-Caveat Lector-
And as Monica thinks about sending her blue dress to the cleaners, and Mr.
Klayman is worrying about whether we have been investigating enough
investigators, does any of this bother anyone? Prudy
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"Navy Shells Oil Wreck 300 Miles Off Oregon. Frigid Depths
Expected to Minimize Spill." Washington Times, 12 March 99, A8.
"Navy Finally Sinks Freighter [Nation in Brief]." Washington
Post, 12 March 99, A9.
In order to sink the wreck of the New Carissa 300 miles off
the coast of Oregon, the Navy used explosive charges to blow
holes in the hull, then fired 70 shells into the ship.
Salvage experts say that at a depth of 12,000 feet, the
130,000 gallons of oil still in the ship will be trapped in
a semisolid state. More than 600 dead birds have been found
and globs of oil from the 70,000-gallon spill continue to
wash ashore.
"Sound and Fury: The Spillionaires' Tales Illuminate the Legacy
of the Exxon Valdez. Doomed Tanker Gushed Cash Along With Oil;
Residue of Both Still Stings Many. Seeking `Occupational
Diversity.'" Wall Street Journal, 12 March 99, A1, A8.
As the tenth anniversary of the Exxon Valdez approaches,
this article profiles the "spillionaires," the residents of
Valdez and Cordova who abandoned their jobs and made quick
money ("$2,000 a day for the average captain") working on
the cleanup. Fishermen now returning to their jobs face a
collapsed industry. Exxon says that the environment of
Prince William Sound has "essentially recovered" and that
"the fishermen's troubles are largely due to global market
forces, such as the growth of foreign fish farms, and other
factors unrelated to the spill." Some economists,
scientists, and fishermen dispute that view. Sidebar: map.
ACROSS THE USA: NEWS FROM USA TODAY
Las Vegas, Nevada USA Today "Across the USA" 10 March 99 7A.
Two agencies would like to follow-up a 20-year-old federal
study tracking leukemia and thyroid cases and exposure to
radioactive fallout; Nye County and the Nevada Agency for
Nuclear Projects propose new studies that would gauge the
health of people living downwind of the Nevada Test Site and
Yucca Mountains. The federal government wants to build a
nuclear-waste repository.
"Tainted Land" USA Today Nationline,11 March 99,3A.
A decision has been made for a Florida lake-restoration
project to continue, even though federal authorities blame
it for causing the pesticide-related deaths of about 800
migratory birds. The St. John's River Water Management
District approved an $11 million purchase of farmland to
continue restoration of Lake Apopka.
LIVING IN THE INFORMATION AGE
"The Too-Much-Information Age. Today's Data Glut Jams Libraries
and Lives. But Is Anyone Getting Any Wiser? [Beyond 2000: The
Frontiers of Knowledge]." Washington Post, 12 March 99, A1, A22.
The article gives a lengthy look at how institutions and
individuals are dealing with the vast amount of books,
journals, tapes, legal records, documents, e-mail, and other
information that must be stored and preserved. It includes
discussions with Tom Mann, a librarian at the Library of
Congress; James Billington, the Librarian of Congress; John
Carlin, the archivist of the United States, who is charged
with storing all the official government records, including
electronic records; and John Ptak, proprietor of J.F. Ptak
Science Books, a specialty bookstore in Northwest
Washington. Issues raised include information vs. knowledge
(Billington says, "`It's significant that we call it the
Information Age...We don't talk about the Knowledge Age.'");
the problem of losing digital information when the hardware
and software needed to retrieve the information become
obsolete; the loss of "`ephemera,' stuff that's potentially
disposable and of on obvious value"; the inability of " the
electronic virtual library'" to catch up to the print world;
and a proposal at the Library of Congress to shelve books
according to size instead of subject matter in an effort to
save space.
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