The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from October 1988:
DISABLED GROUP SAYS MBTA ACCESS IS POOR
Oct 01, 1988; ... A national disabled-rights organization yesterday named theMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as one of the "10 leastaccessible transit systems" for disabled people in the UnitedStates.American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation, aDenver group, ranked ...
A CHINATOWN CHALLENGE
Oct 01, 1988 ... In 1955, Kevin Lynch, a pioneer in urban planning, said ofChinatown: "The community . . . has an obvious need for decenthousing and adequate recreation." Last week, the BostonRedevelopment Authority and two rival community groups reached anagreement that will go far to satisfy these ...
SOX GAIN TITLE DESPITE 4-2 LOSS
Oct 01, 1988; ... CLEVELAND - When you'll be lucky to win 90 games, you takeit any way you can get it.The Red Sox backed into the American League East championshiplast night, big time. Roger Clemens didn't have enough to defeatthe Indians, but it didn't matter. Detroit beat the ...
BENOIT'S HUNCH CORRECT
Oct 01, 1988; ... While watching the women's Olympic marathon, she had mixedemotions about not running until midway through the race. "Then Isaw Grete Waitz and I realized what happened to her probably wouldhave happened to me," said Joan Benoit Samuelson, "and I would havenever wanted that to ...
PLAYING AWAITING GAME
Oct 01, 1988; ... CLEVELAND - I am in the Cleveland Stadium press box and the gameis long over. I, like all the Boston Red Sox, do not know what tosay. I, like the Boston Red Sox, am confused over the spin of thenight's news.Is it happy? I do not know.Is it sappy? I do not know....
BREWERS OUSTED BY A'S
Oct 01, 1988; ... OAKLAND - In absentia (isn't that a place near Cleveland?),the Red Sox clinched their second division title in three yearslast night when home runs by Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire helpedthe A's eliminate the Milwaukee Brewers with a 7-1 victory atOakland Coliseum. The ...
GREENWELL GETS CALL -- AND THE RECORD
Oct 01, 1988; ... CLEVELAND - Mike Greenwell wants the public to know he's not aselfish guy. Yes, he had the visiting clubhouse man call the pressbox to protest the scorer's call that originally deprived him of abase hit and run batted in on Thursday night, but, hey, the wholeteam backed him up, and, ...
SURE THING TURNS INTO NOT JUST YET
Oct 01, 1988; ... CLEVELAND - No, no, not Yett.That about summed up the way things went early last night forthe Red Sox, who moved closer to clinching the American League Eastpennant despite never coming close to challenging Indians pitcherRich Yett in a 4-2 loss at Municipal Stadium. ...
RAMSEY GETS CALL AT QB FLUTIE TO SERVE AS THE BACKUP
Oct 01, 1988; ... FOXBOROUGH - The announcement was made by Raymond Berry ina statement. So matter of fact, so devoid of emotion. Steve Groganwas out. Tom Ramsey was in.Berry said it was a move that had to be made. He said it wasdone to protect Grogan from further punishment. But it was a ...
BERRY'S ROSTER HAS INS AND OUTS
Oct 01, 1988; ... FOXBOROUGH - Raymond Berry played musical chairs with his rosteryesterday. Gone was tight end Willie Scott, sent to the injuredreserve list with a tender knee. Gone was linebacker Eric Naposki,recovering from two broken ribs suffered in last week's 31-6 lossto Houston.Added were ...
PEDERSEN GETS THE MESSAGE
Oct 01, 1988; ... MONTREAL - It was the kind of message no player wants toreceive -- that he's not dressing for the last game of the StanleyCup finals, and in his home city, yet.Defenseman Allen Pedersen of the Bruins heard it, heeded it,and with surprising maturity -- he's only 23 -- ...
BRUINS' OPENER MAY BEGIN EARLY
Oct 01, 1988 ... The Bruins' opener against Toronto Thursday night at BostonGarden reportedly will begin at 5:30 to avoid conflict with thesecond game of the American League ...
NEW ROLE FOR MIDDLETON?
Oct 01, 1988; ... Rick Middleton came to Montreal with the Bruins yesterday and maybegin working into the organization in a coaching capacity. He hasan offer to play in West Germany, but isn't likely to take it. It'swith the Iserlohn team, which is not a very stable organization.The team went bankrupt last ...
