. Einhorn, who had given Maddux said it was a set-up, organized by sinister forces because of his activism against the war. He left the country began a few days before his trial in 1981, it has been set, but was convicted in absentia and found guilty of murder in 1993 (it was Einhorn his nickname because of the English meaning of his last name.) After turned on the lam is in Europe for over 15 years, was extradited to the United States by a jury of first degree murder in 2002 and sentenced to life are condemned. But what is the connection Earth Day? The rumors about his connection with Earth Day started quickly; a 1988 book about Unicorn, The Secret makes the case that has targeted the idea and quoted to have said, spreading people who “planned, directed and organized the entire event.” In the press about the book it was Einhorn called “organizer” of the event. The descriptor seemed floor, and he is still sometimes referred to as “Master of Ceremonies” of the hard day of Philadelphia earth. When researching murder made headlines this idea did too; TIME Magazine was one of several news agencies that published the photo above and Einhorn described as the founder of Earth Day, if the case covered. In fact, two organizers of Earth Day celebration Philadelphia, Edward W. Furia and Austan Librach S. wrote at the time according to the magazine article on the case worked to explain that, in fact – no matter what unicorn or did – not he was the founder of earth day, and there was no significant link between earth day and this condemned murderess. They also explained what really happens in this: “It was not even a member of the Committee of 33 men and women who have [organize the event]. The photography was performed was taken during a one hour period , occupied the podium as the Unicorn literally and refused to go on stage and delaying Senator Edmund Muskie, the keynote speech. There was an unsuccessful attempt – at least at that time – to take 15 minutes of fame. Now a well-known murder , escape, in absentia and foreign Capture process are Einhorn national media attention he wanted desperately. “as the mystery can be solved technically, rumors of a link between the creation of Earth Day and crime still linger. (Participation Unicorn also led to a theory of secondary debunked conspiracy, Unicorn chose April 22 for Earth Day, because it was the birthday of Vladimir Lenin.) But these days, the Earth Day activists are committed conspiracy to expose as , that global warming is a hoax, that the original 1970 organizers are perhaps more troubling than anything you could ever imagine.
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