The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from March 1988:
THE BOOM PRODUCES A BOMMERANG
Mar 01, 1988; ... Having the nation's highest housing costs was bad enough.Then came the news that heating those homes this winter costssubstantially more in Greater Boston than the rest of the country-- whether using oil, natural gas or electricity.Last week state officials ...
FILENES MACY'S REPORTEDLY LATE BIDDER TO ACQUIRE PARENT OF FILENE'S
Mar 01, 1988; ... NEW YORK - Campeau Corp. or R.H. Macy & Co.? That was the choice facing the directors of FederatedDepartment Stores Inc. yesterday as they weighed competing offersfor the nation's largest retailer, whose holdings include Filene'sand Bloomingdale's. A Wall Street ...
CORRECTION
Mar 01, 1988 ... Because of a production error, the viewing dates were incorrecton the second and third panels of the star map that appeared withthe Star Watch column in ...
SOME SUCCESS SEEN IN PANAMA STRIKE
Mar 01, 1988; ... PANAMA CITY - Private businessmen closed factories andstores here yesterday in a nationwide strike aimed at forcing Gen.Manuel Antonio Noriega to step down as the military leader ofPanama.The strike, which business leaders said would continueindefinitely, appeared to be a ...
ARREST POWER STRENGTHENED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES
Mar 01, 1988; ... Months after the gunshot death of Miriam Lopez Perez in theSouth End stirred public concern for the victims of domesticviolence, the Legislature has quietly strengthened police power toarrest alleged perpetrators.After the Perez death, in which her former boyfriend, ...
IN SOUTH, DUKAKIS TARGETING CATEGORIES OF POTENTIAL VOTERS
Mar 01, 1988; ... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - On the first day of Gov. Dukakis'trip to the South last week, 13 hours elapsed before a Southernaccent cropped up at one of his campaign events.First, Dukakis looked out at an audience at Boca Raton onThursday morning and saw the faces of many former ...
BUSH TURNS TV GUNS ON DOLE IN VERMONT
Mar 01, 1988; ... BURLINGTON, Vt. - The campaign of Vice President GeorgeBush, caught off guard by a negative campaign commercial aired byhis rival Sen. Bob Dole, made a last-ditch attempt yesterday tobroadcast a negative commercial that had hurt Dole in neighboringNew Hampshire. No ...
RAUNCHY ROCK
Mar 01, 1988; ... I had no idea how Tipper Gore and her crusaders could get soupset over rock lyrics. So, Huey Lewis isn't promoting the workethic by suggesting that much can be gained through "The Power ofLove." Bruce Springsteen may perpetuate the image of a smugAmerican in "Born in the USA." And maybe ...
A BROKERED CONVENTION? DON'T BET ON IT
Mar 01, 1988; ... Whoopee! The back-room boys - they're always boys -- are alreadysending boxes of their $2 cigars to Atlanta in eager anticipationof the first brokered convention since 1952.Gary Hart told the audience at the Democratic debate onSaturday in Atlanta that the convention to be held in ...
PUBLIC DAY CARE ATTACKS CHOICES OF FAMILIES
Mar 01, 1988; ... George Gilder, author of "Wealth and Poverty" and various othereloquent exercises in the candid, conservative subversion of thewelfare state, put it this way:"Work requirements mean job entitlements and lead directly andnecessarily to child-care entitlements."As anyone ...
HOUSE OK'S HEALTH BILL AS GOP CRIES FOUL
Mar 01, 1988; ... The House last night gave initial approval to afirst-in-the-nation universal health care bill as Democraticleaders brushed aside Republican charges that the measure is being"stampeded" through the Legislature to give Gov. Dukakis'presidential campaign a boost.On a 99-53 ...
MIDDLESEX JUDGE ORDERS DOORS CLOSED IN CUSTODY TRIAL
Mar 01, 1988; ... CAMBRIDGE - A Middlesex probate court judge yesterdayordered a closed-door trial in the case of a Waltham man who issuing to get his baby daughter back after the child's naturalmother took the child to California and gave her up for adoption.Judge Sheila McGovern issued the ...
BONES FOUND AT QUABBIN STILL MYSTIFY INVESTIGATORS
Mar 01, 1988; ... Investigators said yesterday they have not made progress inattempting to identify a partial skeleton found in the QuabbinReservoir by a hiker Saturday afternoon.Although several whole bones, including some from the arms andlegs, were recovered, authorities have been unable ...
