The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 1987:
GRILLED SPECIALTIES MENU MAINSTAY AT SWAMPSCOTT CAFE
Jan 01, 1987; ... Paradise Cafe -- 15 Railroad Ave., Swampscott.Telephone 581-7552. Open daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Forhandicapped persons: two steps at entrance, all facilitieson one floor. The Paradise Cafe sits across the street from Swampscott's quaintold ...
A NEW CAMBRIDGE HOT SPOT
Jan 01, 1987; ... The Tabasco Grille * * 1/2280 Green St., Cambridge. Telephone 876-1655 or 492-9723.Prices: Moderate. Appetizers, $2.75-$5.95. Entrees, $7.95-$10.95.Good choices: Black bean soup, steamed littlenecks ormussels in hot ...
PATRIOTS DEAL IN WORKS?
Jan 01, 1987; ... Fran Murray says the only question left is when. "This dealis going to be completed," Murray says. "It is just a matter ofwhat day it gets done on."Murray says that his group, including Philadelphia areabusinessmen, will make a deal to buy a three-year option on the ...
SPEED OF LIGHT OPTICAL BEAMS CALLED FUTURE OF COMPUTERS
Jan 01, 1987; ... Light beams could replace electricity as the lifeblood of anew kind of computer, according to a report published today.Researchers in Scotland say they have produced logic circuits --the essential building blocks for computers -- that use opticsinstead of electronics, opening the way ...
BRUTALITY ACCUSATION BROUGHT AGAINST 3 NASHUA POLICEMEN
Jan 01, 1987; ... NASHUA - The Nashua Police Department has been asked toinvestigate the conduct of police officers who have been accused ofbrutality by Nashua real estate developer John E. Pearson.Pearson, 53, said he was assaulted, injured and arrestedSunday night without justification by ...
WILLIAMS REMEMBERS
Jan 01, 1987; ... COLORADO SPRINGS - There are many reasons why BrentWilliams is in the position he is in today which, in case you'rejust back from a walking tour of Algeria, happens to be startingleft defensive end for the New England Patriots.Certainly, standing 6 feet 4 inches and ...
WILL WHAT WENT UP COME DOWN? MONEY MANAGERS CAUTIOUS IN PREDICTIONS FOR MARKET BUT POINT TO OPPORTUNITIES
Jan 01, 1987; ... George Noble has a tough act to follow: his own. The mutualfund he manages, Fidelity's Overseas Fund, was up 67 percent in1986 after a 78 percent gain the year before. So what is Noble going to do for an encore? The simple answeris: Get annoyed at anyone who asks him that ...
TALKING TALL
Jan 01, 1987; ... DALLAS - When Jackie Sherrill tried to compare Ohio State withSouthern Methodist, saying "they're a lot like SMU," the Texas A&Mcoach didn't mean to cast any aspersions on the in-tegrity of theBuckeyes' football program.Sherrill certainly didn't want to provide the Buckeyes ...
'BONNIE AND CLYDE' UPDATED IS UNWISE
Jan 01, 1987; ... Wisdom -- A film written, directed and starring EmilioEstevez. Also starring Demi Moore. Rated R. At USACopey Place, USA Beacon Hill, Allston Cinema andsuburban Theaters. Rated. R. Wisdom" is a thinly disguised update of "Bonnie and Clyde" ...
DUKAKIS GETS BILL ON HUB CENSUS DISPUTE
Jan 01, 1987; ... Gov. Dukakis is reviewing a bill passed by the Legislatureand sent to him yesterday aimed at resolving a conflict overBoston's population figures, which in turn is delaying the drawingof new legislative districts.Secretary of State Michael J. Connolly's office, ...
TARKOVSKY'S FEW FILMS ARE A GREAT LEGACY
Jan 01, 1987; ... When expatriate Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky died inParis Monday, he left a legacy of seven films. The number is notgreat. Had Tarkovsky not been cut down by cancer, he might havedoubled his output. He was only 54. Yet it would be a mistake tothink that Tarkovsky died ...
DRUNKEN DRIVING LAW UPHELD JUDGE DISMISSES CHALLENGE ON PROCEDURAL GROUNDS
Jan 01, 1987; ... A justice of the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday dismissedthe first legal challenge to the state's new drunken driving law.Justice Paul J. Liacos, within minutes after he heardarguments in the case, granted a motion for dismissal by the stateattorney general's office ....
