The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from May 1987:
JUNIOR LEAGUE SHOW PLACE IS A HOUSE ON A HILL
May 01, 1987; ... A "hill Yankee" was the mill owner who lived high above theworks. The Birds of East Walpole were hill Yankees. In the 1840s,when they built Endean, which is Gaelic for "house on a hill," theywere well-established in the papermaking business, and the NeponsetRiver not only turned ...
HOUSES AND GARDENS FOR YOU TO SEE
May 01, 1987; ... Spring is a season for house and garden tours. Interest inhistoric restoration, home remodeling and gardening have onlyincreased in recent years, and sohave the numbers of people who goon spring tours to get ideas from the successful projects of otherhomeowners. Because of the ...
'PORGY' STILL FRESH AND MOVING
May 01, 1987; ... PORGY AND BESS -- Opera by Gershwin, presented by theHouston Grand Opera under the auspices of the Boston OperaAssociation in the Wang Center last night, through Sunday. The Houston Grand Opera's production of "Porgy and Bess" willalways have a position ...
NETWORK CHIEFS APPEAR ON CAPITOL HILL
May 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - The three most powerful men in broadcasting --Laurence Tisch of CBS, Thomas Murphy of ABC and Robert Wright ofNBC -- came to Capitol Hill yesterday for four hours of testimonymarked by cordial questions and cooperative answers about theeconomic turmoil in television and its ...
GOOD THEATER POPPING UP ALL OVER
May 01, 1987; ... There's a lot of good theater still waiting in the wings thisyear, but announcements of upcoming seasons are beginning to pourin already: Lyric Stage, New Ehrlich Theater and Gloucester StageCompany all have made announcements in recent days.Gloucester Stage, which launches its ...
PHOTOGRAPHER ATTACKS SINGLE, STATIC VIEWPOINT
May 01, 1987; ... "David Hockney's Photo-Collages," organized by NewYork's International Center of Photography; ClarenceKennedy Gallery, 70 Main St., Cambridge; through May 30."Photographs by Ben Shahn;" Robert Klein Gallery, 355Boylston St., through ...
VAUDEVILLE RETURNS TO SOMERVILLE
May 01, 1987; ... A tattered handbill dated May 11, 1914 grandly announces theopening of the Somerville Theater with a gala vaudeville show and afeature picture. This Sunday afternoon, vaudeville returns to theSomerville Theater. There will be tap-dancing from Diane Walker --a protege of the legendary hoofer ...
ERTEGUN RETURNS TO RECORD PRODUCING
May 01, 1987; ... Nesuhi Ertegun, the globe - rotting chairman of WEAInternational, recently returned to the business of producingrecords for the first time in ten years. He had originally joinedhis brother Ahmet's Atlantic records label in 1951, produced hisfirst album, "Shorty Rogers And the Giants," and ...
KING SUNNY ADE BACK ON TOUR; CHRIS ISAAK FLYING HIGH
May 01, 1987; ... The early '80s were thought to be the time African music wouldtake root on these shores. The pacesetter was King Sunny Ade, aNigerian signed to Island Records, the same label that vaultedJamaica's Bob Marley to international stardom. But the boom neverhappened. Radio programmers were ...
JUST THE FILM FOR BIBLIOPHILES ANNE BANCROFT CHARMS AS A WOMAN BONKERS FOR BOOKS
May 01, 1987; ... "84 CHARING CROSS ROAD" -- Directed by David Jones,screenplay by Hugh Whitemore based on the book by HeleneHanff as originally adapted for the stage by James Roose -Evans. Starring Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, JudiDench, Jean De ...
NEW YORK CITY OPERA PLANS WANG CENTER VISIT
May 01, 1987; ... The New York City Opera will bring four productions toBoston's Wang Center for the Performing Arts next April if "closeto $1 million" can be raised by the Boston Opera Association toguarantee the budget.Productions under consideration are Boito's "Mefistofele,"Puccini's ...
'KANGAROO' WORTH SEEING BECAUSE OF JUDY DAVIS
May 01, 1987; ... "KANGAROO" -- Directed by Tim Burstall, screenplay byEvan Jones based on D.H. Lawrence's novel. Starring ColinFriels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Julie Nyhill, Hugh Keays -Byrne, Peter Hehir, Peter Cumins. At Copley Place, rated R...
