The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from July 1987:
PRIDE FUELS YANKEE RALLY
Jul 01, 1987; ... TORONTO - Maybe there is a higher power out there watchingover the men in pinstripes. Any other team might have accepted itsfate as simple, old- fashioned justice -- an eye for an eye, achoke for a choke -- or simply understood the laws of baseballthermodynamics. You can smoke 'em ...
FIVE UNBEATENS LEAD WONDERLAND DERBY
Jul 01, 1987 ... REVERE - Five unbeaten greyhounds head into Friday night'sthird round of the 53d-annual $175,000 Wonderland Derby. The fiveundefeated challengers after two Derby rounds are defendingchampion and All-America Prince Proper of the Frank FulginitiKennel, Dick Andrews' surprise Hurry ...
ARROW MUST MAKE UP LOST WAGES
Jul 01, 1987 ... FRAMINGHAM - Arrow Automotive Industries Inc. said that onappeal, a National Labor Relations Board three-member panel ruledthat the company should have bargained more extensively regardingthe shutdown of its plant in Hudson in 1981.The panel ruled thatthe ...
LOTUS EARNINGS EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER
Jul 01, 1987 ... NEW YORK - Jim P. Manzi, president and chief executive of LotusDevelopment Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., in response to a question bythe New York Society of Security Analysts, said he is "notuncomfortable" with Wall Street estimates that the company willearn ...
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT AGREES TO SETTLE SUIT
Jul 01, 1987 ... MAYNARD - Digital Equipment Corp. said that it and DSI ComputerServices Inc. agreed to settle pending copyright litigation. Asreported, Digital filed suit against DSI Computer in November,1986, in US District Court in Maryland alleging copyrightinfringement of Digital's VAX system ...
UTC APPROACHED ON SALE OF DIVISION
Jul 01, 1987 ... HARTFORD - United Technologies Corp. said it was approached bypossible buyers of its Essex wire and cable operations. UnitedTechnologies did not name the parties or the price it sought forthe Essex subsidiary. But analysts said the unit, which wasassembled through a series of acquisitions ...
WHO BENEFITS FROM STAR WARS?
Jul 01, 1987; ... You can thank Ronald Reagan for a certain amount of the blush onthe Massachusetts economy, but his enthusiasm for Star Wars iscosting the Rust Belt dearly. That's the gravaman of a new studyreported by the Council on Economic Priorities, an activist NewYork think tank."The ...
ANOTHER ZAYRE UNIT CHIEF QUITS
Jul 01, 1987; ... The head of the BJ's Wholesale Club division of Zayreresigned yesterday, the second high-ranking executive to quit Zayrein two weeks.Mervyn Weich, 49, who helped start the Wholesale Club in 1984,resigned, following the steps of Malcolm Sherman, president of thestores ...
STEADMAN TO TAKE REINS AT GCA
Jul 01, 1987; ... David R.A. Steadman yesterday said he is leaving a13-year-career at Lexington-based Raytheon Co. to become chairmanand chief executive officer of GCA Corp. of Andover, theonce-troubled maker of semiconductor production equipment.Although the position of chairman has been ...
ADAMS-RUSSELL STALLS CABLEVISION SUIT
Jul 01, 1987; ... Adams - ussell Co. yesterday said it has at leasttemporarily staved off an aggressive shareholder that wanted todouble its stake in the firm by suing the company under theMassachusetts Anti-Takeover Act.Adams-Russell said it reached an agreement with Boston'sContinental ...
SALMON FROM THE FARM
Jul 01, 1987; ... The New England tradition of salmon and green peas on theFourth of July doesn't call for just any salmon. Only "wildEastern" salmon has the moistness and richness, with just the rightcolor, flake and texture, says the generation old enough to cherishit.But stocks are ...
PEAS IN A POD
Jul 01, 1987; ... Even if you're not a member of thesalmon-and-peas-for-the-Fourth-of-July club, at least indulgeyourself with the peas part.Because this is the time of year when garden peas are cominginto their prime -- sweet, fresh and simply delicious. They'rewell worth the little time ...
EGG COMES FIRST, THEN CHICKEN
Jul 01, 1987; ... NEW YORK - The egg comes before the chicken as far assupermarket shoppers are concerned, according to a New Yorkmarketing communications concern. Based on a survey of some 4,000 consumers nationwide, theHoward Marlboro Group found that eggs are purchased by 14 of every100 ...
STUDY ASKS WHAT AND WHEN WE MICROWAVE
Jul 01, 1987; ... The Campbell Soup people recently conducted a study on how andwhen we use microwave ovens. Among other things, the company found:- Six out of 10 people who work have access to a microwaveoven at their place of employment.- Men microwave more convenience foods than ...
