The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from February 1988:
12 SOVIET FILMS TO BE SHOWN AT HARVARD THIS MONTH
Feb 01, 1988; ... Glasnost, the Soviet policy of openness, will come to Harvardthis month, starting Friday as three weekends of screenings at theHarvard Film Archive offer a cross-section of off-the-shelf filmsfrom the Soviet Union. There will be 12 films in all, includingseveral directorial debuts and a ...
ATTACK INJURES JEWISH SETTLER ON WEST BANK
Feb 01, 1988; ... JERUSALEM - For the first time in more than seven weeks ofPalestinian protests in the Israeli-occupied territories, a Jewishsettler was critically injured yesterday when his car was struck bya Molotov cocktail. The attack came hours after Israeli soldiersshot four Palestinians on ...
NICARAGUA'S CRISIS ECONOMY, LONG IN DECLINE, NOW SEEN PLUNGING TOWARD PARALYSIS
Feb 01, 1988; ... MANAGUA, Nicaragua - It is possible these days to stand inany of Managua's parched and desolate neighborhoods, a hot windblowing off the lake, and watch the country's economy fall apart.Lines of dilapidated automobiles stretch for miles from gasstations; motorists often ...
MASS. SCHOOL COUNCILS GET GOOD GRADES
Feb 01, 1988; ... In Dartmouth, the funds allowed an elementary school to openan after-school center for children whose parents work all day.In Chelsea, a junior high school used its money to addresschronic absenteeism by installing a computerized program thatautomatically telephones the ...
JACKSON TAKES A NEW TACK, COURTS WHITES IN THE SOUTH
Feb 01, 1988; ... ATLANTA - Rev. Jesse Jackson's message of "economicjustice" carries some appeal this year for disadvantaged Southernwhites, and he is challenging old mores by courting their supportin the region where Jackson, Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee and theDemocratic survivors of Iowa and New ...
REPORTS SHOW BUSH, DOLE LEADING IN FUND-RAISING
Feb 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - Sen. Bob Dole and Vice President George Bushraised more than $6.3 million apiece to lead the Republican fieldof presidential contenders in fund-raising in the last three monthsof 1987, while Gov. Dukakis was expected to maintain his financialedge among the Democratic ...
DART GROUP IN HOSTILE BID OF $868M FOR STOP & SHOP
Feb 01, 1988; ... The Redskins weren't the only group of Washington raidersdoing business last night.Just as Super Bowl XXII got under way, the Washingtonarea-based Dart Group Corp., which two weeks ago made a friendlyoffer to acquire Stop & Shop Cos. for $30 per share, made a ...
PERES DENIES BRIBE WAS OFFERED TO HIM
Feb 01, 1988; ... JERUSALEM - Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres hasdenied he was offered a bribe by a close friend of Attorney GeneralEdwin Meese 3d and said he "would have thrown the aide out thewindow" if he had been, a newspaper reported yesterday. The daily Maariv quoted Peres as ...
REPORT IS LATE; AUTHOR SAYS IT JUST KEEPS GROWING
Feb 01, 1988; ... Former state Rep. Roger (Sparky) Goyette Sr., hired by theHouse last March to write a report on environmental pollution, ishaving some problems getting it finished.Goyette, who began receiving his $30,000-a-year state paycheckshortly after he lost his New Bedford seat, said ...
CORRECTION
Feb 01, 1988 ... Because of a clerical error, a photo caption in Saturday's US/World section misidentified the group before which Sen. Bob ...
CLARIFICATION
Feb 01, 1988 ... A Jan. 27 story in the Metro/Region section about state RecyclingDirector John Schall may have given the impression that one of thereasons he was leaving was that Gov. Dukakis had decided towithdraw his support for a planned Boston ...
PROMOTER OF THE DOCTRINE VATICAN'S CARDINAL RATZINGER DEALS WITH DOGMA AND DISPUTES IN US VISIT
Feb 01, 1988; ... NEW YORK - Cardinal John J. O'Connor introduced the Vatican'ssecond most powerful prelate in his own folksy way to an audiencelast week in a midtown Manhattan church.Cardinal O'Connor recalled that he first met Cardinal JosephRatzinger at a retreat for military chaplains in 1977 ...
AIDS 'SUMMIT' ACCENTS DIFFERENCES IN NATIONS' TACTICS
Feb 01, 1988; ... LONDON - The first "world summit" on AIDS held here lastweek invested the fight against the disease with a new, globalsense of visibility and urgency.Dr. Jonathan Mann, the tireless American who heads the WorldHealth Organization's anti-AIDS campaign, predicted that ...
