The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from May 1990:
SILBER DRAWS FIRE FOR REMARKS ON PREGNANT TEEN-AGERS
May 01, 1990; ... Democratic gubernatorial hopeful John Silber, who set off afuror several months ago when he said Massachusetts is a "welfaremagnet" for Cambodians, is again under attack for advocatingcutting off welfare benefits to teen-agers who become pregnant asecond time.Silber is ...
A DEFICIT-SLICING SCENARIO
May 01, 1990 ... Evidence that the economy remains stronger than expected hasfed concern that inflation may become a bigger factor than mostobservers had feared. That bad side of the news must be faced byeconomic policy makers in Congress and the administration as theyfashion responses that will ...
HOSTAGE EXPLOITATION
May 01, 1990 ... The successors to Ayatollah Khomeini are releasing Americanhostages one at a time and sharing credit for their "humanitiariangesture" with Syrian ruler Hafez Assad. Though all Americans willrejoice at the release of Frank Reed, sympathy for him should notbe mistaken as gratitude to ...
COVER-UP IN EL SALVADOR
May 01, 1990 ... Not unexpectedly, the House task force that examined theSalvadoran government's investigation of the murder of six Jesuitpriests has concluded that the investigation is stalled and that itis unlikely that full justice will be achieved -- a polite way ofcharging a high-level cover-up ...
THE BUDGET-DILEMMA DEADLINE
May 01, 1990 ... This afternoon, at city and town halls acrossMassachusetts, members of the Legislature will discover whetherthey will face opposition in the September primary or the Novemberelection. As a result, the political calendar of this critical yearbegins in May, not January.With ...
A GOLDEN (DOME) OPPORTUNITY DAY
May 01, 1990; ... HELP WANTED: Good pay, short hours. Recognition galore; getyour name in the papers and on talk radio. Excellent job securityfor the right man, the right woman, and the right political party.$30K to start, plus daily expenses even if you don't come to work.Current work force on furlough ...
PROFILES IN TIMIDITY
May 01, 1990; ... As tension drains away from the confrontation between thetroubled Soviet Union of Mikhail Gorbachev and the "breakawayrepublic" of Lithuania, Americans should take note of the timidityof many US politicians in responding to the impasse.Both President Bush and Congress seem finally ...
A PERCENTAGE CHANGE FOR PARTY'S GOOD
May 01, 1990; ... Democrats gathering for their convention in Springfield one monthfrom today will face some awkward possibilities -- and a potentialway to avoid them.At issue is the way the convention exerts power -- lessthrough the benefits of its endorsements than through thepunishment it can ...
AFTER REEBOK THE CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR HILL HOLIDAY
May 01, 1990; ... How important was it for New England's largest advertisingagency, Hill Holliday Connors & Cosmopulos Inc., to land the $40million Reebok account?"I got down on my knees and begged," says Jack Connors, HillHolliday's high-profile chairman and chief executive officer. He ...
BAY STATE'S SOLUTION TO WELFARE LOAD SAID LACKING STUDY CRITICIZES DUKAKIS'S 'ET' TRAINING PLAN
May 01, 1990; ... In June 1988 Gov. Dukakis stood on the State House steps tocelebrate an important milestone: the 50,000th graduate of theEmployment and Training Choices program.Dukakis, then running for president, boasted that hisjob-training plan for welfare recipients had saved the ...
CAMBRIDGE FIRM THINKS BIG WITH HOME VOICE MAIL
May 01, 1990; ... Hello. You have reached the Graham residence. We're not homeright now. If you would like to leave a message for Alex, press 1.For Mable, press 2. If you need Watson, press 3.If you hate answering machines, you're out of luck. Because ifthe regional Bell operating companies ...
CLARIFICATION
May 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Last week's Opinion column, "Large financialinstitutions, are they investors or owners?" contained a sentencethat should have read: "Such alignment might ...
EMBATTLED ASHTON-TATE CHIEF RESIGNS
May 01, 1990; ... Widely blamed for his company's poor performance in recentyears, Edward M. Esber Jr. resigned yesterday as chairman and chiefexecutive of Ashton-Tate Corp., of Torrance, Calif.A familiar figure in the personal computer software industry,Esber, 37, headed what used to be the ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, the figure for thenumber of licensed migrant labor camps in California that meetminimum housing standards was incorrect ina story ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Because of incorrect information supplied to theGlobe, the caption of a Page 1 photograph in yesterday's Globeincorrectly identified a ...
