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Reports that the Chinese American Library Association (CALA) is looking for papers to be presented at the CALA Conference on June 24, 1990 in Chicago. Theme of the conference; Details for submission.

Presents information on the Wipex cleaning cloth from Wigert International; Features of a television advertising campaign created by Chicago, Illinois-based A. Eicoff & Co. for the Wipex cleaning cloth; Comparison between Wipex and paper towels; Amount of Wipex cloth sold in the U.S.

Reports the conversion of the newsprint machine to production of lightweight coated stock by Madison Paper Co. in Chicago, Illinois. Significance of the paper industry trend to the paper production of the company; Replacement of the deinking and repulping systems; Role of Voith Paper Co. in the conversion.

Provides information on stationery goods, gift and paper products offered by museum stores in the United States. Waste Not Paper of Chicago, Illinois; Fiddlehead Life Accessories of Seattle, Washington; H-n-W International Inc. of West Caldwell, New Jersey.

Reports that the National Office Paper Recycling Project has launched a campaign called "Recycling at Work," targeted at office workers in Chicago, Illinois.

Focuses on the efforts of five newspaper companies in Chicago, Illinois to file a lawsuit against the city to throw out a city ordinance that will replace individual news racks with multiple-title boxes. Name of the five newspaper companies; Ordinance's violation of the First Amendment by awarding distribution spots based on a paper's content; Unreasonable restrictions placed by the ordinance on newspapers.

Reports that the Coalition for Concerned Students and its supporters ended a sit-in in the Chicago, Ill. campus of DePaul University to protest a racially biased article in the February 17, 1995 issue of the student publication `DePaulia'. Demands of the group; Students and professional journalists' reaction to the suspension of the publication of two issues of the paper; Concessions offered by university officials.

Reports on the postponement of the sale of Chicago, Illinois' black-oriented newspaper `Chicago Daily Defender' to attract more bidders. Inaccuracy of reports that the paper would be sold by auction with bidders limited to three black-owned firms; Expected value of the purchase; Prerequisite set by the newspaper for a bidder.

Discusses the decision of Chicago, Illinois' biggest newspapers to agree to experiment with a few multiple-title news racks. Details of the lawsuit filed by the papers; Description of the pilot program.

Reports that Shaw Newspapers plans to buy a cluster of newspapers in Chicago, Illinois. Hiring by Copley Press Inc. of merchant bank to assess strategic alternatives for its Fox Valley Press subsidiary; Expansion of Fox Valley Press newspapers to keep in pace with the communities' growth.

Reports that Ripco Communications Inc. has resorted to directing `La Raza' newspaper's Web traffic to a pornography site to compel the Spanish-language Chicago, Illinois daily to pay its overdue account. `La Raza' sales director Edward Balderas' reaction to the practice; Denial that the bill was overdue.

Reports on the move of Hollinger International's newspaper `The Daily Southtown' and other newspapers to suburban Tinley Park in Chicago, Illinois. Specific departments that will make the move.

Reports that Barbara Davis, a vendor of Streetwise newspaper was killed in a hit and run accident on Christmas Eve in 1996 in Chicago, Illinois. Who writes Streetwise; Description of car involved.

Reports on the mediocre rating given by Chicago ethnic leaders to the news coverage of their communities by the `Chicago Tribune' and `Chicago Sun-Times'. Good rating for general news coverage; Reasons for the leaders' low rating for ethnic coverage.

Reports on the pranks on Chicago, Illinois-based newspapers. Hoaxing in `Chicago-Sun Times' recipe exchange column; Engagement notice in the `Daily Herald.'

Presents the results of a Chicago, Illinois-based study conducted on the market of English-language publications in Spanish-speaking homes. Percentage of Hispanic households that can be reached by English- and Spanish-language periodicals; Statistics; List of publications which sponsored the study.

Reports on the construction of a tower in Chongqing, China, that would top the building height record held by Chicago's Sears Towers. Kuala Lumpur's challenge to break Sears Towers record; Description of Chinese tower; Weather conditions in area where tower will rise.

Archiving project information was once merely a matter of collecting, organizing, and filing away paper drawings, each one created anew as design progressed. Chicago, Illlinois based architect Kristine Fallon, president of Kristine Fallon Associates, heads the project, which involves a team of architects, academics, museum curators, and technology experts who are reviewing the challenges of maintaining digital archives and will ultimately provide recommendations for best practices. To combat obsolescence of archival documents, a proposed global registry could alert architects to digital file types that are in danger of disappearing and provide a way for architects to reformat their files.