THE JORDANS OF 'DARBY': A SAGA CONTINUED
Jan 01, 1987; ... THE PASSION OF ESTELLE JORDAN, by Ernest Hebert.Viking. 210 pp. $15.95. Ernest Hebert has been genealogist to the Jordan clan since 1979,when he published the firstof what are now four novels in the "theDarby cycle." Named for a fictional New Hampshire town (not ...
RINGING IN THE SUPERSTITIONS
Jan 01, 1987; ... As most of us know, attaining wealth, health, and happinessin this world isn't easy. So we read self-help books, attendinvestment seminars, and buy lottery tickets. All in the hope thatsomehow, just maybe, we can beat the odds and win it all in onefell swoop.Usually, it ...
BUDGET WRITERS FACE REVENUE SLOWDOWN
Jan 01, 1987; ... The battle over the state's fiscal 1988 budget -- a morethan $10 billion package for the fiscal year beginning July 1 --has begun with a warning in the ears of legislators that an era ofseemingly unlimited prosperity in Massachusetts is slowing.As House members voted in ...
NCAA VALUES AMISS
Jan 01, 1987; ... Tell me if this makes sense to you. In this country, it isagainst the law to use marijuana and cocaine. It is not against thelaw to use steroids. Yet, with its usual great wisdom, the National CollegiateAthletic Association has ruled it is OK to take cocaine andmarijuana but not ...
TEEN-AGER IS ATTACKED IN KENMORE SQUARE
Jan 01, 1987 ... A Brighton teen - ger was stabbed with a screwdriver andbeaten with a crutch by at least four youths in Kenmore Squareyesterday after he objected to foul language one of the suspectshad directed at a woman companion, Boston police said.A police spokeswoman said race may ...
JUDGE REJECTS BARBAY'S REINSTATEMENT BID
Jan 01, 1987; ... NEW ORLEANS - The bid by Louisiana State defensive endRoland Barbay to play in the Sugar Bowl ran aground in federalcourt yesterday.His petition for reinstatement as a member of the team wasrejected by Judge Robert Collins after it was discovered thatBarbay's statements ...
MASSPORT BUYS REVERE SUGAR SITE PAYS NEAR $6M FOR WATERFRONT SITE IN CHARLESTOWN
Jan 01, 1987; ... The Massachusetts Port Authority yesterday used $5.99million in internally generated funds to buy 18 acres of waterfrontindustrial property in Charlestown from the Revere Sugar Corp., acompany controlled by a man with ties to former Filipino presidentFerdinand Marcos....
BRUINS KEEP PLUGGING INJURIES TO LINSEMAN, CROWDER DEFUSE POWER UNIT
Jan 01, 1987; ... The morning after came a day early for the Bruins --yesterday, not today. Their hangover came from having nothing tocelebrate. They returned to Boston yesterday afternoon after lossesin Los Angeles and St. Louis and went directly to Boston Garden,back on the ice for a ...
JONES GETS HIS MAN DENVER'S DESIGNATED SACKER TAKES BOWS
Jan 01, 1987; ... DENVER - The routine usually starts out with a few shufflesof the feet and shakes of the head. Then comes the embarrassedsmile. "Aw, gee," the player will say, "it surely is nice to behonored, but all that stuff doesn't mean anything. Numbers justhappen as the season goes on. I ...
THE WAY WE WORE
Jan 01, 1987; ... Well, it's over . . . 1986 is history.But from a fashion standpoint, it's worth taking a peek backat the year just passed. The highlights -- or lowlights, dependingon your point of view -- give us important clues to directions thefashion scene will take this year.Herewith, ...
ON THE RUN
Jan 01, 1987; ... MIAMI - The first fake to the line came long before the OrangeBowl kickoff. To be more precise, it was a fake line, and Arkansascoach Ken Hatfield delivered it with less than a straight face andmaybe more than a little hope."We're going to throw every down," said Hatfield, ...
BREAST DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS
Jan 01, 1987 ... Dear Beth: I am 13 and my breasts are growing. I don't wear a bra, andmy nipples get sore rubbing against my shirts. It bothers me when Irun. Do you think I will get over this? Do other girls have thisproblem? -- Kay It is a fairly common problem. Some girls wear ...
AIRING IT OUT
Jan 01, 1987; ... PASADENA, Calif. - The game on everyone's mind is a few hundredmiles to the southeast, but the 73d edition of the Rose Bowl has adistinct chance to be the most competitive of the major bowls thisyear.Why, you ask? Why should this game be different than thegoings-on of the past ...