CORRECTION
May 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Because of an error by the Associated Press, thepolitical calendar published in the Metro/Region section Sundaymisstated when the rally on Boston ...
FINANCING, OTHER DETAILS OF SAINT-GOBAIN'S MERGER WITH NORTON DETAILED
May 01, 1990; ... Details filed yesterday on the $1.9 billion merger betweenNorton Co. and its French savior, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, showthat Saint-Gobain will finance the merger primarily throughexisting revolving credit agreements. About $900 million will beprovided by Banque Nationale de Paris, ...
TROUBLED AMES SELECTS PISTNER
May 01, 1990; ... Ames Department Stores yesterday named Stephen L. Pistner,one of the most dynamic and colorful characters in the discountbusiness, chairman and chief executive officer.Pistner, 58, (pronounced PYZ-ner) replaces Peter B. Hollis,who resigned. Ames, the nation's fourth-largest ...
AETNA PLANS TO CHALLENGE STATE LAW SUES STATE SO IT CAN WRITE OTHER POLICIES
May 01, 1990; ... In a case with broad implications for the state's $3billion-plus auto insurance industry, a unit of Aetna Life &Casualty Co. has sued Massachusetts in an attempt to abandon themoney-losing auto insurance market without forfeiting its otherinsurance businesses.The suit by ...
US ASSURES THRIFT'S DEPOSITORS
May 01, 1990; ... The government agency newly installed to manage financiallystricken Home Owners Federal Savings Bank yesterday assured thebank's customers they have nothing to fear as long as theirdeposits are within the federally insured $100,000 limit.Andrea Plater, spokeswoman for the ...
COURT GIVES STATES MORE SAY AGAINST MERGERS
May 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - In an important antitrust ruling yesterday,the Supreme Court gave state officials and interested citizens thepower to undo corporate mergers after the deals have earned federalapproval.The unanimous decision interprets a section of a key antitrustact as ...
NEW ADVERTISING RULES EFFECTIVE TODAY
May 01, 1990; ... The motormouth and the eyeball-buster are dead inMassachusetts advertising.New state retail advertising regulations go into effect today,eliminating some common advertising practices.Gone are the fast-talking disclaimers at the end ofcommercials in radio and ...
AFTER-ACTION: WORCESTER BASKS AS BOURSE FRETS
May 01, 1990; ... Parisians celebrate May Day with the gift to one another ofmuguet, lilies of the valley. Of course, when they are displeasedwith one another, they offer the rude gesture, the scatalogicalinsult -- or even en baffe, a slap.In the wake of last week's surprise sale of Worcester's ...
RISING TO OCCASION JOHN CARTER IS PLAYING A BIGGER AND BETTER ROLE WITH THE BRUINS
May 01, 1990; ... The subject in the far corner of the Bruins' dressing roomyesterday was job description. Peter Douris had it in his head thatJohn Carter needed a classification upgrade, a title with expandedmeaning, a higher and more important profile."What, another interview?" said Douris, ...
MORGAN MIFFED AT PATRIOTS' OFFER
May 01, 1990; ... FOXBOROUGH - Wide receiver Stanley Morgan, a 13-yearveteran and four-time Pro Bowl player, said yesterday the Patriotswant to cut his salary "almost in half." Though that is not quiteaccurate, it is certain that Morgan, for the first time in hiscareer, will not enter training camp ...
SOX SINK MARINERS SEATTLE CAN'T WEATHER BODDICKER, BOSTON BATS
May 01, 1990; ... About 200 fans were left when Darnell Coles reached wellinto the Mariners bullpen and robbed Mike Greenwell of a three-runhomer last night. An hour-long rain delay almost emptied FenwayPark before some of the best action occurred, but most of the crowdstill saw the Sox rip off one of ...
ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN LITTLE TIME WAS WASTED
May 01, 1990; ... Wouldn't it be nice to live in a sports world where baseballplayers could play a 26-inning game in 3 hours 50 minutes?I thought of this as I sat with the shivering multitudesthrough the 54 minutes it took to play innings 1 and 2 of Sunday'sotherwise riveting Red Sox-A's game, and I ...