PITT PRESENTS CHALLENGE AS BC SEEKS COMEBACK
Oct 01, 1988; ... For all its pratfalls, Boston College's '88 campaign --unlike that of HBO's presidential telecandidate Jack Tanner -- isstill salvageable.The Eagles are for real, that much coach Jack Bicknell knows."I really do like these kids," Bicknell said after BC's 31-17loss ...
GOLDEN WINS BATTLE OF CLUB CHAMPIONS
Oct 01, 1988; ... CANTON - In fewer than 48 hours, Janice Golden's golfingfortunes went from the outhouse to the penthouse.After holding a four-stroke lead in the Tri-State Endicott Cupon Tuesday, she said she "fell asleep on the last four holes"Wednesday, wound up in a tie and subsequently ...
HARVARD QUESTION MARK
Oct 01, 1988; ... Some major questions will be answered this afternoon on thecollege football scene.1. Does Harvard have the ability to avoid the embarrassment ofthe past two years in its visit to Holy Cross?2. Does Boston University have the ability to snap a nine-gamelosing streak ...
HEINTZELMAN CARDS A WINNER HE CAPTURES ASSISTANTS CROWN BY 2 STROKES AT THORNY LEA
Oct 01, 1988; ... BROCKTON - Webb Heintzelman is a man with a mission. And itis far from impossible.The Bethesda, Md., professional birdied the 205-yard 17th holeand it was the clincher as he won the 12th Foot-Joy/PGA NationalAssistants Championship at Thorny Lea with a par 70 yesterday for ...
MITCHELL CAPS WELLESLEY RALLY, 15-12 GAMERE SCORES FOUR TIMES AS BROOKLINE ROUTS NORTH QUINCY, 29-0
Oct 01, 1988 ... Okera Mitchell broke away on a 79-yard run that ended with 4:52left and gave visiting Wellesley a rallying 15-12 Bay State Leaguetriumph over Framingham South last night.Wellesley twice came from behind.Framingham took a first-quarter 6-0 lead on Irv Morrison's12-yard ...
SLEUTH FINDS CASE CLOSED
Oct 01, 1988; ... CLEVELAND - The Champagne Sleuth could not be deterred. Find thechampagne, discover the vintage, locate where it is stored, perhapseven a sip or two for a thirsty palate. A corker of a case. It was late in the afternoon when the Champagne Sleuth firstleft the shores of Lake Erie ...
'MUMSY' MAKES GOOD
Oct 01, 1988; ... CLEVELAND - A good deal of America's baseball-loving publicdoesn't know yet who Joe Morgan is and even fewer of them know whoMumsy Morgan is, but a dead ringer for a dead singer knows themboth and is surprised by the success of neither."I was watching television a few ...
TORTS, TRUCKS, TRAFFIC CHAOS
Oct 01, 1988 ... The best news for Massachusetts drivers this week was thedecision by the state Senate to recess so that a special committeecould draft legislation to restructure the automobile insurancesystem.Although Republicans argued that the delay would jeopardizethe momentum that built up ...
HARD LINE ON THE HAVE-NOTS
Oct 01, 1988 ... Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady took a hard line againstdeveloping nations this week when he criticized the InternationalMonetary Fund, which provides credit to underwrite developmentprojects, for being too flexible in collecting debts. His speech atthe annual joint meeting of the ...
AQUARIUM OPPOSITION
Oct 01, 1988; ... Before people get too excited about a bigger New England Aquariumat the Charlestown Navy Yard, they had better heed Bobby Wallace,longtime Townie activist and former longshoreman."Honest, I'm not against whales," Wallace says, "but thisproject would have a tremendous impact on ...
CLAWING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP
Oct 01, 1988; ... The following article is about cats. But there will be nocutesy jokes about cats, no references to "fat cat," "cool cat,""cat-astrophe," or the like. People who love cats don't think suchjokes are funny, and there are an awful lot of people who love cats.What brings all ...
BANCHETTO MUSICALE'S MAGICAL 'FAIRY QUEEN'
Oct 01, 1988; ...BANCHETTO MUSICALE, Martin Pearlman, music director, in a concert in Jordan Hall last night. There aren't many works that fill 2 1/2 hours with as manymusical delights as the music Purcell composed for "The FairyQueen." And it's hard to think of many ways the ...