A TIME OF TRIAL
Jan 01, 1987; ... NEW ORLEANS - Thank heavens it's New Year's Day. The best thingthat can happen to both Nebraska and Louisiana State is that theyplay the Sugar Bowl and get out of town.For the last few days, it seems, all the battles by the twoschools were being fought in the courts. The Huskers ...
SHAFFER PITCHING FOR ACCEPTANCE PENN STATE QUARTERBACK FACES BIGGEST TEST TOMORROW AGAINST NO. 1 MIAMI
Jan 01, 1987; ... PHOENIX - He is the odd underdog, his track record warning younever to bet against him. But many expect John Shaffer to fail No.2 Penn State in its national championship Fiesta Bowl against No. 1Miami tomorrow night. Never mind his 22-1 record as Penn State'squarterback the last two years, ...
MAVIS MCGRATH, 71 LONGTIME TRAVEL AGENT
Jan 01, 1987 ... Mavis L. McGrath, 71, of Woburn, a longtime travel agent,died Tuesday in Winchester Hospital, after a long illness.In the late 1940s, she joined her father, the late James F.McGrath Jr., in his business, McGrath Travel Service in Woburn. Atthe time of her death, she was ...
TAXING CHANGES
Jan 01, 1987 ... Here are estimates of the number of couples and individuals whowill face tax increases and those who will get tax cuts in 1987under the new federal tax overhaul.The figures apply only for1987. Tax rates will be reduced again next year. The figures, fromthe ...
RECORD MUTUAL FUND SALES
Jan 01, 1987 ... Mutual fund sales of all kinds - stock, bond and income --nearly doubled in 1986, reaching an estimated $211 billion. TheInvestment Company Institute based its estimate on mutual fundsales of $193.8 billion through the end of November. Mutual fundshad a record $114 billion in sales in ...
LOOKING AHEAD
Jan 01, 1987 ... The economy is likely to remain the same in '87, inflation willbe about 4 percent and long-term interest rates will probablyincrease, according to a poll of financial executives and managersby the National Association of Accountants. When questioned on theeconomy, 20 percent said it would ...
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY REPORTS OF TB IN BOSTON SCHOOLS ARE MISLEADING
Jan 01, 1987; ... Local and state health officials said this week they areconcerned that a recent Boston School Department memo and asubsequent news report have erroneously led parents to believestudents and faculty members are being exposed to tuberculosis inthe schools.A Dec. 23 memo ...
CHECKING THE MAIL
Jan 01, 1987; ... As a rule, columnists don't quote letter writers, because it onlyencourages them.But this being the day specifically not for rules, I passalong some correspondents' prose, with a warning to all potentialrespondents: Don't let it go to your head.Upon digesting my column ...
MARY SULLIVAN, 90 TAUGHT IN BOSTON SCHOOLS
Jan 01, 1987 ... Mary J. Sullivan, 90, of Brighton, a retired schoolteacher,died Tuesday in her home after a short illness.Miss Sullivan was vice principal of the Abby W. May School inBoston at the time of her retirement in 1968.Before that she was a teacher at the Oak Square School ...
SAVING THE CHILDREN
Jan 01, 1987 ... Through simple measures to prevent common childhood diseasesand dehydration, the United Nations Children's Fund -- or UNICEF,as it is best known -- saved 1.5 milion young lives in 1986. Thisis a heartening achievement, especially welcome on UNICEF's 40thanniversary. The ...
UNH PROFESSOR, WIFE KILLED IN CAR CRASH
Jan 01, 1987 ... The chairman of the math department at the University of NewHampshire and his wife were killed in a head-on car crash earlierthis week in Dover, authorities said.Richard H. Balomenos, 56, of Durham, a math professor at theUniversity of New Hampshire in Durham for 25 years, ...
MFA IS THRICE BLESSED
Jan 01, 1987; ... Two fine shows now at the Museum of Fine Arts, "Boston Collects:Contemporary Painting and Sculpture" and " '70s into '80s:Printmaking Now," demonstrate that Boston collectors are buyingwork by some of the most highly touted big name artists aroundnowadays and also by the group of strong ...
ON THE ROAD TO LEGENDHOOD
Jan 01, 1987 ... A proposed park in Lowell to honor Jack Kerouac, thechronicler of the Beat Generation, would be an appropriaterecognition of a native son whose artistry challenged theconventions of his time.Opposition has arisen because many of Kerouac's contemporariesin Lowell knew ...