AMERICANS ARE SWITCHING TO WATER
Jul 01, 1987; ... NEW YORK - Americans are drinking fewer alcoholic beveragesand drinking more bottled water, according to beverage industrysources. In 1986, sales of bottled water gained nearly 15 percent overthe previous year with consumption of 1.5 million gallons. The ...
SINGER LOU GRAMM POSTPONES CONCERT
Jul 01, 1987 ... Rock singer Lou Gramm will not perform as scheduled at GreatWoods Center for the Performing Arts this Sunday.Gramm has postponed his entire summer tour. There will be norefunds because this is a ...
'1776' IS A ROUSING AND AMAZING MUSICAL
Jul 01, 1987; ... l776 -- Musical with book by Peter Stone (based on aconcept by Sherman Edwards), music and lyrics by ShermanEdwards, directed by Jack Allison, set by Lorilee Coleman,lighting by Steven Rosen, costumes by Scaramouche and BobBiesel, ...
GLASNOST IS HEADED FOR FILM
Jul 01, 1987 ... The word from the USSR is that we'll soon be seeing glasnoston film. The new Moscow-Hollywood openness began with a delegationof Soviet filmmakers headed by Elem Klimov visiting Los Angeles andNew York in March, according to a story by Andrei Baidak of theNovosti Press Agency. It ...
MAINE CURATOR MASTERS BARN GALLERY AND MOTHERHOOD
Jul 01, 1987; ... Mary P. Harding has a new job and a new baby. She's the firstprofessional director in the 29-year history of The Barn Gallery inOgunquit, Maine. The new baby is Charlie. When Harding returns inthe evening to the Cape Neddick home which she and her husbandHenry share with a summer sitter, ...
'STRAIGHT TO HELL' BYPASSES SUBSTANCE
Jul 01, 1987; ... STRAIGHT TO HELL -- Directed by Alex Cox, screenplay byCoxand Dick Rude. Starring Rude, Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer,Courtney Love, The Pogues, Elvis Costello, Dennis Hopper,Grace Jones, Edward Tudor-Pole, Jim Jarmusch and Juan...
'SALVATION': TV EVANGELISM FOLLIES REVISITED
Jul 01, 1987; ... SALVATION -- Directed by Beth B, screenplay by Beth B andTom Richardson. Starring Stephen McHattie, DominiqueDavalos, Exene Cervenka, Viggo Mortensen, RocketsRedglare, Billy Bastiani. At the Copley Place, rated R(simulated ...
'BABYSITTING' IS LIKABLE IF NOT EXACTLY ORIGINAL
Jul 01, 1987; ... ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING -- Directed by Chris Columbus,screenplay by David Simkins. Starring Elisabeth Shue, MaiaBrewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels,Vincent Philip D'Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller, GeorgeNewbern, John ...
'INNERSPACE' IS A LIGHTWEIGHT, FROTHY HIT
Jul 01, 1987; ... INNERSPACE -- Executive produced by Steven Spielberg,PeterGuber and Jon Peters, directed by Joe Dante, starringDennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan, at the USACharles and suburbs, rated PG. Early in "Innerspace," Tuck Pendelton (Dennis ...
BEYOND 'HELGA,' THE WYETH DYNASTY
Jul 01, 1987; ... AN AMERICAN VISION. Three Generations of Wyeth Art, essaysby James H. Duff, Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hoving and LincolnKirstein. New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown. 209 pp.$40. Illustrated.ANDREW WYETH. The Helga Pictures, by John ...
'THE LIP' VS. THE LEDGER
Jul 01, 1987; ... It may not qualify as the fight of the century, but forBoston's news media, it's another classic bout pitting printjournalism against electronic.In this corner, the man with a mouth that makes Muhammad Aliseem mute is WBCN-FM's popular morning deejay, Charles (The ...
TRAGEDY IN PALESTINE NBC PRESENTS A COURAGEOUS DOCUMENTARY
Jul 01, 1987; ... It must be particularly galling for Arab-Americans to see thiscountry's collective conscience, as visualized by network news,reach out to South African blacks, Soviet Jews and Northern IrishCatholics. Although those sentiments are well-placed and admirable,Palestinians under Israeli ...
'I ALWAYS KEPT MY CHIN UP'
Jul 01, 1987; ... What surprises you is that Nien Cheng, 72, is so glamorous. Shewalks with queenly dignity, shoulders back and chin up. She has thetaut body of a mannequin, and her flawless complexion contains nowrinkles. Her indomitability, now becoming legend, is suggested inher sparkling dark ...
