The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from December 1987:
THE ELOQUENCE MACHINE, RUDE HORN, FLOUNCERY
Dec 01, 1987; ... "It's very odd. When I hear Massenet's operas I always long forSaint- Saens'. I should add that hearing Saint-Saens' operas makes melong for Massenet's." %EC% The Sunday-afternoon concerts at King's Chapel in Bostonhave a way of brimming with interesting matter. Last Sunday's ...
WITNESS IDENTIFIES 2 IN MCGRAIL SLAYING FIRST TO DO SO SINCE TRIAL BEGAN
Dec 01, 1987; ... The girlfriend of bar owner Robert W. (Whitey) McGrailyesterday identified two defendants on trial for first degreemurder as the men who walked into Whitey's Place in South Bostontwo years ago and gunned him down.Three other prosecution witnesses who were in the ...
ELMER RISING, 81 PAINTER OF COSTAL SCENES
Dec 01, 1987 ... Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the NorthShore Unitarian Universalist Church in Danvers for Elmer A.Rising, 81, an artist, of Danvers and formerly of Reading. Mr.Rising died unexpectedly Sunday in the Zani Nursing Home in Danvers.A native of Rockland, ...
BODY OF VICTIM FOUND IN DUMPSTER IS IDENTIFIED AS CHELSEA WOMAN, 31
Dec 01, 1987 ... Authorities yesterday identified the body a woman foundearly Sunday stabbed and stuffed into a dumpster as Linda Griffin,31, of Suffolk Street, Chelsea. Little else was known about thewoman or a motive for the slaying, police said.Meanwhile yesterday in Chelsea District ...
AGNES MADDEN, 76 RETIRED TEACHER IN WALTHAM
Dec 01, 1987 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, inSt. Charles Church, Waltham, for Agnes C. (Scanlon) Madden, 76, ofWaltham, a retired teacher. Mrs. Madden died Monday inWalthamWeston Hospital and Medical Center after a long illness.Mrs. Madden was a lifelong ...
DOROTHY BRADFORD, 82; A PIONEER IN BIRTH CONTROL ORGANIZATIONS
Dec 01, 1987 ... Dorothy (Winthrop) Bradford, 82, of Hamilton, known for herwork in women's health rights, died Sunday in Beverly Hospitalafter a short illness.Born in Hamilton, Mrs. Bradford lived most of her life thereand was a graduate of the May School in Boston in 1923.A ...
EVA I. CONDON, 92 WORKED WITH THE ELDERLY
Dec 01, 1987 ... Eva I. (Cole) Condon, 92, of Marshfield and formerly ofAbington, a representative to the Abington Council on Aging, diedSaturday in South Shore Hospital in Weymouth after a short illness.Active in senior citizen affairs, Mrs. Condon helped with thehot lunch program for ...
3 SEPARATE FUNERAL MASSES SAID FOR QUINCY YOUTHS KILLED IN CRASH
Dec 01, 1987; ... QUINCY - Three young Quincy men who were killed earlyThursday morning were buried yesterday following separate funeralMasses in St. John the Baptist Church. More than 2,000 peopleattended the services.Mourners stood in the rain comforting each other while waitingfor each ...
ASK THE GLOBE / CORRECTION
Dec 01, 1987 ... Correction: Several readers have informed us that Lou Reed'slatest musical efforts can be heard on the REM album, "Dead LetterOffice," not ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Dec 01, 1987 ... Q. Can I find a value and a buyer for some old phonographrecords dating from 1900 to 1908, including two recordings byEnrico Caruso? -- L.A., QuincyA. Paul Crapo of the Schwann Catalog office in Boston suggestsyou start with a copy of Julian Morton Moses' ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Dec 01, 1987 ... Q. When we moved into our house there were two insigniasover the garage. We have seen similar ones on other houses. Whatare they and what is their significance? -- S.B., Newton CentreA. Those are not insignias -- badges of rank or membership --but are reproductions or ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Dec 01, 1987 ... Q. Where is Rowes Wharf, departure point for the shuttleboat to Logan Airport? I can't find in on my map of Boston. --T.S., PlymouthA. Rowes Wharf is on Atlantic Avenue near Northern Avenue.Shuttle boats, operated by Beacon Management Co. under an $800,000subsidy from the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Dec 01, 1987 ... Q. What's going on at "Judge Troy Peninsula" near theDorchester gas tanks? Is the good judge finally removing the fillhe was ordered to years ago by the courts? -- M.G., PembrokeA. The landfill -- so-called because much of it was on landowned by former Dorchester District ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Dec 01, 1987 ... Q. When will the Christmas lights on Boston Common be turnedon? -- C.F., WinchesterA. More than 300,000 light bulbs of varying hues will beilluminated next Sunday ...
