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RAIN 10/09: Sneden, reparations, and spoliation



Casper Star-Tribune 10/07/00
Exxon must turn over tax records
http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/WYO/ExxonRecords.html

Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The state Board of Equalization has ordered Exxon Mobil
Corp. to turn over millions of records to Sublette County, which wants to
make sure the company is paying its fair share of taxes.

THE FOLLOWING HAS AN EXTREMELY LONG URL. May require cut-n-paste.

Hartford Courant 10/06/00
UConn gets Navy-lawsuit papers
http://www.ctnow.com/scripts/editorial.dll?fromspage=CG/articles/state.htm&cat

egoryid=&bfromind=557&eeid=3207216&eetype=article&render=y&ck=&userid=16967417

3&userpw=.&uh=169674173,2,&ver=2.10

Joseph C. Steffan, who sued the Navy for his dismissal after admitting he was
gay, has donated the papers documenting his long fight to his alma mater, the
University of Connecticut School of Law.
Despite a stellar academic and military record, Steffan was dismissed from
the Naval Academy and the Navy in 1987 - six weeks shy of graduation - after
acknowledging he was a homosexual.
A three-judge panel ruled in favor of Steffan and ordered him reinstated, but
that order was reversed in 1994 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia.


El Pason Times 10/06/00
E-mail suit dropped; policy will be changed
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20001006-50432.shtml

David Crowder
Mayor Carlos Ramirez and West Side city Rep. Jan Sumrall settled their
differences Thursday over the city's procedures regarding e-mail to and from
City Hall.
After two weeks of acrimony between them following Ramirez's release of an
e-mail letter to Sumrall, the two officials proposed new policies for
monitoring City Hall e-mail. The new policies would take the monitoring out
of the mayor's hands and give the responsibility to the city attorney's
office.
The mayor issued a statement saying he "regrets" the dispute and, in return
for what she regards as his apology, Sumrall agreed to drop the
invasion-of-privacy and abuse-of-power lawsuit she filed last week against
Ramirez.


The Sunday Telegraph (Australia) 10/08/00
Case of missing laptops
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1284359%255E421,00.html

ALMOST $1million worth of laptop computers have been stolen from careless
government departments in the past 18 months.

Figures obtained by The Sunday Telegraph reveal 265 laptops were stolen and a
further 84 were reported lost since January 1999.



Spokane Spokesman-Review 10/07/00
Black survivors' stories will be heard
http://www.spokane.net/news-story-body.asp?Date=100700&ID=s862453&cat=

Alberta Brooks
Cox News Service
GALVESTON, Texas -- More than 150 years ago, the first newspaper published by
blacks, Freedom's Journal, rolled off the presses. Editor John Russwurm made
a case for his weekly, saying it matters that African-Americans tell their
own story.
"We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us. Too long
has the public been deceived by misrepresentations in things which concern us
dearly," he wrote.
Today, Izola Collins, 70, a retired Galveston music teacher, can tell you why
it still matters who tells the story.



Bergen Record 10/04/00
Judge wants documents from copy-paper lawsuit
http://www.bergen.com/region/paper04200010046.htm

by Jeffrey Gold
Associated Press
NEWARK -- A federal judge on Tuesday gave the operators of a Web site 10 days
to give him documents from a dead lawsuit that the operators believe may show
that carbonless copy paper poses disabling health risks to office workers.
The leading manufacturer of such paper, Appleton Papers Inc. of Wisconsin,
says no scientific evidence supports such fears, but maintains that many of
the documents contain trade secrets that should be allowed to remain
confidential.
The paper is being studied by the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health.



Evansville Courier & Press 10/03/00
American General Finance negligent in bankruptcy case
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200010/03+amergen100300_latestnew

s.html+20001003

by Dave Hosick
A federal bankruptcy judge has determined that American General Finance was
negligent in the destruction of documents that may have been pertinent in the
bankruptcy of a subsidiary company.
The ruling by Judge Basil Lorch, entered on Friday, is the latest action in a
federal investigation, ongoing since the end of July against the
Evansville-based American General Finance.
An employee of the company, Julie Greathouse, came forward to allege the
company's former top legal adviser, Ron DiGiacomo, instructed her to destroy
documents, which were thought to pertain to the pending bankruptcy of a
subsidiary company, A.G. Financial Service Center Inc.



ST. Petersburg Times (Fla.) 10/05/00
Resignation follows Coe laptop find
The chief technology officer quits after records contradict his denial that
Harry Lee Coe visited gambling Web sites
http://www.sptimes.com/News/100500/TampaBay/Resignation_follows_C.shtml

by Graham Brink
TAMPA -- Six months ago, Bill Reynolds told reporters that former State
Attorney Harry Lee Coe's laptop computer had not been used to visit online
gambling sites.
Then last week, Reynolds, the chief technology officer for the State
Attorney's Office, acknowledged the computer had been used to visit gambling
sites but wouldn't say why he hadn't revealed that in May.
Wednesday, he resigned, writing a short note to interim State Attorney Jack
Rudy that said he was leaving immediately to pursue another job. He made no
mention of the recent troubles that have plagued the office since Coe killed
himself in July.