A BIT MORE SELF-HELP
Jul 01, 1987; ... A few soon - o-be-released titles from the burgeoning lists ofself-help books aimed at women: "Impossible Men, Unbelievable Choices," by Pamela Frum andDr. Wayne McBooley (Fitts and Startts, $23.95) An update from the front lines of the war between the sexesand some ...
CH. 4'S BLAKE GIVES UP ANCHOR SPOT
Jul 01, 1987; ... In an unusual move for a television journalist, WBZ-TV, Channel4's Jeanne Blake is surrendering her position as anchor of "Live on4" newscast in order to concentrate on medical reporting.The move, effective Friday, was proposed by Blake to Channel 4news director Stan Hopkins in ...
WINFREY AND CBS TOP DAYTIME EMMYS
Jul 01, 1987; ... NEW YORK - Newcomer Oprah Winfrey beat veteran Phil Donahue forbest talk show host in the Daytime Emmy Awards yesterday. "Sesame Street," going into its 19th season on PBS, beatnewcomer "Pee- Wee's Playhouse" for best children's series. Overall, CBS, the leader in daytime ...
MASS. OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY BLACKOUT FORECAST
Jul 01, 1987; ... State officials yesterday dismissed threats of summertimeenergy blackouts in New England as "overly dramatic andunjustified" and released projections that show sufficient capacityfor the high-use hot weather period.Lt. Gov. Evelyn F. Murphy and Energy Secretary Sharon ...
FOES SUE TO KEEP BIG PLANES OFF AIR BASE IN CHICOPEE
Jul 01, 1987; ... SPRINGFIELD - A citizens group has asked a federal court tostop the transfer of 16 C-5A cargo planes to Westover Air ForceBase in Chicopee, contending the Air Force has violated theNational Environmental Policy Act.In a suit filed in US District Court here yesterday ...
FLYNN BUDGET SAILS TO COUNCIL APPROVAL MOST BIDS TO TRIM SPENDING EASILY DEFEATED
Jul 01, 1987; ... Mayor Flynn's proposed budget for 1988 passed the BostonCity Council almost intact yesterday with little struggle and fewattempts to rein in the mayor's spending powers.The council approved a budget of more than $601 million forcity and county departments for fiscal year ...
ARMED GUARD, DOG PATROL MISS. THEATER
Jul 01, 1987; ... JACKSON, Miss. - Managers of a movie theater plagued byrowdy teen-age gang members have hired an armed guard to patrol theaisles with a trained guard dog. The armed officer, with a Doberman pinscher named "Strider"on a leash by his side, appeared at the Jackson Mall Cinema ...
25 ARE INDICTED ON GAMING CHARGES
Jul 01, 1987 ... A Suffolk Superior Court grand jury has handed up a total of89 indictments against 25 men in connection with various gaming andgaming- related crimes that occurred in Boston and the surroundingarea.Suffolk County District Attorney Newman Flanagan sought theindictments, ...
IRONWORKERS UNION LOCAL IN BOSTON REJECTS CONTRACT OFFER, CALLS STRIKE
Jul 01, 1987 ... Members of Ironworkers Local 7 of Boston, AFL-CIO, voted450-125 last night to reject a contract proposal offered by twocontractor organizations and go on strike.The strike went into effect at midnight yesterday. A strikewill either slow or halt work at many major ...
AS 4 CONTRACTS EXPIRES, CITY UNION STAY HOPEFUL HUB SEEN NEGOTIATING AT 'MEANINGFUL PACE'
Jul 01, 1987; ... Contracts for four unions representing about 6,500 Bostoncity workers expired at midnight last night, but negotiators forthe unions remain optimistic -- if not wholly satisfied with recentbargaining sessions -- that settlements can be reached by the endof the month.Leaders ...
MASS. RESIDENTS, N.Y. DOCTOR CHARGED WITH SELLING DRUGS
Jul 01, 1987; ... Two Massachusetts pharmacists, a New York physician and twoother Massachusetts residents were arrested yesterday by federallaw enforcement authorities and charged in a series of narcoticsviolations stemming from an alleged pharmaceutical diversion schemeinvolving an estimated $1 ...
400 GATHER IN DORCHESTER FOR PLANE CRASH UPDATE
Jul 01, 1987; ... Nearly 400 people gathered last night to hear officials andcommunity leaders call on them to continue providing material andemotional support to 25 Dorchester residents whose homes weredestroyed in the fiery crash of a plane last week.They also listened as police and fire ...
