The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from June 1990:
SHE CAN'T SOLVE ALL FRIENDS' PROBLEMS
Jun 01, 1990 ... Dear Beth: I am a 15-year-old girl. Friends always come to me when theyhave problems. I usually help them, but what am I supposed to dowhen I can't be with them? For example, when one of their friendsdies, or their sister is in a coma, how can I comfort them when I'mnot with ...
JAPANESE, SPANISH TREATS IN CAMBRIDGE
Jun 01, 1990; ...ROKA * * * 1001 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge Telephone 661-0344 DALI * * * 415 Washington St., Somerville Telephone 661-3254 Roka had a good eight-year run in Cambridge in a downstairslocation across from ...
CULTURAL GROUP SET TO RESIST CENSORSHIP
Jun 01, 1990; ... As national and local efforts to censor the arts gathersteam, some Boston artists and arts administrators have formed agrass-roots coalition to fight back.Citing the recent flap over the Robert Mapplethorpephotography exhibition, as well as attacks on the ...
FOR CONCERT FANS, THIS SUMMER OFFERS MORE THAN A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS
Jun 01, 1990; ... There might be uncertainty about the future of state funding forthe arts, and the club scene, while stable, remains small, but thesummer season promises a rich sampler of jazz in New England, andthe Boston area in particular.Here are three additions to the already busy calendar ...
SUICIDE'S 'A WAY OF LIFE'; JULEE CRUISE: BEYOND 'TWIN PEAKS'
Jun 01, 1990; ... "Suicide, to me, means a lot of things," says Alan Vega, whoshould know. Suicide is the moniker he and partner Martin Revpicked back in the early '70s when the two began creating thedreamy, disturbing songs that form the gist of their music."Suicide is not like an ending -- it represents a ...
CUTTING EDGE PASSES BY LENE LOVICH
Jun 01, 1990; ...LENE LOVICH: The Paradise, Wednesday night. Not to be cruel, but for Lene Lovich - an American-born,English-bred new wave diva of the early '80s -- the clock may berunning out: Her brand of avant-pop quirkiness remains intact, butthe overall package is of lesser import. The ...
FROM TAP TO BALLET, IT'S A BUSY WEEKEND
Jun 01, 1990; ... Boston Ballet has announced three dancer promotions for its1990-'91 season. Jennifer Gelfand, the home-grown teen-age prodigywith the astonishing technique, has been promoted to principal. Sohas Daniel Meja, the French dancer who nearly stole the show in theflashy, charming Jester role in ...
FOR 1990: SWIMSUITS THAT FLATTER AND DON'T FADE
Jun 01, 1990; ... Swimsuits and spacesuits have more and more in common, ashigh-tech, glossy, multi-purpose space-age fabrics become thebackbone of the fashions that take to the water this summer. Longthe domain of the skiwear industry, innovative fabric is nowembraced by designers in their bathing suit ...
MADONNA: THE SYBIL OF STYLE HER EVER-CHANGING ACT CASTS A LUCRATIVE SPELL
Jun 01, 1990; ... Madonna's chameleon career comes off like Modern Aesthetics101. With the frequency of those schlocky 10-best-dressed lists,she emerges from her style factory adorned in a new old image --tragic Marilyn Monroe, madcap Sally Bowles, fiery Carmen Miranda.In the past decade, she's done ...
HE MAKES THE STARS COME OUT FOR KISS
Jun 01, 1990; ... OK, so he doesn't live in Beverly Hills (try Weston), andhis No. 1 radio station isn't on Sunset Boulevard (it's on RevereBeach Parkway, in Medford).Still, if anyone exudes Hollywood in Boston, it's RichieBalsbaugh, commander of WXKS (KISS-108), and tomorrow is when ...
'TOTAL RECALL' SLIPS INTO SCI-FI CLICHE
Jun 01, 1990; ...TOTAL RECALL: Directed by: Paul Verhoeven. Screenplay by: Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman, based on Phillip K. Dick's short story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon ...
BASEBALL AT THE ICA
Jun 01, 1990; ... Willie Mays once reduced baseball, that most complex of teamgames, to its barest essentials."They throw the ball, I hit it," explained the Hall of Famecenterfielder. "They hit the ball, I catch it."To which we may now add: He plays the game, they paint it.Or ...
