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RAIN 11/23 Part 2: Ike diary, Hoffa files, Va model archives



There are 19 stories in this posting.

Alamosa Valley Courier 11/22/01
Saguache also dealing with missing bid records
http://www.zwire.com/news/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2671429&title=Saguache%20also%20dealing%20with%20missing%20bid%20records&BRD=1190&PAG=461&CATNAME=Top%20Stories&CATEGORYID=410

by Teresa L. Benns
SAGUACHE - Funds aren't the only thing allegedly missing from the Town of Saguache clerk's office.
Some records have reportedly disappeared from their files following the discovery by the Town Board two weeks ago that funds were mysteriously evaporating.



Topeka Capital-Journal 11/22/01
Ike's forgotten WWII diaries surface
http://cjonline.com/stories/112201/kan_ikediaries.shtml

by Andrea Albright
Wartime diaries forgotten for more than 30 years recently were given to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene and are available for public review.


Detroit Free Press 11/22/01
FBI told to produce its Hoffa file
http://www.freep.com/news/metro/hoffa22_20011122.htm

by David Ashenfelter
In a setback for the FBI, a federal judge ordered the government Wednesday to produce 11 years' worth of documents so she can decide whether there is any chance of prosecuting anyone in the 1975 disappearance of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.


St. Petersburg Times 11/22/01
Genealogy: Virginia boasts model archives
http://www.sptimes.com/News/112201/Floridian/Genealogy__Virginia_b.shtml

by Donna Murray Allen
RICHMOND -- Virginians do love their history, so it's no surprise that they constructed a six-story state archives building in Richmond so majestic that surrounding structures pale by comparison. Called the Library of Virginia, it houses 83-million manuscript items documenting four centuries of Virginia history.



Go Asia Pacific 11/22/01
Virus attacks government computers
http://goasiapacific.com/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_422642.htm

ABC Radio Australia News
Another strain of computer virus has attacked government departments on Niue, spreading sensitive records and documents around the world.


Idaho Mountain Express 11/21/01
Historic files need home
http://www.mtexpress.com/2001/01-11-21/01-11-21bellevue.htm

by Peter Boltz
In 1886, the governor of the Idaho Territory wanted to know what had happened to "the sixty stand of arms, and the boxes containing the ten thousand rounds of ammunition" he had sent Bellevue "during the time of the threatened riots of last year."
For some people, the governor's inquiry is just history, but for Bellevue's city staff, it is living history and part of a larger problem for today's city government.



USA Today 11/19/01
Journalism groups seek to overturn Earnhardt law
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2001-11-19-earnhardt.htm

by Mike Branom
Associated Press
ORLANDO - Five journalism advocacy organizations are asking a state appeals court to declare unconstitutional a law limiting access to autopsy photos.
The Florida Legislature passed the law in March, weeks after the death of NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt in a last-lap crash in the season-opening Daytona 500.



Miami Daily Business Review 11/21/01
Partial ban asked for records on Net
http://www5.law.com/lawcom/displayid.cfm?statename=FL&docnum=97318&table=news&flag=full

by Larry Keller
Citing privacy concerns, a committee of judges, lawyers, court officials and others has recommended that the Florida Supreme Court impose a moratorium on public access to complete court documents via the Internet.
The proposal applies only to documents that might be scanned in their entirety onto the Internet. Basic docket and case information, including the names of the parties to a case, attorneys of record and fees and fines collected would be unaffected.



New York Times 11/22/01
Catching the world in the act of changing
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/arts/design/22MAGN.html

by Sarah Boxer
At first it looked like snow. There was a stillness in the city. White dust floated in the air. People looked up to see where it was coming from. The traffic was moving slowly. Then people started running, running north and running east. It was around 9 in the morning on Sept. 11.