NORTH END FEASTS PICKED FOR NATIONAL DISPLAY WASHINGTON TO SEE, SHARE CELEBRATIONS
Mar 01, 1988; ... Late last August, as thousands of revelers crammed the narrowstreets of Boston's North End to celebrate the Feast of St.Anthony, Mary Jo Sanna found herself in a stranger's home eatingpasta.Sanna, a folklorist and musicologist studying at Harvard, wasdoing research for the ...
SHAMIE CONSIDERS ANOTHER RUN FOR SENATE
Mar 01, 1988; ... The Massachusetts Republican Party chairman, Ray Shamie, whohas lost two previous bids to become a US senator, said yesterdayhe is considering taking on Sen. Edward Kennedy this year.At news conference he called to criticize Gov. Dukakis' healthcare bill, Shamie, who lost to ...
DIMASI TO HEAD JUDICIARY PANEL KEVERIAN ALSO APPOINTS DORCHESTER'S BRETT AND AGAWAM'S WALSH TO HOUSE CHAIRMANSHIPS
Mar 01, 1988; ... House Speaker George Keverian yesterday appointed Rep.Salvatore F. DiMasi (D-North End) House chairman of the JudiciaryCommittee, continuing the tradition of naming legislators withprivate law practices to lead the panel.DiMasi, a five-term legislator, replaces Rep. Thomas ...
STATE FINDS ANTI-MEDICAID BIAS BY NURSING HOMES UNDERCOVER PROBE FOUND PRIVATE PATIENTS GIVEN PREFERENCE; EQUAL ACCESS BILL IS URGED
Mar 01, 1988; ... People applying to nursing homes for their elderly relativesare coming face-to-face with the reality of discrimination againstMedicaid patients, Elder Affairs Secretary Paul Lanzikos testifiedyesterday at a State House hearing.An undercover operation in which employees of ...
CORRECTION
Mar 01, 1988 ... Because of an editing error, the reprint of a page of Globephotographs from Haiti that ran on Page 34 of The Sunday Globe waserroneously said to have been part of the Globe's team pictureentry ...
FLYNN PLANS TO DELIVER LETTER TO REAGAN ON DRUG PIPELINE
Mar 01, 1988; ... Mayor Flynn plans to walk to the White House this morningand deliver a letter to President Reagan, urging that the presidentcut off aid to those countries that are the source of illegal drugsexported to the United States.Flynn, who will be a keynote speaker at a morning ...
LIFE IN EYE OF WEST BANK STORM
Mar 01, 1988; ... RAMALLAH, Israeli-occupied West Bank -- For almost threemonths, Bostonians Ellen Fleischmann and John Benvenuto have livedin the midst of the Palestinian uprising that has transformed thisbourgeois city into a battleground. "There is gunfire so frequently, there is such a ...
DEMOCRATS TARGET GEPHARDT AT DEBATE CANDIDATE ON DEFENSIVE AT VA. FORUM
Mar 01, 1988; ... WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - In what may have been their last debatebefore next Tuesday's megavote, the four major Democraticpresidential candidates spent another debate last night arguingabout Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt's policy proposals andfund-raising practices.The attacks ...
A CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION
Mar 01, 1988 ... It seemed a simple matter of law and justice -- Congresswould act to strengthen anti-discrimination laws weakened by a 1984Supreme Court decision. But that view did not take into accountadministration officials, abortion foes and others who would blockbasic civil rights legislation ...
THE SECOND-TIER ARMS RACE
Mar 01, 1988 ... The Indian Parliament gave Prime Minister Gandhi a standingovation when he announced the successful test-firing of ahome-produced surface-to-surface missile. India is now one of onlyfive nations -- the others being the United States, the SovietUnion, France and China -- to possess ...
SUBVERTING AN OPEN SOCIETY
Mar 01, 1988 ... There are many reasons to safeguard dissent in a democracy.Of these, the reason most easily acknowledged by liberals andconservatives alike is a desire to prevent, or eventually tocorrect, bad policy.The dangers inherent in a governmental effort to stifledissent are ...
CAUCUS PUTS HEAT ON OVER HUMAN-SERVICE FUNDS FREEZE
Mar 01, 1988; ... Concerned about a freeze in state budget accounts for humanservice programs, a dozen members of the Women's Legislative Caucusmet with Gov. Dukakis' chief fiscal officer yesterday to demand therelease of the funds.In a morning meeting that sometimes featured heated ...
JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS
Mar 01, 1988; ... By any standard, last Thursday was your basic bad day as far asJack Collins was concerned. It was one of those days when thingsjust kept getting worse.Collins lives just over the border in New Hampshire. Thatalone entitles him to a bit of sympathy. He works for a high-techcompany ...