THE DARK SIDE OF ROCK AND PROSE
Oct 01, 1988; ...JIM CARROLL -- at Axis, Thursday. RAPEMAN -- at the Rat, Thursday. You want tales from the dark side? You got 'em. Kenmore Square,Thursday night. Noise first; elocution later. At the Rat, a maelstrom of blast-furnace rock 'n' aggressionfrom Rapeman, the ...
'FRANTIC' SURPASSES ITS REPUTATION RECOMMENDED WEEKEND VIEWING:
Oct 01, 1988; ... "Frantic" (Warner Home Video) - Admittedly, this Roman Polanskithriller isn't up to his previous efforts with "Rosemary's Baby"and "Chinatown," but it's still better than its mediocrereputation. Harrison Ford, who continues to press himself beyondthe standard leading man roles, plays a man ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Q. Where can I get information about an ancestor of mine whowas a passenger on the ship William and Mary that came to Boston in(I think) 1652? -- J.M., BrightonA. A spokesman for the New England Historic GenealogicalSociety in Boston says many ships have carried that name ....
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Q. What is the trademark for Meissen china? -- S.W., BostonA. Two crossed swords. Meissen, near Dresden in East Germany,was the first manufacturer of true porcelain in Europe. In 1708 aGerman chemist ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Q. What does the word gringo mean and what is its origin? --M.C., BostonA. Webster's New World Dictionary defines gringo as a hostileand contemptuous term used in Latin America to describe foreigners,especially those from the United States and Great Britain ....
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Q. My son will be studying in Europe during the next 10months. Will his favorite rock group, the Grateful Dead, beappearing anywhere on the continent during that time? -- P.S.,ArlingtonA. Grateful Dead publicist Dennis McNally ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Q. Can you give me a brief profile of Larry Duberstein,author of "The Marriage Hearse"? -- A.B., CambridgeA. A dropout from the academic world, Duberstein has made aliving for a number of years as a carpenter in Cambridge. Publishedby the Permanent Press of Sag Harbor, N ....
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Q. Are there any conventions where I can show gamemanufacturers some of my ideas? -- D.C., SomervilleA. Howard Barasch runs the Game Manufacturers Association --3304 Crater Lane, Plano, TX 75023 -- which sponsors competitionsamong game inventors. Participants can show their ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Q. What will the huge new building under construction on thehill behind Weylu's restaurant on Route 1 in Saugus be used for? --J.F., BostonA. A spokesman for Weylu's said the building, which ...
2 WHO TRAINED STRICKEN CADETS ASK FOR TRANSFERS
Oct 01, 1988; ... The two instructors of the stricken recruit class at thepolice academy in Agawam yesterday "voluntarily requested"reassignment within the State Police during an investigation oftheir conduct.Charles V. Barry, the state public safety secretary, lastnight said that he will ...
CAMPEAU READIES $600M HUB RETAIL PLAN
Oct 01, 1988; ... Robert Campeau, the dogged Canadian developer who builthimself a North American real estate empire, is poised to unveilthe largest retail project in Boston's history.According to documents obtained by The Boston Globe, Campeau'scompany has completed initial plans for a $600 ...
EX-CIA CHIEF: REAGAN PUT NORIEGA BACK ON PAYROLL
Oct 01, 1988; ...report. WASHINGTON - Stansfield Turner, director of central intelligencein the Carter administration, said yesterday that he threw Panama'smilitary leader, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, off the CIA payrollin 1977 because he was an unsavory character but he was laterreinstated ...
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE REACHES ITS ORBIT; DISCOVERY CREW RELAXES
Oct 01, 1988; ... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The crew of Discovery spent arelaxing first full day in orbit yesterday and, thanks to the workthey accomplished, should be the last team of US astronauts whowill be out of touch with the ground for much of the time.A communications satellite that was ...
CARTERS VISIT EMPEROR'S PALACE
Oct 01, 1988 ... Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, leave theImperial Palace in Tokyo yesterday after wishing Emperor Hirohito aspeedy recovery. Carter signed his name in a registry but did notsee the 87-year-old ...