NINTENDO -- JUST FOR KIDS
Jun 01, 1990; ... The locally groomed and ubiquitous teen heartthrob band New Kidson the Block is taking one more step toward total world dominationwith a new Nintendo video game based on the group. Parker Brothersgame-making company in Beverly, a subsidiary of Tonka Corp.,announced yesterday its plans to ...
HERE'S SOMEONE WHO HAS WHAT TRINITY REP NEEDS
Jun 01, 1990; ... Search Committees search. And sometimes come up with the wrong"winner," by which I mean a fully-rounded candidate.Anne Bogart was sought out two years ago by just such acommittee to become artistic director at Trinity Repertory Companyin Providence. At the time, and by her own ...
CAPRA'S 'MR. SMITH' OPENS BPL SERIES
Jun 01, 1990; ... The fact that certain members of the US Senate kicked up a fusswhen Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) openedsays more about the Senate than about the film. Still, it's gotmore bite than Capra's reputation for sentimental populist upliftmight lead you to believe. Today, ...
'LINES' LACKS A COMPOSER'S TOUCH
Jun 01, 1990; ...BETWEEN THE LINES, by New Opera Theater Ensemble. At Boston Public Library, last night (repeat June 7) The work of the New Opera Theater Ensemble is making a positivecontribution to our cultural life, but it is also proving animportant point through the negative. The ...
RHODODENDRONS: OLD FAVORITES, NEW VARIETIES
Jun 01, 1990; ... If you own an old house, chances are good you inherited somelarge old rhododendrons. When British plant breeders introducedcatawbiense hybrid rhododendrons to the American public at thePhiladelphia Exposition of 1876, they caused a sensation, andthousands were soon shipped and planted in ...
THAT HOT DECORATIVE ITEM . . . BOOKS?
Jun 01, 1990; ... People may be reading less these days, but as decorativeobjects books have never been more popular.Thanks to Ralph Lauren and his ilk, the instant heirloom lookis hot. People want their homes to resemble English country houses-- some designer's conception of an English ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1990 ... Q. On May 3 I sent the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston atender offer of $10,000 for a two-year Treasury note. Why hasn'tthis been acknowledged? M.M., GloucesterA. According to Thomas Vangell, the bank's ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1990 ... Q. Who is the adjutant general in charge of theMassachusetts National Guard? F.L., BrocktonA. Maj. Gen. Wayne Wagner was ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1990 ... Q. Was there a Mrs. Massachusetts International contest thisyear? W.L., SwampscottA. No; contacted at the Mrs. US International headquarters inTyler, Texas, Sue Holland, ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1990 ... Q. What's the origin of the expression "in like Flynn?"S.O., MelroseA. Should you be as "in" as Michael J. Flynn, a Chicagopolitical boss of Ward 13 and subject of that popular expression,you would be happy indeed. The saying stemmed from Flynn's tenurein Cook County ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1990 ... Q. A recent telecast of "The Glass Bottom Boat" marked thefirst time I had seen Rod Taylor in a movie. Can you tell me moreabout him? I.C., WarehamA. Born Jan. 11 in 1929 or 1930, depending on the source, RodTaylor was educated at an art school in his native Australia ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1990 ... Q. How can I become a voting member of the Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences? C.O., BedfordA. You can join the professional organization only at theinvitation of the current membership, now numbering about 4,000, ofwhom some 3,500 select the winners of the ...
D. WILLIAM ATKINS, 74 FOUNDED DEDHAM PLUMBING FIRM
Jun 01, 1990 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 9 a.m. today in St. Mary'sChurch in Dedham for D. William Atkins of Dedham, founder of D.W.Atkins Plumbing Co. in that town in 1935.Mr. Atkins died of cardiac arrest Tuesday in Norwood Hospital.He was 74.For a number of years before ...
JOHN C. CAWLEY JR. WITH TELEPHONE COMPANY 20 YEARS
Jun 01, 1990 ... John C. Cawley Jr. of Braintree, New England Telephone Co.equipment installer since 1969, died of a heart attack Wednesday atSouth Shore Hospital. He was 43.Born in the Neponset section of Dorchester and educated in thecity's public schools, Mr. Cawley served in the Army ...
J. ROBERT CUNNIFF, 61 WATERTOWN FIRM'S PARTS MANAGER
Jun 01, 1990 ... J. Robert Cunniff, parts manager of Casey & Dupuis EquipmentCorp. of Watertown, died of cancer yesterday at his Brighton home.He was 61.A native of Watertown and a 1946 graduate of St. Patrick'sHigh School there, Mr. Cunniff worked as an X-ray technician atBoston City ...
