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RAIN 11/19: Weekend Update Part 3



There 11 stories in this posting


Flint Journal 11/13/01
Archives gets GM chief's papers
http://fl.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/20011113ff13a3flintpoint.frm

by Shena Abercrombie
Kettering's Scharchburg Archives has acquired the papers of F. James McDonald, 16th president of General Motors.



Gadsden Times 11/18/01
Constitution: Is the controversial state the document the reason for Alabama's greatness or center of its problem?
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/news/stories/2782newsstorypage.html

by Mike Goen
Objectionable language and provisions are sprinkled throughout Alabama's century-old constitution.


Houston Chronicle 11/18/01
Some universities disclose data about foreing students
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1136636

by Ron Nissimov
Some Texas universities have provided federal investigators with information about foreign students as part of the federal government's war against terrorism, officials said.
The federal agents have primarily sought addresses and phone numbers of these students, but school officials say they do not know of any foreign students in Texas having been contacted by authorities.



San Antonio Express-News 11/18/01
Quietly, feds alter rules on public files
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=190&xlc=524157

by Mark Helm
Hearst Newspapers
WASHINGTON - A little-noticed move by Attorney General John Ashcroft making federal records more difficult to obtain has sparked outrage among journalists, historians and advocacy groups.
They argue that the change threatens the public's right to monitor the government.



Washington Post 11/18/01
Reality Check: E-payments are gaining
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44441-2001Nov17.html

by Albert B. Crenshaw
In recent years, as various forms of electronic payments have grown easier and cheaper, economists and other analysts have been wondering why checks continue to be so popular.
They have come up with a lot of explanations, including familiarity and convenience and the "float" that allows payers to hang on to their money just a little bit longer.



Washington Post 11/18/01
Screening Free Speech?
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44465-2001Nov17.html

by Ariana Eunjung Cha
Yahoo's message boards are erupting with the kind of free-flowing, impassioned discussions the Internet's creators always dreamed of, with postings about practically every aspect of the hunt for terrorists, the capture of Kabul and mysterious plane crashes.
But what's also revealing is what is being deleted.



Austin American-Statesman 11/18/01
Fraud shakes the walls of academia's ivory tower
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/sunday/news_3.html

by Mark Lisheron
Karen Ruggiero was a resourceful and inspiring teacher, an adventurous and indefatigable researcher and an admitted fraud.
One of the most promising young psychology professors in the country, she resigned her teaching post at the University of Texas this summer after confessing she created two studies with data she made up. That those studies were paid for, at least in part, with federal money exposes Ruggiero to criminal prosecution.



Austin American-Statesman 11/18/01
Groups set to challenge presidential records order
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/sunday/news_10.html

by Jena Heath
WASHINGTON -- Historians and archivists are mounting a challenge to the Bush administration's move to curtail public access to presidential records, but what sort of challenge it will be remains unclear.
Scott Nelson, a lawyer for the Public Citizen Litigation Group, said his organization probably will sue the National Archives and the national archivist shortly after Thanksgiving.



Washington Post 11/15/10
The FBI spins its terrorism web
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31607-2001Nov14.html

by Don Oldenburg
FAIRMONT, W.Va.
Seconds after United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the second World Trade Center tower the morning of Sept. 11, Timothy Healy raced 90 miles an hour down Interstate 79 toward his office.
He scanned channels on the car radio, searching for news while beating back despair. He called to check on his wife and six children, then considered whether to send his staff home to their families when he got to work.



Sunday Gazette-Mail 11/11/01
Cultural Center exhibits wartime correspondence
http://sundaygazettemail.com/news/News/200111112/

by Rusty Marks
IN September 1943, Staff Sgt. William Smith got a letter from his mother in Logan. After apologizing for providing little news, she revealed what was really on her mind.


INQ7.net 11/18/01
Unisys solution facilitates NSO information retrieval
http://www.inq7.net/inf/2001/nov/19/inf_1-1.htm

by Gerry Plaza
QUEUES at the National Statistics Office (NSO) for civil registry documents seem kilometric and tedious, with a good number of procedures.
These procedures range from the acceptance of forms to the retrieval of the actual documents themselves, appearing more burdensome and tormenting.




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