The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 1990:
IF OLD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT, AT LEAST WE KNOW WHERE THEY STAND
Jan 01, 1990; ...Morse, Jan Shepherd, Sheryl Julian, Ed Siegel, Julie Hatfield, Bob Levey, Harry King, Margo Miller, Bruce McCabe, Alex Beam, Susan Bickelhaupt, Jackie MacMullan, Julie Michaels, Daniel Golden, Susan Wilson, Christine Temin, Jay Carr, ...
LOOKING TO THE MILLENNIUM
Jan 01, 1990 ... In Aging and Aids, heart disease and health policy, organtransplantation and mass transportation, computers and cosmology,the environment and energy-what's likely to be the state of the artat the turn of the century? As we enter the 90's, that question wasput to experts in each of these ...
WITHOUT A TAX HIKE, JOHNSTON SAYS, $211M FOR NEEDY MUST BE CUT IN '91
Jan 01, 1990; ... Human Services Secretary Philip S. Johnston said yesterdayhe has been ordered by Gov. Dukakis to be ready to shave $211million from the fiscal year 1991 human services budget if theLegislature does not approve additional taxes.That kind of reduction would be a "catastrophe" ...
RESENTMENT OF US SPREADS IN PANAMA CITY
Jan 01, 1990; ... PANAMA CITY - The apparent good will that many Panamaniansfeel toward US forces for toppling the corrupt regime of Gen.Manuel Antonio Noriega appears to be slowly eroding as some herenow characterize the US presence as the occupation of a sovereignnation.As hundreds of ...
SCIENCE, MATH BYPASSING MINORITIES
Jan 01, 1990; ... The numbers are stark: Of 363 doctorates in mathematics awardedto American citizens in 1988, only nine went to blacks or Hispanicsand only one to an American Indian. In all the natural sciences, including math, the figuresare only slightly less dismal. Of the 7,455 doctorates ...
EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT
Jan 01, 1990 ... Michelle Atwood of Dorchester, removes license plate from her carfollowing a three-car crash on the Southeast Expressway near theSouthhampton Street ...
BRIGHTON BLAZE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Boston firefighters douse section of a house on Claymoss Roadlast night that suffered $80,000 in damage from a two-alarm fire,officials said. The blaze was caused by the placement ...
MISTY RUN
Jan 01, 1990 ... Jogger and his dog blaze an early-morning trail around thefog-shrouded Brookline Reservoir ...
CORSICA BOMBING
Jan 01, 1990 ... Police look through ruins of a hotel that was destroyed by a bombyesterday, officials said. No injuries were reported in the blastSaturday ...
HANGIN' TOUGH
Jan 01, 1990 ... Jogger in Washington braves rain, fog and cold on the last day ofthe year as the Capitol building ...
ROMANIANS PONDER PAST SUFFERING AND FUTURE UNCERTAINTY A FRESH COAT OF SNOW BRINGS CALM AMID STORM OF MEMORIES AND DOUBTS
Jan 01, 1990; ... BUCHAREST - After two weeks of frenetic revolution, Romanialay under the calm of deep snow yesterday.In the interlude after the fighting, the coming year appearsfilled with uncertainties for the new government. Snowstorms havevirtually immobilized the country, giving ...
AS CATHOLICS MARK THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CHURCH HIERARCHY IN THE UNITED STATES, DISPUTES OVER THE ABORTION ISSUE THREATEN THE DREAMS OF THE CHURCH'S FIRST AMERICAN BISHOP. THE GLOBE'S RELIGION WRITER GIVES THE DISPUTES A SECOND LOOK AFTER TWO CENTURIES OF HIERARCHY, A NEW SCHISM WITHIN THE FLOCK
Jan 01, 1990; ...SECOND LOOK There were 25 priests for 25,000 Catholics in 1789 when Rev. JohnCarroll, head of the Jesuit mission to the former English colonies,was named the first Catholic bishop of the new United States ofAmerica. Although the mission had arrived in the New World with ...
WILLS & WON'TS FOR A NEW YEAR
Jan 01, 1990; ... There's death. There are taxes. Then there are New Year'sresolutions. A few of my friends have agreed to share with you,dear readers, their goals for 1990.I, Manuel Noriega, resolve to (a) attend Mass regularly andgive generously to the annual papal appeal, and (b), turn over ...
HUB MURDERS UP; 'CRISIS' AREA CLAIMS 59
Jan 01, 1990; ... Fifty-nine of the 100 homicides in Boston in 1989 occurredin the neighborhoods where police officials have warned of "acrisis situation" due to the level of violence.Only in Area B -- the police sector that includes Roxbury,Mattapan and a part of Dorchester -- did the the ...
