The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from November 1989:
A SUMMIT THAT WOULDN'T WAIT
Nov 01, 1989 ... President Bush's decision to meet in early December withMikhail Gorbachev is wise -- and necessary. Bush was forthright inexplaining that allied governments in Europe persuaded him of theneed to engage in a direct dialogue with Gorbachev as soon aspossible, rather than waiting until ...
HIDDEN HIGHWAY TAXES
Nov 01, 1989 ... Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.) faced up to reality when he voicedsupport of an increase in the federal gasoline tax to support vitalwork on the nation's creaking road and bridge system. The Bushadministration, in quickly disavowing support for any such move,actually advocates reductions ...
'NO' ON QUESTION TWO
Nov 01, 1989 ... In his first campaign for mayor in 1983, Raymond Flynnpledged that as mayor he would file legislation allowing him toserve as an ex officio member of the Boston School Committee, "toprovide the leadership to restore confidence and stability in thepublic schools."Unlike ...
CRIME THAT THREATENS A CITY'S FUTURE
Nov 01, 1989; ... Grief is not only for the dead. Good people grieve for CarolStuart, who is irretrievably lost, but also for her husbandCharles, cruelly wounded, and their baby son Christopher, whom shenever saw.This terrible murder -- all murders are terrible, but this oneseems more so -- may ...
LIVING IN HOPE -- AND FEAR
Nov 01, 1989; ... It's been over a week since Carol Stuart was killed, and we'resupposed to be "getting back to normal," whatever that means. Have to. Those are the rules. Edna St. Vincent Millay saidit: "Life must go on. I forget just why." We haven't yet absorbed the randomness of the ...
BOGOTA'S DAY OF DYNAMITE AND FLOUR
Nov 01, 1989; ... BOGOTA, Colombia - Bullet-proof vests are draped across chairbacks and piled in the corner. The cat, named Rufino, stepsgingerly over the machine pistol on the sofa, flicking the triggerguard with his tail. One of the bodyguards, leaning forward towatch the TV screen, bounces lightly up ...
A TIME TO BE COUNTED
Nov 01, 1989; ... You'll be tested on these: There are certain essential truths that should be obvious toMassachusetts businessmen and women. - A good public education system is crucial to a state'seconomic future. - Authorities, such as Massport or the MWRA, are like ...
PATRIOTS PUT EASON ON WAIVERS
Nov 01, 1989; ... FOXBOROUGH - In the end, the Patriots decided they didn'twant Tony Eason at any price. Didn't want him around a team he hadbeen asked to lead only a few months ago.So, for the third time this season, New England jettisoned aNo. 1 draft choice, sending Eason the way of ...
FANS GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
Nov 01, 1989; ... Have you wiped your hands of the blood yet?Yeah, I'm talking to you. You ran Tony Eason out of town,depriving him of $550,000 and stripping him of his dignity. You didit, you and John Hannah.How do I know? Raymond Berry told us so. Not directly, ofcourse. The coach doesn't ...
CELTICS CUT 2; CHARLES SMITH SURVIVES
Nov 01, 1989; ... BROOKLINE - Thirteen turned out to be a lucky number forone member of the Celtics yesterday. Who that player is, however,remains a mystery.The team, which must reduce its roster to 12 players before 6p.m. tomorrow, announced yesterday that it's down to 13. The teamplaced ...
BOYD TESTS FREE AGENCY LAMP, HARRIS ALSO FILE
Nov 01, 1989; ... Three more Red Sox players - pitchers Dennis (Oil Can)Boyd, Dennis Lamp and Greg Harris -- opted to test the free agencywaters yesterday.Boyd enters free agency after a pair of injury-shortenedseasons. The righthander missed two months of the 1988 seasonbecause of a ...
INJURIES NEW TO HIM
Nov 01, 1989; ... BROOKLINE - Michael Smith went through his high school andcollege basketball career without missing a game or practice.Injuries were something he only heard about. Now, he's gotfirst-hand experience."It's been frustrating, very much so," said the Celtics'first-round draft pick, ...
TEAMMATES FACE THE FACTS
Nov 01, 1989; ... FOXBOROUGH - On most teams, the decision to cut a player whoopened the season as the starting quarterback would have startledand shaken the other members of the squad.With the Patriots, where Sunday is often the quietest day ofthe week, yesterday's announcement that Tony Eason had ...
