.respects priesm.rigniswaLwinpum w im L4.uivn
<br />ing in otherkeynaUonaUYs19QM=_ff
<br />In dealing ope*.with;the Issue, the clAirch also is:'. arly hi he1pe&,a1tvMCAK
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<br />races, and clearly taking steps to riassiii� the faithfuL These issues are
<br />Could Chocola have won if.the per;
<br />the church's buslhess:A&;�6veiri','an ihaftutiolfS COM- dentdidn't comeback on the
<br />pliance'wdthcidl,L*,,i6id.thei.ti�6tetUbiiof children before the election?. ProbablY But
<br />are, everyone's btis'Ifiess..Weli . ope, , the bishops re- haps by not quite as much in grace that rrrlThat
<br />--fir of,
<br />sed policy stayed close_�-,,.";,' Of,
<br />member this:w''h ein ftycons., er,the prpPo
<br />Couldhe have won if tl�,eii
<br />.diangeS.-:
<br />nevercameMpar
<br />i;s.
<br />,,
<br />would him lieei Ough to 4o'sd: 6tcom-i1'Ch9qp
<br />ig at all would have ineanf n"o' $6M,000Y
<br />. ,'`�An
<br />pisedon, Sept: 5.
<br />that ic"
<br />the president S6
<br />. I . 1, F
<br />Ver A consultant for Long Thorapgon,`"' : "'ic6uld iti
<br />d County
<br />says a money gap was eclslvW,'.,
<br />According to L4DngThompson
<br />bublic.l] ;;Our slide ��,';whbre
<br />-those f fim,
<br />t is d, it,
<br />MR- polling, consultant said, ,
<br />th6'VMN*
<br />. pu ' c,.We
<br />that --ft6th6r the St began;ivitli our or days in,- R6emie
<br />Tting
<br />Josego to the late September when we went dark on' �.S
<br />' consid6mbl4tim�bl6'(&,,.'Ke'e'pin:'g�n"eWspaper clipping•South Bend TV" pe
<br />.filesinits Histo - R661ii,iftei they are digital. When Chocola struck on TV so ,, race,vM
<br />Local History respond . 'ir"
<br />Long Thompson was forced respon was
<br />.ly4mpi6daiidn*idd'e',hv,'allablq�ori6onipiit6rs. �, . I - '! :!,. Ch66&
<br />SoddiyAnd 160 Active in kind and fmAlly, started.to run short �q
<br />The Historib PregerVatfdn
<br />of funds, requiring that signmeantsur!""'
<br />.and retired schooli6� are among -those who render of th6all-important tube for" 'Y-,1Thompm
<br />'eep in JJJnJ
<br />"id '-th al clippings most amidcdmpaigriweek!�� --cenUlp"
<br />have urged the libiary .5
<br />6 origin
<br />.publicly accessible A10itVitEthe 'digital copies. We The Long Thompson consultantalso got close
<br />believe they, haV6 made fhelfcaSe-and the library said the Chocola campaign was able to , Itprini
<br />.should comply With'tlieW..*Me&*".;;..- l,get onindiaiiipoUsTV.todefmdLong�4-.i,,,,�dei d
<br />Digifbingthkli
<br />ppmgs,,T-•�.- §mhhing and imbed-
<br />ding them in computer ffles4 is one way to save the
<br />,infornuttiori they coritain for posterity. The process,,
<br />which will be time-consuming and expensive, ci
<br />essary to make Sure. the* epaper
<br />0
<br />ftagil
<br />our localhlstoiy are: iotlost-Bita� local historians'.
<br />and history buffs are q to point .,.int out-.digitizin.g is-' stlea:e
<br />ift the whole answei
<br />For one thing, digitally s6imed items some-.
