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Cincinnati Enquirer 5/20/01
1931 memo first devised role of the 'brand man'
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/05/20/fin_1931_memo_first.html

by Cliff Peale
Nothing is real at P&G, company insiders say, until it's in writing.
It was a three-page memo from promotion department manager Neil McElroy in
May 1931 that first committed to paper the responsibilities of the "brand
man."
It was not an unprecedented idea. In the 1920s, General Motors Corp.
president Alfred Sloan had created five divisions, trying to "make a car for
every purse and purpose," says former P&G chairman John Smale, who was on
GM's board of directors after leaving P&G.


BBC News 5/17/01
Government 'snoop law' stance slammed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1335000/1335963.stm

by Mark Ward
The UK Government has been accused of deceiving the public over proposals to
keep long term records of electronic communications.
An internet think tank claims the Government is guilty of "duplicity" by
lobbying for the law change in Europe, yet denying it was seeking such
sweeping powers in public statements.



Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 5/17/01
Bellevue/Avalon historical group sparks interest with artifacts
http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20010517nbellevue3.asp

by Jonathan Barnes
Memory is an intangible thing. Those who love history, though, treasure the
tangible things that can spark it.
In two store windows next to Classic Chevrolet in downtown Bellevue, the
members of the Bellevue/Avalon Historical Society have used documents,
personal items, diaries and even sales slips to create a multitextured story
of the two boroughs.



Chicago Sun Times 5/18/01
City releases old plans for new runways
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/hare18.html

by Robert C. Herguth
Transportation reporter
As the debate over O'Hare Airport's future intensifies, the City of Chicago
on Thursday re-released controversial documents that show once-secret plans
for new and reconfigured runways.



Evansville Courier & Press 5/21/01
Newfound court records may be oldest in state's history
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/200105/21+history052101_news.htm

l+20010521+news

Associated Press
MUNCIE, Ind. - A man cleaning out an attic has discovered what may be the
oldest surviving court stenographer records in Indiana.
The man recently brought the three 19th century notebooks to the Delaware
County clerk's office, saying there were another 200 in the Muncie home's
attic, said County Clerk Karen Wenger.



Federal Computer Week 5/17/01
FBI director blasts management
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0514/web-freeh-05-17-01.asp

by Christopher J. Dorobek
FBI Director Louis Freeh blamed leadership failures on the loss of more than
3,100 pages of documents in the case of convicted Oklahoma City bomber
Timothy McVeigh, and he pledged to put a "world-class" records expert to work
at the bureau.



Federal Computer Week 5/21/01
The FBI's hunt for order
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0521/news-fbi-05-21-01.asp

By Christopher J.Dorobek
The FBI is seeking a major influx of money to improve its antiquated computer
infrastructure in the wake of revelations that outdated information
technology systems played a role in the bureau's 3,135 misplaced Oklahoma
City bombing documents. The bureau is seeking $142.4 million in fiscal 2002
for its Trilogy program, a three-year overhaul of the FBI's technology
infrastructure. The bureau has $100.7 million in fiscal 2001 allocated for
Trilogy.



Virginian Pilot 5/16/01
Norfolk planning city history museum
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0516nhm.html

by Roy A. Bahls
NORFOLK -- The city's rich history will be showcased and preserved at a new
museum in the heart of downtown.
The Museum of Norfolk History will find a home at the Willoughby-Baylor House
on East Freemason Street, Mayor Paul D. Fraim announced this morning.



Los Angeles Times 5/20/01
Jazzman's daughter at a loss over sale
http://www.latimes.com/editions/valley/calendar/20010520/t000042472.html

by Patricia Ward Biederman
Babette Ory is beside herself.
The only child of legendary jazz trombonist Edward "Kid" Ory, she learned
recently that personal effects of her late father, which she thought were
safe in a Chatsworth storage facility, were sold at auction in March, because
of unpaid rent.


National Post 5/17/01
National Archives preserves Web site
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/national/story.html?f=/stories/20010517/56492

1.html

by Anne Marie Owens
The National Archives of Canada is attempting to dust off its image today by
launching its first archival exhibit of a Web site.
In what the national archivist says is a first for Canada, the place known as
a repository of the nation's most important historical diaries and documents
is maintaining an online site marking a national millennium campaign.


Detroit News 5/21/01
New scrapbook shop joins growing market
http://www.detnews.com/2001/livingston/0105/21/c05l-226119.htm

by Linda Theil
Special to the Detroit News
HOWELL -- Sandy Peplinski isn't at all concerned that her's is the third
scrap-booking shop to open in Livingston County in the past seven months.
"It's going really well," she said. "The location is wonderful. There's ample
parking. I've had nothing but positive feedback from customers. We already
joke and say we need to expand."