'PRICK UP YOUR EARS': MESMERIZING, ADULT FILM
May 01, 1987; ... "PRICK UP YOUR EARS" -- Directed by Stephen Frears,screenplay by Alan Bennett based on the biography by JohnLahr. Starring Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, VanessaRedgrave, Wallace Shawn, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters,Frances Barber, ...
WORRIED BY PARENTS' USE OF DRUGS
May 01, 1987 ... Dear Beth: My parents smoke and do coke with their friends in front ofme all the time, and they think it doesn't bother me. When I try totell them how much they're using, Mom says she'll cut back, but shehasn't. I'm worried my friends will see their stash. -- Helpless ...
SUE MILLER'S WOMEN IN TRANSITION
May 01, 1987; ... INVENTING THE ABBOTTS, and Other Stories, by Sue Miller.Harper & Row. 180 pp. $15.95. Cambridge writer Sue Miller gained a wide following as well ascritical acclaim last year with her first novel, "The Good Mother,"which concerned a woman's custody battle for her ...
APARTHEID THROUGH FICTION'S LENS NADINE GORDIMER'S NOVELS EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF RACISM
May 01, 1987; ... NEW YORK - Nadine Gordimer once wrote that "in a certainsense a writer is 'selected' by his subject -- his subject beingthe consciousness of his own era. How he deals with this is, to me,the fundament of commitment, although 'commitment' is usuallyunderstood as the reverse process: ...
BELLOW-ING WILLIAMS SUPERB; 'SEIZE THE DAY' ISN'T
May 01, 1987; ... As somebody must have said sometime, the line between comedy andtragedy is a fine one. Make a few small changes in "Othello" andthe humorous possibilities are endless.Robin Williams drives that point home tonight in an adaptationof Saul Bellow's "Seize the Day" on "Great ...
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1987 ... Q. I have a collection of old 78 and 45 rpm records in goodcondition, but I cannot find a turntable to play them on. -- J.S.,HarwichA. Schwann's Paul Crapo tells us about a Chicago company thatproduces a four-speed (16, 33, 45 and 78 rpm) record player ....
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1987 ... Q. The wonderful world of electronics has developed acompact disc player that can accommodate a number of records ratherthan one at a time. Is there any reduction in quality when one discdrops down on top of another? -- R.C., Hartford, Conn.A. No problem, says Paul Crapo of ...
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1987 ... Q. What is the rate of exchange for the American dollar inIreland? How much Irish currency would $300 in American money buy?-- R.B., DorchesterA. As of midweek, the rate of exchange between the US dollarand the Irish pound (or punt, as they say in Dublin) was 1.488pounds to the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1987 ... Q. Can you give me an address in Ireland where I might writefor a price list for Royal Doulton china? -- G.P., MedfordA. How about five of them? Take your pick of the followingbusinesses, all of which carry Royal Doulton china and providemail-order service including ...
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1987 ... Q. Where can I take courses in interior decorating? -- J.M.,WatertownA. Again we turn to "Educational Opportunities of GreaterBoston for Adults," which is published by the Educational Exchangeof ...
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1987 ... Q. Where in the Boston area can I learn the Gaelic language?-- C.M., SalemA. George Ryan of The Pilot, weekly publication of theArchdiocese of Boston, suggests you write to: Cumann na Gaeilge, POBox 164, Dedham, M.A., 02026. The Irish-American culturalorganization sponsors ...
BUSES TO FERRY RIDERS DURING CHANGEOVER
May 01, 1987; ... At 5:16 a.m. today, the first of more than 100 MBTA shuttlebuses was scheduled to leave Forest Hills Station and begin a trekinto downtown Boston that could begin a three-day problem formotorists driving into the heart of the city.This is the day the real Orange Line crunch ...
JOHN C. FORBES, 57; VICE PRESIDENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
May 01, 1987 ... John C. Forbes, 57, of Gloucester, staff vice president anddirector of investor relations for M/A-COM Inc., atelecommunications company in Burlington, died of an apparent heartattack Tuesday in Beth Israel Hospital.Mr. Forbes was born in Providence and began his career at ...
GEORGE M. WARD, 67 WAS BUILDING CONTRACTOR
May 01, 1987 ... George M. Ward, 67, of Scituate, owner of George M. WardBuilding Contracting Co. in Scituate, died Wednesday in South ShoreHospital, Weymouth, after a brief illness.A resident of Scituate for 35 years, Mr. Ward was born inBoston and graduated from Hingham High School. He ...
