The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from July 1988:
OUT OF SEASON
Jul 01, 1988 ...STORY IN CAPTION Fifth grader Cassandra Holley helps clean her sister'sfirst-grade classroom at the Pauline A. Shaw Elementary School inDorchester. A bus drivers' strike at the beginning of the yearhelped extend the school year in Boston to its latest closing datein history ....
SOUTH END MUGGING
Jul 01, 1988 ... Police lead Ronnie D. Walker, 23, of Roxbury toward the Area Dstation in the South End yesterday morning after he allegedlyassaulted Angela Madrey and grabbed her handbag at the corner ofMassachusetts ...
MOON OVER MAINE
Jul 01, 1988 ... The moon begins its ascent over Tunk Lake in Cherryfield, Maine,at 9 p.m. Tuesday. ...
PASSING THE CONDO BILL WAS ONLY A BEGINNING LINES FORM, PHONES RING AS QUESTIONS MULTIPLY ON HOW PERMIT ORDINANCE WILL ACTUALLY WORK
Jul 01, 1988; ... A line of tenants, landlords and attorneys formed at the CityHall office of the Rent Equity Board yesterday morning, whiledozens of anxious callers telephoned with questions about the newordinance governing condominium conversion."Everybody wanted to know the same thing: 'What's ...
VINEYARD BEACH WILL STAY OPEN, STATE SAYS
Jul 01, 1988 ... EDGARTOWN - State environmental officials guaranteed yesterdaythat the only public beach on the southern shore of Martha'sVineyard will remain open to the public. The Department ofEnvironmental Management announced that the state has purchased 53acres of land on South Beach in Edgartown, ...
MINIMUM WAGE GOES UP 10 CENTS
Jul 01, 1988; ... Under state law, the minimum wage that must be paid to mostworkers in Massachusetts rises today from $3.65 to $3.75 an hour,though the state's low unemployment rate effectively keeps mostwages higher. The Legislature decided earlier to boost thestatewide pay standard above the federal ...
PANEL CUTS $147M FROM COLLEGE BUDGET
Jul 01, 1988 ... Citing fiscal constraints, the House Way and Means Committeeyesterday sliced $147 million out of a construction budget for thestate's colleges. The proposed capital outlay budget, which isfunded through a bond issue, was reduced from Gov. Michael S.Dukakis' original request of $440 million ....
POLICE SEEK PAIR IN ROXBURY KILLING
Jul 01, 1988 ... An unidentified 36-year-old man was fatally wounded yesterdaymorning by two armed men who chased him from an apartment at theOrchard Park Housing Project to a street nearby. Police said thevictim was pronounced dead at Boston City Hospital at 6:07 a.m.after he was discovered lying in a pool ...
STATE HEALTH PACT GETS A GO-AHEAD
Jul 01, 1988 ... A Suffolk Superior Court judge yesterday refused to stop a $200million-a-year contract awarded to John Hancock Insurance toprovide health insurance coverage for 83,000 state employees fromtaking effect today. Judge Herbert Abrams said that he found it"highly doubtful" that the courts had ...
JUDGE OK'S BUILDING AT OLD NORWELL BURIAL SITES
Jul 01, 1988; ... PLYMOUTH - A Superior Court judge rejected the claims of a NewYork woman that the construction of four houses along the NorthRiver in Norwell should be blocked until she can ensure adequateprotection for the graves of her Quaker ancestors that she said areon the sites.Judge ...
HOUSE CHAIRMAN HITS ACTION AFFECTING STATE PENSION FUND
Jul 01, 1988; ... The Dukakis administration, ending the fiscal year with abudget technically out of balance, came under heavy fire yesterdayfor several controversial budget-balancing measures that have yetto be approved by the Legislature.Rep. Kevin Blanchette (D-Lawrence), House chairman of ...
LEO RABINOVITZ, 78 OWNER OF E. BOSTON PHARMACY
Jul 01, 1988 ... Services will be held at 2 p.m. today in Temple Emeth,Brookline, for Leo Rabinovitz, owner of Packard Pharmacy in EastBoston and a pharmacist for 56 years.Mr. Rabinovitz died of heart failure yesterday in Beth IsraelHospital. He was 78 and had lived in Brookline for 40 ...
BARRESI CRITICIZES NO-BID CONTRACT FOR STATE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING
Jul 01, 1988; ... The Massachusetts inspector general, citing evidence thestate is being overcharged, yesterday attacked Massport's $6.8million, no-bid contract to run the state transportation buildingin Park Square.Joseph R. Barresi made public a letter to the two chairmen ofthe ...
