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RAIN 12/19: History debunked and replevin



Air Force Times 12/25/00
Connecticut National Guard faces possible fine over records
http://www.airforcetimes.com/stories/air_story_147284.html

by David Castellon
The Connecticut National Guard could be fined for failing to turn over
numerous documents to two former members of the state's Air Guard. The former
guardsmen claim they were among a group of fighter pilots forced to resign
their commissions after refusing anthrax vaccinations.
In two Nov. 30 reports, an official with Connecticut's Freedom of Information
Commission recommended the $100 fine and ordered the Guard to release more
documents about the military's mandatory anthrax vaccination program and the
resignations of the A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots from 103rd Fighter Wing at
Bradley International Airport.



Ottawa Citizen 12/18/00
Government ignores calls to amend
The hastily passed 1939 legislation has long been denounced as one of the
most confusing, broadly worded statutes in Canada
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/001218/5033289.html

by Jim Bronskill
The federal government has ignored repeated calls from intelligence officials
and bureaucrats to modernize laws aimed at protecting national secrets,
internal documents show.
Records reveal the Chretien Liberals are the latest in a string of
administrations to ponder reform of the Official Secrets Act, only to shunt
the issue aside.
The Citizen has learned a Canadian government clerk sold classified
information to the Czech intelligence service during the Cold War, misdeeds
that went undetected by federal officials until the early 1990s. The Liberal
government's subsequent decision not to prosecute the spy because of
weaknesses in the official secrets law frustrated security and intelligence
officials and helped spark the latest review of the long-criticized
legislation.



Ogden Intelligencer 12/18/00
Salt Lake files mention rumors of bribery allegations against Japan
http://www.oweb.com/newslink/sports/OLYBriberyFilesH0289.html

by Paul Foy
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Confidential Salt Lake Olympic bid files mention
rumors of vote-buying by Japan, the successful rival to Salt Lake for the
1998 Winter Games.
In March 1991, Patrick Hickey, president of Ireland's Olympic committee,
wrote Salt Lake bid chief Tom Welch that Italian Olympic officials "had some
stories" about "certain IOC members" who "have entered into a contract with
Nagano to vote for them for a fee of $100,000."
Hickey became an International Olympic Committee member in 1995.



Savannah Morning News 12/18/00
Historic society begins microfilming county's records
http://www.savannahmorningnews.com/smn/stories/121800/LOCeoerecords.shtml

by Charles Cochran
If you use a computer and you're smart, you regularly make backup copies of
your most important files. Now, the Historic Effingham Society is doing the
same with vital records in the Effingham County Courthouse.
The 32 rolls of microfilm that society members received this past week
preserve County Commission minutes dating from 1916-1998, and marriage
records from 1976-1992.
Earlier marriage records dating to 1832 had already been microfilmed and are
on file at Georgia Southern University. And as soon as the historic society
arranges to make copies of those tapes, it will mean a field day for
genealogists, society president Betty Renfro said.



Washington Post 12/18/00
The man with all the votes
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19704-2000Dec17.html

by Kevin Merida
John Carlin, the nation's official record-keeper, is busy monitoring
presidential election paper. The process is dizzying. Too many certificates.
Makes you wanna reach for a feel-good chocolate chip cookie.
See if you can follow this:
Today, the 538 electors chosen to serve in the electoral college meet in
their respective states and the District of Columbia to select the next
president and vice president of the United States. (Don't expect any
surprises.) The electors will record their votes on six "certificates of
vote." The certificates of vote will be fastened to six "certificates of
ascertainment." The certificates of ascertainment have been prepared by the
governors of each state and the mayor of Washington, D.C. They list the
electors and certify the results of the elections in each state.



Cincinnati Enquirer 12/18/00
Offenders find records hard to erase
Errors, technology can make old convictions show up
http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/12/18/loc_offenders_find.html

by Dan Horn
Deborah L. Armstrong was thrilled a few years ago when a judge cleared her
criminal record of an assault conviction from 1985.
The judge's decision should have meant the old misdemeanor would no longer
haunt Ms. Armstrong when she applied for jobs or loans.
It should have meant she could make a fresh start.
But when her employer did a routine check last year, the crime was still on
her record. She was fired a few weeks later.