INDIAN LAND SETTLEMENT MAY SLIP FUNDS FOR MARTHA'S VINEYARD LAND PURCHASE ON BUDGET BLOCK
Dec 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - Federal funds to settle an Indian land claimon Martha's Vineyard may not be available until next year becauseof new spending cuts aimed at reducing the federal deficit thatwere agreed to last month between the White House and congressionalleaders.Despite ...
POLICE RAID NETS RECORDS OF GAMBLING RING
Dec 01, 1987; ... State and local authorities armed with search warrants sweptacross eight communities including Boston last night and seized therecords of a gambling ring that took in an estimated $2 million perweek.Although no arrests were made, law enforcement authoritiessaid they will ...
ENERGY AND ART OF CHOO SAN GOH
Dec 01, 1987; ... Choo San Goh, one of the ballet world's most popularchoreographers, died Saturday night in his Manhattan home. He was39. Goh, who was born in Singapore, where he began his ballettraining and also earned a B.A. in biochemistry from the Universityof Singapore, danced for several years with ...
SPARROW ON THE WING
Dec 01, 1987; ... NIGHT NEVER FALLS, by Bud Shrake. Random House. 263 pp.$17.95. Harry Sparrow is an old - ashioned newspaperman, the kind whocan drink all night then bat out an impeccable story on deadline,wearing his hat, of course, and with a Chesterfield dangling fromhis lips ....
ARGUMENTS CAN MAKE A FRIENDSHIP STRONGER
Dec 01, 1987 ... Dear Beth: I have a girlfriend who's really nice to me. We've had two orthree fights this year. I'm afraid if we get in another argument,it will end the friendship. Should I tell her how sorry I am abouteverything? -- Help! It's great you're so sensitive about the ...
'MORNING' DAWNS WELL
Dec 01, 1987; ... Life is cruel. There have been three vehicles in the '80s thatmost television critics could count on to exercise our limited witand vent our bad-blooded spleen. One was any production by DavidWolper (Liberty Weekend, "Napoleon and Josephine"), the second wasany time Geraldo Rivera showed ...
POLITICAL ANALYST WITH AN ARISTOTELIAN VIEW WILLIAM SCHNEIDER'S PRIVATE VIEWS DON'T GET IN THE WAY AS HE COVERS THE RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Dec 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - William Schneider recalls being out atStanford University, attending a meeting of about 30 otherpolitical scientists who, like he, were meeting to discuss votingbehavior. All had admirable skills but none of them, Schneiderrecalls "had any interest in ...
MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER PROGRAM WILL BRING SOVIET ARTISTS TO BOSTON
Dec 01, 1987; ... Thanksgiving night Sarah Caldwell returned from a 10-daytrip to the Soviet Union where she developed further plans for"Making Music Together," a festival of contemporary Soviet artsthat will join Russian and American musicians and theater artistsin Boston performances March 11 to ...
IN BACK BAY, A CHICAGO STEAK HOUSE
Dec 01, 1987; ... A famous, fancy steak house comes to town this Friday whenMorton's of Chicago opens at One Exeter Place in the Back Bay.The original Morton's still gets raves in Chicago for its bigwell-aged steaks at big prices. Founder Arnie Morton, who createdthe Playboy Clubs for Hugh Hefner in ...
QUINCY CITY IS WARNED ON AIDS POLICY ATTORNEY GENERAL THREATENS SUIT OVER REQUIREMENT OVER CITY WORKERS
Dec 01, 1987; ... Attorney General James M. Shannon has threatened to sue Quincyunless the city revises a policy requiring that school employeeswho have AIDS or are infected with the HIV virus report theircondition to the superintendent.A letter from Shannon, hand-delivered to Mayor Francis ...
GORBACHEV LEAVES ROOM FOR OPTIMISM
Dec 01, 1987; ... If it was immediately evident that Mikhail A. Gorbachev and TomBrokaw were speaking different languages last night, it becameequally clear that another barrier loomed even larger, one that nointerpreter could bridge.The anchorman and the general secretary were speaking adifferent ...
7 OF 16 CHARGES ARE DROPPED IN PROSTITUTION RING
Dec 01, 1987; ... PROVIDENCE - A Superior Court judge dismised seven of 16charges yesterday against Stanley Henshaw, an insurance salesmanaccused of running a prostitution ring involving Brown Universitystudents. But Judge Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. refused to throw out theentire case, as ...