LOUISE HICKEY, 76; NOTED FOR COOKIE DESIGNS, VOLUNTEER WORK
May 01, 1987 ... Louise La Gorce Hickey of Falmouth, a former Washingtonresident who designed Christmas tree cookie ornaments exhibited atthe National Geographic Society, died April 24 in her daughter'shome in Kensington, Md. She was 76.Mrs. Hickey moved to Falmouth in 1972 and was ...
THELMA HEDLUND, 78 RETIRED BRAINTREE TREASURER
May 01, 1987 ... A funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2, inFirst Congregational Church in Braintree for Thelma C. (MacKenzie)Hedlund, a retired Braintree town treasurer.Mrs. Hedlund died Wednesday at her home in Braintree after along illness. She was 78.Born in ...
JOHN AMES, 82 FORMER INVESTMENT BANKER
May 01, 1987 ... John Dawes Ames of Lake Forest, Ill., a retired publisherand investment banker, died Tuesday in Chicago after a briefillness. He was 82.Mr. Ames published the Chicago Journal of Commerce from 1933until its aquisition by the Wall Street Journal in 1952. He thenbecame a ...
BETH CHRISTENSEN, 24 WORKED IN UTAH FOREST SERVICE
May 01, 1987 ... Beth A. Christensen, 24, died Sunday after being struck bylightning at Canyonlands National Park in Moab, Utah, six weeksafter leaving her parents' home in Acton.Ms. Christensen started working as a volunteer for the studentconservation program at the park in March, serving ...
JAMES GLEASON, 56 ENGINEER AT QUINCY HOSPITAL
May 01, 1987 ... James Gleason of Natick and Centerville, director ofengineering for Quincy City Hospital, died Thursday in LeonardMorse Hospital, Natick. He was 56.Born in Wellesley, Mr. Gleason graduated from Wellesley HighSchool in 1950 and attended Northeastern University.In ...
RUTH MAGEE, 68 HELD CHURCH POSITIONS IN LYNN
May 01, 1987 ... Funeral services will be held Friday, May 1, for Ruth F.Magee, 68, a church leader and 50-year Lynn resident. She diedTuesday in the AtlantiCare Medical Center, Lynn after beingstricken in her home.Services will be at 10:30 a.m. at Richardson's Funeral Home,48 Lafayette ...
J. DAVID NUTTALL; RETIRED PRINCIPAL OF BILLERICA MEMORIAL HIGH; AT 58
May 01, 1987 ... J. David Nuttall of Centerville, a retired principal ofBillerica Memorial High School and former assistant superintendentfor the Billerica school system, died unexpectedly Wednesday inCape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. He was 58.Born in Billerica, Mr. Nuttall was graduated from ...
R.F. BOSWORTH, 82; WAS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT SIMMONS COLLEGE
May 01, 1987 ... Raymond F. Bosworth, 82, of Needham, a retired professoremeritus of English at Simmons College, died Tuesday in GloverMemorial Hospital, Needham, after a brief illness.Born in New Haven, Mr. Bosworth graduated from MiddleburyCollege in 1929 and earned a diploma in Letters ...
MARY LEE BALL, 71 RETIRED LIBRARIAN
May 01, 1987 ... Mary Lee Ball, 71, of Nashua, N.H., a retired librarian,died Tuesday in Nashua Memorial Hospital after a long illness.Born in Haverhill, Miss Ball graduated from the BuckinghamSchool in Cambridge, Radcliffe College, and Simmons College ofLibrary Science in Boston....
A WEEK LATER, SILENCE, TEARS, FOR VICTIMS OF COLLAPSE
May 01, 1987; ... BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Rescuers at the collapsed L'AmbiancePlaza apartment project paused at 1:30 p.m. yesterday to paytribute to the construction workers who were killed when thebuilding collapsed exactly a week earlier.Sirens sounded for 30 seconds, followed by 30 seconds ...
UMASS PANEL VOTES ON CIA FORUMS
May 01, 1987; ... AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts Faculty Senatevoted yesterday to accept in principle a report calling for openforums on campus with CIA and other recruiters. The report came twoweeks after Amy Carter, Abbie Hoffman and 13 other protesters werecleared of trespassing and ...
