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RAIN 6/25: Weekend Update Part 3



There are 13 stories in this posting.

Highlands Ranch Herald 6/23/01
Archivist wants residents' 'ordinary stuff'
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1989712&BRD=1485&PAG=461&dept_id=4
17524&rfi=6

by Tamra Monahan
Johanna Harden makes a living collecting stuff, all kinds of stuff -
pictures, placemats, menus, birthday cards, Christmas cards, bills,
newsletters, newspapers, magazines. You name it, Harden has probably
collected it, and now she wants your stuff, too
Harden is looking for Highlands Ranch collectibles now that the community is
approaching its 20th anniversary because she is in charge of collecting for
Douglas County.



New York Times 6/23/01
State House repair uncovers 1882 paper
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Annapolis-Time-Capsule.html?sear
chpv=aponline

AP
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Workers repairing a column at the country's oldest
working statehouse uncovered a dusty stack of newspapers from 1882, an era
when baseball and electricity were in their infancy.
The editions of the now-defunct Baltimore American and of The (Baltimore)
Sun had been signed by a man state archivists believe was a carpenter making
repairs on the building at the time.




Summit Daily News 6/23/01
Governor gives go ahead for new cops record system
http://www.summitdaily.com/news/news_2_062301.html

by Reid Williams
SUMMIT COUNTY - With a signature, Gov. Bill Owens has made it possible for
Summit County's law enforcement agencies to better and more easily share
information.
Colorado's chief executive approved a $168,000 grant that the Sheriff's
Office and police departments will use to create a uniform records
management system and database. The system will allow each department to
know what's happening in the other jurisdictions and to more quickly
recognize trends or patterns in criminal activity throughout the county.



Kansas City Star 6/24/01
Cold war deal saved Big Oil
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/printer.pat,local/3accc5c8.623,.html

by Steve Everly
President Harry S. Truman was wrapping up. Four truckloads of his personal
papers were headed back to the Kansas City area. In less than two weeks, he
would hand the reins of government to a new president.
But there were still decisions to be made, and on Jan. 9, 1953, a huge one
loomed.
A federal grand jury was about to be called to consider a criminal
indictment of the country's largest oil companies accusing them of
manipulating oil prices. And Truman was under intense pressure to stop it.



The Moscow Times 6/22/01
Declassified papers detail Nazi attack
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2001/06/22/003.html

by Valeria Korchagina
Contrary to widespread belief that Josef Stalin was so surprised by Nazi
Germany's attack on the Soviet Union that he went into shock for several
days, the Soviet leader actually put in a full day's work in the Kremlin and
received top government and military officials.
The Soviet army was indeed so unprepared for the war that in many garrisons
there was only one rifle for every two soldiers. And security agents did
shoot its own officers on the spot for slight and totally unjustified
suspicions of treason.



Kansas City Star 6/23/01
FBI scrambles to keep up with computer technology
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/printer.pat,local/3accc5aa.623,.html

by Kevin Murphy
WASHINGTON -- The FBI agent needed a picture fast.
A man who met a 12-year-old Canadian girl on the Internet was bringing her
to the Midwest on a bus. An FBI field office near Canada had a picture, but
the computer in the agent's Midwest office was too old and clunky to receive
it.
Luckily, the agent had a more sophisticated computer at home, got the
picture, and made it to the bus station in time to arrest the man and return
the girl to her parents.




The Star 6/24/01
French PM's office searched
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2001/6/24/world/2447cowm&sec=
world

Reuters
PARIS: Police have seized documents from the offices of France's prime
minister as part of a manslaughter inquiry linked to mad cow disease,
judicial sources said on Friday.
They said that this month, police took documents from the offices of Prime
Minister Lionel Jospin which related to meetings of different ministers on
the disease, which kills cattle and is believed to trigger a similar disease
in humans, vCJD.




The Telegraph 6/24/01
Howard's widow hits out at madness claim
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000140326706927&rtmo=QeQ3zpOR&atmo=QeQ3zpOR
&pg=/et/01/6/24/ntrev24.html

by David Bamber
THE widow of Trevor Howard yesterday denied claims in a new biography that
the film star was thrown out of the Army after being diagnosed as
"psychotic".
The actor, who epitomised the stiff-upper-lipped English officer in many
films, was also described as a "mentally unstable ex-officer" by a senior
Government figure with access to his files. In a rare interview, however,
Howard's widow Helen Cherry, who is a distinguished actress, denied the
suggestions and deplored the book as "sensationalist".



Washington Post 6/24/01
Ken Kipperman and the table of horrors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33464-2001Jun22.html

by Jeff Leen
KEN KIPPERMAN HANDS OVER THE FILE, apologizing.
"I have to warn you," he says. "What you're about to see is not easy to look
at. I'll start with the least offensive."
We are having lunch at the Old Ebbitt Grill. Sunlight pours into an atrium
filled with the noise of conversation and flowing water. At a marble
fountain nearby, streams shoot from the mouths of golden lions. It is a
strange setting for the task at hand.



London Free Press 6/24/01
Lombardo legacy in peril
Bandleader's family threatens to pull name from London museum
http://www.canoe.ca/LondonNews/01n1.html

by Jonathan Sher
The estate of Guy Lombardo says it will go to court to stop the city of
London from using the name and image of its most famous citizen.
The museum on Wonderland Road that bears the Lombardo name is a disgrace to
the memory of the bandleader, its poor condition reflecting how little the
city values his legacy, charges a letter faxed to city hall from Lombardo's
niece, Gina Lombardo Cudahy.



The State 6/24/01
Manning city officials wait to release requested utility records
http://web.thestate.com/content/columbia/2001/06/24/region/24manning.htm

AP
MANNING (AP) - City officials here say a woman's accusations that she was
discriminated against when her water service was cut off and then made to
pay a late fee are false.
City Administrator Mary Prince and the city attorney have refused to release
utility records they say would prove their contentions.
The city's financial records are public information under the state Freedom
of Information Act, said South Carolina Press Association attorney Kirby
Sheali.



Newsbytes.com 6/24/01
New Zealand electronic transactions bill before Parliament
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167163.html

by Adam Creed
New Zealand's Electronic Transactions Bill, a set of laws that give legal
standing to electronic documents, has been tabled in the country's
parliament this week.
The Electronic Transactions Bill is an e-commerce bill that brings legal
certainty to various electronic transactions.



Florida Times-Union 6/24/01
Ships: No treasure, but wealth of data awaits historians
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062401/met_6516593.html

by Teresa Stepzinski
A ghostly fleet lies silent and deep in Georgia's waters.
Fish dart amidst shattered hulls and scattered cargo. Sand, silt and time
engulf long-forgotten ships that historians say hold secrets of the state's
past.
"There are all kinds of shipwrecks out there. The bottom is just littered
with them dating back to colonial times," said Buddy Sullivan, who has
authored several books documenting the history of Coastal Georgia.




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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