US MAINTAINS FAITH IN HAITIAN LEADERS
Dec 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - The Reagan administration, which has stronglybacked Haiti's military rulers since they took office in February1986, yesterday sought to minimize the Haitian government'sresponsibility for the violence that shattered Sunday'spresidential elections and expressed ...
GAY RIGHTS BILL MOVES AHEAD AS RECONSIDERATION REJECTED
Dec 01, 1987; ... After a series of delaying tactics, the gay rights billofficially was sent to the Senate's Committee on Third Readingyesterday.The Senate gave its initial approval to the bill last weekwhen it voted to send the bill to the third reading panel, where itis reviewed for legal ...
A WAR HERO BEGGING FOR DIMES
Dec 01, 1987; ... Robert E.W. Coyle, 58, and by his own description analcoholic, walked out of his home four years ago, leaving behindhis wife and child. The day before, he had struck his mother-in-lawand broken her jaw."She used to come in and like rule the family," Coylerecalled. "She ...
ELEMENTS POSE THREAT TO GROUNDED CARGO BARGE
Dec 01, 1987; ... Owners of the container barge Boston Patriot, grounded onsand and rocks at the eastern end of the Cape Cod Canal and ladenwith millions of dollars worth of cargo, were racing against time,tides and unpredictable weather yesterday to salvage the 300-footcraft.The barge, ...
8 PRISONERS CLIMB PIPES, THEN RETURN AT DEER ISLAND
Dec 01, 1987; ... Eight inmates returned to their cells in the Suffolk CountyHouse of Correction last night after perching on overhead heatingand water pipes out of the reach of officers for about six hours,officials said. Nobody was injured, and officials did not attempt to forcethe ...
WITH NEW BILLS, TAXES STILL NO FUN, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE USER-FRIENDLY
Dec 01, 1987; ... If you received your Boston property tax bill in the pastweek, you may have noticed it was accompanied by a letter that: 1.)is attractively printed in magenta and black ink on grey paper, 2.)is much easier to read than last year's two page cover letter, and3.) offers telephone ...
A MASSIVE EXPANSION PLANNED FOR AQUARIUM NEW WATERFRONT HOTEL IS LINKED TO PLAN
Dec 01, 1987; ... One of Boston's top tourist attractions, the New EnglandAquarium, is considering a massive expansion of its facilities,which could contribute to the ever-changing face of Boston'swaterfront.Among the ideas being considered is a proposal to sell off apiece of land that now ...
LYNN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING THREATS FAMILY, LAWYER OF EX-GIRLFRIEND WERE TARGET
Dec 01, 1987; ... A Lynn man, whose former girlfriend has been in flight withtheir infant daughter for the past 11 months for fear he would harmthem, has pleaded guilty to making threats against the woman'sparents and her former lawyer.The guilty pleas by Robert D. Sibelle, 24, to those ...
ROSLINDALE OUTAGE TIED TO FAILED CIRCUIT
Dec 01, 1987 ... An underground circuit problem left 900 Boston Edison customersin the Roslindale area without power for several hours last night.Boston Edison spokesman William Connolly said power was out alongSouth Street in Roslindale at 7:30 p.m. Several customers in ...
BACK BAY, FENWAY PRUDENTIAL REHAB PACE PICKS UP CITIZEN PANEL SETTING GUIDELINES FOR 26-ACRE SITE; DESIGN FIRM SELECTED
Dec 01, 1987; ... After six months of snail's - ace progress, the PrudentialCenter redevelopment process is back on track.A Prudential spokesman said yesterday that Carr LynchAssociates Inc., a major Cambridge design firm, will be planningconsultant for the long-stalled redevelopment plans for ...
SOUTH END COURT APPROVES TENANTS' RETURN 2 WERE EVICTED IN CONDO CONVERSION
Dec 01, 1987; ... Two low - ncome, elderly tenants who had been evicted from aSouth End rooming house sold for condominium conversion wereallowed to move back into the building yesterday after a courtinspector was satisfied two rooms had been brought up to housingcodes."I'm just glad it's over," ...
BLACK CHURCH REACTS TO VANDALISM
Dec 01, 1987; ... A predominantly black church in Dorchester Lower Mills whereMayor Flynn's senior adviser on equal rights serves as pastor hasbeen scarred three times this year by vandalism and racial slurs."The parishioners and I are very concerned about the racialatmosphere in the area," ...