TILLING THE SOIL FOR SEEDS OF HISTORY
Oct 01, 1988; ... SALEM - She might have been in a trance. Or looking for a lostcontact lens. Or staking out a new suburban development. Or maybeplanting tomatoes.Even to an observer close at hand, what Kathy Flynn was doingwas not obvious. She was dressed in blue, with a tape measurearound her ...
BUSH MAKES ANOTHER TERRITORIAL RAID, GETS BACKING OF SPRINGFIELD POLICE
Oct 01, 1988; ... SPRINGFIELD - In his third strike into his opponent's territory,Republican presidential nominee George Bush made a quick foray overthe Massachusetts border yesterday to receive the endorsement ofthis city's police unions. The Bush campaign did not announce the Springfield stop ...
DISCOVERY GIVES BUDDING SCIENTISTS A SECOND CHANCE TO EXPERIMENT
Oct 01, 1988; ... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For Lloyd Bruce, watching theDiscovery soar into a clouded sky fulfilled a seven-year dream.He is one of two students who were able to place a low-gravityscientific experiment on the shuttle after a similar project wasdestroyed 32 months ago in the ...
IN TEXAS, DUKAKIS OUTLINES VISION FOR RURAL AMERICA
Oct 01, 1988; ... IDALOU, Texas - Gov. Michael S. Dukakis came to the stark, highplains of West Texas yesterday to deliver his prescription forrural America and the family farm and to charge that Vice PresidentGeorge Bush's idea of rural development could be summed up in twowords: "Tough luck." In ...
JORDAN SAYS BUSH HAS 'UNTIDY MIND'
Oct 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - Former Rep. Barbara Jordan of Texas, campaigningfor Michael Dukakis yesterday accused George Bush of having a"chaotic . . . untidy mind" and said Rev. Jesse L. Jackson shouldwork harder for the Democratic ticket. Jordan, who has recovered from a near-fatal swimming ...
DUKAKIS CAMPAIGN REACHES TO GREECE
Oct 01, 1988; ... ATHENS - Thousands of Greek-Americans who have returned to their"patrida" -- their homeland -- are signing up for absentee ballots,aided by an organization backing Democrat Michael Dukakis forpresident. "It's touching to see elderly people coming in fill out theform. The oldest ...
JACKSON PAYS VISIT TO DUKAKIS TURF
Oct 01, 1988; ... The national headquarters for the Dukakis campaign at 105 ChauncySt. had an unexpected visitor yesterday: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, whocame to Boston to attend a rally in support of Eastern Airlinesworkers.Ron Brown, formerly a top Jackson aide who began workingfull-time for Dukakis ...
THORNBURGH PUSHES FOR ANTIDRUG FUNDS
Oct 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - Attorney General Richard Thornburgh yesterdaycalled on both major presidential candidates to urge Congress towage "a true war on drugs" by appropriating, rather than cutting,money for the effort. Responding to Democratic candidate Michael S. Dukakis' pledgetwo ...
SEATTLE TIMES ENDORSES DUKAKIS
Oct 01, 1988; ... SEATTLE - The Seattle Times is breaking a virtually rock-solidtradition of supporting Republican presidential candidates andendorsing Michael Dukakis. The endorsement, announced yesterday, said that with fiveweeks left before the election Nov. 8, the Massachusetts governorhad ...
DUKAKIS CAMPAIGN IS REACHING OUT FOR MORE ADVICE
Oct 01, 1988; ... Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' presidential campaign is seeking toimprove his standing in several key states by reaching out toveteran political operators for advice on strategy. A source close to the campaign noted that Democratic "heavyhitters" in each state have been summoned by the ...
A MOVE TO SOLIDIFY POWER, SPEED PACE OF SOVIET REFORM
Oct 01, 1988; ... WASHINGTON - Soviet analysts see the shake-up in the Kremlinyesterday as a move by Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, toconsolidate power and accelerate political reform. However, they donot see it as a clear defeat for his more conservative rivals.Secretary of State George ...
QUALITY IN SCHOOLS
Oct 01, 1988; ... Boston has an opportunity to move permanently beyond the era ofcourt-ordered busing while bringing desperately needed qualityeducation to its schools -- but only if two men who can make thishappen are allowed to do their jobs.Charles (Chuck) Willie, a Harvard sociologist, and ...
BORED CHAIR MAN
Oct 01, 1988 ... Jose Pascual catches up on some reading during a quiet moment ina South End furniture store ....
