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RAIN 10/29: Weekend Update Part 3
There are 19 stories in this posting.
Lincoln Journal-Star 10/27/01
Cather family donates papers, photos to NU
http://www.journalstar.com/nebraska?story_id=4623&past=
AP
A collection of family papers said to have provided the context for some of
Willa Cather's novels, including "My Antonia," has been donated to the
University of Nebraska.
The collection of letters, diaries, photographs and manuscripts from Cather's
aunt and uncle, Frances and George Cather, was donated by the couple's
great-granddaughter, Mary Weddle.
Tribune-Chronicle 10/27/01
Recorder's office makes online debut
http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/news/story/10272001_new05.asp
by Bob Bromley
WARREN -- Looking up a deed or mortgage can now be done at home, as the
Trumbull County Recorder's Office has gone online. The office's new Web page
debuted Monday.
Searchers can get basic information about any document dating back to 1985,
and any document dating back to 1997 can be viewed and printed in its
entirety. The online users will need to sign in and give their password each
time before searching for documents on the site.
''It is a wonderful site. We are very happy with it,'' said County Recorder
Diana Marchese.
Pioneer Press 10/27/01
"Runners' comb police data to find accident victims
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/mtc_docs/170135.htm
by Rick Linsk
It's a Wednesday and dawn has just broken outside the St. Paul Police
Department. Three men mill about the lobby, waiting for the records
department to open.
At precisely 8 a.m., they board the elevator to the third floor and approach
the records counter. One man slips a check under the glass partition and a
clerk hands over a batch of accident reports. The other two, working
together, pay in cash. One quickly flips through the crash reports, then they
leave. As they head out, another customer approaches the counter.
Known as "runners," they visit Twin Cities police stations daily to obtain
the names and addresses of people involved in traffic accidents. They contact
victims in hopes of steering them to personal-injury lawyers and doctors.
The Standard Examiner 10/27/01
Fate of church papers still unknown
http://www.standard.net/standard/news/news_story.html?sid=00011027002133091500
+cat=news+template=news1.html
by Bryce Petersen Jr.
LOGAN -- The fate of the Arrington papers, including those not currently
sequestered, is still in doubt.
The papers, donated to Utah State University by former Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints archivist Leonard Arrington, detail the history of the
church. Church officials contend the documents belong to them and contain
information of a "private and confessional nature."
A document released by the church and signed by Arrington, who has since
died, states that copies of "diaries, journals and documents filed in the
Church Archives" would be returned to the Historical Department upon
Arrington"s retirement from Brigham Young University.
USU caught in paper chase
http://www.sltrib.com/10272001/utah/utah.htm
by Kirsten Stewart and Peggy Fletcher Stack
With pressure coming from all sides -- the LDS Church, state Board of
Regents, historians -- Utah State University said Friday that ownership of
some papers in the Leonard Arrington historical collection is far from
resolved.
The LDS Church presented USU with two documents this week asserting its right
to a significant portion of the collection; the disputed papers have been
temporarily closed to public access.
"I don't see the documents as a slam dunk," said Craig Simper, USU's legal
counsel. "We're looking very much forward to seeing the dust settle this
weekend and to continuing discussions with the church."
Deseret News 10/27/01
USU and church are at odds over historical papers
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,335007879,00.html?
by Carrie A. Moore
Part of a collection of papers donated by former LDS Church historian Leonard
Arrington to Utah State University has been "temporarily sequestered" by
officials at the school while questions of ownership and copyright are
resolved with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In a joint statement issued Wednesday, the two entities said the collection
"includes some private and confidential materials that the church believes
are owned by the church or its affiliated entities and not by Arrington or
subject to his disposition."
Star-Tribune 10/29/01
Anti-terror experts take hard look at steganography - hiding messages in
other messages
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/787263.html
by Chris Seper
Newhouse News Service
Secret Agent Jezzie Flannigan called it a cutting-edge method of passing
notes in class.
Of course, Jezzie -- and the scenario -- are fiction. "Agent Flannigan" was
actually actress Monica Potter, who tries to solve a kidnapping in the recent
thriller "Along Came a Spider."
In the movie, the FBI discovers that a girl has been e-mailing her classmates
images with hidden messages. Not even the feds can break the code.
But now real-world events have pushed such steganography -- literally, hiding
messages in other messages -- into the realm of real secret agents. The
government thinks that Osama bin Laden's supporters might have sent coded
images through cyberspace with secret marching orders connected to the Sept.
11 attacks.
Daily Gazette 10/28/01
Archivist hopes to chronicle black history in Schenectady
http://www.dailygazette.com/local.shtml#story4A100002
by Katy Moeller
SCHENECTADY - After six years on the job, Don Hulett is preparing to retire
as caretaker of the historical materials stored neatly in the attic of City
Hall.
The 60-year-old city archivist, who has been known to come to work as early
as 5:30 a.m. and stay late in the afternoon, has one more project he wants to
get rolling before he leaves at the end of January.
Hulett hopes to fill what he believes is a glaring absence in the city
archives, formally known as the Efner History Research Library.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10/28/01
In the Spotlight: Allegheny paper shredders
http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/20011028spot1028bnp5.asp
by Patricia Sabatini
Seventy-three-year-old John Wagner has a thing for heavy equipment.
He and his wife, Barbara, like to "relax" by buzzing around on his-and-her
bulldozers, clearing acres of brush on farmland they own near Delmont,
outside of Murrysville.
It's an unusual pastime, but one you might expect from a man who's made a
living the last 30 years building multi-ton, industrial-size paper shredders.
These monster, conveyor-fed machines, which can easily chomp their way
through a catalog or hardback book up to about 4 inches thick, aren't
anything like the wimpy fax machine-size shredders you might have at home.
Pioneer Planet 10/26/01
Officer punished for data release
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/yhoo/mtc_docs/169675.htm
by Lisa Donovan
An acting sergeant for the St. Paul Police Department was handed a 30-day
suspension and reassigned after sending confidential police and sheriff's
documents to an imprisoned nephew.
St. Paul Police Chief William Finney suspended Benny L. Williams, despite the
police-civilian review panel's recommendation to fire the nine-year veteran,
according to police documents. In a disciplinary notice to Williams, the
chief formalized the suspension and informed Williams he would be "returned
to the position of Police Officer and assigned as a School Resource Officer
in the Juvenile Unit."
Orlando Sentinel 10/28/01
When Disney went to war
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-subizdisneywar28102801oct28.story?
coll=orl%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines
by Robert Johnson
War has always been hell, but at least American military insignia offered
some humor when Walt Disney's animators were in charge of the marketing
campaign.