New York Times 11/22/01
What did you do before the War?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/technology/circuits/22CHEC.html

by Lisa Guernsey
AMERICANS, whether they realize it or not, leave a trail of data with every life step. As soon as a person is married or divorced, basic details about the event go on file at the local courthouse for anybody to browse. The same can be said for anyone who has registered to vote, acquired a professional license, bought a piece of real estate, filed for bankruptcy, been convicted of a crime or simply moved and listed a new address and phone number.


New York Times 11/22/01
Where old pianos go to live
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/22/arts/design/22PIAN.html

by Anthony Tommasini
The one thing you will never see at the Frederick Historic Piano Collection in Ashburnham, Mass., is a sign that reads, "Do Not Touch." Unlike most museums, this important collection of historic 19th-century pianos is meant to be used.



New Zealand Herald 11/20/01
Dunedin signs up Dataworks
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=229052&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general

by Adam Gifford
The Dunedin City Council has followed North Shore City's lead and rolled out the DataWorks document management system from Australian firm Advanced Data Integration.
Information manager Sarah Heal said councils collected a large amount of information which previously had been difficult or time consuming to access.



Philadelphia Inquirer 11/22/01
State seizes records of firm in political-corruption probe
http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/11/22/local_news/JJCA22.htm

by Maureen Graham and George Anastasia
Investigators with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice seized records and computers from a Moorestown engineering firm yesterday as part of an expanding investigation into suspected political corruption in South Jersey.



Washington Post 11/20/01
Supreme Court to test Okla. Schools' policy of pupils grading peers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55207-2001Nov19.html

by Lois Romano
TULSA -- In a way, the issue that caused her sixth-grader such anxiety, and prompted Kristja Falvo to sue a local school district, has long passed. Her four children are all good students today, and she has the satisfaction of knowing that she legally forced public schools in six states to stop the common practice of allowing students to grade each other's work in class.



Woonsocket Call 11/22/01
Stallwood disputes boxes found in home had town records
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2679257&BRD=1712&PAG=461&dept_id=24361&rfi=6

by Tim Grace
LINCOLN -- Former Town Administrator Burton Stallwood denies illegally possessing what police believe are town records discovered during an impromptu search of his home early this year.
Police said a January search of the Stallwood residence turned up a dozen boxes of what appeared to be town documents.



Dallas Morning News 11/22/01
What makes Google good?
http://www.dallasnews.com/technology/personal_technology/stories/STORY.ea514c5092.b0.af.0.a4.2f8f4.html

By Doug Bedell
Google is the little search engine that could.
Since its launch in September 1998, this brainchild of two Stanford University doctorate students has chugged past well-funded giants in the field and into the hearts of Internet information seekers worldwide.



The Missourian 11/21/01
Chief sues to close records
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2672863&BRD=1409&PAG=461&dept_id=33071&rfi=6

In what may be one of the first lawsuits of its kind in Missouri, Washington Police Chief Ken Hahn is petitioning a Franklin county judge to block the efforts of a former West Viriginia man who's allegedly using the state's Sunshine Law to track down his ex-wife and children.
Jean-Numa Lapeyre, respondent in the suit, presented a written request to Chief Hahn October 8, requesting the release of "all documents, files and reports" in the police department's possession relating to him, according to court documents.



Associated Press 11/19/01
Former Curator sentenced in Wis.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011119/us/artifact_thefts_1.html

by Sarah Wyatt
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A former curator at the Wisconsin Historical Society museum was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for stealing American Indian artifacts.
David Wooley, 53, took items valued at more than $100,000, including a rare war club, beaded buckskin bag, cradle board cover, quiver and silver earrings.


Los Angeles Times 11/18/01
Rising fears that what we do know can hurt us
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-111801inform.story

by Eric Lichtblau
WASHINGTON -- The document seemed innocuous enough: a survey of government data on reservoirs and dams on CD-ROM. But then came last month's federal directive to U.S. libraries: "Destroy the report."
So a Syracuse University library clerk broke the disc into pieces, saving a single shard to prove that the deed was done.





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