JOHN DRUCE HAS GONE FROM A VIRTUAL UNKNOWN TO BECOME THE CAPITALS' HERO IN THE POSTSEASON
May 01, 1990; ... LANDOVER, Md. - The days of pinching himself, of thinking,"if this is a dream, don't wake me up," have vanished, and realityreigns supreme. The reality and the dream have become intertwined. John Druce of the Washington Capitals most certainly hasscored 12 playoff goals; ...
RIGHT UP THERE LEWIS PROVES HE WAS A LEGITIMATE FIRST-ROUNDER
May 01, 1990; ... Reggie Lewis ran around his high school gymnasium carryingbricks. If he dropped a brick, he would have to run until hehimself dropped.When the basketball team got around to practicing basketball,Lewis joined the scrubs. He would defend against Reggie Williams,who was one ...
BASEBALL MAY LURE MCMURTRY SCHEMBECHLER, TIGERS ARE INTERESTED
May 01, 1990; ... FOXBOROUGH - Apparently, the Patriots' third-round draftchoice, former Michigan receiver Greg McMurtry, will get a temptingoffer in June from his former football coach, Bo Schembechler. Butremember: Bo now knows baseball.One source said that Schembechler, president and ...
TYSON SET TO FIGHT TILLMAN
May 01, 1990; ... NEW YORK - Mike Tyson had his coming-out party yesterdayand served up humble pie.In his first public appearance since Buster Douglas belted himall over Tokyo in February to take away both his heavyweightchampionship and his consciousness, Tyson appeared at a ...
GOULD HAS HOPES UP HE AIMS TO PLAY VS. FORMER CLUB
May 01, 1990; ... Bob Gould knew it was the question on everyone's mind. "How willit feel to face your former team, the Washington Capitals?"Yesterday, the veteran winger had some of the answers but notthe key one -- whether he would be able to play in Game 1 of theWales Conference finals Thursday ...
GORMAN TRYING TO KEEP BODDICKER
May 01, 1990; ... The Red Sox will attempt to sign Mike Boddicker to a contractextension before the end of the season to prevent the righthanderfrom leaving the team as a free agent this winter, general managerLou Gorman said yesterday.Gorman said he called Boddicker's agent, Ron Shapiro, ...
BODDICKER WARMED BY SHARP CONTROL, STRONG SUPPORT
May 01, 1990; ... A strange thing happened to Mike Boddicker last night atFenway Park. No, make that two strange happenings.The first was that Boddicker took the mound with the mercuryat 38 degrees -- not his favorite pitching weather -- and proceededto hurl seven shutout innings as the Red ...
GETTING EWING ON THE BALL KEY TO KNICKS' SURVIVAL
May 01, 1990; ... The biggest surprise would be if he simply played like heusually does. He'd get his 31 points, 10-plus rebounds, 3-plusblocked shots, prevail in every glare-off, and everyone wouldwonder what went wrong.No one on either team expects Patrick Ewing to just offer uphis usual ...
WELCOME CHANGE THIS TIME AROUND DIFFERENCE IN STYLE -- AND RESULTS
May 01, 1990; ... Expectation levels are high in Celtic Land since the 157-128victory over the Knickerbockers Sunday.The Celtics have won 11 of their last 12 games and are avictory away from possibly meeting the Pistons in the playoffs forthe fourth successive year.The last three seasons ...
SHOW GOES ON AND ON IT'S A FEAST FOR THE EYES WITH SOX, CELTICS, BRUINS
May 01, 1990; ... If you are determined not to miss a Celtics basket or a Bruinsslap shot, tonight may be your last opportunity for awhile to enjoyan evening of reading.Celtics-Knicks Game 3 will be on Channel 56 tomorrow and Game4, if necessary, Friday night, and the Bruins will be on NewEngland ...
SHOWDOWN ON HIGH SEAS
May 01, 1990; ... AFew Items:Proclaiming that "Kiwis aren't renowned for backing off," NewZealand sailing czar Michael Fay said yesterday he will pursue hisquest to wrest the America's Cup from the San Diego Yacht Club.To everyone's relief, however, Fay quickly added that he andhis ...
SOME BIG CHANGES MADE IN BAY STATE GAMES
May 01, 1990; ... The Bay State Games will be kicking off its ninth year withseveral changes, including the addition of several sports and theelimination of several sites.According to Games director Doug Arnot, these changes arebeneficial to both the athletes and spectators and will make ...