ARMSTRONG EYES GUARANTEE
Nov 01, 1989; ... FOXBOROUGH - Patriot offensive tackle Bruce Armstrong saidyesterday he would like some guaranteed money as part of a newcontract he is negotiating with the team.Although he started to talk to the Patriots a month ago,Armstrong concedes that the team's attempt to get quarterback ...
WIEMER TOES LINE AT BLUE LINE
Nov 01, 1989; ... For Bruins defenseman Jim Wiemer, it has gone on for nearlyseven years and through four other teams, this seemingly endlessroad to regular status in the National Hockey League, times of"being in the right place at the wrong time," he says. But, "Inever doubted myself. I know I can ...
WORKING OVERTIME IN DEFENSIVE ZONE
Nov 01, 1989; ... Practice began at 11 a.m. yesterday. The Bruins were off the iceat 11:50. But it wasn't over. They were back on the ice 15 minuteslater for another hour. It still wasn't over. They all headed forthe exercise room. Still it wasn't over. That was followed byone-on-ones with coach Mike ...
'SILENCE' CHARMS MCCARRON
Nov 01, 1989; ... HALLANDALE, Fla. - Jockey Chris McCarron had hardlydismounted from Sunday Silence following the colt's 5-furlongworkout yesterday morning at Gulfstream Park when questions beganto fly from the assembled media.Although many were interested in how the Kentucky Derby ...
HITTING THE DOUBLE?
Nov 01, 1989; ... HALLANDALE, Fla. - Jockey Chris McCarron did most of his morninginterviewing on the run yesterday as he had to catch a 9 a.m.flight back to California, where he will ride this afternoon atSanta Anita.McCarron, who rode Alysheba to a pulsating victory overSeeking the Gold and ...
PRINCETON OFF TO FLYING START TIGERS IMPROVING UNDER PRESSURE; YALE, PENN LOOM AS CHIEF CONTENDERS
Nov 01, 1989; ... Despite a 46-0 pounding by Holy Cross on Sept. 30, Princeton hasquietly broken from the gate with a 5-1-1 record to stake itself toits best start since 1967. Dick Colman was the coach then, and hewas still running the tried-and-true single wing.The Tigers are tied with Yale at 4-0 ...
FORD, LEGGETT WIN HELMETS
Nov 01, 1989; ... University of New Hampshire tailback Norm Ford and AmericanInternational free safety Galvin Leggett are this week's GoldenHelmet Award winners. Ford carried 32 times for 168 yards and 3touchdowns and caught a scoring pass in a ...
NORTHEASTERN TREATS ITSELF TO AN UPSET WIN AT BC
Nov 01, 1989; ... If Northeastern's 3-2 victory over Boston College last night isany indication of what lies ahead for the rest of the 1989-90Hockey East campaign, it was appropriate that the season began onHalloween.There were thrills and chills, plenty of fearsome bodychecking and even a ...
THE RIGHT DECISION BAVARO BLOSSOMS IN SYRACUSE
Nov 01, 1989; ... David Bavaro had a choice.He could go to Boston College, which offered a shelteredexistence not far from his Danvers home and just 15 minutes fromhis grandmother's house. There he could enjoy a built-in bufferfrom the initial shock of freshman year with a circle of friendsthat ...
BROWN MAKES STARLING OFFER
Nov 01, 1989; ... HARTFORD - If Marlon Starling can't get the numbers hewants from Michael Nunn's promoters, he can always settle for astring of them to fight International Boxing Federationwelterweight champion Simon Brown.Brown made that point once again yesterday at a pressconference at ...
CALLING ALL CAVEPEOPLE
Nov 01, 1989; ... About 10 days ago, I invited readers - "cavepeople," I calledthem -- who didn't own a VCR, microwave or cable TV hookup to dropme a line at the Globe. Why? asks reader Ruth Parker. "Are weforming a club? A revolution? A campaign? Count me in."Exactly. Count us out. We are the ...
DPU CURBS EDISON RATES FOR 3 YEARS FUTURE HIKES TIED TO PILGRIM'S PERFORMANCE
Nov 01, 1989; ... The Department of Public Utilities yesterday approved alandmark settlement that will limit Boston Edison Co.'s rateincreases for the next three years and tie future charges toperformance of the company's Pilgrim nuclear power plant atPlymouth. Boston Edison will be allowed ...
TWO HERITAGE CONDOS WILL BE AUCTIONED
Nov 01, 1989; ... In a most telling sign of the times, two luxury condominiumsat Heritage on the Garden on Boylston Street will be put up for bidat auction by the investor who bought them three years ago.The condos -- an 11th floor penthouse and a two-story duplexon the fifth floor -- are ...