ROUGH SEAS HAMPER ATTEMPTS TO TRACK RELEASED PILOT WHALES
Jul 01, 1987; ... HYANNIS - Researchers from the New England Aquariumyesterday continued their efforts to track the three pilot whalesreleased off Nantucket Monday, but radio contact with the mammalswas hampered by rough weather.As of yesterday morning, aquarium staff on board the ...
$16 MILLION IS SLATED FOR CANCER TREATMENT
Jul 01, 1987; ... The National Cancer Institute announced yesterday it willspend $16.3 million over the next four years to expand research andtreatment with Interleukin-II for patients with certain kinds ofadvanced cancer.The New England Medical Center, one of six centers nationwideincluded ...
BURLINGTON WOMEN DISCOVER BABY IN CAR
Jul 01, 1987; ... A day - ld baby found by two Burlington women in the backseat of their car was recovering from a mild infection atChildren's Hospital yesterday, officials said.The baby girl, swaddled in a red handkerchief and placed underblankets in an Easter basket, was found in the ...
CONFUSION MAY REIGN THIS JULY 4TH OFFICES, STORES TO FOLLOW DIFFERING SCHEDULES ON HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Jul 01, 1987; ... Trying to determine what's open, what's closed, who has towork or if mail will be delivered Friday, Saturday or Monday can beconfusing because of the Independence Day holiday.Saturday is the legal holiday. Friday and Monday are not. Andthe law calling for the observance of ...
DOCTOR WARNS OF DANGER IF ROSENBERG IS RELEASED
Jul 01, 1987; ... A psychiatrist who last year examined Matthew Rosenberg,convicted of killing his 5-year-old neighbor in 1983, testifiedyesterday that Rosenberg is prone to aggressive, impulsive behaviorand would still be dangerous if released.Rosenberg, 18, is appealing his denial for ...
4 CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING POLICE IN RAID
Jul 01, 1987 ... Two plainclothes police officers were assaulted last nightwhen they entered a Roxbury house after observing what theybelieved to be a drug transaction, a police department spokesmansaid.The officers received medical attention but were not seriouslyinjured, said spokesman ...
LEGISLATURE ASKS US TO END NUCLEAR TESTS
Jul 01, 1987; ... A resolution calling on President Reagan and Congress topush for a ban on nuclear weapons tests and a steady reduction ofnuclear stockpiles was passed yesterday by the Legislature.Sen. John W. Olver (D-Amherst) and Rep. Stanley C. Rosenberg(D-Amherst), along with several ...
SENATE VOTES TO WEAKEN PROP. 2 1/2, TAX CAP APPROVED BY VOTERS IN '86
Jul 01, 1987; ... The Senate yesterday voted to weaken Proposition 2 1/2 andthe tax cap referendum approved last fall, immediately drawing firefrom Barbara Anderson, who spearheaded both measures.By voice vote, it voted to reduce from two-thirds to a simplemajority the vote municipalities ...
WORK ON FISCAL '88 BUDGET DRAGS ON HOUSE, SENATE CONFERREES SEEN $150M APART ON REVENUE ESTIMATE
Jul 01, 1987; ... Negotiations between House and Senate conferees yesterdaydragged through another day and into the evening as lawmakers triedto finish work on a budget for fiscal 1988, which began at midnight.Senate Ways and Means chairman Patricia McGovern (D-Lawrence)said the major issue ...
HULL OFFSHORE SEWAGE PIPE OPPOSED LOCAL APPOINTMENT TO WATER AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD IS APPLAUDED
Jul 01, 1987; ... Hull residents concerned with the possibility of a huge sewagedrainage pipe being placed off their shores were heartenedyesterday by the appointment of a local citizen to theMassachusetts Water Resources Authority's advisory board.Linda Beres, 42, was appointed by the governor ...
JAMAICA PLAIN PRESCHOOL PROGRAM TO CONTINUE AFTER TALKS WITH PARENTS, OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR GREATER PARENT ROLE IN STAFF SELECTION
Jul 01, 1987; ... Jamaica Plain parents and administrators of a neighborhoodpreschool are working together to safeguard the school's future,despite strong initial conflict.Parents of children attending the Agassiz Community Pre-SchoolProgram at Curtis Hall became outraged last week when they ...
BROOKLINE SEPHARDIC JEWS SEEK SYNAGOGUE WOULD BE FIRST IN AREA
Jul 01, 1987; ... A group of Jews from predominantly Moslem countries wants tofound in Brookline the first permanent synagogue in the regiondevoted to Judaism's non-European form.Jewish leaders said yesterday that the group plans to move towhat is now a Thorndike Street home from its 10-year-old ...