ABCNews.com 10/08/00
Secrets of WWII
Question of when Allies knew of Holocaust revived
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/nazi_documents001007.html

by Barbara Starr
Half a century after the end of World War II - one of the most recorded
events in history - researchers are uncovering new details about just how
much U.S., British and Russian intelligence knew about Nazi operations and
the Holocaust.
More than 400,000 pages of declassified documents from the records of the
Office of Strategic Services - the predecessor to the CIA - are helping
historians at the National Archives understand many events for the first time.



Richmond Times Dispatch 10/08/00
Survivor
The story of Union soldier Robert Knox Sneden
http://www.timesdispatch.com/MGBT3VO82EC.html

by Janet Caggiano
Dr. James C. Kelly wasn't sure what to make of the two out-of-state visitors
who appeared with a suitcase at the front doorsteps of the Virginia
Historical Society in fall 1993.
People visit the museum unannounced all the time, claiming to possess
valuable artifacts worthy of exhibit. Sometimes they are right; often they
are not.
So Kelly remained nonchalant as he spoke with Charles Ash, the man who owned
the contents inside the suitcase, and art dealer Robert M. Hicklin Jr. But as
soon as he saw the four tattered scrapbook albums, his enthusiasm soared. And
when he began flipping through the pages of detailed watercolor sketches and
intricate hand-drawn maps, he realized what lay before him.



Salt Lake Tribune 10/08/00
Privacy safeguards urged for county web site
http://www.sltrib.com/10082000/utah/31173.htm

by Joe Baird
Karen Crompton raised questions about the availability of private information
on the county recorder's Internet site two weeks ago, taking a direct swipe
at her Salt Lake County mayoral election rival, Nancy Workman.
On Friday, District Attorney David Yocom recommended a series of steps
designed to minimize potential abuses of the recorder's Web site.
Both candidates claimed a measure of vindication.
"I asked the district attorney to review the county's Internet policies to
ensure that people's privacy was being protected, and apparently it was not,"
said Democrat Crompton. "I'd say our concerns were validated by the district
attorney's response."



Salt Lake Tribune 10/08/00
With digital signatures legit, e-deals ready to take off
http://www.sltrib.com/10082000/business/30950.htm

by Brian Bergstein
Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It's no big secret any more that people can get great
deals shopping for automobiles on the Internet. Capitol Honda in San Jose
sold 108 cars online in the last month -- nearly double the month before.
But like thousands of business people across the country, Capitol's Internet
sales manager, Chuck Fowler, hopes online deals can really take off now --
thanks to a new federal law that cuts out the paperwork.
The electronic signatures act, which gives legal standing to documents
"signed" online, took effect last week. That means Fowler will no longer have
to ship buyers financing forms and other documents, then wait for them to
come back with signatures.
"In the best case, we're looking at three days' turnaround. With this, now,
it's now -- right now," Fowler said.



Salt Lake Tribune 10/08/00
Before, After Images of Utah
http://www.sltrib.com/10082000/arts/31055.htm

by Brandon Griggs
In the vast sweep of geologic time, 100 years is a mere hiccup. But a new
book demonstrates how, even in the timeless landscapes of rural Utah, a
century can bring tremendous change.
Utah: Then & Now pairs scores of historic photographs, many of them from the
late 1800s, with Tom Till's contemporary photos snapped from the exact same
spot. To find the vantage points from where these old photos were taken, Till
drove dusty back roads, hiked to remote overlooks and lugged his heavy camera
over huge boulders.



Reuters 10/04/00
Insurers face probe on slave insurance
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001004/bs/insurance_slavery_dc_1.html

by Bill Rigby
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Giant insurers Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET - news) and New York
Life Insurance Co., among others, are set to come under pressure to hand over
details of slave insurance policies they sold 150 years ago following a new
law passed in California this weekend.
The move could be the first step toward compulsory hearings to determine if
they should make reparations -- possibly worth millions of dollars -- to
black slaves' descendants.
The move comes soon after California's Insurance Commissioner threatened to
close down some European insurers' operations in the state unless they
honored Nazi-era life insurance policies.



Philadelphia Inquirer 10/05/00
Public-access talk draws strong reaction
http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/10/05/city/SOPEN05.htm

by George Strawley
Associated Press
HARRISBURG - A bill that would expand public access to records in
Pennsylvania met with resistance from law-enforcement and other groups
yesterday.
Senators said it had little chance of gaining approval this year, but a
leading supporter said the measure - which would replace a 43-year-old law
with one entitling the public to a broad range of public records - should get
a high priority when the General Assembly reconvenes next year.
The bipartisan measure, discussed yesterday before the Senate State
Government Committee, has the support of lobbyists for Pennsylvania's news
media and Common Cause of Pennsylvania.



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Virginia

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