STREETS ARE HOME TO SOME VIET VETS
Dec 01, 1987; ... Back from two tours of combat duty in Vietnam in the 1960s, Joequickly rejoined the flow of life in the States.He established two successful businesses, one in poultry, theother in vinyl siding. With an annual salary of $80,000, he wasable to pay for a $220,000 home in a Boston ...
UMASS TO REDUCE PAY HIKES IN WAKE OF REGENTS' OUTCRY
Dec 01, 1987; ... Faced with an angry rebuke from state higher educationofficials, the chairman of the University of Massachusetts Board ofTrustees has agreed to scale down the hefty pay increases that theboard secretly voted two top education officials last August.Chairman Andrew Knowles ...
HOUSE OK'S FURLOUGH BAN FOR MURDERERS
Dec 01, 1987; ... The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to ban furloughsfor first-degree murderers in state prisons, shunning a proposal bythe Dukakis administration to allow such inmates to continue toparticipate in the controversial program.The 119-30 vote came only one week after the ...
TO LOSE A SON
Dec 01, 1987; ... He had been up all night and most of Sunday, too, and, now, atnoon Monday, Carlos Pazcel sat by the living room window as sheetsof rain washed the street outside. He is only 48, but deep pain andundefinable loss had ravaged his face while tears worked the edgesof brown eyes that were fixed ...
DEER HUNT AT PARKER RIVER REFUGE PROMPTS ANIMAL-RIGHTS PROTEST
Dec 01, 1987; ... NEWBURYPORT - For the first time in 20 years, hunters shotand killed deer at the Parker River National Wildlife Refugeyesterday, and an animal rights group announced it may seek a courtorder to stop the kill.Eighteen deer -- 13 bucks and five does -- were killed under ...
BOSTON CLERIC SAYS HE FEARS FOR FUTURE OF HAITI
Dec 01, 1987; ... A Boston priest who was part of a team of US observers whotraveled to Haiti to view Sunday's elections yesterday called thecancellation tragic and expressed fear that Haitians will growdisillusioned by the violent derailment of the balloting.The priest, Msgr. William F ....
NORWELL WAS BIG SURPRISE
Dec 01, 1987; ... It will be the best of the Large against the best of the Smallwhen Whitman-Hanson meets Norwell in the EMass Division 4 SuperBowl Saturday at 11 a.m. at BU.Whitman-Hanson (9-1) won its fourth straight South Shore Largetitle while Norwell, also 9-1, finished the regular season on ...
HAITIANS HERE WORRY ABOUT THEIR HOMELAND
Dec 01, 1987; ... Haitian - mericans in the Boston area yesterday decried thecancellation of elections in Haiti and expressed bitterness andfear about the violence that has taken dozens of lives in theirhomeland.Leaders of the 45,000-member Haitian community said they wereplanning a ...
WEST ROXBURY HAS EDGE IN SIZE
Dec 01, 1987; ... Based on sheer size, West Roxbury will have a decided edge whenit meets Greater Lawrence in the Eastern Mass. Division 5 SuperBowl Saturday at 2 p.m. at Boston University.But Greater Lawrence coach Bob Rosmarino is not ready tobuckle under. "We don't match up with them physically, ...
PUBLIC HEARING ON TRACK BILL THURSDAY
Dec 01, 1987; ... The first official legislative action on governor Dukakis'state track facility bill will come Thursday morning at 11 o'clockwhen the legislature's committee on Housing and Urban Developmentconducts a public hearing in State House Room 222.The committee is chaired by Rep ....
HUNTERS NEED ONLY TELL TRUTH
Dec 01, 1987; ... One friend is back from Maine with four deer for the two weeks heand his friends spent in the western regions. He has plenty ofvenison stored away, but he hurt his back dragging a good-sizedbuck out of the woods, and one of his neighbors told him, "Servesyou right."On the matter ...
NORTON HOLDS UP SUFFOLK BILL
Dec 01, 1987; ... The Suffolk Downs bailout bill is still short of the finishline.State Sen. Thomas Norton remains determined to add a racingauthority to the bill, a move that could put the legislation in arace against the clock. The bill, having passed the House, iscurrently in the Senate ...
NBC POLL SHOWS SIMON, DUKAKIS CLOSE IN IOWA
Dec 01, 1987; ... WASHINGTON - Illinois Sen. Paul Simon and Gov. Dukakisappear to be locked in an extremely close fight in Iowa as thecampaign for the Democratic caucuses there enters its climacticphase, according to a major NBC News survey released last night.On the eve of tonight's ...