BRIGHTON A TOUCH OF NATURE TO REPLACE CONCRETE FACELIFT FOR MDC ROAD
May 01, 1987; ... A hundred honey locust trees, grass and flowers are to replacethe green concrete median strip along the stretch of Soldiers FieldRoad that runs by Harvard Stadium, the Metropolitan DistrictCommission said yesterday.Contractors plan to begin planting grass in the next two ...
CAMBRIDGE ARSON RULED OUT IN CLUB FIRE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SEEN AS CAUSING BLAZE THAT DESTROYED JACKS
May 01, 1987 ... CAMBRIDGE - The city's fire chief said yesterday that the firethat destroyed Jacks music club on April 17 was not caused by arson.Chief Thomas Scott said that the fire, which destroyed theclub, a furniture store and an ice cream parlor, was probablycaused by overheating in ...
DORCHESTER CARPENTER AWARDED MEDAL FOR HEROISM SHOT WHILE THWARTING HOLDUP ATTEMPT
May 01, 1987; ... Jeffrey Smart doesn't consider himself a hero for wrestling agunman to the ground to break up a Dorchester holdup last spring,but the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission does.The commission announced yesterday in Pittsburgh that it hasawarded the 25-year old Taunton man a Carnegie Medal ...
SJC: TOWN BID AIMED AT BLOCKING LOW-INCOME HOUSING
May 01, 1987; ... A developer's two - ear battle to build low-to-moderateincome rental units on a multi-acre site in Burlington endedyesterday with a ruling by the state's highest court that isexpected to adversely affect all Massachusetts communities tryingto block construction of affordable ...
AUDIT: COLLEGE LACKS VOUCHERS FOR $738,727 STATE REPORTS CITES VIOLATIONS OF LAW
May 01, 1987; ... Most of the vouchers explaining expenditures of $738,727 intrust funds at Roxbury Community College are missing, state auditorA. Joseph DeNucci said in a report to be released today.In what he termed "a very, very critical audit" of the collegefor the fiscal years 1984-85, ...
JUDICIAL BILL DELAY PUZZLES OFFICIAL MEETING CITED IN POSTPONEMENT
May 01, 1987; ... The chairman of Massachusetts' Judicial Conduct Commissionsaid yesterday she is "terribly dismayed" that a casual invitationfrom two judges to discuss the merits of a bill to revise thepanel's procedures was used to delay action on the legislation.Florence Rubin, chairman of ...
CRACK NOT POPULAR IN N.E., OFFICIALS SAY
May 01, 1987; ... Crack, a form of cocaine that had been feared as theregion's next potential drug plague, has failed to materialize as amajor problem in Boston and the rest of New England, according topublic health and law enforcement officials.However, in New York City, which continues to ...
AIDS FIGHT FOCUSING ON IV DRUG USE AMONG MINORITIES
May 01, 1987; ... Minorities account for a disproportionate number of AIDScases in the nation, and AIDS specialists in Massachusetts havebegun targeting intravenous drug users in an attempt to halt thespread of the fatal disease to black and Hispanic women andchildren.As evidence mounts ...
DUKAKIS SAYS ONE GOAL IS TO BALANCE US BUDGET
May 01, 1987; ... NEW YORK - Gov. Dukakis said yesterday that if electedpresident he hopes to be able to balance the federal budget by theend of his first term.Dukakis was careful not to predict precisely how long it wouldtake him to solve a problem he said "more presidents andpresidential ...
HAIG SAYS DEFICIT WILL BE PIVOTAL ISSUE
May 01, 1987; ... Former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr., one ofseveral candidates for the Republican presidential nomination,counts the budget deficit and this country's relationship with theSoviet Union among the major challenges facing the next USpresident."As we approach the ...
STUDY CALLS FATIGUE ILLNESS WIDESPREAD
May 01, 1987; ... An illness marked by profound and chronic fatigue appearsmuch more common than doctors have suspected, according to a studypublished today.Among 500 patients seeking general medical care at Brigham andWomen's Hospital in Boston, one in five was found to be sufferingfrom ...
POSTSCRIPT: PROPER BOSTONIAN DISCRETION
May 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - Washington Post reporter Lloyd Grove wastreated to a classic performance in Bostonian discretion this weekby the taciturn former general manager of the Ritz-Carlton hotel,James Bennett, now managing director of the Hay-Adams Hotel acrossLafayette Park from the White ...