FREDERICK TROY, LONGTIME TRUSTEE, ENGLISH PROFESSOR AT UMASS; AT 79
Jul 01, 1988 ... Frederick Sherman Troy, who devoted 52 years to theUniversity of Massachusetts as undergraduate, professor of Englishand trustee, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a luncheonwith friends at the St. Botolph Club. He was 79 and lived indowntown Boston. Mr. Troy, widely ...
ERIK RONNBERG, FORMER SHIP RIGGER WHO RAN SHOP IN ROCKPORT; AT 79
Jul 01, 1988 ... Erik A.R. Ronnberg, a former ship rigger in Gloucester andfrom 1960 to 1975 the proprietor of a marine supply and gift shopin Rockport, died of cancer June 23 at his home in Rockport. Hewas 79.A native of Vaxholm, Sweden, Mr. Ronnberg had been a seamanand officer aboard ...
WALDEMAR THOMAE AT 79; N.E. TELEPHONE MANAGER
Jul 01, 1988 ... Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow inMilton Cemetery for Waldemar H. Thomae, who retired in 1979 asmanager of tax accounting for New England Telephone Co. Mr. Thomae,who lived in Milton, died Tuesday at Milton Hospital. He was 79.Mr. Thomae was employed by ...
YVONNE BROADCORENS WAS PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Jul 01, 1988 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. PiusX Church, South Yarmouth, for Yvonne (Ramaut) Broadcorens, directorof public relations at Simmons College from 1950 until herretirement in 1970.Mrs. Broadcorens, who lived in South Yarmouth, died Tuesday atCape Cod ...
LAWRENCE THORNTON RETIRED SINGER; AT 84
Jul 01, 1988 ... Lawrence T. Thornton of South Boston, a retired singer withthe Boston Opera Company, died yesterday at Mattapan Hospital. Hewas 84.After graduating from Boston College in 1926, Mr. Thorntonspent 23 years as a clerk and singer in stage shows at theKennilworth Hotel, the ...
BEATRICE BAHM, 84 RETIRED SOCIAL WORKER AT MGH
Jul 01, 1988 ... Beatrice (Livor) Bahm of West Yarmouth, a retired socialworker, died Tuesday at Cape Regency Nursing Home, Centerville. Shewas 84.Mrs. Bahm worked at Massachusetts General Hospital and for anumber of organizations serving the elderly on Cape Cod.Born in Winchester, ...
GERTRUDE FLEMMING WAS HEAD OF WOOL TRADE GROUP
Jul 01, 1988 ... A funeral Mass will be said tomorrow at 11 a.m. in St. JamesChurch, Wellesley, for Gertrude M. Flemming, former president ofthe Boston Wool Trade Association.Miss Flemming died of cancer Wednesday at her home inWellesley.She was a longtime employee of Ralph Keltie ...
GEORGE J. LUCAS, 29 IMPORTER, BASKETBALL COACH
Jul 01, 1988 ... Services were held yesterday in St. Demetrios Greek OrthodoxChurch, Weston, for George J. Lucas, owner of an import-exportbusiness and basketball coach at Weston Middle School.Mr. Lucas died Monday in Waltham-Weston Hospital of a heartattack suffered while playing ...
AQUARIUM MAY EXPAND OR RELOCATE
Jul 01, 1988; ... The New England Aquarium, swamped with visitors and thirstyfor more exhibit and research space, is considering three options,including moving from the Central Wharf site it has occupied for19 years -- and possibly out of Boston.Another possibility is that the aquarium would ...
BOATING BOOMING IN THE HARBOR
Jul 01, 1988; ... The yacht Courageous snaps through a series of maneuvers inBoston Harbor as crew members prepare to meet other classicAmerica's Cup yachts in a 12-meter regatta.Nearby, two oarsmen in sleek rowing shells glide pastmillion-dollar waterfront condominiums, then nod to ...
CAMPEAU PLANS A BLOOMINGDALE'S IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON
Jul 01, 1988; ... TORONTO - Robert Campeau, the freewheeling Canadian who issuddenly a major force in both Boston retailing and real estate,had good news for downtown shoppers yesterday: Bloomingdale's iscoming.At a news conference after yesterday's sometimes raucousannual meeting of Campeau ...