DONALD B. HOWES, 77 FOUNDED CAMBRIDGE BUSINESSES
Jun 01, 1990 ... Donald Bursch Howes of Wellesley, founder of ABC AnsweringService and Finance System of Cambridge, a collection agency, diedWednesday at the Christian Science Benevolent Home, Brookline. Hewas 77.Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in Wollaston, Mr. Howesgraduated from ...
MARGARET KAMP, 89 WAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TEACHER
Jun 01, 1990 ... A memorial Mass will be said Wednesday at 11 a.m. in St.Theresa of Avila Church, West Roxbury, for Margaret (Fallon)Kamp, a teacher at Children's Hospital for 25 years.Mrs. Kamp died of a stroke Monday at Hyde Park ConvalescentHome, Hyde Park. She was 89 and lived in West ...
BENJAMIN SHATTUCK, 74 STARTED BOSTON ADVERTISING FIRM
Jun 01, 1990 ... Benjamin Shattuck, a marketing consultant and formeradvertising executive, died of cancer May 19 at his home inNokomis, Fla. He was 74 and a former resident of Newton.In 1952 he and a partner opened Shattuck & CliffordAdvertising in Boston, which grew into CWSC & M Inc. In ...
DELEGATES LOBBIED ON DEATH PENALTY
Jun 01, 1990; ... Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty, a groupcomposed of a number of influential liberals, has sent a letter toall Democratic convention delegates, urging them to consider thecandidates' positions on the death penalty when they vote at theconvention this Saturday in ...
FLYNN DELEGATES GET THEIR ORDERS
Jun 01, 1990; ... Democratic convention delegates loyal to Mayor Flynn metWednesday with Frank Doyle, Flynn's 1987 campaign manager, to gettheir marching orders for the party's two-day conclave inSpringfield this weekend. According to sources, Doyle told about 20 delegates from CityHall that Flynn ...
SENATE ENDORSES '5 PERCENT' BILL
Jun 01, 1990; ... The Senate has suspended its rules to endorse a bill that wouldprohibit political parties from excluding from the Septemberprimary ballot candidates for public office that obtain votes fromat least 5 percent of the delegates at the parties' conventions.Currently, Republicans and Democrats ...
MENINO SEEKS ATKINS OUSTER
Jun 01, 1990; ... Meanwhile, Menino said yesterday that he will use the DemocraticParty convention in Springfield this weekend to try and organizethe ouster of US Rep. Chester Atkins (D-Mass.) from his position asparty chairman. "Chester has his own reelection campaign to worryabout," Menino said. "We need a ...
BELLOTTI NAMES KEY SUPPORTERS
Jun 01, 1990; ... Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francis X. Bellotti yesterdayreleased the names of prominent supporters in the Boston delegationto today's party convention to demonstrate "a strong show ofsupport on the convention floor," according to a statement from hiscampaign. Of the 12 delegates ...
MURPHY OUTLINES LABOR AGENDA
Jun 01, 1990; ... Continuing her efforts to woo organized labor, Lt. Gov.Evelyn Murphy yesterday outlined a 10-point agenda for workingpeople that includes her support for a higher state minimum wagelaw, for outlawing permanent replacement of striking workers, andfor allowing workers on extended ...
PIERCE ISSUES DEBATE CHALLENGE
Jun 01, 1990; ... Republican gubernatorial candidate Steven D. Pierce,ignoring his rival in the GOP primary, yesterday challenged thewinner of this weekend's Democratic convention to a series ofdebates.At a news conference in front of Faneuil Hall, Pierce said notime should be lost before ...
WELD AGAIN RAPS WHITE, SILBER TIES
Jun 01, 1990; ... Republican gubernatorial hopeful William F. Weld yesterdayrenewed his attack on John Silber, charging that the Democraticcontender hired Kevin White at Boston University after the formerBoston mayor channeled a $4.5 million corporate gift to the college.For the second day in ...
MAN FATALLY SHOT, WOMAN IS STABBED TO DEATH IN BOSTON
Jun 01, 1990; ... A woman was stabbed to death in the Fenway apartment sheshared with her 2-year-old son and a Brockton man was fatallygunned down in an ambush on a Dorchester street corner, authoritiessaid.Police were called to 40 Peterborough St. yesterday afternoonto investigate the ...