THE LIMITED OPENS DOWNTOWN 'SUPERSTORE'
Nov 01, 1989; ... Without much fanfare, the first new fashion department storein decades just opened in downtown Boston.Limited Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, the $4 billion specialtyretailer, opened the 48,000-square-foot "superstore" at 1 FaneuilHall Square, a new seven-story building alongside ...
PROGRAM TRADING AS THE VILLAIN
Nov 01, 1989; ... NEW YORK - Yesterday it was Shearson Lehman Hutton.The day before it was Merrill Lynch. And in the days beforethat Morgan Stanley, Kidder Peabody and Bear Stearns.One by one Wall Street's most powerful firms are falling intoline as a firestorm of protest against ...
ARMS TRAIL LEADS OUT OF STATE
Nov 01, 1989; ... Criminal charges have been filed against two men -- bothconvicted felons -- for illegally buying firearms and having themtransported into Massachusetts, authorities said yesterday.One man has been accused of fraudulently buying 31 handguns,known as Saturday Night Specials, ...
WOMEN AND CRACK EQUAL ADDICTION, UNEQUAL CARE
Nov 01, 1989; ... Like an unwelcome guest, sexual equality has crashed thenation's newest drug scene. Women are smoking crack cocaine asreadily as men, succumbing to the crack invasion with a driveunmatched by that for any other illicit drug. In the desperate world of crack addicts, women ...
CONTRAS' NEW FOE: DISSOLUTION
Nov 01, 1989; ... YAMALES, Honduras - Another class of Nicaraguan rebels wasgraduated here the other day with fanfare for young men eager toliberate their country from the oppression of outdated hair styles.A band played in the dust. Somebody recited part of a poemthat he forgot in midverse ....
US SEEN STALLING EFFORT TO END GLOBAL WARMING
Nov 01, 1989; ... Contrary to campaign promises that a Bush administrationwould provide international leadership on the greenhouse problem,there are increasing signs and growing concern in the environmentalcommunity, in Congress and in foreign capitals that the UnitedStates may be an obstacle in the ...
SENATE ADDS RESTRICTION, OK'S HUB ASSAULT-GUN BAN
Nov 01, 1989; ... The Massachusetts Senate yesterday gave near-final approvalto a bill that would ban assault weapons in Boston, but not beforepassing an amendment requiring legislative approval of any futureadditions to a specified list of banned firearms.The amendment, passed by voice vote ...
A GENTLE SIDE VIOLENT IMAGE FOR MISSION HILL DISPUTED
Nov 01, 1989; ... In the same week that Mission Hill was being portrayed as ano man's land because of the shootings of Charles and CarolStuart, the neighborhood was welcoming a hospice for people dyingfrom AIDS, the first of its kind in the nation.But the opening of the new building was lost ...
BUSH, GORBACHEV TO MEET NEXT MONTH IN MEDITERRANEAN
Nov 01, 1989; ... WASHINGTON - In an unexpected diplomatic shift that his topaides had dismissed for several months as unlikely, President Bushannounced yesterday that he will meet next month with the Sovietleader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, for an informal conference aboard USand Soviet ships in the ...
CORRECTION
Nov 01, 1989 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday'sMetro/ Region section incorrectly attributed remarks on a VictimsRights Bill to ...
HARD ROCK TO ENLIVEN THE CITY'S NIGHT SCENE
Nov 01, 1989; ... "It's not just a restaurant," says the leading fan of the HardRock Cafe chain, which is scheduled to open a new branch here inDecember. "It's an entertainment." Robert Earl, the owner of theHard Rock chain and an indefatigable booster of the Hard Rockconcept of inexpensive food and pricey ...
FIGHTING HILL STRESS: ONE MARINE'S THERAPY
Nov 01, 1989; ... "Stressed out? Feel like shooting something?" Marine Lt. Col.Terry L. Paul inquired in a recent letter to a group of Senatelegislative assistants. "Well, now is your chance." The openingline was Paul's stab at humor, and it was a significant improvementover his original idea for starting ...
KENNEDY TAKES ON THE LINE-ITEM VETO
Nov 01, 1989; ... Sen. Edward M. Kennedy took aim yesterday at the latest WhiteHouse trial balloon, saying the possibility that President Bushmight unilaterally institute a line-item veto would be "flatlyunconstitutional." Bush is under pressure from conservatives to use the device,vetoing some ...