ONE YEAR MELTS INTO ANOTHER THE SPIRIT OF FIRST NIGHT PROVES UNQUENCHABLE
Jan 01, 1990; ...Bodnachuk and Kellie Speed contributed to this story. The '90s blew into Boston this morning on a balmy breeze, pushingaside rain clouds that had hung over the area most of yesterday,and were greeted with whoops and cheers by hundreds of thousands ofsoggy but undaunted ...
MAN CHARGED FOR 11TH TIME WITH DRUNKEN DRIVING
Jan 01, 1990; ... A New Hampshire man was arrested over the weekend in Bostonfor driving under the influence of alcohol, his 11th such arrestsince 1984, police said.According to Metropolitan Police, Richard C. Anastas, 41, ofSalem, N.H., was arrested early Saturday morning after causing ...
BODY FOUND IN WRECKAGE AFTER ROSLINDALE EXPLOSION
Jan 01, 1990; ... An unidentified man was killed last night when an explosionbelieved to be caused by an arsonist ripped through a Roslindalecorner store, officials said. A Boston Fire Department investigator, Paul Hicks, said it wasnot known whether the man was a store employee caught in ...
ACTIVISTS DELIVER A SOBERING MESSAGE NEW VIEW OF DRUNKEN DRIVING URGED
Jan 01, 1990; ... Despite a decline in the state's drunken driving deaths,there are never enough sober motorists on Massachusetts roads,especially on New Year's Eve.That was the message delivered by Mothers Against DrunkDriving, the Harvard Alcohol Project, and the Hard Rock Cafeyesterday ...
WITH DOGGED PERSISTENCE, SAM PROTECTS US AGRICULTURE
Jan 01, 1990; ... Sam does his job without a sound, walking straight up to theluggage, sniffing and poking at it with his short snout. After afew long sniffs he parks his rump squarely in front of the bag."Do you have any oranges or apples?" asked Larry McMillen ofthe US Department of ...
3-ALARM EVERETT FIRE GUTS 5 STORES ONE FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN BLAZE AT UNION, IRVING STREETS
Jan 01, 1990; ... A three-alarm fire that began in a cellar in Everettdevastated a row of small stores yesterday morning.The blaze, reported by Everett police at 5:05 a.m., guttedfive stores in an old, one-story stone building at the corner ofUnion and Irving Streets, officials said. That ...
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES SOUGHT BY MANY
Jan 01, 1990 ... A Boston man trying to give away $300,000 in children's clothingand new shoes attracted scores of telephone calls yesterday fromthose interested in the clothing for churches, agencies, schoolsand other places. Steven Draper, a contractor, must remove the twoand a half tons of clothing from ...
RECYCLING PLANT SLATED TO START
Jan 01, 1990; ... SPRINGFIELD - In a few weeks, the state's answer to the mountainof trash that is choking landfills and burying tax dollars willswing into the business of crushing and grinding Massachusetts'rubbish into more manageable proportions. The Materials RecoveryFacility is crucial to avoid being ...
TOWN TAPS HEROES OF WITCHCRAFT ERA
Jan 01, 1990; ... DANVERS - The witchcraft hysteria that occurred in Danvers,then part of Salem Village, 300 years ago put the town on the mapas a tourist attraction, but a local archivist wants to commemoratethe events as more than a curiosity. Town historian Richard Traskis organizing a 300th ...
MANSFIELD MAN SHOT IN BOSTON
Jan 01, 1990 ... A 20-year-old Mansfield man was shot in the head early yesterdayin Dorchester.Police said that Corey Jordan of Lawnsdale Road,Mansfield, was found lying in the roadway in front of 10 WescottSt. at 1:10 a.m. Jordan was taken to Boston City Hospital, where hewas reported to be in critical ...