TREATING THE ADDICT HELP CAN BE HARD TO GET
Mar 01, 1988; ... WESTBOROUGH - Warren Fish lied, cheated and went to jail toget the treatment he is now receiving for heroin addiction, but atleast a thousand other addicts are still on the streets waiting forthe same chance to kick their habits.Fish, 32, said he rode an 18-year addiction ...
PRIDE GOETH
Mar 01, 1988; ... CALGARY, Alberta - The United States had all the flair, style,grace and symbolism of its national bird -- the turkey. And itsfinal condition was the same as the Thanksgiving bird, carved up. It is with humble heart that those words are written. Twoweeks in the company of smiling, ...
CONSULTANT RULES ARE FULL OF LOOPHOLES, BARESSI SAYS
Mar 01, 1988; ... The state's inspector general yesterday belittled Gov.Dukakis' new regulations covering the hiring of privateconsultants, claiming they are full of loopholes and "a standinginvitation to fraud, waste and abuse."Inspector General Joseph R. Barresi, testifying in support ofa ...
JANNEY: NEW MAN IN TOWN HE BREAKS THE ICE WITH BRUINS
Mar 01, 1988; ... For the moment, Craig Janney says his only intentions are tokeep quiet, speak when spoken to and, of course, try to fit in withthe Bruins."I was really, really nervous," Janney said yesterday afterjoining the Bruins for an informal skate at Boston Garden, hisfirst ...
BOATERS, RESIDENTS BATTLE OVER SHORE
Mar 01, 1988; ... At first blush, it seems difficult to argue with a publicpolicy that encourages water-dependent uses -- marinas, parks,walkways -- along Massachusetts' 1,500 miles of shoreline.Yet it is precisely this policy, particularly its favorabletreatment of marinas, that is the ...
PITT GIVES BC THE SLIP
Mar 01, 1988; ... PITTSBURGH - If only Dana Barros had some help. If only BChad a front line. If only Pitt couldn't turn it on and off like awell-maintenanced faucet. Maybe next year. For now, this type of game continually willslip away from the Eagles, who were dogged in pursuit but ...
NEEDLE PLAN CALLED RISKY
Mar 01, 1988; ... The state commissioner of public health said yesterday thatMayor Flynn's proposal to duplicate in Boston needle exchangeprograms for drug addicts in other countries would be "very riskybusiness" because of differing attitudes toward drug addiction.Commissioner Deborah ...
TRUMP REJECTS 'LURE' OF BUYING PATRIOTS
Mar 01, 1988; ... Donald Trump walked away from the New England Patriots againyesterday, saying he does not want to be used as a chump."I feel the enthusiasm for selling the New England Patriots tome is an attempt by the NFL to co-opt me and get rid of DonaldTrump as a problem, much as they ...
LATEST PATRIOTS HOPE: TISCH?
Mar 01, 1988; ... Now that Donald Trump has dealt himself out as a possiblePatriots buyer, a new player apparently has joined the game,retiring Postmaster General Preston Robert Tisch.Tisch, whose brother Laurence is the largest shareholder ofCBS Inc. stock, was the former chairman and chief ...
BOSTON RAKING UP THE MUCK IN THE PUBLIC GARDEN FIRM STEPS DELICATELY AROUND DUCK SCULPTURES TO DREDGE 25 YEARS' WORTH OF SLUDGE FROM POND
Mar 01, 1988; ... James Walton understands clearly the risks of his next job. "All I've got to do is run over one of those brass ducks andI've had it," he said recently. He was referring to the delicate nature of dredging thelagoon in the Public Garden, a task that has not been undertaken ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1988 ... Q. How can I learn to be a home inspector? -- R.D., DedhamA. One avenue is through the American Society of HomeInspectors, headquartered at 1010 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 630,Washington, DC 20007. The society, through its regional affiliates,conducts ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1988 ... Q. I would like to know the name and address of a Subarurepresentative in this area regarding a complicated, expensiverepair for a fairly new Subaru station wagon. -- C.D., BoxfordA. Although it was not spelled out in so many words, we gatheryou already have taken your car ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1988 ... Q. What is the unemployment rate in New Hampshire? -- W.D.,DorchesterA. Pat Dubuclet, labor market analyst for the New HampshireDepartment of Employment Security, said the December figure was 2.2percent and the average for all of 1987 was 2.4 percent. For thesake of ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1988 ... Q. Did Howard Fineman, chief political correspondent forNewsweek magazine and a panelist on the television show,"Washington Week in Review," attend Malden High School? I taught UShistory there for many years and ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1988 ... Q. What are "blood shield laws"? - R.B., WilmingtonA. Dr. Eugene Berkman, chief of the New England MedicalCenter's blood bank, told us every state has a blood shield lawthat exempts blood banks from liability as long as standardtransfusion procedures are observed. Without ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Mar 01, 1988 ... Q. Both the Canadian and British national anthems wereplayed at the opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games. Is Canadastill under the rule of England? -- F.G., AndoverA. In line with tradition, both "O Canada" and "God Save theQueen" were played because Queen Elizabeth II's ...