HOWE SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO O'CONNOR
May 01, 1990 ... Arlington's Brian O'Connor has been awarded the 10th annualGordie Howe Scholarship. The $2,000 award, sponsored by theHartford Whalers and the Whalers Booster Club, is given to the NewEngland high school senior who has combined on-ice excellence withhigh academic achievement and good ...
SWIFT HAPPY AS THE MAN IN MIDDLE
May 01, 1990; ... It took Billy Swift of South Portland, Maine, just twomonths to make the jump from Chattanooga to the major leagues inhis rookie season, but six years to find his niche on the SeattleMariners pitching staff.Once a swingman who would come out of the bullpen one day ...
VETERAN OFFICIAL TAXIERA TO BE HONORED ON MAY 14
May 01, 1990 ... Joe Taxiera, who was a football referee for 53 years, hasbeen chosen as the recipient of the 1989 Contribution to AmateurFootball Award from the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of theNational Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. Taxiera will behonored at the annual Scholar-Athlete ...
ONE WEAPON'S TRAIL ENDS IN TRAGEDY
May 01, 1990; ...Third of four articles Last summer, Samuel Miller Jr. sent the federal government $30and an application, and within two months he received a piece ofpaper that certified him as a federally licensed firearms dealer.That license enabled Miller, as it enables some 234,000 ...
2D AMERICAN FREED IN BEIRUT MALDEN NATIVE RELEASED AFTER 3 YEARS AS CAPTIVE
May 01, 1990; ... DAMASCUS, Syria - American hostage Frank Reed was freedyesterday after being held for more than three years, much of thetime blindfolded, by Shiite Moslems in Lebanon. He was the secondAmerican freed in nine days. "I'd like to tell my family, especially my son, Tarek, ...
HUD'S PIERCE GAVE FAVORS, SAYS JAILED EX-OFFICIAL
May 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - In what one lawmaker called "smoking gun"testimony, a former top federal official now serving a briberysentence told Congress yesterday about numerous cases in whichPresident Reagan's housing and urban development secretary, SamuelR. Pierce Jr., doled out grants based ...
A CRY OF 'HE'S OUT,' AND WIFE'S PRAYERS ANSWERED
May 01, 1990; ... MALDEN - The phone, a cream-colored push-button model, saton a dark wood table and Fahima Reed stared at it. Around her stooda crowd of newspeople so packed that it took her 9-year-old son,Tarek, about five minutes to wiggle through it. It was 1:33 in the afternoon. Reed, her ...
FINANCIAL STORM CLOUDS CALIFORNIA TAX SKID BODES ILL FOR MASS.
May 01, 1990; ... The state's nearly $1 billion deficit projection may have tobe revised upward again soon, as reports from the bellwether stateof California indicate income tax revenues are about to take asharp drop in most industrialized states.Officials at the Massachusetts Revenue ...
AX IS HANGING OVER OTHER THRIFTS IN AREA
May 01, 1990; ... The seizure of Home Owners Federal Savings Bank bygovernment regulators Friday is not likely to be the last suchtakeover in the state. About half a dozen other savings and loansin Massachusetts, and as many as 10 banks and savings banks in NewEngland, could face a fate similar to ...
SKELETON ID'D AS LONG-LOST STUDENT FIND ENDS SEARCH FOR JOAN WEBSTER
May 01, 1990; ... SALEM - Essex County authorities yesterday answered onequestion in an 8 1/2-year-old murder mystery, identifying askeleton found last month in Hamilton as Joan Webster, the25-year-old Harvard graduate student who disappeared from LoganAirport on Nov. 28, 1981.Webster, a ...
STEAM BATH
May 01, 1990 ... Water vapor from a manhole creates a walk into the unknown for apedestrian crossing Atlantic Avenue on the ...
LAVA CLOSES IN
May 01, 1990 ... Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano moves towards homes inKalapana Gardens on Sunday. At right, a parishioner prays at nearbyStar of the Sea Church, which will ...
CHANGING TIMES
May 01, 1990 ... A young Soviet couple, sporting the latest in Western fashion,and an elderly couple, in more traditional Russian dress, posebefore a mural of Marx, ...
PANEL FAULTS PROBE OF JESUIT'S DEATH
May 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - An investigation into the killings last yearof six Jesuit priests and two others in El Salvador has come to a"virtual standstill" and is unlikely to determine whetherhigher-ups in the Salvadoran military were involved, a HouseDemocratic task force declared ...