FLYNN: CODMAN NEEDS INVESTMENT
Jan 01, 1990; ... Mayor Flynn said yesterday that a decade of frustration forCodman Square residents could end within three years and theDorchester neighborhood will be revitalized -- if the right kind ofprivate investment is found.Flynn said the key to revitalizing the Dorchester ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Q. How can I hear "Mr. Cab Man," the new song written byBoston City Councilman Dapper O'Neil?B.B., Knoxville, Tenn. A. The song, by Councilor Albert O'Neil, who is often called"Dapper," is on tape and can be purchased ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Q. Where did the tango originate?D.D., Arlington A. According to the World Book Encyclopedia, the tango -- thefirst Latin American dance to gain international popularity --probably can be traced to an Argentine dance called the milonga, towhich were added elements of the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Q. What can you tell me about country singer Mickey Gilley?C.S., Lexington A. According to the Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & WesternMusic, Mickey Leroy Gilley was born March 9, 1936, in Natchez, La.Both he and his first cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, developed interestin ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Q. How old was Irene Ryan (Granny on "The BeverlyHillbillies") when she died?C.S., Brookline A. The Texas-born character actress was about six months shyor her 70th birthday when she died in April 1973. Born IreneRiordan in El Paso, Texas, in October 1903, Ryan was 10 ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Q. When will daylight saving time start this year?M.M.,NewtonA. Under the terms of a law signed in July 1986 by PresidentRonald Reagan, daylight time now officially begins at 2 a.m. on thefirst Sunday in April and ends at the corresponding hour on thelast Sunday in ...
INVASION'S DOWNSIDE NO GREAT BLOW TO DRUG TRADE IS FORESEEN
Jan 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush is unlikely to see therealization of his hope that the ouster of Gen. Manuel AntonioNoriega will lead to a serious decrease in drug traffickers'shipments and money laundering, specialists say.According to these specialists, there may be some ...
FLYNN SAYS IANNELLA IS HIS CHOICE FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Jan 01, 1990; ... Mayor Flynn said yesterday he opposes a growing attempt byliberals on the City Council to pick one of their own as councilpresident and endorsed Councilor at Large Christopher Iannella foranother term in that job.In a telephone interview, Flynn said he would prefer to ...
VIRGINIA ALEXANDER, 83 CIVIC WORKER; HOSPITAL VOLUNTEER
Jan 01, 1990 ... Virginia G. (Green) Alexander of New Gloucester, Maine, died yesterday in Lewiston Hospital in Maine at age 83.Born in Detroit, Mrs. Alexander graduated from Edward LitteHigh School, and later moved to Massachusetts, where she wasactive in civic affairs in ...
HELEN BAKER, 62 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF AIR FORCE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Helen (Reed) Baker of Belmont, a civilian employee of the USAir Force Electronic Systems Divisions for almost 30 years, died ofcancer Thursday at the Waltham/Weston Hospital. She was 62.Born in Brewer, Maine, Mrs. Baker graduated from theUniversity of Maine in 1949 with a ...
CONN. MAN DIES AS TRAIN HITS CAR; CRASHES KILL 5 MORE IN N. ENGLAND
Jan 01, 1990; ...and editorial assistant Theresa Burke assisted in preparing this report. At least six people were killed and several others injured as NewEngland motorists attempted to negotiate slippery road conditionsover the New Year weekend.As revelers trudged through ...
WILLIAM M. CRANE, 86 WAS RETIRED BRASS FIRM OFFICIAL
Jan 01, 1990 ... William Merriam Crane Jr., former director of marketresearch at Anaconda American Brass, died Friday in theNewton-Wellesley Hospital after a short illness. He was 86.Born in Cambridge, Mr. Crane graduated from the MiddlesexSchool in Concord in 1920, and he also graduated ...
GUILD L. CROOKER, 85 WAS EMPLOYEE OF WESTINGHOUSE
Jan 01, 1990 ... Guild L. Crooker of Portland, Maine, formerly of NorthEastham, died of pneumonia at the Jewish Home for the Aged inPortland, Maine, on Saturday. He was 85.Born in Everett, he was a graduate of Medford High School andalso attended Northeastern University for two years. While ...
DANIEL P. FINNEGAN, 27 WAS BROCKTON REAL ESTATE BROKER
Jan 01, 1990 ... Daniel P. Finnegan of Brockton, died Saturday in his home.He was 27.Born in Brockton, he graduated from Brockton High School in1980.For several years he was employed as a real estate broker fora Brockton firm.Mr. Finnegan was a communicant of Our Lady of ...
SHAWN PARKER, 11 HONOR ROLL STUDENT IN MAYNARD
Jan 01, 1990 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St.Bridget Church in Maynard for Shawn Michael Parker, a Maynardresident, who died Friday in his home after a long illness. Hewas 11.Born in Concord, he was a 5th grade student at Fowler JuniorHigh School in Maynard, ...
HOSPITAL WELCOME MATS
Jan 01, 1990 ... Why the lobby of Boston City Hospital is a magnet forhomeless people -- or for poor stragglers who live alone in someimpersonal room nearby and merely stop in for a little humancontact -- is no mystery to those who know what BCH is all about.Down-and-outers know they will find ...