2D BLAZE HITS SUFFOLK COURTHOUSE
Feb 01, 1988; ... For the second time in two days, fire hit the Suffolk CountyCourthouse early this morning.Boston firefighters and policeresponded to the courthouse,where fires were discovered in offices on the fourth and fifthfloors.Firefighters worked their way throughout the ...
TOLL ON ICE
Feb 01, 1988; ... NORTH ANDOVER - Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to behockey players. Don't let 'em pick fistfights and drive them oldpucks. Let 'em be golfers and bowlers and such. Something nice and civilized, where they can keep their ownteeth and knees, at least till they're 20. ...
BEACON HILL LOBBYISTS BRING HOME MORE BACON
Feb 01, 1988; ... Beacon Hill's top 10 lobbyists earned a record $2.4 million in1987 promoting their clients' interests before state agencies andthe Legislature.For the first time, a half-dozen lobbying groups andindividuals earned more than $200,000 each, with one firm --Delaney Associates -- ...
TAPE KEY IN PROBE OF OFFICER SAID TO SHOW GUN TO CABDRIVER'S HEAD
Feb 01, 1988; ... A videotape that reportedly shows an off-duty Boston policeofficer holding a pistol to the head of a cabdriver after the twoargued over a traffic incident, is said to be the key piece ofevidence in an investigation by the Boston Police Department'sInternal Affairs division....
WOMAN DEAD AFTER CRASH IN WALTHAM
Feb 01, 1988; ... A North Reading woman was killed Saturday night when thevehicle in which she was riding was struck at a Walthamintersection by a vehicle operated by an allegedly drunk driver,police said.Killed was Cathy A. Roche, 27, of 17 Sunset Ave., NorthReading. She was traveling ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1988 ... Q. I have several very old National Geographic magazines.They are dated February 1917, January 1918, November 1919, andOctober 1929. Can you give me an idea of their worth? -- T.O.,Glen, N. H.A. Unbound single volumes of the Geographic published ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1988 ... Q. Do you know of any organization that could use recenttextbooks on business subjects? I am retiring from teaching andhave many books too good to discard. -- S.B., BeverlyA. There are so many possibilities that we can offer you onlya handful of suggestions. Give them to ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1988 ... Q. Somehow, in moving, a lot of papers and cancelled checksgot lost. I am having difficulty determining the cost basis of myold house. The tax stamps on the deed, dated April 9, 1965, show:Federal, $24.75; Massachusetts, $25.20. Do they perchance reflectthe cost of the house? -- ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1988 ... Q. On what date did People Express Airlines fold? -- P.F.,DuxburyA. The no-frills airline, established in 1981, officiallyceased operations on Feb. 1 of last year, when it was merged intoContinental Airlines. New York Air also became ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Feb 01, 1988 ... Q. Did the New York Shipbuilding Co. in Camden, N.J., whichshut down in 1968, ever reopen? -- W.G., BostonA. New York Shipbuilding, which opened its Camden yard in 1899and was for more than half a century a major builder of freightersand such warships as the World War II ...
IN IOWA, IT'S THE BEST ORGANIZATION THAT COUNTS
Feb 01, 1988; ... DES MOINES - Several times a day the cowbell with the dancingreindeer clangs at 510 Locust St. and a cheer erupts at MissouriRep. Richard Gephardt's Iowa campaign headquarters. The bell signals another Iowan has agreed to act as a countychairman for Gephardt's presidential ...
EDWARD J. KELLY, 54 INSPECTOR FOR INSTRUMENT FIRM
Feb 01, 1988 ... Funeral services for Edward J. Kelly of Randolph will beheld at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 3, in St. Michael's Church in Avon.Mr. Kelly, a quality control inspector for Sigma Instruments, diedSunday in Goddard Hospital in Stoughton after a long illness. Hewas 54.Born in ...
FROM THE STREETS, A CRY OF PAIN
Feb 01, 1988; ... "To be homeless is to be left out," Andrew Kane wrote in apoem last year, when he first began living the homeless life inBoston. "To be left out in the cold. To be alone and sad. To bekicked like a dog."Days and months have passed since he wrote the poem, and Kanesays he ...
FLYNN'S HEALTH COMMITMENT
Feb 01, 1988 ... Mayor Flynn has made it clear that he and his administrationare committed to making sure that the clientele of Boston's publichealth department and its municipal hospitals are well served. Thisis a most laudable commitment.The Department of Health and Hospitals, however, is ...