FIRE SETS FOCUS ON BOSTON'S 'NEW IRISH'
Jun 01, 1990; ... To the tightknit community of new Irish in Boston, most ofwhom are young, the death of an entire young family, the O'Neillsof Roslindale, is a shocking reminder of their own vulnerabilityand mortality."It could have happened to any of us. It's like losing arelative. It's ...
WORDS THAT OPEN WOUNDS
Jun 01, 1990; ... Listen only to the words. John Silber and Louis Farrakhan havemore in common than you realize.Quote One: "Hitler was a great man, but wicked."Quote Two: "Now get old Jesse Jackson at the end, speaking ina high-pitched voice just like Hitler . . . It's electrifying. Youcan ...
2 FIRED IN FIREFIGHTER ELIGIBILITY PROBE
Jun 01, 1990; ... Two more Boston firefighters have been fired as a result offalsely claiming minority status on their applications, officialssaid yesterday. Their dismissals concluded an investigation thatbegan in 1988 and focused national attention on the city's hiringpractices.Edward P ....
N.H. BOY'S FIGHT FOR LIFE ENTERS NEW STAGE
Jun 01, 1990; ... WAUWATOSA, Wis. - A medical team last night transplantedfour ounces of bone marrow from a Wisconsin lawyer into a7-year-old New Hampshire boy who had fought time, government anddisease to obtain the life-or-death procedure.Putting a two-year struggle behind him and bracing ...
DUKAKIS TO VETO DUMP MANEUVER
Jun 01, 1990 ... Environmental Affairs Secretary John DeVillars said yesterdaythat Gov. Dukakis will veto House-passed legislation barring use ofstate-owned land in Walpole and Rowe Quarry on the Malden-Revereline for a grit dump needed for the Boston Harbor cleanup.Legislators representing the affected ...
MURDER ALLEGED IN JOGGER'S DEATH
Jun 01, 1990 ... A murder indictment was filed yesterday against a Californiadoctor who allegedly drove his car onto a jogging path in CambridgeApril 14 and struck and killed a man and injured a woman. AMiddlesex County grand jury indicted Dr. John F. Kappler, 60, ananesthesiologist from Van Nuys, Calif., ...
FHA BALKS AT COST OF ARTERY PROJECT
Jun 01, 1990 ... The state is facing $18 million in costs from the CentralArtery-third harbor tunnel project that the Federal HighwayAdministration is reluctant to pay, according to an FHA official.The additional costs were incurred during a 30-month, $88 millioncontract between the state Department of ...
HOSPITAL FIRE DISPLACES PATIENTS
Jun 01, 1990 ... A fire last night in a ninth-floor mechanical room at UniversityHospital resulted in 12 patients being moved from the 7th and 8thfloors and caused $100,000 in damage to the hospital. Deputy FireChief John Clougherty said the fire started ...
CHANNEL 44 TO BROADCAST CONVENTION
Jun 01, 1990 ... Continental Cablevision, the state's largest cable operation, hasarranged to broadcast coverage of the Democratic state conventionfrom 8:30 a.m. tomorrow until the close of convention business onChannel 44 (WGBX-TV), with an assist from the Springfield ...
TREASURER CANDIDATES BANKING ON GOOD SHOWING
Jun 01, 1990; ... For treasurer candidates House Speaker George Keverian and Sen.Richard Kraus (D-Arlington), a lot of their political future isriding on the outcome of the Democratic state convention thisweekend.Keverian, the best known of the three Democratic candidatesfor treasurer, ...
LT. GOVERNOR ENDORSEMENT MAY BE DAY'S CLOSEST RACE
Jun 01, 1990; ... The race for the Democratic lieutenant governor endorsementtomorrow is expected to be one of the closest contests of the day,with three liberal legislators vying for a plug that could bringpublicity in a campaign that has drawn little attention to date.Rep. Marjorie Clapprood of ...
CONVENTION MAY SNUFF OUT SOME CANDIDACIES, RECHARGE OTHERS
Jun 01, 1990; ... The Democrats' longest, most expensive political campaign instate history converges tonight on its first major checkpoint, theparty convention in Springfield, and the fate of some candidacieswill be in the hands of the delegates. With a governor's seat open for the first time in 30 ...
LATE ENDORSEMENTS BOOST SHANNON ON WAY TO SPRINGFIELD
Jun 01, 1990; ... As challenger Scott Harshbarger tries to downplay his chances ofstaging an upset, Attorney General James Shannon has been turningto his Democratic roots to give him a boost as he heads toSpringfield in an attempt to claim his party's conventionendorsement.In a campaign that is ...