<br />timesare to,rq.ad.,And for another, there' WASHNGTON �,�i of P.,
<br />.*can be no substitute f6r th'eo " rikinals. Fora 5tu-'- '.-Callita[annai.ionor
<br />;dent, a'150-yd'a'r'�old newspaper, held in one's own. the midtennelection has given a'—-41id,
<br />hands, has the t0ektqfifipart a'sense of reality,powerful boost to t B,
<br />to theev6nt being studiedjPractical though it may the conservative agenda and the
<br />long :3F#,Ziiesclay'
<br />spects
<br />be, a digitalterm proof the Republican 'image on a computer screen is just not By retaking the S6natq; increas
<br />the same. ,. +-hair majority in the Houseand t.
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<br />Library officials had 96p6dto place the 18 file cab- strengthening their grip 6n'the'i"r'El'e'c'-".,'-,`l,.i �%416
<br />inets of, clippings,;plus many shelves of additional toral College base,in the South; th6!,',.i!:1.1, 1'.i�howdbjil(
<br />materials, in locked st6rakeIn the basement where 'Bush -led Republicans achieved sub; --s ft
<br />Ai
<br />fth
<br />arrangement only. observers Nii
<br />y special stantially more than most �s� .be4 n
<br />It might seem the,blip''pingsjibuld be safer there, myself iiicluded7, -r had,thbught esp
<br />16ifi in the public Local For the past tviVyears,'ev&jsinceheut'viq'uldnotu
<br />but advocat6§`fb'r'162�p*.tl_ _teivi6w "'
<br />h6.. - point
<br />t. 1. won the White House while losing*the s m
<br />History Room, have to'niAeonthatscore, �y
<br />popular vote and having t6turn to con-_ leg&es and
<br />too.,Iiithe '6v6fiibf--.i,ft-'tlii'e"�.,,,-Prhwer-system
<br />servativejusticps�on the S4re'me*,"?4"-,**',�'i;."sh"&wediM
<br />could flood the ��fiieAt and destroy the clippings., -:.'t cto more Court forponffi-matioifof his'Vi y
<br />_The Local His.;tor'yf6bm'Js',d61gned to protect ft -4- Bush hai'struggled againk thblabel Demos '
<br />pig
<br />an "acciden6l president',,,'.'-, N!Ape Re
<br />-It��ii*h��',a'�,i�kfer-fr6efire*suppresi-
<br />ile documents.
<br />But the support he w9h by his sterling," reason to W
<br />ion sys rever'faced --performance after the ter 'milsf'a'thLcks'-��,4�of; d6mozib
<br />sl te
<br />LibraryDii�rDo
<br />'diffkW 'of Sept. 11, 2001
<br />mith the. tb�6blei3i*.bf.,."s"q-u'e'e'z'm'g'the.'mostli�-*�:,"-� ,!h;iendur6d,'A'hdhe*` -co" er
<br />ib e into ted
<br />braxy atiei�pjos"s' 1".-- t1ifiii spac&'It is un. showed on Tuesday that he could con--'
<br />^;.P.''r5r1im.Baa
<br />derstndable thath" col verthAtpopularity into votes forhisfe1?.',recived"ark
<br />low-parti&-ms. That is the most'p6werfiil'i pelling sign
<br />pings to storage as pAft, of. thd4solution'. particular-�, leadership tool any president c I anpos-i--�, shiliAndft
<br />says; ke'e"i
<br />ly since, he ping.fli6biwith the local. history "i m6craticid
<br />-drilarging the room. sess. ' i'.* - I I I
<br />collection *ould*fi&j;E�fti* 'gq
<br />In hindsight it now ap its cow
<br />We sympathize withNapoli's problem, afidparticu- the Democrats who had
<br />was
<br />'th 'fi6
<br />lady appreciate his',vifflUnitiess to explain the
<br />digiti-" from political accidents; enjoying eir, ices -7
<br />. ?�
<br />zation processtb anyone with But we also shakySenate majority only because ��se " "eisan'dir
<br />sympathy for an idplki6"
<br />think the advodatds for keeping the clippings safely. in 11 ,The elikd
<br />"l�',]R&n'i-l:iiiii�;i�6"n--:di"e-argumei�t :,victim in Missouri was followed by
<br />the Local 111W.. y Bush's
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