WOUNDED OFFICER STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Feb 01, 1988; ... A Metropolitan Police officer, shot during a Hyde Parkcocaine raid Friday, was listed in critical but stable condition atBrigham and Women's Hospital yesterday.Detective Joseph E. McCain, a 30-year veteran of theMetropolitan Police, was injured when he stormed a house at ...
GABRIELLA BERANEK'S 'OUTRAGEOUS IDEA'
Feb 01, 1988; ... The picture could hardly have been more genteel, morecultivated, more refined.The luxurious condominium at Charles Square in Cambridge. Themany Oriental rugs. The original Ansel Adams. The quietconversation, with coffee and fresh French rolls.Gabriella Beranek -- as ...
HENRY C. HEANEY WAS BOSTON ARCHITECT
Feb 01, 1988 ... Henry C. Heaney, former Boston architect, died Sunday aftera brief illness in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. He was 70.Mr. Heaney was born in Wallesey, England, but he was educatedin Boston schools and graduated from McGill University in Montreal. He and his wife, Carmel ...
MARGARET LOWE, 84 WORKED IN REAL ESTATE FIELD
Feb 01, 1988 ... BURLINGTON, Vt. - A memorial service was held Saturday inthe First Unitarian Universalist Church for Margaret T. Lowe, 84,of Burlington. Mrs. Lowe died Tuesday in the Converse Home here.She was born in Newtown, Conn., but was a resident of Melrose,Mass., for ...
PLACES WE REMEMBER
Feb 01, 1988; ... For the first half of this century, the most popular spot inBoston was good old Scollay Square, although, alas, it fell on hardtimes and was razed by urban planners who, displaying moreenthusiasm than wisdom, replaced it with an architecturalmonstrosity called City Hall and with a plaza as ...
BERNARD MALONEY, 78 RETIRED BUILDING CONTRACTOR
Feb 01, 1988 ... A funeral Mass will be said Tuesday at 9 a.m. in St. JamesChurch, Arlington for Bernard C. Maloney, 78, of Arlington, aretired building contractor. Mr. Maloney died Saturday in the Lahey Clinic after a briefillness.Born in Fitchburg, Mr. Magraduated from St ....
NORMAN VON ROSENVINGE, LAWYER, REPRESENTED CITY'S DANISH; AT 78
Feb 01, 1988 ... Norman von Rosenvinge, a lawyer and representative ofBoston's Danish community for almost 40 years, died unexpectedlySaturday in a Gloucester nursing home. He was 78.Mr. von Rosenvinge served as honorary Danish vice consul inBoston, later working as a consul and consul ...
AN AMIABLE TALE SET AT HARVARD
Feb 01, 1988; ...ARTS AND SCIENCES. A Seventies Seduction, by Thomas Mallon. Ticknor & Fields. 210 pp. $16.95. "Tom Brown's School Days" had a sequel, "Tom Brown at Oxford,"which presumably qualifies as the first academic novel.In the century and a quarter since, a ...
HAIG SCORCHES WITH HIS BLOWTORCH VIEWS
Feb 01, 1988; ... The best candidates to interview are never the front-runners,those cautious and consultant-laden caretakers of polling margins,but the back-of-the-packers, who have little to lose by mouthingoff. The "I was brainwashed" crack of George Romney '68epitomized what Vietnam did ...
VANCOUVER SYMPHONY SUSPENDS OPERATIONS
Feb 01, 1988; ... VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Vancouver SymphonyOrchestra suspended operations after poor ticket sales plunged itnearly $1.5 million in debt.The symphony, Canada's third-largest, played its last concertTuesday.The announcement last week that the symphony was ...
ONE MAN'S HARBINGER: AN UNBASHED NIP
Feb 01, 1988; ... It got so cold last week I went out and bought a rutabaga.Everyone has some system of coping with cold-induced anxiety, andmine is the infamous root vegetable known as a Swede, rutabaga,yellow turnip and, when cooked, mashed and abbreviated, a bashednip. Someday I may even eat it....
WELLESLEY CAR OPTIONS CASE BEGINS TOYOTA DEALER IN COURT IN FIRST TEST OF LAW
Feb 01, 1988; ... Attorney General James Shannon is taking Wellesley Toyota tocourt today on charges that the dealership has been selling carspacked with options buyers did not want. For the first time an auto dealership is being prosecuted forallegedly violating a state law concerning ...
