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RAIN 0424: And Their Off!



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MSNBC.com 4/20/00
Daily Racing Form donates archives to Keeneland Library
http://www.msnbc.com/local/wlex/13885.asp

Associated Press
Lexington, April 20 - The Daily Racing Form has donated its complete
archives, some dating back to 1896, to the Keeneland library, officials
said.

MSNBC.com 4/22/00
Asbestos dust found on W.R.Grace records
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KECI/47117.asp



Bergen Record 4/220/00
New arbitrator needed to resolve documents battle
http://www.bergen.com/bnw/recordsps200004221.htm

by Pia Sarkar
OAKLAND -- The tug of war over 15 boxes of documents continues.
For four months, former Mayor J. Peter Kendall has tried to get his hands on
the files, but current Mayor Robert Piccoli has been unwilling to part with
them.


Atlanta Journal Constitution 4/23/00
Money Talk: Ending paper clutter
Develop your own system of filing and stick with it.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/sunday/business_93
2098fb9250507e10b1.html

Hank Ezell
When Joan B. Devine first bulldozed into the mountain of paperwork in her
attic, she found checks she wrote 48 years ago.
She also found tax returns for all those years, monthly utility bills also
dated back to 1952, family photographs dating to World War II and magazines
that recorded the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.


Minneapolis Star Tribune4/22/00
Softwarepioneer dead at 37
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=81591047

Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A man who developed computer file compression software
used around the world has died at age 37.
Phillip W. Katz died of complications from chronic alcoholism, according to
medical examiner' s records.
Computer science experts say Katz' s program, PKZip, played a major role in
making Internet communications faster.


San Jose Mercury News 4/22/00
Digital signatures make imprint in Congress
http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/top/073291.htm

by Marilyn Geewax
Cox News Service
WASHINGTON -- With the flourish of a quill spelling out ``John Hancock'' or
with a simple pencil scratching out an ``X,'' Americans have long used their
signatures to seal a deal.
But in the age of the Internet, business owners say electronic commerce will
never reach its full potential unless two parties can complete a contract by
using a computer to ``sign'' and send legally binding documents.



Digital MASS 4/21/00
Hopes for paperless office buried in paper
http://www.digitalmass.com/news/daily/04/21/nopaper_office.html

by Andrea Orr
Reuters
Remember the paperless office?
No one talks about it much anymore, maybe because they are too busy printing
out e-mails, articles from online newspapers, and all the other written
material they now have access to thanks to the wonders of technology.


Washington Post 4/23/00
Obituary: Phebe Jacobsen 78
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64572-2000Apr23.html

Associated Press
Phebe Robinson Jacobsen, 78, an archivist who helped "Roots" author Alex
Haley determine that his ancestor Kunta Kinte landed in Annapolis, died in
Annapolis on April 19. She had diabetes.
Mrs. Jacobsen and Haley began corresponding in 1967, after he asked her for
help with his genealogical research.


Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Woodside Summit Group, Inc
Richmond, Virginia
Tel: 804-744-1247 extension 23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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