3 SENTENCED IN IRA GUNRUNNING SCHEME JUDGE ALSO GIVES TWO DEFENDANTS LONGER TERMS FOR DRUG SMUGGLING CHARGES
Jul 01, 1987; ... Three Massachusetts men were sentenced yesterday to federalprison terms ranging from four to 10 years after pleading guilty tothe attempted smuggling of seven tons of weapons to the IrishRepublican Army aboard the Gloucester fishing trawler Valhallanearly three years ago....
GARMENT WORKERS BROADEN HORIZONS
Jul 01, 1987; ... Kwai Ho can recall a time when she would never have openlyquestioned a person whom she considered to be in a position ofpower.But for Ho and scores of other Chinese-speaking garmentworkers, much has happened to change that in the past two years.Despite indifference ...
SURPRISE CHANGES IN TRASH BILL FAVOR FIRMS
Jul 01, 1987; ... A controversial bill to regulate landfills has unexpectedlypopped out of a Senate committee with changes that favor the trashhaulers and diminish local control.The Senate was scheduled to take up the legislation yesterday.But faced with an angry outcry from environmental ...
OUTDATED SHELLFISH STANDARDS POSE RISK, GROUP SAYS
Jul 01, 1987; ... The use of 60 - ear-old health standards and a highlyfragmented state inspection system offers consumers littleassurance that shellfish from Massachusetts waters are safe to eat,according to a report distributed yesterday by Boston HarborAssociates.The nonprofit group, ...
A WITCH ON WITCHES
Jul 01, 1987; ... DANVERS - To hell with the film critics. Let's hear what thereal experts have to say about "The Witches of Eastwick."Laurie Cabot of Salem, cofounder of the Witches League forPublic Awareness, teaches Witchcraft (I, II and III) and agreed tooffer her insights into the movie, which ...
DEBATE OFFERS DEMOCRATS A BULLY PULPIT
Jul 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - It could only happen in America.Tonight, more than seven months before the first citizens canactually make a choice, the seven Democrats currently running forpresident are going to debate each other in Houston, from 9 p.m. to11, on national television via ...
DUKAKIS CAMPAIGN DENIES ORCHESTRATING FUND TOTALS
Jul 01, 1987; ... The Dukakis presidential campaign said yesterday that itsfund-raising total for the past three months jumped $1.1 million in10 days because of an unexpected surge in contributions and was notan attempt to generate favorable publicity just before tonight'sfirst Democratic presidential ...
MOAKLEY IMMIGRANT BILL GAINS SUPPORT
Jul 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - When Rep. Joe Moakley last year offered hisbill to shield illegal Salvadoran immigrants from detention anddeportation, it squeezed by the House on a two-vote margin only tobe rejected during a conference with the Senate over theimmigration revision law.But ...
RESEARCH POINTS TO A 10TH PLANET COULD EXPLAIN MOVES OF NEPTUNE, URANUS
Jul 01, 1987; ... Either our solar system contains a 10th planet or presenttheories of gravitation need to be revised, a National Aeronauticsand Space Administration researcher reported yesterday afteranalyzing almost two centuries' worth of data on the motions of theplanets and five years of data on ...
MESSY TURMOIL EMBARRASSES 'LAND OF THE MORNING CALM'
Jul 01, 1987; ... SEOUL - In a culture that prides itself on being neat andorderly, the very messiness of June's student protests -- thetelevision images of rock- strewn and tear gas-choked streets --hastened officials' sudden decision to announce sweeping politicalreforms this week.In ...
CANADA REJECTS BID TO OK DEATH PENALTY
Jul 01, 1987; ... TORONTO - Parliament yesterday rejected by a vote of 148-127 amotion to restore capital punishment in Canada. The opposition tothe bill was led by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and twoopposition party leaders, John ...
CHURCH APPROVES RESOLUTION ON JEWS
Jul 01, 1987; ... CLEVELAND - Delegates to the 16th General Synod of the UnitedChurch of Christ overwhelmingly approved a resolution yesterdaythat they hailed as a breakthrough for the church's relationshipwith Jews. "The United Church of Christ has become the ...
HUB FEDERAL OFFICE NAMED FOR O'NEILL
Jul 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - President Reagan yesterday signed legislation toname the new federal building in Boston after retired House SpeakerThomas P. O'Neill Jr. Introduced in the House by O'Neill'ssuccessor, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy 2d, and in the Senate by ...
CITY TO SELL SITE OF 1984 MASSACRE
Jul 01, 1987; ... SAN YSIDRO - The City Council voted to sell the site of the 1984McDonald's restaurant massacre despite pleas from relatives ofvictims that the property be turned into a memorial park. Thecouncil decided Monday to sell the vacant lot on the main ...