GOVERNOR TO ENTERTAIN JACKSON
Jul 01, 1988; ...report.) In a move signaling unity with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Gov.Michael S. Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, will entertain the Chicagoclergyman and his wife, Jacqueline, at dinner at their Brooklinehome July 4, and the couple will be their guests at the EsplanadeBoston Pops ...
DUKAKIS OPPOSES TAKEOVER OF TEAMSTERS
Jul 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusettsopposes the suit filed by the Justice Department earlier this weekseeking the takeover of the scandal-plagued InternationalBrotherhood of Teamsters by a court-appointed trusteeship, aspokesman for the Dukakis campaign said ...
PILGRIM RADIATION BLEW OVER 5 TOWNS, STUDY SAYS
Jul 01, 1988; ... Radiation released by the Pilgrim nuclear plant was blowninland over Plymouth and four nearby towns whose residents sufferedelevated levels of cancer, the state Department of Public Healthsaid in a study released yesterday.The report increases interest in Pilgrim as a ...
PENTAGON SAYS CONTRACT FREEZE WOULD FORCE LAYOFFS
Jul 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - The Pentagon yesterday rejected a congressionalcall for a freezing of all contracts under suspicion in the JusticeDepartment's probe of the defense industry, saying a moratoriumwould lead to massive layoffs and harm the readiness of US troops. The Pentagon's statement ...
POLL: MANAGUANS OPPOSE CONTRA AID, ARE SPLIT ON LEADERS
Jul 01, 1988; ... MEXICO CITY - The first independent public opinion poll inNicaragua since the Sandinista revolution in 1979 shows a countrysharply divided in its views of the government but overwhelminglyopposed to further US aid for contra rebels.The poll, results of which were made ...
RIVAL PROPOSALS ARE OFFERED FOR WAR AGAINST DRUGS
Jul 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - The Reagan administration's strategy in thewar on drugs became a center of controversy yesterday as threedrug-related events coincided: Attorney General Edwin Meese 3drecommended holding the line on the antidrug budget, SenateDemocrats proposed doubling it and ...
CORRECTION
Jul 01, 1988 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in Monday'sMetro/Region section about English war baby Roger Greenhoughmeeting his American GI father, Robert Miller, for the ...
TWO SIDES OF A GRAND OLD CITY
Jul 01, 1988; ... BUDAPEST - Hungary's Air Malev lets a passenger know he isBudapest-bound even before takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.As a passenger enters the plane, the spicy reek of paprika streamsfrom the galley, and thoughts turn to goulash and the Danube Riverbefore the plane has flown over ...
IN ILLINOIS, DUKAKIS FOCUSES ON ECONOMY
Jul 01, 1988; ... CHICAGO - Returning to the campaign trail after more than aweek's hiatus, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts stumpedthrough the industrial Midwest yesterday, stressing economic andfamily themes and offering himself as the candidate of optimismbest able to lead an electorate he ...
DUKAKIS WILL CHOOSE IN HIS OWN TIME
Jul 01, 1988; ... Gov. Michael S. Dukakis is not ready to pick his running mate.He has a lot left to do before he is ready, and his vicepresidential search operation, run by campaign chairman PaulBrountas, has a lot left to do before it is ready.Dukakis may want to talk again to one or more ...
SUNDAY ADS WILL HIT DUKAKIS ON ABORTION
Jul 01, 1988 ... A longtime Massachusetts antiabortion activist will placeadvertisements criticizing Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' position onabortion in three newspapers Sunday.The ads identify Dukakis as "a man who has pledged to use yourtax dollars to pay for the abortion of the unborn American child ...
TEACHERS TO BACK DUKAKIS AS NOMINEE
Jul 01, 1988 ... NEW YORK - Democratic presidential hopeful Michael S. Dukakisreportedly won the backing yesterday of the political arm of theNational Education Association, the nation's largest teacher union,-- for the Democratic nomination. The decision came during a closed-door meeting of ...
BUSH TO ADDRESS GREEK CHURCH GROUP
Jul 01, 1988 ... Vice President George Bush is taking the concept of invading theenemy's camp to daring new heights.When Bush arrives in Boston July 7 to deliver a speech, itwon't be to just any group. The keynote address at the 29th annualconvention of the laity and clergy of the Greek ...
DUKE, ROGER VIE FOR LAPEL POSITIONS
Jul 01, 1988 ... Mike Dukakis and Roger Rabbit are leading the novelty hit paradethis week.A new version of the fuzzy bear and Christmas elf lapelclip-ons wearing Gov. Dukakis faces has shown up at Paperamastores in Massachusetts. "They're hot," reported Peter Norcross, a buyer for ...