Anchorage Daily News
Historical sketch returns to Unalaska
Museum hopes to buy 1778 drawing
http://www.adn.com/metro/story/0,2633,222667,00.html

by Jeff Richardson
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
Unalaska -- The sketch is a simple one of a young Unangan woman. She is
adorned with traditional Aleut jewelry and tattoos and wears a faint smile.
In terms of local history, the 1778 sketch made by an artist on Capt. James
Cook's ship has great meaning. It was made by John Webber, the famed artist
who traveled aboard Cook's vessel.
The sketch is one of the most recognizable glimpses of that 18th-century
journey to the Aleutians.



The Times 12/18/00
41 suspended for lewd e-mail
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-52860,00.html

by Craig Clarke
A LEWD e-mail of the cartoon character Bart Simpson has led to the suspension
of 41 members of staff at Royal & SunAlliance.
Only days after City lawyers faced disciplinary proceedings over a woman's
salacious e-mail that was flashed around the world, staff at the insurance
company are in trouble over alleged Internet misuse. They were removed from
their work stations at Old Hall Street, Liverpool, last Friday.
The move comes after a lengthy internal investigation into a non-work-related
e-mail that was received by a company director. It is thought that up to 100
staff from the administration and finance departments may have been involved
in the doctored picture attached to an e-mail.


Washington Times 12/18/00
Reagan essays reveal his intellect
http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-20001218223350.htm

by Larry Witham
Hundreds of recently discovered policy essays by Ronald Reagan from the 1970s
reveal a "one-man think tank," not the "amiable dunce" portrayed by his
critics, editors of the documents say.
The 670 handwritten radio commentaries are what's left of more than 1,000
composed between 1975 and 1979. They were lost in storage boxes, but now may
be the best archive of the 40th president's original thinking.
"We discovered that the guy has been writing all his life," said Martin
Anderson, domestic-policy adviser to Mr. Reagan and co-editor of an anthology
of more than 200 essays and other works. "We kept marveling at the clarity of
his writing, but also the breadth of issues."


Inland Valley Daily Bulletin 12/18/00
History in the Unmaking
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/articles/Historyi.asp

by Joe Blackstock
"Our Past" columnist
There is an inspiring story Upland officials sometimes tell about how one man
made a difference in the city's incorporation in 1906.
It's a tale of how Thomas Kirk Vernon overcame a flood and opposition by
Ontario to help Upland become a city.
It's a story, after being repeated over nearly a half century, that now needs
a rewrite.
I was curious about Vernon after reading about him in newspaper articles and
a children's Upland history book by the late Esther Boulton Black.



Deseret News 12/18/00
Y. returning 'history' to Poland
Documents tell about powerful Polish family
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,245008498,00.html?

by Jeffrey P. Haney
PROVO - For 15 years, stacks of aging papers that tell the history of a
powerful family in the Polish empire attracted interest from few history
scholars.
But these documents, which were tucked away in the vault of Brigham Young
University's special-collections library, have turned out to be treasured
pieces of Polish history.
At the country's request, officials of BYU and The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints made the decision to return the papers to their homeland.
The documents, bundled in 93 packages, will be given back at a ceremony
Tuesday in Poland.



Boston Herald 12/18/00
Document linked to Salem witch trials recovered
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/will12182000.htm

by David Weber
A stolen historic document signed by two key figures in the Salem witch
trials has been returned to its proper place in the custody of Massachusetts
officials after an absence of more than 60 years.
``With this document gone, there was a hole in a colorful period in American
history,'' said Suffolk County Register of Probate Richard Iannella.
The 1697 will of Samuel Shrimpton, a Boston merchant, does not relate
directly to the witch trials, but is signed by two men - William Stoughton
and Isaac Addington - who played key roles in that dark period of Bay State
history.


Boston Globe 12/18/00
Public access legislation pulled from Senate agenda
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/353/region/Public_access_legislation_pull:.sht

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by Sherry Conohna
Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Legislation to improve public access to government records
was pulled from the state Senate's agenda on Monday.
Senators emerging from the Republican Party caucus before the afternoon
session began said members wanted time to look over a new Senate bill
introduced late last week and to possibly offer amendments.
Senate Majority Leader John O. Bennett III, R-Monmouth, and Sen. John Lynch,
D-Middlesex, said they asked for the delay to give senators a chance to
review concerns raised by law enforcement and questions on the public's right
to privacy.





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

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