AIDS GROUPS CRITICIZE DRUG-TEST SECRECY BILL
Jun 01, 1990; ... A Senate bill to impose limits on information released aboutexperimental drugs being tested in Massachusetts has drawncriticism from a wide range of activists and state officials.If passed, the bill would have far-reaching ramifications fordrug research in this state, ...
KOSILEK TO BE BROUGHT FROM N.Y. FOR TRIAL
Jun 01, 1990; ... Robert Kosilek of Mansfield, accused of murdering his wife,would not agree to return to Massachusetts voluntarily in a WhitePlains, N.Y., court yesterday, forcing Bristol County DistrictAttorney Ronald Pina to seek a governor's warrant to get him backhere for trial.Pina's ...
JET LANDS AT LOGAN WITH ENGINE AFIRE
Jun 01, 1990 ... A Trans World Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston, via St.Louis, landed at Logan International Airport early today with anengine on fire.The plane, which had taxied to the gate, was surrounded byemergency vehicles and the fire extinguished with foam.According to ...
DUKAKIS NO LONGER THE LIFE OF HIS PARTY
Jun 01, 1990; ... The Democratic State Convention gets under way tonight and, forthe first time in 24 years, there will be no buttons or bannerspromoting the candidacy of Michael S. Dukakis. The incumbent governor has devolved into a bit player with abrief walk-on role at this party gathering. After ...
US, SOVIETS REPORT PROGRESS ON GERMANY-NATO QUESTION FIRST DAY OF SUMMIT TAKES AN UPBEAT NOTE
Jun 01, 1990; ...Peter G. Gosselin of the Globe staff contributed to this report. WASHINGTON - The United States and the Soviet Union, capping anupbeat first day of their 4-day summit, reported progress lastnight on whether a united Germany should belong to NATO. While ...
BACKERS HOPE TO RAISE $8M IN MANDELA VISIT
Jun 01, 1990; ... When Nelson Mandela visits the United States later thismonth, including a stop in Boston, a multiracial group of labor,business and human rights representatives hopes to deliver up to $8million in a show of support for the antiapartheid movement.Observers of the movement say ...
SOME WANT FRANKLIN PARK AS RALLY SITE
Jun 01, 1990; ... Saying the upcoming visit to Boston of South African leaderNelson Mandela is an opportunity to highlight the city's blackcommunity, a group of black activists said yesterday thatMandela's rally should be in Roxbury, not the Esplanade."It would have been the best location to ...
GUNMEN KILL 30 ON PAKISTANI BUS
Jun 01, 1990; ... KARACHI, Pakistan - Gunmen ambushed a crowded bus in this citywracked by ethnic unrest yesterday. At least 30 people were killedand 30 injured, officials said. The attackers intercepted the bus,which was ...
BONN CUTS BENEFIT FOR EAST REFUGEES
Jun 01, 1990; ... BONN - West German lawmakers yesterday repealed a 40-year-oldlaw that gave East German resettlers special benefits, and theytightened rules on ethnic Germans emigrating from elsewhere inEastern Europe. The effective date of repeal is July 1, wheneconomic union of the ...
WELLESLEY PETITIONERS FEEL BACKLASH
Jun 01, 1990; ... Fifteen years ago graduating seniors at Wellesley Collegewere told at their commencement ceremony that they were powerfulwomen with the means to "contribute to humankind." The current Wellesley seniors will be graduating today. Thisyear, they are being called spoiled ...
GARRITY ENDS ROLE IN HUB'S SCHOOL CASE US JUDGE'S FINAL ORDER REAFFIRMS LAYOFF FORMULA
Jun 01, 1990; ... Ending one of the most turbulent chapters in Boston'shistory, US District Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. yesterday issued afinal judgment formally closing the 16-year Boston schooldesegregation case.In a four-page decision, Garrity reiterated the orders heissued orally during ...
TWITCHELL SOUGHT TREATMENT FOR SELF
Jun 01, 1990; ... A Christian Scientist father charged with manslaughter forrelying solely on prayers to treat his ill son testified yesterdaythat he had gone to a dentist for a root canal procedure sevenyears ago after prayers had failed to heal the tooth."It started to hurt constantly," ...
CORRECTION
Jun 01, 1990 ... Correction: Because of incorrect information supplied to theGlobe, a story in Wednesday's Living/Arts section erroneouslyidentified an all-woman marching band called the ...