N.H. SENATOR OBJECTS TO KEAN AS KEYNOTER
Jul 01, 1988 ... CONCORD, N.H. - Sen. Gordon Humphrey has complained that NewJersey Gov. Thomas Kean's selection as keynote speaker for theRepublican National Convention is an "affront" to anti-abortionactivists. The Republican senator from New Hampshire also threatenedthis week to organize a ...
GOP FUND-RAISERS NET $2M IN ONE DAY
Jul 01, 1988 ... NEW YORK - Vice President George Bush yesterday described hisrun for the presidency as an "uphill battle," but the forum for hisremarks provided ample evidence that he will enter the battlewell-armed.More than 700 Republicans paid $1,000 apiece to listen toBush's luncheon ...
BRITISH GROUP URGES TROOP PULLOUT FROM N. IRELAND
Jul 01, 1988; ... LONDON - Although it attracted little attention, a group ofparliamentarians, writers, entertainers and professionals yesterdaylaunched a new campaign seeking withdrawal of British troops fromNorthern Ireland.The "troops-out" campaign is called Time to Go, and accordingto ...
KITTY DUKAKIS URGES CONGRESS TO HELP BAR KHMER ROUGE
Jul 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - Kitty Dukakis, joined by survivors of masskillings committed by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, urged Congressyesterday to take steps to prevent the communist regime fromregaining power and asked lawmakers to increase aid to the 300,000Cambodian refugees living in ...
7 JERUSALEM SCHOOLS CLOSED AFTER PROTEST
Jul 01, 1988; ... JERUSALEM - Arab students threw stones and smashed windshieldsduring protests in Jerusalem yesterday, and authorities shut downseven Palestinian schools. A 17-year-old Arab was shot and woundedin a clash ...
IRAQ CLAIMS IT HIT GAS PLANT, OIL FIELD
Jul 01, 1988; ... NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraq said its jets bombed an Iranian naturalgas plant and an offshore oil field yesterday during raids in thePersian Gulf, and claimed its land forces drove Iranian troops fromkey border regions. Baghdad Radio said Iraqi ...
CANADA SENDS HOME SOLDIERS' REMAINS
Jul 01, 1988; ... FORT ERIE, Ontario - The remains of 28 American soldiers killedin the War of 1812 were taken from Canada to their native soil inflag-draped caskets yesterday in the first repatriation ceremonyheld between the two countries. "There can be no finer expressionof the good relations between our ...
RELIVING THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
Jul 01, 1988 ... GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The realistic thunder of cannon and thesharp crack of rifle fire disturbed the stillness here again, andthe Confederacy reached its high point once more in a reenactmentof one of the most crucial battles in American history.More than 7,000 "troops" acted ...
FIRE AND ICE AT FENWAY
Jul 01, 1988 ... Strange things are happening to the hometown team. Wednesdaynight, while the local heroes were defending a 4-1 lead in theseventh inning, a capricious cloud cluster appeared over theidyllic enclosure of Fenway Park. As if Zeus wanted to showapproval for the pitching of Roger Clemens, ...
GORBACHEV'S GRAND DESIGN
Jul 01, 1988 ... Mikhail Gorbachev's opening address to an extraordinaryCommunist Party conference will not make the queues of shoppersvanish overnight. His vision of a revitalized society will notbestow capacious living space on citizens, nor repair the rustymachinery peasants and workers must ...
SCHOOLS THE PUPILS CHOOSE
Jul 01, 1988 ... The idea of equalizing opportunity in city and suburbanschool districts with open enrollment is an attractive one whosetime has come. The Legislature should heed the needs of poorparents and their children, not educational bureaucracies.Senate President William Bulger ...
WOMEN: DO THEY NOT HOLD UP HALF OF HEAVEN?
Jul 01, 1988; ...H.D.S. Greenway is an associate editor of the Globe. With the new millennium only a dozen years away, the struggle forwomen's equality has emerged as one of the most important socialtrends of this turbulent century. Although there is still a longway to go, the goal of equality ...
WAITING FOR DUKAKIS TO MAKE HIS CHOICE
Jul 01, 1988; ... CHICAGO - Michael Dukakis' choice of a vice-presidential nomineeis narrowed to a handful. Some, such as Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia and Sen. Bill Bradleyof New Jersey, simply do not want the job. There are always thosewho know they are not going to get it, and, for the folks ...
