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Cleveland Plain Dealer 8/8/00
High court asked to pry open Parma hospital's files
Dispute involves seniors complex at old junior high
http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf?/news/pd/cc08fay1.html

by Joseph L. Wagner
PARMA - A Parma councilwoman and a resident want the Ohio Supreme Court to
order Parma Community General Hospital to open the files of its governing
board to the public, a move the hospital's chief said could have major
implications for the way it does business.
Parma Councilwoman Michelle Stys and Sharon Freeman, a resident involved in
a zoning battle with the hospital and a private nursing home operator, filed
the mandamus action Friday, demanding hospital trustees' records on a
proposed senior citizen complex. Rodger Pelagalli, the lawyer for the women,
said they would next take aim at opening the trustees meetings.


Times of London 8/8/00
Secret police files to decide Walesa's fate
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/08/08/timfgneur01001.html

by Roger Boyes
FRAYED and yellowing secret police dossiers will help to determine the
political future of Poland this week as tribunals rule on the eligibility of
Lech Walesa, the Solidarity founder, and President Kwasniewski to run for
head of state in the November elections.
Both men are accused of, and deny, having worked as informers for the SB,
the Communist secret police, in what is being seen as one of the most
dramatic showdowns since the Communists surrendered their grip on power in
1989.
If the two tribunals meeting this week decide there is truth in the reports,
the politicians will be banned under a 1997 law from seeking office for ten
years. That would mean the end of Mr Walesa's dream of a political comeback
and of Mr Kwasniewski's attempt to prolong his term.


Africa News Online 8/8/00
E-mail monitoring leads to much debate
http://www.africanews.org/atlarge/stories/20000808/20000808_feat2.html

by Jako Voges
ITWeb (Johannesburg)
Johannesburg - While email content scanning and filtering helps protect
proprietary information, reduce liability, and improve productivity for
email applications, of late, email monitoring has developed a bad
reputation.
"In the heated debate between employers and employees about email
monitoring, the IT department is often in the middle," explains Jako Voges,
Symantec marketing manager for the Middle East and Africa region. "While no
company wants IT to 'spy' on its personnel, employees may feel that IT is
infringing on their privacy. There could be a loss of employee morale or
trust for the employer when 'email monitoring' is discussed or implemented.


Gary Post Tribune 8/8/00
Historic books saved from Gary law library
http://www.post-trib.com/news/story1/index.html

by Rich James
GARY - A bit of history is falling by the wayside as the law library in the
Lake County Courthouse here is being dismantled to make way for two
courtrooms.
But some of the books - dating to the 1850s - are being saved.
Lake Superior Court Judge James Danikolas said Monday that Supreme Court
Chief Justice Randall Shepard asked him last month if state officials could
go through the library in search of old volumes.
John Newman, the information manager for the State Court Administration,
brought a team to Gary last week and scoured the library. They took about
200 volumes back to Indianapolis.
"There were a lot of early acts of the General Assembly, dating from 1857 to
1917," Newman said. "They were in very good shape and are basically hard to
come by.



Washington Post 8/8/00
Did Ike authorize a murder?
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/fedpage/A52595-2000Aug7.html

by George Lardner Jr.
As president, Dwight Eisenhower laid down strict rules for reports on
meetings of the National Security Council: no direct quotations.
A memo concerning an Aug. 18, 1960, meeting about the Congo's troublesome
first premier, Patrice Lumumba, made public this week at the National
Archives after years of gathering dust, suggests the wisdom of the rule--at
least as far as Ike was concerned.
The official note taker at that meeting, Robert H. Johnson, vividly recalled
Eisenhower turning to CIA Director Allen Dulles "in the full hearing of all
those in attendance and saying something to the effect that Lumumba should
be eliminated."



Pittsburgh Post Gazette 8/8/00
Editorial: Victoria for open records
County Council kills a plan to hide assessments
http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20000808edassess2.asp

Allegheny County Council did the right thing last week. It struck a blow for
better access to public information and killed a measure that would have
kept property assessments off the county's Web site.
Sabre Systems & Service, the firm hired to do the countywide reassessment,
is planning to post the updated property values on the Web this fall.
Property owners would gain easy access to their own listing and comparable
properties. It would save homeowners from having to travel to their
municipal office during business hours or to the assessment department
Downtown to view the paper records, which themselves are open to the public.

In contrast, assessment records filed on the Internet could be examined 24
hours a day, seven days a week, through the convenience of a home computer.



Wichita Eagle 8/8/00
Wichita Clinic's new location incorporates digital X-ray gear
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/health/docs/clinic0808_txt.htm

by Karen Shideler
The Wichita Clinic went digital Monday with the opening of its new northeast
office at 21st and Webb Road.
The office will use digital equipment exclusively for its X-rays and other
radiographic work. The images then can be viewed on computer monitors,
giving orthopedic specialists at other locations, for example, the ability
to see them minutes after they're taken.



Boston Globe 8/8/00
Portland-based trucking fimr fined $45,000 for driver log violations
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/221/region/Portland_based_trucking_firm_f:.s
html

by Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A Portland-based trucking company that served Maine's
seafood industry for 40 years was fined $45,000 Tuesday for maintaining
false logs that understated the amount of time its drivers spent behind the
wheel.
Ameri-Cana Transport Inc. pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court and agreed
that it will no longer engage in the trucking business.
Federal prosecutors said Ameri-Cana Transport, which hauled fresh Maine fish
to wholesale markets in New York and Boston, ceased all trucking business as
of July 22 and was in the process of liquidating its assets.



Cincinnati Post 8/8/00
Norwood car show papers sought
http://www.cincypost.com/news/hoch080800.html

by Kimball Perry
Norwood's law director is asking a judge to force indicted Norwood Mayor
Joseph Hochbein to turn over public documents from a car show that is at the
center of accusations against him.
Hochbein has refused to supply the documents, even though the request was
made more than two weeks ago, and said Norwood should pay for his private
attorney to defend him against the charges.
Norwood Law Director Victoria Gary filed Aug. 7 in Hamilton County Common
Pleas Court, using Ohio's Public Records Act, to seek to review documents
from the Norwood Car Show ''also known as the Mayor's Car Show.''





Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4997
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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