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Courts sentence book thieves while LC boosts security. (Library of Congress)
Two court sentences have been handed down and new charges filed in cases involving theft from the Library of Congress, prompting a vigorous new campaign to secure the library's collections.
Radiologist Harry R. Katz was sentenced Mar. 16 to five years' probation and a $10,000 fine and was ordered to pay $65,605 in restitution for stealing art, photography, and mathematical material on at least 50 occasions; and Barry M. Goldman, an attorney with the Government Accounting Office, was sentenced Mar. 30 to six months in a community correctional center and two year's probation for the theft of rare government documents (AL, Feb., p. 133). Both men claimed "diminished mental …