CELTICS MAKE TRAVEL PLANS THEY'D LIKE A VICTORY AT MILWAUKEE
Mar 01, 1988; ... MILWAUKEE - Sunday afternoon's game in Pontiac is now filedin the cabinet drawer under the letter "L," as in "LostOpportunity." All the Celtics can do now is hope they can buildupon the good things learned from that experience.They'll have another chance to show they can ...
KELLY HINTS AT REGIONAL PLAN FOR ASSIGNING PUBLIC HOUSING
Mar 01, 1988; ... City Councilor James M. Kelly, who represents the communitythat has been the most vocal in opposing the Flynnadministration's plan to abandon choice-based public housingwaiting lists, will announce his own proposal today to deal withfederal requirements for race-blind public ...
HARRINGTON TAKES OATH TO BECOME US JUDGE
Mar 01, 1988; ... Edward F. Harrington, former US attorney in Massachusettsand former head of the New England Organized Crime Strike Force,was sworn in as a US District Court judge yesterday at Faneuil Halland immediately assigned to the federal courthouse in Boston.There had been speculation ...
BLACKMON HAS SURGERY
Mar 01, 1988; ... Patriots linebacker Don Blackmon had surgery Friday toremove three injured discs from his neck. He left the hospitalwearing a neck brace yesterday.Bone grafts were performed during the 2 1/2-hour operation,and Blackmon's neck will be in a brace for a month.Dr ....
ANDREW MAHONEY, 90 WAS MEAT COMPANY EXECUTIVE
Mar 01, 1988 ... A funeral Mass will be said for Andrew A. Mahoney ofBelmont, a retired meat company executive, at 10 a.m. Wednesday,March 2, in St. Jerome's Church in Arlington.Mr. Mahoney died Monday in Belmont after a lengthy illness. Hewas 90.Mr. Mahoney worked for Swift and ...
LUTHER MACNAIR, 83; CHAMPIONED CIVIL LIBERTIES IN A REPRESSIVE ERA
Mar 01, 1988 ... Luther K. Macnair, who steered the Civil Liberties Union ofMassachusetts through the so-called "Red scares" of the 1950s andantiwar protests in the 1960s, died yesterday at his home inCambridge. He was 83 and had suffered from heart disease andemphysema in recent years.As ...
'THE BEST GAMES' SAMARANCH LAUDS OLYMPIC EFFORT
Mar 01, 1988; ... CALGARY, Alberta - When it came time for his traditionalmorning-after assessment, International Olympic Committee presidentJuan Antonio Samaranch had nothing to talk about yesterday. Notransportation hangups, no security problems, no eligibilityhassles, no political nightmares. None ...
MANUEL KATZ, 73 LAWYER, LEADER IN SHARON
Mar 01, 1988 ... Manuel Katz, a Sharon lawyer and longtime town leader, diedMonday in Beth Israel Hospital after a brief illness. He was 73.A 37-year resident of Sharon, Mr. Katz served as a townselectman for six years in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He laterbecame town counsel....
WILLIAM KENNEY, HELPED FOUND KING'S DEPARTMENT STORES; AT 78
Mar 01, 1988 ... William F. Kenney of Orleans, a founder of the former King'sDepartment Stores, died unexpectedly Sunday in Cape Cod Hospital inHyannis. He was 78.Mr. Kenney opened his first store in the 1940s and within 30years owned more than 150 others. The Mass Retail ...
POWER FAILURE HITS 2,200 IN DORCHESTER
Mar 01, 1988 ... An outage in Dorchester left 2,200 customers without poweryesterday evening. A spokeswoman for Boston Edison said the outagebegan at 5:08 p.m., and service for 1,900 customers was restoredby 6:30 p.m.Officials said ...