REAGAN NOT INVOLVED IN CONSPIRACY, SAYS AIDE
May 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - The White House asserted yesterday that PresidentReagan was not involved in the criminal conspiracy in whichconservative fund-raiser Carl R. Channell, with Reagan's help,raised funds that were used to buy weapons for the Nicaraguanrebels.White House spokesman Marlin ...
PROBERS SAY ABRAMS' CONTRA ROLE CLOUDED
May 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators said yesterdaythey are trying to resolve discrepancies between testimony fromElliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state, and other officialsabout what role Abrams played in a range of activities involvingaid to the rebels in ...
NRC OFFICIAL ASKED TO QUIT BY LAWMAKERS
May 01, 1987; ... Several congressmen yesterday demanded the resignation of amember of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who they said may havelied to a Senate committee investigating wrongdoing at the agency.Commissioner Thomas Roberts told senators last month that hehad destroyed documents ...
PERES, SHAMIR SEEM TO BE ON COLLISION COURSE DISAGREE OVER PEACE CONFERENCE
May 01, 1987; ... JERUSALEM - Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, with thestrong backing of his Labor Party, appeared yesterday to be movinginexorably toward a major confrontation with Prime Minister YitzhakShamir over an international peace conference.After a late meeting Wednesday night ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 1987 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in Wednesday'sMetro/ Region section incorrectly listed the sponsor of a job fairheld on Cape Cod recently. The sponsors ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 1987 ... Clarification: A story in yesterday's Globe on Gov. Dukakis'presidential campaign announcement may have given the impressionthat James Dorsey, the governor's press secretary, asked Dukakissupporters to pull down a ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 1987 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, two Cambridgerestaurants owned by Jim Fahey were erroneously described in theWednesday Food pages. The Tabasco Grill, ...
SILBER ASSAILS REGENTS, BOSTON SCHOOLS
May 01, 1987; ... Boston University president John Silber, in a scathingattack yesterday on the Board of Regents of Higher Education,called on Gov. Dukakis and the legislative leadership to "rein inthe regents."On another topic, Silber also called for the disbanding of theBoston School ...
EL RIDERS SAVOR LAST VIEW
May 01, 1987; ... Had yesterday been a typical day on the Orange Line, riders wouldhave been doing typical things: reading the newspaper, talking,staring ahead, staring at the floor, reading the advertisements,reading them again, dozing.But it wasn't.For every passenger slumped in his seat, ...
BRIDGEWATER STAFF TERMED ILL-TRAINED
May 01, 1987; ... Mental health advocates said yesterday that the deaths ofthree Bridgewater State Hospital inmates within a six-week periodshow that staff members are not adequately trained to monitorpatients at the maximum security facility for the criminally insane.The Department of ...
BOSTON SCHOOLS TO LIMIT READING TEXTS TO SINGLE SERIES
May 01, 1987; ... Beginning next fall Boston schools will limit students tothe use of a single reading textbook series, school principals andadministrators were informed this week.A memorandum signed by Joyce Grant, deputy superintendent forcurriculum, said the single reader was among the ...
CONDOS IN SHREWSBURY
May 01, 1987 ... Westwood Development Corp. is constructing Harrington FarmsCondominiums in Shrewsbury, a 120-unit project on 30 acres atroutes 9 and 140. With units that range from two-bedroom townhousesto colonial-style ...
SEMINAR FOR SURVEYORS
May 01, 1987 ... The Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and CivilEngineers will sponsor an all-day seminar, "Surveyor's ProfessionalCertifications & Liability," Friday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to 4:40p.m. at ...
WESTFIELD RENTALS SOLD
May 01, 1987 ... Westbridge Manor Apartments in Westfield have been sold toRichard Gold for $1.95 million. The complex, built in moderntownhouse style, has 48, two- bedroom ...
CONSTRUCTION STARTS UP
May 01, 1987 ... New houses and apartment units were started at an annual rate of1.77 million during March, but the sharp upswing in mortgageinterest rates during the past several weeks threatens to slow thepace of residential construction in the months ahead, according tothe National ...
WALTHAM CONDO UNITS
May 01, 1987 ... Trammell Crow Co. is developing 110 townhouse condominium unitsin the Bishops Forest development in Waltham. The site, which willhave a swimming pool and tennis courts, eventually is ...