THE ROMANIAN SPECTER
Jan 01, 1990 ... The Romanian revolution differs from those in other EastEuropean countries. To escape from a totalitarian nightmare, theRomanians had to go to war against Nicolae Ceausescu and his rulingclan, a repressive regime that in a final spasm of violence tookthousands of lives. It also left ...
GLOSSARY: 'ENGLISH'
Jan 01, 1990; ... Eng-lish: Not for panting. Middle English Englisch, from OldEnglish Englisc, from Engle, the Angles.As English-only campaigns have slithered out of the nativistunderbrush in recent years, they have often seemed justmean-spirited attacks by haves against have-nots. But it may ...
CLEANING THE SLATE
Jan 01, 1990; ... The ombudsman represents the readers. His conclusions andopinions are his own. He can be reached by calling 617-929-3020, or a message may be left by calling 617-929-3022. With the start of a new year and the end of the '80s, it's timeto ...
SUFFOLK'S CLOSING IS GLOOMY
Jan 01, 1990; ... The setting was most appropriate as a gloomy fog shroudedSuffolk Downs yesterday.The track had been closed following the races on Saturday,ending a 55-year tradition, and above the muck and mire of thebackstretch hung a heavy, funereal air.Still, hope springs ...
SERIOUS BUSINESS FOR NOTRE DAME
Jan 01, 1990; ...Bob Ryan is a Globe columnist. MIAMI - The annual media guide is oversized and has 360 pages.For the Federal Express Orange Bowl, the PR staff whipped up yetanother coffee table-sized press booklet: 325 more pages.They do indeed take their football seriously at the ...
RAMS OVERPOWER EAGLES
Jan 01, 1990; ... PHILADELPHIA - All that talk about the cold weather. Allthose references to coast-to-coast trips sapping their will andtheir strength. All the snide jokes about their softness, about thesunshine boys who melted in the cold and rain when games meantsomething.But when ...
SLATER COLORS WHITE INVISIBLE
Jan 01, 1990; ...Michael Madden is a Globe columnist. PHILADELPHIA - Auld Lang Syne. Should old acquaintance beforgot? No, not all of them. And definitely not No. 78 of the LosAngeles Rams. Say goodbye to the old decade, and welcome the new,but, please, please do not discard Jackie Slater into ...
WILD CARDS FIND ROAD TO VICTORY STEELERS SLIP BY OILERS ANDERSON'S FIELD GOAL IN OVERTIME LIFTS PITTSBURGH, 26-23
Jan 01, 1990; ... HOUSTON - Where are the Green Bay Packers when you needthem?Sadly they and their 10-6 record were home for the holidaysyesterday while two playoff imposters called the Houston Oilers andPittsburgh Steelers stumbled their way through the AFC wild-cardgame with ever ...
BRUINS STILL REELING AFTER BREAKDOWN IN TORONTO
Jan 01, 1990; ... Tomorrow in Pittsburgh the Bruins will face a differenttest. What happened in Toronto, guys? Hello . . . hello . . . areyou there? You weren't there? Oh, right. Will you be there inPittsburgh? Wait and see? OK. This is the test: The first gameafter the fiasco in Toronto Saturday ...
CELTICS' BAGLEY RETURNS TO PRACTICE
Jan 01, 1990; ... BROOKLINE - He was cutting and slashing through thesequoias in the Celtics frontcourt at practice yesterday, sometimesoffering his left shoulder, dislocated almost six weeks ago, toanyone willing to give it a nudge, a bump, a shove. Anything to letJohn Bagley know that five weeks of ...
EXTRA INCENTIVE FOR ANDERSON
Jan 01, 1990; ... Nothing was on his mind when he stroked the ball, but the secondGary Anderson saw his 50-yard field goal headed straight betweenthe uprights he thought of only one person.His dad.Anderson, the South African kicker who learned his skill fromhis rugby-playing father, knew ...
HOLTZ UPSET BY WEEK'S DISTRACTIONS RUMORS AND REMARKS PUT IRISH COACH ON EDGE
Jan 01, 1990; ... MIAMI - The distractions have been plentiful for Notre Dame, butnone bigger than the one created by coach Lou Holtz when a DenverTV station eavesdropped on his pre-practice pep talk, unbeknownstto him, and videotaped remarks Holtz made to his team, saying,among other things, that ...