JURY SELECTION UNDER WAY FOR MURDER TRIAL OF YOUTH
Mar 01, 1988; ... DEDHAM - The first six members of the jury that will try15-year-old Rod Matthews as an adult in the murder of a ninth gradeCanton classmate were chosen yesterday in Norfolk Superior Court.Ten others were rejected by Judge Roger J. Donahue, three ofthem women who indicated ...
BUS FIRM OWNER ASKS DISMISSAL OF UNEMPLOYMENT FUND CASE
Mar 01, 1988; ... A Lexington bus company owner who has been ordered to paythe state $860,000 in delinquent unemployment fund contributionsasked a Boston Municipal Court judge yesterday to dismiss the casebecause financial hardship had prevented him from paying the taxes.An attorney ...
SUFFOLK COURT OFFICER IS FOUND INNOCENT
Mar 01, 1988 ... A Suffolk Superior Court officer is seeking reinstatement withback pay after being found innocent of charges of stealing moneyfrom a court officers union. Kenneth E. Walden, 45, of Roxbury wasacquitted Jan. 28 by a six-person jury in Boston Municipal Court of17 counts of larceny of more ...
US COURT UPHOLDS RIFLE-DEFECT RULING
Mar 01, 1988; ... A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling thatblamed defective design of a Winchester rifle for an accidentalfiring that injured two New Hampshire teen-agers during a 1977hunting trip. The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the FirstCircuit rejected arguments from the ...
SMITH COLLEGE HIKES ITS STUDENT CHARGES
Mar 01, 1988; ... NORTHAMPTON - Tuition and fees at Smith College will rise anadditional $1,180 to $16,830 this fall, officials at theprestigious women's school have announced. Trustees at the2,000-student college approved a 7.5 percent boost in tuition androom and board charges at their meetings last ...
2 OUTBID DOVYDENAS FOR CHURCH PROPERTY
Mar 01, 1988; ... SPRINGFIELD - An heiress whose lawsuit brought an evangelicalsect to bankruptcy was among the top bidders for the church'sestate in the most recent round on the auction block, a lawyer said yesterday. Elizabeth Dovydenas' $2.56 million bid for The BibleSpeaks property in Lenox was the ...
HEARING POSTPONED IN GRIFFITH SHOOTING
Mar 01, 1988 ... A probable cause hearing for two men accused of fatally shootinga Boston police detective during a drug raid was continuedyesterday to 9 a.m. Friday in Brighton District Court. Judge JamesDolan of Dorchester District Court granted the continuance in thecase of James E. McConnell, 39, Albert ...
JUDGE GIVES RAPIST 15- TO 20-YEAR TERM
Mar 01, 1988 ... A 25-year-old East Boston man convicted of aggravated rape wassentenced yesterday to serve 15 to 20 years at the MassachusettsCorrectional Institution at Cedar Junction. Suffolk Superior CourtJudge Elizabeth Dolan handed down the sentence after a jury foundJeffrey Goodwin of Monmouth ...
THE BEST OF THE NIGHTCLUB SINGERS
Mar 01, 1988; ... MABEL MERCER. A Life, by James Haskins. Atheneum. 217pp. $19.95. Illustrated. "Oh, yes," Mabel Mercer would chuckle in the middle of one of hersongs, "I've had a past." Then she'd continue, "You're not my first love, baby, but you'll bethe first . . . to ...
ALFRED MCCARTHY, 87 RETIRED BUSINESSMAN, SOX FAN
Mar 01, 1988 ... BROOKLINE - Alfred Paul McCarthy, a retired businessman whoin 1912 was the batboy for the championship-winning Boston Red Sox,died Saturday in the Veterans Administration Medical Center inBoston after a long illness. He was 87.Mr. McCarthy was born in Boston. He was an avid ...
AN EXEMPLARY SHOW FROM THE ECO
Mar 01, 1988; ...THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA -- Jeffrey Tate, principal conductor, in a concert presented by the Wang Celebrity Series in Symphony Hall Sunday night. The English Chamber Orchestra brought a generous program toSymphony Hall Sunday night -- generous not only in ...
A HOST OF SUCCESSES
Mar 01, 1988; ... CALGARY, Alberta - The dismantling began even beforePetro-Canada switched off the flame Sunday night. Forklifts carriedoff tables and chairs, volunteers unplugged TV monitors and crammedpapers into boxes, and communications workers crated computers thathad spat forth everything from ...
REED FIGHTS ODDS
Mar 01, 1988; ... WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - John McNamara was ready to wrap upanother quiet day in the sunshine when someone asked him about JodyReed."Would Reed be better off heading back to Pawtucket where hecould play every day," the questioner wanted to know, "or could hebe used as a ...