WILL GORBACHEV SPRING 'NONSUMMIT' SURPRISE?
Nov 01, 1989; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush may say his "nonsummit summit"next month with Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev is "not goingto be an arms control meeting," but recent history suggests thatGorbachev may be thinking differently.Every time Gorbachev has met with an American ...
SUMMIT MAY BOOST LEADERS' STANDING
Nov 01, 1989; ... WASHINGTON - Next month's meeting of the US and Sovietpresidents will provide a timely opportunity for them to discussthe wider implications of the dramatic changes taking place withinEastern Europe and the Soviet Union. At the same time, the informalsummit promises to pay political ...
DEAD REMEMBERED
Nov 01, 1989 ... Woman at ceremony in USSR's Katyn Forest holds a candle with dateof a Polish army officer's death during a visit by families of menkilled there in World War II. Soviets allege that Nazis ...
HINDUS PLAN TO 'SHARE THE JOY OF INDIA' AT US FESTIVAL IN '91
Nov 01, 1989; ... Part of the nation's rapidly growing community of Indianimmigrants is planning a month-long religious and cultural festivalin New York in 1991 that members hope will attract 1 millionvisitors."We would like to share the joy of India with others," saidSaddhu Atmaswarupdas, ...
A CAST OF ONE
Nov 01, 1989 ... Fisherman tries his luck on Grafton's Silver Lake. / GLOBE STAFFPHOTO ...
SALEM IS THEIR FAVORITE HAUNT
Nov 01, 1989; ... SALEM - The witch trashcans moved quickly, as did the witchjiggers, mugs, trivets, pencils, towels, bags, T-shirts, magnets,combs ("Bewitched in Salem"), thimbles and yo-yos.A group of ladies from Arkansas had stopped at The Sea Witch,a gift shop here. "Were the witches burned at ...
KEVERIAN'S BID TO LEAD WHERE FEW WILL FOLLOW
Nov 01, 1989; ... House Speaker George Keverian (D-Everett), after four years oftrying to instill a democratic spirit in the House ofRepresentatives, is paying the price now in a leadership team thatis badly divided and unwilling to follow his lead.Nearly half of the speaker's hand-picked team of ...
NO LINK TO STUART SHOOTINGS SHOWN IN SEIZED CLOTHING
Nov 01, 1989; ... An examination of a jogging suit and other clothing seizedfrom the apartment of a man arrested in Mission Hill Saturday nighthas not produced any physical links to the shootings of Carol andCharles Stuart, police said.Initial tests of the clothing for blood, hair or other ...
2 EXTRA TOURISM ACCOUNTS UNCOVERED
Nov 01, 1989; ... The Massachusetts tourism office has been operating twoaccounts outside its official budget to pay for its director'sworldwide travel and other activities, according to a stateauditor's report.The audit by State Auditor Joseph DeNucci has not yet beenmade public, but the ...
US GRAND JURY REPORTEDLY PROBES SAUGUS ATTACK
Nov 01, 1989; ... A federal grand jury is reportedly probing the shooting ofreputed Mafia soldier Francis P. (Cadillac Frank) Salemme and otherrecent organized crime activity, sources said yesterday. A suspect in Salemme's shooting, alleged Mafia associateFrank Imbruglia, testified during a ...
CATHOLICS TO PAUSE SO PRIESTS CAN MEET
Nov 01, 1989; ... In late spring 1990, Catholic life in Boston, the nation'sthird largest archdiocese will figuratively stand still so thatmore than 1,950 priests can meet to talk and pray about theircalling while 401 parishes and 1.8 million lay people pray for them.For 24 hours, only a ...
MWRA SHOULDN'T MOVE OUT OF NAVY YARD, LEGISLATOR ARGUES
Nov 01, 1989; ... A new and potentially important player emerged yesterday inthe Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's stalemate to relocateits headquarters, stepping out of the shadows in a bid to keep theharbor cleanup agency in its Charlestown Navy Yard location.Sen. Francis D. Doris ...
POLICE DELAY SOME DRUG CASES
Nov 01, 1989 ... Some drug prosecutions are on hold until State Police complete aninventory of drug evidence seized last week from Brockton Policeheadquarters, according to Plymouth District Attorney William C.O'Malley. The drug evidence was seized as part of the investigationinto suspended Brockton Polcie ...