SENATE SANDBAGGING
Feb 01, 1988 ... Back home in Lynn, Senate Majority Leader Walter Boverini isbeing hailed as a local hero for some sleight-of-hand work in theclosing hours of the legislative session.As a Boston Harbor cleanup bill shuttled between the House andSenate, Boverini at some point made a one-word ...
FOUR MORE COMPANIES FOR ARCH STREET
Feb 01, 1988; ... Leases were signed last week that will bring four morecompanies in to the 21-story Arch Street office building nearingcompletion on the site of what was the Kennedy department store. Lincoln Property Co. partner John B. Hynes 3d said theleases total 56,305 square feet and ...
THE REAGAN-ABRAMS WAR PLAN
Feb 01, 1988 ... This week's vote in Congress on the administration'smilitary-assistance proposal for the Nicaraguan rebels will be themost important contra-aid vote in years. If the plan designed byAssistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams passes, CIA involvementwill deepen, and the administration ...
HUMIDIFIERS -- A HELP OR A GERM HAVEN?
Feb 01, 1988; ... Every night, thousands of parents tiptoe into their kids' rooms,lift the tanks from vaporizers and humidifiers, refill them in thebathtub and lug them back.The faithful legions are trying to ward off colds during thelong, dry heating season. And after a while, the brown gunk in ...
THE GRAVE SIDE OF TINSEL-TOWN
Feb 01, 1988; ... HOLLYWOOD - They giggled as they were loaded into the backof the hearse. The driver wore a gray suit and played the somberBach Toccata and Fugue. The departing souls had paid $25 a head tocheck out where the stars had checked out.Some Tinseltown tour companies show you ...
'SCIENTIFIC' WHALE HUNT STIRS ANGER JAPAN IGNORES PLEAS, PLANS TO KILL 10,000 MINKES, SPERMS
Feb 01, 1988; ... Last March, the Japanese whaling fleet steamed throughAntarctic waters on what was hailed as the final hunt. Ships' hornssounded when a harpoon nailed the 1,941st whale -- the last allowedunder a quota the Japanese had set for themselves -- and it seemedthe curtain had been rung down ...
Q. IS IT TRUE THAT AN EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE IN 1822 ADDED 100,000 SQUARE MILES TO THE COUNTRY? WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT? G.G., LAWRENCE.
Feb 01, 1988 ... A. A tremendous quake of about magnitude 8 on the Richter scaledid rock Chile in 1822, according to Sylvester T. Algermissen, ascientist with the US Geological Survey. Centered near Valparaiso,the quake is believed to have caused an uplift near the coast,which could have brought previously ...
Q. HOW DO ANIMALS GET ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST? M.A., WINCHESTER.
Feb 01, 1988 ... A. Anyone can nominate a species for the list, but that speinimminent danger of extinction before it makes the list, says John E. Estes, professor of geography at the University ofCalifornia at Santa Barbara. The service makes its decision aftertaking into account how many female and ...
EASON SHOWS DISMAY BERRY'S STANCE ON STARTING QB ISSUE IRKS HIM
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - Saying the Patriots had never really made acommitment to him as their No. 1 quarterback, Tony Eason expressedsurprise and disappointment at a decision last week by coachRaymond Berry to name Steve Grogan as New England's startingquarterback next season."I'm ...
QUESTIONS KEEP PILING UP IN TYPE A DEBATE RECENT STUDIES CALL INTO QUESTION EVIDENCE THAT PERSONALITY CAN INCREASE HEART DISEASE RISK, BUT MANY ARGUE THERE MUST BE A LINK
Feb 01, 1988; ... It's 4 o'clock and you're trying to rush home to change for thatformal fundraising dinner. You left work early to beat the traffic,but, damn, the expressway is all backed up. It wouldn't be so badif you could reach Jones on your car phone to talk about the deal,but he's out of the ...
WILLIAMS DIMS THE DOUBTS
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - During an interview last week, Dan Fouts, the futureHall of Fame quarterback of the San Diego Chargers, was asked, "Howare the Redskins going to stop John Elway?"Fouts raised his eyebrow a little, and replied, "That's thewrong question to ask about this game."...
STORY WITH A TWIST
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - There was a half-moment when the entire story wasnot going to work. The chance for words was gone. The leadingcharacter was lying on the lumpy turf of Jack Murphy Stadium andhis left knee was throbbing. No more football for Doug Williams. No more Super Bowl ....