FENNER WON'T FACE A MURDER CHARGE
Dec 01, 1987; ... Prosecutors in Upper Marlboro, Md., dismissed murder chargesagainst former North Carolina star Derrick Fenner in a drug-relatedshooting, but said they would go ahead with a separate drug andweapons case against him. Charges were dropped "because ...
A 1 AND A 2 FOR ORANGE BOWL?
Dec 01, 1987; ... The Orange Bowl committee is smiling, but keeping its fingerscrossed. It could have Oklahoma and Miami playing for a nationalchampionship Jan. 1. All Miami has to do is beat No. 8 SouthCarolina Saturday night. In the next-to- last regular-season APpoll, released yesterday, Oklahoma received ...
CRUM RESIGNS FROM NORTH CAROLINA POST
Dec 01, 1987; ... North Carolina coach Dick Crum resigned yesterday, ending twoweeks of speculation over his status. A statement released jointlyby Crum and school officials said he was given the option to stay."However, coach Crum and the university have reluctantly determinedthat it is in Crum's best ...
BOWLS LOSING PRESTIGE
Dec 01, 1987; ... Getting a bowl invitation these days is akin to making the NHLplayoffs. It's that easy.Heck, if Boston College had held either of its early leadsagainst Notre Dame and Syracuse, the Eagles would have landed in abowl.Consider some of the "powerhouses" headed to postseason ...
FORMER DUKAKIS PRESS SECRETARY SAYS SHE WAS NOT FORCED OUT OF JOB
Dec 01, 1987; ... Patricia O'Brien, Gov. Dukakis' former press secretary, saidyesterday that she was not forced out of her job by campaignmanager Susan Estrich but that her departure came after a "mutualdecision" by both of them.O'Brien, the first top-level staff member to depart ...
FRIARS STUNNED BY HC
Dec 01, 1987; ... PROVIDENCE - The Final Four team (that would be Providence)had just ripped off 6 in a row in its own rollicking building totake its first lead of the game, 98-96, with 30 seconds left toplay.The 9-19 team (that would be Holy Cross), shaken by therelentless Friar ...
FISH LETS BU ESCAPE WITH TIE
Dec 01, 1987; ... Boston University goalie Peter Fish probably should havebeen arrested for grand larceny last night after BU's 3-3 overtimedraw with Denver at Walter Brown Arena.The junior from East Greenwich, R.I., stole a tie for theTerriers, making 58 saves -- including 19 in the third ...
JACKSON OVERRUNS SEATTLE
Dec 01, 1987; ... SEATTLE - Rookie Bo Jackson rushed for a team-record 221yards on 18 carries and scored three touchdowns, including a91-yard sprint in the second quarter, leading the Los AngelesRaiders to a 37-14 victory over the Seattle Seahawks last night.The Raiders (4-7), who already ...
KICK SAVED THE DAY -- AND MAYBE A JOB
Dec 01, 1987; ... Do you think Eagles kicker Paul McFadden had enough pressure onhim Sunday when he lined up to attempt the winning field goal forthe second time at Sullivan Stadium? Just eight days earlier,Philadelphia head coach Buddy Ryan had said, "He better startmaking the big ones for us or he's going ...
FRANKLIN WORKS TO CHANGE HABITS
Dec 01, 1987; ... FOXBOROUGH - Tony Franklin will try to kick his way out of aslump that has turned him from the best kicker in the NFL into oneof the more uncertain ones.A day after he missed two field goals that could have helpedthe Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles, Franklin said he ...
PATRIOTS A PUZZLE
Dec 01, 1987; ... FOXBOROUGH - The circle game continues for the Patriots.One player gets hurt, another gets healthy. One starter goes down,another one comes back. One game is won, another game is lost.If the Patriots have learned anything this season, it is thatthey have learned nothing ...
CORRECTION
Dec 01, 1987 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story on DNAfingerprinting in yesterday's Sci-Tech section incorrectly ...
CHICAGOANS BID FAREWELL TO MAYOR WASHINGTON
Dec 01, 1987; ... CHICAGO - Mayor Harold Washington was buried yesterdayafter an emotional funeral service that was as political as it wasreligious.More than 4,000 people crowded into Christ Universal Temple, ahuge, modern church complex on the South Side in the heart of thecity's black ...
MUSBURGER HITS A NETWORK NERVE
Dec 01, 1987; ... The competition between CBS and NBC for the same audience led toa rekindling of hard feelings over the weekend and renewed aquestion unique to sports: Does a story belong solely to thenetwork that paid money to stage and televise it?The answer is no, but during the '70s, when there ...