TWO MEN HELD ON DRUG CHARGES
Nov 01, 1989 ... STURBRIDGE - Two New York City men were arrested and suspectedcocaine with an estimated street value of $500,000 was seizedyesterday morning by a State Police trooper who had stopped the carthe men were driving for speeding on Interstate 84. According to aState Police spokeswoman, Trooper ...
MBTA ATTENDANT ROBBED IN NEWTON
Nov 01, 1989 ... NEWTON - A gunman robbed a Massachusetts Bay TransportationAuthority station attendant yesterday and escaped into a nearbygolf course despite a land and air chase by police. According toNewton Police Chief William F. Quinn, the robbery occurred at theWoodland Station on Washington Street ...
PICTURE REUNITES LOST CHILD, FAMILY
Nov 01, 1989 ... A 23-month-old lost boy, whose photograph eating a candy barunder the watchful eye of Boston Police Officer John Thompsonappeared in the Boston Sunday Globe, has been reunited with hisfamily, said Lorraine Carli, spokeswoman for the Department ofSocial Services. The boy was found ...
STUDENT STABBED OUTSIDE DORMITORY
Nov 01, 1989 ... A Northeastern University student was stabbed Monday night in afight between residents of a dormitory and Boston teen-agers. Auniversity spokesman said the fight began when about 10 dormitoryresidents confronted a group of teen-agers who had thrown eggs atthe Stetson ...
HOUSE IN REVERE DAMAGED IN FIRE
Nov 01, 1989 ... REVERE - A two-alarm fire caused extensive damage to athree-family house at 75 Garfield Ave. in Revere last night. DeputyChief Dan Doherty said the blaze started on a rear porch andresulted in damage to all three floors of the dwelling. "The causeis ...
KIDS' DAY
Nov 01, 1989 ... Homeless children were treated to a Halloween party at Boston'sOmni Parker House yesterday. Above, Monica Williams helps LynnePecorella look devlish. At ...
DOCTORS SAY BABY FACES UPHILL BATTLE
Nov 01, 1989; ... The baby boy who was delivered last week by emergencyCaesarean section as his mother lay dying from a gunshot woundfaces an uncertain uphill battle, according to medical specialists."Even though he survived for a week, it doesn't mean that hewill survive long term," Dr. Ivan ...
LAWYER SAYS CLIENT SHOULDN'T FACE 2 CHARGES
Nov 01, 1989; ... The lawyer for a man charged with murdering a Revere man in1984 says his client should not be tried for conspiracy in thecase, or for an unrelated armed robbery, because those offenseswere not included in the documents that led to the suspect'sextradition from Spain.Alan ...
CAMBRIDGE TEACHER IS FOUND MURDERED BODY DISCOVERED IN HIS QUINCY HOME
Nov 01, 1989; ... News of the fifth-grade teacher's death had hit hard, butformer students and faculty at Cambridge's Fletcher Schoolshuddered yesterday when they discovered that William Donahue hadbeen murdered."A half-dozen high school students -- students who had Mr.Donahue when they ...
SEDITION TRIAL OF 3 ENTERS FINAL PHASE ACCUSED IN BOMBINGS, ROBBERIES
Nov 01, 1989; ... SPRINGFIELD - The 10-month trial of a woman and two mencharged with conspiring to overthrow the US government entered itsfinal phase here yesterday when the prosecution began its closingargument, scheduled to last 1 1/2 days. Assistant US Attorney Michael Loucks, in a ...
SENATOR FILES BILL TO FREEZE SOME RATES OF INSURANCE
Nov 01, 1989; ... The Senate chairman of the Committee on Insurance announcedyesterday that he was filing legislation aimed at freezing somehealth insurance rates and restructuring Blue Cross-Blue Shield,the state's largest health insurer."The cost of health insurance is skyrocketing," said ...
$100,000 SOUGHT FOR CRIME WATCH
Nov 01, 1989; ... Mayor Flynn today will ask the City Council to approve a$100,000 emergency budget increase for neighborhood crime-watchprograms run by the Police Department. Flynn said the funds wouldincrease crime watch staff by two-thirds. "Expanded neighborhood crime watch programs alone ...
7 CANDIDATES IN CAMBRIDGE UNITE AS INDEPENDENTS' SLATE
Nov 01, 1989; ... CAMBRIDGE - Seven independent candidates for City Councilare hoping voters will be drawn to their newly formed slate whenresidents go to the polls Tuesday to select nine councilors from acrowded field of 28.Alan Bell, John Downing, Robert Heroux, Alfred LaRosa, ...