STEPS URGED TO COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING
Jul 01, 1988; ... TORONTO - A world conference on safeguarding the atmosphereyesterday called for reductions by at least 50 percent in worldwideemissions of carbon dioxide to combat the accelerating warming ofthe global climate.Speakers at the conference, which ended yesterday, ...
EDELIN IS LEAVING BCH OBSTETRICS JOB SAYS IT 'CEASED TO BE AS MUCH FUN'
Jul 01, 1988; ... Dr. Kenneth Edelin has resigned effective June 30, 1989, ashead of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston City Hospital. Edelinhas been the focus of controversy involving the hospital'smidwifery service and an obstetrical practice serving neighborhoodhealth centers.The ...
LOCKUP IMPOSED AFTER JAIL RIOT
Jul 01, 1988; ... BILLERICA - Small fires burned in three cells yesterday asinmates at the Middlesex County House of Correction protested anaround-the-clock lockup imposed since a riot Wednesday nightcaused between $25,000 and $50,000 in damage.The fires in wastebaskets and rubbish piled on ...
ACTIVISTS ASSAIL DUKAKIS' HANDLING OF POLLUTION BILL
Jul 01, 1988; ... Environmental activists yesterday blasted Gov. Michael S.Dukakis and House leaders for "fast tracking" a controversial airpollution bill as a favor to the mayor of Fall River, a longtimepolitical supporter of the governor.The governor's maneuver to help Mayor Carlton ...
POLICE PAYOFF TRIAL OPENS
Jul 01, 1988; ... The federal prosecutor in the corruption trial of three presentand four former Boston police officers told a jury in US DistrictCourt yesterday that the officers "sold their oath and sold theiroffice" by extorting money and gifts from liquor-licensedestablishments in exchange for providing ...
REGISTERED NURSES REJECT FINAL CITY BID BUT WORKERS AT BOSTON CITY, LONG ISLAND AND MATTAPAN DECIDE NOT TO CALL STRIKE
Jul 01, 1988; ... Registered nurses at Boston City Hospital and the city's twoother public hospitals yesterday rejected the city's final wageoffer but decided against staging an illegal strike.On a 259-202 vote, the nurses' union turned down a proposedtwo-year contract that would have raised ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1988 ... Q. What is aloe? - E.W., SalemA. Aloe is the name applied to a group of fleshy-leaved plantsthat grow mainly in tropical or semitropical parts of the world.Fibers from the leaves of certain species are used to make rope,fishing nets and even clothing. Other species have ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1988 ... Q. Is it true that bags of donated clothing left at MorganMemorial depositories are being discarded because of a lack ofpersonnel to handle them? -- E.S., LexingtonA. Morgan Memorial spokesman Deborah Henderson says there isno truth to the report. Donated items, she ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1988 ... Q. What's become of swimmer and Olympic gold medalist MarkSpitz? -- T.B., PlymouthA. After the 1972 Olympics, Spitz signed a $500,000 contractto promote Schick razors and Adidas sportswear and earned enough topurchase a big chunk of real estate, from which he now receives ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1988 ... Q. Is movie Superman Christopher Reeve related to formertelevision Superman George Reeves? -- J.H., BillericaA. They are unrelated. George Reeves first played Superman ina 1951 movie and then played "the man of steel" for six more yearson television. Two years later he shot ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1988 ... Q. What were the top three grossing movies in 1987 and whatwere the running times of their final release prints? -- S.F.,BillericaA. According to the Associated Press, last year's box-officewinners were (together with the name of the distributor and thegross income ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1988 ... Q. What is the longest word in the English language? --P.S., BostonA. The 1988 Guinness Book of World Records says the longestregularly formed English word ispraetertranssubstantiationalistically, with 37 letters. There arelonger words used in the practice of medicine (one ...
MURDER, SUICIDE SUSPECTED IN DEATHS
Jul 01, 1988; ... Two US Postal Service employees, Lisa Bruni of Revere, andDominic LuPoli of East Boston, were fatally shot Wednesday night inwhat police said was an apparent murder and suicide. Police said LuPoli had attempted to date Bruni, but she hadspurned him. Lisa Graffeo, a spokeswoman ...
THE MYTHOLOGIST AND MOYERS: ALMOST PERFECTION
Jul 01, 1988; ... I've long had the thought that the perfect idea for a PBS serieswould be a spinoff of the great 1981 film, "My Dinner with Andre."In it, a Wally Shawn would have dinner each week with someone asfascinating as Andre Gregory, exploring that person's uniqueadventures, stories and ...