KEEPING DADDY IN HIS PLACE STUDIES SUGGEST SOME MEN WANT TO SHARE CHILD CARE ROLE, BUT WIVES SHUT THEM OUT
Feb 01, 1988; ... She used to be the head nurse of a major hospital but is nowat home full-time, raising two toddlers. Her husband is a cancerspecialist with a flourishing practice. He loves his young daughterand son, but he doesn't spend much time with them.One might think this father is ...
DENVER BLASTED, 42-10
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - The popular saying about Washington used to be,"First in war, first in peace, last in the American League."But the slogan for the '80s is different. "First in war, firstin peace and first in the National Football League" would be moreappropriate after last ...
BRUINS' SUCCESS STORY A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Feb 01, 1988; ... WILMINGTON - Every time a Bruin goes out of the lineup --for whatever reason, an injury, the flu -- coach Terry O'Reillysays a silent thank you for the Maine Mariners.Thank you that the Bruins operate their own American HockeyLeague team. Thank you that Portland, Maine, is ...
CELTICS TOY WITH 76ERS
Feb 01, 1988; ... Somewhere near the bottom of any good fan's 168,000 TopSports Thrills ranks yesterday's Celtics-76ers game.Only a sport sadist or someone totally ignorant aboutbasketball could have derived much satisfaction from Boston'sperfunctory 100-85 dispatch of a sad, Charles ...
THE REAL SHOW WAS OUTSIDE STADIUM
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - The Irish flag was the size of a bedsheet.Well, the Irish flag was a bedsheet. Joe Bourque of Dublin was holding one end and Eddie Doyle ofWexford was holding the other. The bedsheet/flag was looking verynice indeed. "The sheet is from my bed in the ...
GETTING HIS TEETH INTO IT
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - Redskins quarterback Doug Williams underwentemergency root canal treatment on a tooth Saturday, fewer than 24hours before he started Super Bowl XXII. Redskins spokesman Donnie Tuck said the procedure wasperformed on an abcessed lower right molar by Dr. Barry ...
ONE WAS THE WEAKEST NUMBER
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - There is flag football, six-man football, seven-manfootball and many variations thereof, but there is no such creatureas one-man football. So it was that the voice of the one-manfootball team was cracking, though it never split as wide as thepretenders who were his teammates, ...
STUDDARD JOB WAS HALF DONE
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - Last year at the Super Bowl, all he heard aboutwas Lawrence Taylor and Leonard Marshall. He heard about theirfierce talent and awesome strength. This year, all he heard aboutwas Dexter Manley, the notorious defensive end from Washington. No one ever talked ...
IN THE SWIM ON ENGLISH CHANNEL
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - The media people now come from much of the world.The writer from New Zealand kept mentioning the 2,400 or so mediapeople here and kept asking, incredulously, "Do you know that'smore than'll be up in Calgary for the Winter Games?"Or that'll cover the Iowa caucuses, the ...
FAST TIMES FOR GREEN
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - Speed kills and nine years ago another stepfaster and it would have gotten Darrell Green.Green is known as MX by his friends and as the fastest man inthe NFL by his enemies, so the Washington Redskins' All-Procornerback knows well the properties and powers of ...
WHERE WAS SPIRIT OF 76ERS?
Feb 01, 1988; ... If their dramatic playoff games of the early '80s werebasketball Rembrandts, then yesterday's Celtics-76ers affair wasstrictly a paint-by-the-numbers job.Charles Barkley and Cliff Robinson, Philly's top scorers, wereout with injuries, and former nemesis Andrew Toney is ...
MEMORIES KICKING IN
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - Rich Karlis remembers the nervousness from a yearago. He remembers how uncertain he felt before last year's SuperBowl against the New York Giants.And he remembers the two missed field goals in the first half,misses that would have given the Broncos a 16-9 halftime ...
NO. 6 TEMPLE SPOILS URI'S PARTY, 77-70
Feb 01, 1988; ... KINGSTON, R.I. - They had waited 10 years for this; achance to pack themselves like lemmings into tiny Keaney Gymnasium,screaming for their Rhode Island Rams just like in the old dayswhen Sly Williams stalked the court.No. 6 Temple, the archrival Atlantic 10 opponent and ...
IT WAS A BETTER RIDE FOR JACOBY THIS TIME
Feb 01, 1988; ... SAN DIEGO - Most say they play it for the ring. Some likethe money. At least one wanted to erase a nightmare.He is Joe Jacoby. He wanted Super Bowl XXII to be a personalcatharsis. Four years is long enough to live with a bad memory."I never felt worse in my life than ...