Perhaps no other American city's identity is so entwined with the profession of architecture as buildings of Chicago, Illinois. On April 4, the Art Institute unveiled a hypothetical skyline for the Windy City, one recorded in pixels and on paper rather than in concrete, glass, or steel. Chicago architect Dan Wheeler, of the firm Wheeler Kearns, drew from the Institute's collection of more than 130,000 architectural objects to showcase some 90 drawings, renderings, and models of never-built projects dating from 1880 to the present. The show reveals Chicago's long history as fertile ground for design ingenuity at all scales. The theoretical work Expanding Skyscraper by Reginald Malcomson, a tower to which cantilevered floor plates could be added over time, is an intriguing attempt to weigh the fluctuating demands of the city against the immutable nature of completed buildings.

Reports that the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois has implemented a distributed capture system to address its burgeoning paper volume. Replacement of the manual, paper-based system for handling documents; Implementation of electronic document management system; Selection of a document capture system.

Reports on Liberty Group Publishing's agreement to purchase Life Printing & Publishing Co., which publishes 17 weekly newspapers in Chicago, Illinois. Families that have owned Life papers; Appointment of Larry Randa as publisher and chief executive officer of the papers.

Reports on the reaction of theaters and the performing arts community of Chicago, Illinois to the `Chicago Tribune' newspaper's daily and Sunday arts coverage. Opposition to changes in the paper's ArtPlus section; Renaming of Section One to ArtsWatch; Availability of reviews run by the paper on Chicago Online.

Reports on the launching of the Chicago Board of Trade's recyclable commodities exchange on October 17, 1995. Ability of subscribers to buy and sell various grades of recycled paper, glass and plastic; Benefits of the exchange; Organizations involved in the system; Categories of paper to be traded.

Acknowledges the efforts exerted by the staff of the 'Chicago Tribune' newspaper in their investigation of the Chicago, Illinois penal system in 1999. Impact of the investigation conducted; Flaws in Chicago's justice system; Characterization of the paper's reporting.

Announces that 'Naperville Sun' newspaper in Chicago, Illinois became a daily in its March 30, 2003 issue. Circulation of the newspaper; Redesign of the paper; Goal of the community newspaper.

The article reports on developments concerning the U.S. mass media business as of November 18, 2002, including newspapers launched in Chicago, Illinois aimed at 18- to 34-year-olds. Dennis Publishing's magazine, which summarizes news reports and columns from publications around the world, will drop its newsprint-style paper and take on a glossy feel in December 2002. Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura reportedly is interested in joining the MSNBC line-up when his term ends in January 2003.

Reports on the stalled deal to but the historic black daily 'Chicago Defender' and its Sengstacke Enterprises Inc. weekly papers. Haggling over price; Comment by designated buyer Afro-American investment group PublicMediaWorks Inc.

Presents news briefs about the construction industry in the United States (US) as of March 27, 2000. March 14, 2000 explosion at the Bowater Inc. paper plant in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Increase in funds for US airport construction; Schedule for the resumption of construction of Chicago's Grand Pier project in Illinois.

Reports on Chicago, Illinois-based newspaper chain Pioneer Press' launch of `The Antioch Review' weekly paper. Size of paid circulation; Hollinger International Inc.'s ownership of Pioneer.

Reports that a street in Chicago, Illinois' far northwest side was given an honorary designation as Bette Nadig Lane, in honor of the late publisher of the Nadig Newspapers group of community papers.

Describes a program at Chicago's Newberry Library which targeted the family. Theme being Fun with Maps; Creation by children of pictorial drawings of their neighborhoods; Comments by exhibit curator James Akerman; Library exhibit called `Paper Trails: Maps, Highways, and American Journeys in the Twentieth Century,' running through December 14, 1996; Highlights.

Reports that the first United States recyclables exchange established by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in October 1995 could ease communication between buyers and sellers of recyclable HDPE and PET bottles, as well as glass and papers. Functions of the exchange in establishing benchmarks of quality for each material, reduce price volatility, and draw more material into the market.

Reports on the American Academy of Ophthalmology's centennial annual meeting on October 27-31, 1996 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. Keynote speakers; Meeting presentations and papers; Skill transfer courses; Contact information.

Reports on the conviction of former `Chicago Sun-Times' newspaper sports clerk Peter Anding after pleading guilty to charges of sexual misconduct involving teen-age boys while writing high school sports stories. Anding's statements concerning the sexual assault charges; Anding's use of his position at the paper to lure high school athletes into having sex with him; Other newspapers worked for by Anding; Anding's previous conviction.