WILLIAM HARRINGTON RETIRED CARPENTER
Jan 01, 1987 ... William G. Harrington, 69, of Stoughton, a retiredcarpenter, died Tuesday, in the Veteran's Administration MedicalCenter, Brockton, after a long illness.Mr. Harrington was a member of Local 56, the BostonCarpenter's Union. He retired in 1977.He was a Navy veteran of ...
GROSSMAN'S EARNS $10M IN 3D QUARTER
Jan 01, 1987; ... In its first earnings report since emerging from Chapter 11bankruptcy protection in November, Grossman's Inc. yesterdayreported third quarter earnings of $9.96 million on sales of$293.98 million.For the nine months ended Sept. 30, the company reportedearnings of $4.72 ...
ROSE-COLORED HOMELESSNESS
Jan 01, 1987 ... The United States' objecting to programs for homelessAmericans being included in a United Nations film is the onlylogical position the Reagan administration could take. A nationthat asserts it does not have hunger would certainly not care tobe seen as lax in taking care of so basic ...
FIRST NIGHTERS GET A 'FIRST LOOK' AT BOSTON 2076
Jan 01, 1987; ... Fifteen fantasy building - ronts -- representing architects'visions, mostly tongue-in-cheek, of what Boston might look like inthe tricentennial year of 2076 -- formed a curved piazza on BostonCommon last night as part of the First Night festivities.It was the first time the ...
COLUMBUS' SHIFTING FOOTPRINTS
Jan 01, 1987 ... It is nice to know that, despite the turmoil in the modernworld, great minds still try to unravel the mysteries of theuniverse. National Geographic is thus to be thanked for a majorcontribution to the debate over where Christopher Columbus firstlanded.After five years of ...
THE YEAR'S WEATHER: IT WAS A BIT COOLER AND CLOUDIER THAN USUAL IN BOSTON
Jan 01, 1987 ... The year 1986 was, taken as a whole, rather cloudy and coolin Boston.The mercury averaged 50.9 degrees, 0.6 degrees below normal.The high mark was 95 degrees on July 7, while the low was 1 degreeon Jan. 15.February was the coldest month, with an average temperature ...
US JUDGE OVERTURNS LIMIT ON FUND-RAISERS RULING SAYS STATE LAW VIOLATED RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH FOR CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS
Jan 01, 1987; ... A federal judge yesterday struck down as unconstitutional astate law that limited professional fund-raisers to 25 percent ofany money they raised for charitable organizations.US District Court Judge Andrew A. Caffrey ruled the lawviolated the free speech rights of charitable ...
VICTIMS TELL OF GANG CRIME
Jan 01, 1987; ... Encouraged by a Tremont Street shopowner's testimony againstthe reputed leader of a Chinatown street gang, other merchants havecome forward with allegations they have been robbed and shaken downby gang members, according to Boston police.Police yesterday said they had ...
FENN ELECTED HEAD OF FORD HALL FORUM
Jan 01, 1987 ... Dan H. Fenn Jr. of Lexington has been elected president ofthe Ford Hall Forum after serving on its board for six years. Hesucceeds Frances Smith, who has been president since 1979.The Forum, the oldest of its kind in the country, brings toBoston well- known scientists, ...
JAMAICA PLAIN MAN FOUND DEAD IN HOME 106TH HOMICIDE IN 1986; HIGHEST RATE IN 5 YEARS, POLICE SAY
Jan 01, 1987; ... A 39 - ear-old Jamaica Plain man was found dead yesterdayafternoon with a deep gash to his upper chest, an apparent victimof murder, police said.Basil Kumph was found lying on a mattress in his second-floorapartment at 51 Boylston St. at about 3 p.m., said his ...
MAN CHARGED IN DRIVING DEATH SAYS TEST RESULTS SHOW HE WAS NOT DRUNK
Jan 01, 1987; ... A man charged with motor vehicle homicide after a Sundayfatal accident has hired a communications firm to issue a releasestating that his blood alcohol level was below the legal level fordrunkenness at the time of the crash.The release by Regan Communications of Boston said ...