POLICE TARGET ESCORT-SERVICE PROSTITUTION IN SUBURBIA
Oct 01, 1988; ... The quiet, discreet residential neighborhoods north and westof Boston have become ideal locations for sophisticatedprostitution rings disguised as legitimate escort services,authorities say. The suburbs, seen as a haven from Boston's violent crime,provide a new market for ...
A 40-YEAR AFFAIR OF THE HEART
Oct 01, 1988; ... FRAMINGHAM - When Jim Fair was growing up here, he thoughthe had no choice but to be a guinea pig.Every two years for as long as the 42-year-old schoolteachercan remember, someone in the Fair family has reported dutifully tothe world-famous Framingham Heart Study, housed in ...
CAMBRIDGE BROKE PARKING FREEZE LAW, EPA SAYS
Oct 01, 1988; ... The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday said itbelieves the city of Cambridge has substantially violated a 1973parking freeze, allowing construction of almost 8,000 spaces morethan it was allowed under federal law.The charge, if proven true, has potentially ...
POLL SHOWS NUCLEAR QUESTION TRAILING, WAGE ISSUE CLOSE
Oct 01, 1988; ... With referendum contests heading into the final month beforethe November election, a new statewide poll shows Massachusettsvoters are opposed to shutting down the state's nuclear powerplants and are evenly split on the prevailing-wage law.The Boston Globe poll showed that 49 ...
SOME BLACKS ASSAIL WILSON'S COMMUNITY IMAGE
Oct 01, 1988; ... When Laval S. Wilson was appointed superintendent ofschools in 1985, he became a symbol of triumph in the blackcommunity: a person who would take control of a system that fordecades excluded and isolated blacks.But many of the city's prominent blacks said the hope that ...
STATE BORROWING $400M TO MAKE BILL, AID PAYMENTS
Oct 01, 1988; ... State officials yesterday put the finishing touches on $400million in short-term loans that will be used to pay pending billsand make local aid payments to cities and towns.Patrick Sullivan, deputy treasurer, said the state used a new,expanded line of credit to borrow the ...
DON'T TREAD ON ME
Oct 01, 1988 ... Four-year-old Carl Eugene Moberger grabs hold of a tire monsterat the Lt. Peter Hanson School ...
TEACHERS OK 3-YEAR PACT IN HANOVER, ENDING STRIKE
Oct 01, 1988; ... Hanover teachers yesterday approved a three-year contractand will return to their classrooms Monday, ending a two-weekstrike that has kept 2,200 students out of school since Sept. 19.Classes had begun Sept. 7.Under the agreement, the town's 162 teachers will get ...
IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS RECALLED IN MISSILE CASE
Oct 01, 1988; ... Memories of the Iran-contra hearings surfaced briefly in USDistrict Court yesterday. In a strained cross-examination in the trial of two Iraniansaccused of illegally buying US missile parts, a defense attorneypressed a government witness, a defense company executive, ...
A KENNEDY AND A JACKSON CAMPAIGN FOR NEW VOTERS
Oct 01, 1988; ... At first, the yellow voter-registration table in thecafeteria at Roxbury Community College yesterday did not appearsignificant.No one went near it.But once the voices of Edward M. Kennedy Jr. and Jesse JacksonJr. boomed through the room, telling students that ...
4 AGENCIES MET MINORITY-HIRING GOALS, JUDGE RULES
Oct 01, 1988; ... In a decision that ends a racial-discrimination suit broughtmore than a decade ago, a federal judge ruled yesterday that fourstate agencies have "met or exceeded" court-orderedminority-hiring goals. US District Judge A. David Mazzone's seven-page decision,handed down late ...
CHEMICAL LAB BLAST KILLS 4 IN CANADA
Oct 01, 1988; ... McMASTERVILLE, Quebec - An explosion in a chemical researchlaboratory of CIL Inc., about 20 miles east of Montreal, yesterdaykilled four scientists and seriously injured another, ...
HUNGARY OFFERS POLITICAL AMNESTY
Oct 01, 1988; ... BUDAPEST - The Presidential Council passed a broad amnestyyesterday for Hungarians imprisoned for taking part in thiscountry's 1956 anticommunist uprising, the official MTI news ...