ALL EYES ON THE PRIZE NATIONAL CROWN A VICTORY AWAY
Jan 01, 1990; ... MIAMI - It couldn't be more simple for one team, or morecomplicated for the other. Al Davis would love Colorado's footballteam, because all the No. 1 Buffaloes have to do to lay claim totheir football national championship (to go along with their 11national titles in skiing) is just ...
EMOTION ON THE RISE FOR ROSE BOWL FOES
Jan 01, 1990; ... PASADENA, Calif. - The game could be broken down to onesimple objective: avoid humiliation.For Michigan, the prospects of surviving failure grow drearierand drearier by the day. Bo's retirement party, which once upon atime was called the Rose Bowl, has caused alumni to ...
THE PRESSURE'S ON CURRY, ALABAMA
Jan 01, 1990; ... NEW ORLEANS - Ralph Christopher, one of the many Universityof Alabama fans who have turned Greater New Orleans into a sea ofcrimson, likes Alabama coach Bill Curry. A lot. He'd never issuedeath threats to him, nor throw a brick through his office window.But he wouldn't dare deny ...
WRITERS LEAN TOWARD MIAMI
Jan 01, 1990; ... In an informal poll conducted by the Boston Globe, we asked49 of the 61 sportswriters and broadcasters who vote on theAssociated Press Top 25 whom they would vote for as No. 1 if NotreDame, Miami and Michigan all won on New Year's Day. By anoverwhelming count, the writers lean ...
VOLS' PICKENS A DOUBLE THREAT
Jan 01, 1990; ... DALLAS - Versatility has proven to be both a blessing and acurse for Tennessee freshman Carl Pickens.His ability will be on display today when the Volunteers meetArkansas in the Cotton Bowl. Pickens, who joined the SoutheasternConference tri-champions last summer as a ...
ALABAMA WON'T BE ON RUN
Jan 01, 1990; ... Alabama won't even try it. Head coach Bill Curry said there's noneed for the Crimson Tide to attempt to run on the Miami defense intonight's Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The Hurricanes are rankedfirst in the nation with an average of 69.1 yards allowed per game."Defensively, you ...
FSU-NEBRASKA A STRONG MATCH
Jan 01, 1990; ... TEMPE, Ariz. - If there are four college football teamsbetter than Florida State at the moment, it's news to the Seminoles.If there are five college football teams better than Nebraskaat the moment, it's news to the Cornhuskers.That being the case, today's Fiesta ...
TRADE WINDS MAY PICK UP NOW GORMAN'S DUE BACK
Jan 01, 1990; ... Lou Gorman has been brilliant as Howard Hughes the past twoweeks. Nary a word has been heard from the jolly Sox generalmanager, who has been vacationing in the Sarasota, Fla., area.But presumably Gorman's vacation, which coincided with Gen.Manuel Noriega's disappearance, is ...
WILL COSGROVE BE THE MAINE MAN?
Jan 01, 1990; ... Jack Cosgrove, who was the offensive coordinator for theUniversity of Maine football team last season, is considered astrong candidate for the post of head coach, which opened when TomLichtenberg left Orono to take the head position at Ohio University.Cosgrove, 32, was a ...
A HEADY DECADE FOR TUFTS
Jan 01, 1990; ... MEDFORD - Tufts athletic director Rocky Carzo and a friendtook a walk around his compound. Carzo checked the swimming pool,basketball court, indoor and outdoor tracks, football field andbaseball, soccer, lacrosse and field hockey facilities."This was one hell of a decade ...
SANTIAGO THROWS TRIPLE ON CH. 5 BOWLING SHOW
Jan 01, 1990 ... Don Santiago of East Falmouth has moved into theMassachusetts Bowling Association/TrueValue Championship picturewith a resounding 425-327 win over Bernie Duhamel of BrookfieldSaturday on Channel 5's candlepin bowling show. The 425 givesSantiago the second seed behind Gary ...
TRACK'S DEATH NOTICE WRITTEN BY LEROUX
Jan 01, 1990; ... On June 26, 1986, Belle Isle Limited, of which Buddy LeRoux ismanaging general partner, and New Suffolk Downs Corporation tookover Suffolk Downs. The death knell began six months later."He LeRoux called me in January and began to complain," saidformer Racing Commission chairman ...
ZIP! ZAP! SUCCESS? NEW MAGAZINE AIMED AT MILLIONS OF VIDEO GAME USERS
Jan 01, 1990; ... PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - Success, publishers will tell you, isonly an idea away. And with the high-tech publishing industry'sumbilical tied to the flat computer business, these publishers areeagerly casting about for a ticket out of the doldrums.One high-tech publishing group, ...