HUB COUNCILORS SEEK BACKING AS VOTE FOR PRESIDENT NEARS
Jan 01, 1987; ... With balloting only four days away, City Council presidentBruce C. Bolling is locked in a close contest with DistrictCouncilor James E. Byrne (Dorchester) to lead the 13-member councilin 1987.As of yesterday, observers believed Bolling (Roxbury) had fiveof the needed seven ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1987 ... Q. I have been trying to contact the National PediculosisAssociation. Photos of two of its officials -- Debbie Altschulerand Leslie Kenney -- appeared recently in the Sunday Globemagazine, but I can't find a telephone number. -- T.C., BostonA. Elsa Dorfman, who wrote the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1987 ... Q. I would like to spend part of my summer vacation in anudist camp. How can I locate one? -- K.B., BostonA. You should be able to obtain the information you seek fromthe National ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1987 ... Q. I am 21 and would like to go to Europe this summer,preferably with people about my own age. Are there any youth groupssponsoring such tours? -- L.O., BillericaA. One of the best known is American Youth Hostels, which hasabout 4,000 locations worldwide. The organization is ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1987 ... Q. I'm now an inmate at the New York state prison at Attica,but I have been trying without success to prove to my fellowinmates that the large scar on my stomach was caused by anelephant. Can you vouch that I really was stomped on by a circuselephant in Boston in 1970? -- M.M., ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1987 ... Q. What happens to street people after the holidays? Do theydisappear into the scenery until next year, when some good-heartedpeople again think of them? I don't want to be one of thosedo-gooders who goes home after his annual good deed and eats tillhe bursts or gets football-shaped ...
BROOKLINE YOUTH IS SENTENCED IN ASSAULT, ROBBERY VICTIMS FEEL CONCORD PRISON TERM TOO LENIENT
Jan 01, 1987; ... An investment banker and his wife stood before a judge in NorfolkSuperior Court in Dedham yesterday and described their terror asthey were robbed at gunpoint in their Brookline home by two maskedmen who carried handcuffs, masking tape and wire cutters."Since Sept. 11, I've been ...
ASSETS OF MONEY FUNDS DROP $1.87B
Jan 01, 1987 ... NEW YORK - Assets of money market mutual funds fell $1.87billion to $231.95 billion in the latest week, the Washington-basedInvestment Company Institute reported. All three categoriesreflected the decline: assets of institutional funds fell $1.23billion to $63.97 billion, assets of general ...
VT. BANKS CUT RATES ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Jan 01, 1987 ... BURLINGTON, Vt. - Some Vermont banks have begun reducing therates they pay on savings accounts, following a national trend thatbegan in the summer. The Howard Bank will lower its rate on savingsaccounts from 5.5 to 5 percent on Jan. 1, while Vermont NationalBank ...
K MART COMPLETES SALE OF HOLDING
Jan 01, 1987 ... TROY, Mich. - K mart Corp. announced it has completed the saleof Furr's Cafeterias and Bishop Buffets to Cavalcade Holdings for$237.5 million in cash. K mart also said it has called forredemption its ...
GILBANE SUES IRAN ARMS FIGURE
Jan 01, 1987 ... PROVIDENCE - The state's largest building company has filed a$10 million lawsuit over a failed real estate deal involvingbillionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, a key figure in the Iranarms scandal. Gilbane Building Co. charges in its lawsuit thatKhashoggi's company, Triad America, owes ...
SPENCER COS. UNIT SELLS SOME ASSETS
Jan 01, 1987 ... Spencer Companies Inc., Boston - ased retailer of discountfootwear, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Happy LegsInc., has reached an agreement for the sale of certain of theassets to A.I.J.J. Enterprises Inc. of North Bergen, N.J. HappyLegs manufactures junior and misses ...
VANZETTI INC. ACQUIRES VISION SYSTEMS
Jan 01, 1987 ... STOUGHTON - Vanzetti Systems Inc. announced that it has acquiredthe assets of the Vision Systems Group of the photo researchdivision of Kollmorgen Corp. for an undisclosed amount. With thisacquisition Vanzetti is adding to its instrument division ...
SAVINGS BANK TO FORM HOLDING COMPANY
Jan 01, 1987 ... MEDFORD - The board of directors of Medford Savings Bank votedto authorize the formation of a holding company. Under the terms ofa plan of reorganization, all the outstanding shares of commonstock of the bank will, subject to dissenters' rights, becomeshares of common stock of the holding ...
BOLT BERANEK ACQUIRES DELTA GRAPHICS
Jan 01, 1987 ... CAMBRIDGE - Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. said it acquiredprivately-held Delta Graphics Inc. in exchange for stock valued atapproximately $16.5 million. The company will operate as a whollyowned subsidiary of BBN under the name BBN Delta Graphics Inc.Headquartered ...
WALTHAM BANK NAMES OFFICERS
Jan 01, 1987 ... The board of directors of Federal Savings Bank of Walthamappointed Douglas E. Butman of Waltham acting chairman and chiefexecutive officer, and Robert T. Murphy, vice president, actingchief operating officer as a result of the recent death of MalcolmW. Russell, ...