ANTENNA SNAG IS CORRECTED ON THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE TOY MODEL HELPS ENGINEERS SOLVE PROBLEM; 'FINE-TUNING' NEEDED TO BEGIN DATA COLLECTION
May 01, 1990; ... GREENBELT, Md. - The snag that threatened to cripple the$2.1 billion Hubble Space Telescope's critical antenna system wassolved with some clever analysis and a quick trip to a toy store,project directors said yesterday.An impromptu Tinker Toys model of the troublesome ...
FROM ISLEBORO, MAINE, TO WEST BEIRUT, A CAREER DEVOTED TO EDUCATION
May 01, 1990; ... For Frank Herbert Reed Jr., a Malden native who was releasedyesterday after being held hostage in Lebanon for 3 1/2 years,educational pursuits have directed his career. Reed, 57, was headmaster of the private LebaneseInternational School in Moslem West Beirut when he was ...
BUSH THANKS IRAN FOR ITS ROLE IN FREEING REED
May 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush expressed gratitude to Iranyesterday for its part in aiding the release of hostage Frank Reedof Malden, but said the United States would not talk aboutnormalizing relations with the regime in Tehran "until all thehostages are released."At a ...
YELTSIN IN SPAIN FOR BACK SURGERY
May 01, 1990; ... BARCELONA, Spain - Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin was taken toa hospital yesterday with a slipped disc and was to undergo backsurgery, regional television said. The outspoken Soviet Congressdeputy, who has a history of heart trouble, ...
10 DIE IN CRASH OF RAF PLANE
May 01, 1990 ... LONDON - A British Royal Air Force surveillance plane crashed onan island off Scotland's west coast yesterday killing all 10persons on board, rescue workers said. The 40-year-old Shackletonaircraft, belonging to ...
ROMANIAN PARTIES THREATEN BOYCOTT
May 01, 1990; ... BUCHAREST - Five major opposition parties yesterday threatenedto boycott national elections and accused the dominant NationalSalvation Front of harassing opposition activists. A jointcommunique by the opposition groups was released as thousands ...
EX-GUERRILLA GAINS COLOMBIA BALLOT
May 01, 1990; ... MEDELLIN, Colombia - A former guerrilla, left with one leg andslurred speech after an assassination attempt six years ago, gainedthe support of a leftist coalition yesterday as replacement for aslain presidential candidate. Former field commander ...
BURYING THE BAKER-IN-QUAYLE-OUT RUMOR
May 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - When word got out that Secretary of State James A.Baker 3d had bought ranch land in Wyoming, the rumor mill inWashington started stirring: Was it all part of a grand scheme todump Vice President Dan Quayle?The latest inside-the-Beltway game went like this: Bush ...
AIDS ANTIBODY FOUND TO PROTECT FETUS COULD CURB MOTHER-BABY TRANSMISSION AND HELP IDENTIFY WOMEN AT RISK
May 01, 1990; ... A woman infected with the AIDS virus is unlikely to transmitthe disease to her unborn fetus if her blood contains a newlydiscovered antibody, according to a New York study published today.The finding promises a way to identify which women need theanti-AIDS drug zidovudine or ...
IT WAS MY WUCKY DAY
May 01, 1990; ... Iwas in a coffee shop on Newbuwe Stweet yesterday morning weadingsomething about Babwa Wawa of ABThee-TV when two young wadies camein out of the wain and t'hat down pwetty cwose to me. One wore moreIndian jewlawee than Geronimo and the other appeared to have hadher hair cut by somebody ...
MOTIVE FOR CLERK'S KILLING A MYSTERY
May 01, 1990; ... The killer didn't even rob Cy's Bottled Liquors and Groceryon Erie Street.So why did he shoot Kenneth Fennel, the 28-year-old clerk whowas always with a smile and a joke?That's the question many asked yesterday on this street in theFour Corners section of ...
HEALTH COSTS IN MASS. TOP ANY YET CARE SAID POOR FOR SOME IN STATE
May 01, 1990; ... Massachusetts citizens spend more on health care than peopleanywhere in the world, yet pockets of the state have higher infantmortality rates than some poor countries, according to acomparative study of health care statistics released yesterday.The uneven distribution of ...