Nevada Appeal 5/19/01
No answer in sight to Dayton, Genoa debate
http://tahoe.com/appeal/stories.5.19.01/CARSON/1a1ge19May2212.html

by Kurt Hildebrand
The battle between Dayton and Genoa for bragging rights as Nevada's first
permanent white settlement is 120 years old.
So it should be no surprise that one night in Carson City did little to
settle the issue.


Akron Beacon Journal 5/21/01
Organize investment records
http://www.ohio.com/bj/business/docs/005184.htm

There is a common theme to the following two questions:
Q: Do you have any tips on getting my investments organized? How long should
I save my quarterly statements? What's the best way to stay organized with
purchase price, capital gains, etc.?
And:
A few years back, you wrote about a booklet you made for your wife and
daughter with all the information they would need in case of your death;
phone numbers, policy numbers, account numbers, etc. I tore out the article
for future reference, and now I can't find it. My son will be turning 18
soon, and I'd like to give him a similar booklet.


Mobile Register 5/21/01
State's agricultural history easier to find
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/?May2001/21-a415415a.html

by Charles Croft
For years to come, students at Auburn University and elsewhere, when faced
with the task of producing research papers, may find themselves singing the
praises of Dale Foster and some of his colleagues.



Sun-Sentinel 5/21/01
E-filing fits price range of most small businesses
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-ybbiztech21may21.story?coll=sfla%2Dbu

siness%2Dheadlines

by Jeffery D. Zbar
Special to the Sun-Sentinel
To financial planner Andrew Horowitz, managing paper was an expense he
couldn't afford.
Every day, faxes, mail and other correspondence would come in his Weston
office and wait to be reviewed, filed or tossed. Two four-drawer file
cabinets brimmed with thousands of client files and other documents, any one
of which would take several minutes to locate. He also receives dozens of
e-mail correspondence daily.



Dallas Morning News 5/18/01
FBI agent says he learned of problem in January
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/370656_okbomb_18nat.A.html

by Todd Bensman and Michelle Mittelstadt
The Dallas FBI special agent at the center of the controversy over belatedly
produced Oklahoma City bombing investigation documents acknowledged Thursday
that he first learned in January of the possibility that evidence had been
withheld from Timothy McVeigh's legal team.


Seattle Times 5/20/01
Adobe pioneer offers glimpse into future
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slu

g=ptadobe20&date=20010520

by May Wong
Associated Press
SAN JOSE - John Warnock headed the nation's second-largest PC software
company, but the former Xerox PARC scientist is a quiet pioneer compared with
Bill Gates and Larry Ellison.
Warnock and partner Charles Geschke founded Adobe Systems in 1982, sparking
one of the most explosive movements in the high-tech industry - desktop
publishing.


Seattle Times 5/20/01
N.J. Senator's records are subpoenaed
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slu

g=ndig20&date=20010520

TRENTON, N.J. - Federal investigators have subpoenaed Democratic party
records in Sen. Robert Torricelli's home county to determine if his 1996
campaign evaded campaign-finance restrictions, two newspapers reported
yesterday.


Washington Post 5/14/01
Doctors go digital
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/A26648-2001May14.html

by Sally Squires
In a four-minute gap between seeing patients, physician Catherine Picken
stands at a hallway workstation to catch up on some "paperwork."
With a few keystrokes and a point of her stylus on her notebook-sized
computer, she transmits a patient report to a referring physician, checks for
phone messages, okays two prescription refills, attaches a reminder to a
patient's electronic medical chart and fields a question from her office
manager about when she wants to go on vacation.


Washington Post 5/18/01
DOE puts declassification into reverse
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46729-2001May18.html

by George Lardner Jr
The Energy Department censors arrived in force at the offices of the Nixon
Presidential Materials Project the morning after a tiny news item in the
March 28 Washington Post said that records of the late president's National
Security Council were about to be made public.



Washington Post 5/21/01
So many jobs, so few workers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53044-2001May20.html

by Jackie Spinner
Grunley Construction Co. had just landed the big one, a $75 million contract
to renovate the National Archives and Records Administration building in
downtown Washington.
The contract was the largest job the Rockville firm had ever won, and the
family-owned company, with annual revenue of nearly $100 million, had beaten
out giant Clark Construction Group of Bethesda to get it. (Clark posted
revenue last year of more than $2 billion).


Washington Post 5/21/01
Univ. tries to save Cuban documents
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/fl/A55686-2001May21.html

Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- University of Florida researchers are working to save
millions of pages of historical documents dating as far back as 1578 that
have been locked up in Cuban archives since 1959.
The researchers made a deal with the Cuban National Archives in March to
preserve and copy about 10 million handwritten records of life, business and
shipping in Havana from 1578 to 1900.



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

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