The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from August 1990:
THE BUDGET: GRIM HISTORY, FUTURE DOUBTS
Aug 01, 1990; ...Contributing reporter Jack Sullivan assisted in the preparation of this article. Massachusetts' ego, much inflated through the 1980s as thestate's coffers overflowed with the richness of a booming economyand the hometown governor vied for the presidency, has ...
ANARCHY -- THAT'S THE TICKET
Aug 01, 1990; ... Anarchy: 1. Lack of any political authority. 2. Disorder andconfusion. 3. Absence of any common purpose or standard.Let it happen. To hell with it all. Blow it up. Tear it aldown. Let it happen.Vote for the Citizens for Limited Taxation-High TechnologyCouncil petition to ...
CORRECTION
Aug 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, the military service ofComfed Bancorp Inc. chairman Jack Zoeller was misrepresented in ...
CORRECTION
Aug 01, 1990 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday'sGlobe on Monday's education forum among Democratic gubernatorialcandidates misstated the content of an amendment to the stateConstitution proposed by the ...
SUMMER SIESTA
Aug 01, 1990 ... Boaz Dishon, 7, is lost in slumber under the partial shade of awide-brim hat while visiting yesterday in Hull. Partly sunny skiesare ...
AFTERMATH OF IRA KILLING
Aug 01, 1990 ... Police officers in Hankham, England, sift through debrisyesterday outside the home of Ian Gow, the Conservative member ofParliament killed Monday in a car bomb explosion. The ...
PHIL DAVID FINE, WAS LAWYER, BANKER AND CONSULTANT; AT 64
Aug 01, 1990 ... Phil David Fine, a lawyer and former banker who assembledthe investment group that built Foxboro Stadium, died of heartdisease yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 64 andlived in Beacon Hill.Mr. Fine was also influential in the creation of suchdevelopments ...
KLAUS LIEPMANN, 83 VIOLINIST, CONDUCTOR
Aug 01, 1990 ... Klaus Liepmann, a violinist and conductor who founded themusic program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died ofan abdominal aneurysm Monday at his home in Westport. He was 83.Mr. Liepmann became MIT's first full-time professor of musicin 1947 and, during the ...
ARTHUR MCGRORY, 66 RETIRED BUSINESS MANAGER
Aug 01, 1990 ... Arthur McGrory of Weymouth, retired business manager of theBrockton Multiservice Center, died Monday in South Shore Hospital.He was 66.He retired in 1988 after 33 years with the MassachusettsDepartment of Mental Health.A graduate of Weymouth High School and Bentley ...
JOHN E. STEWART, 59 PRESIDENT OF WHITMAN BANK
Aug 01, 1990 ... John E. Stewart of Duxbury, president of Landmark Bank forSavings of Whitman, died Monday in South Shore Hospital. He was 59.Before joining Landmark as its chief executive in 1983, Mr.Stewart had been a senior vice president of the Charlestown SavingsBank and had worked at ...
FREDERICK MANDEL, 42 LED BOSTON HUMAN RIGHTS AGENCY
Aug 01, 1990 ... Services will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Levine Chapelin Brookline for Frederick Mandel, a lawyer who in 1985 became thefirst executive director of Boston's Human Rights Commission.Mr. Mandel died of AIDS Monday in Beth Israel Hospital. He was42 and lived in the Back ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1990 ... Q. Is there a way to buy US Treasury bills other than goingthrough a bank or a broker and paying a commission?E.B.,Manchester, N. H. A. T-bills can be purchased directly from any of the 37 FederalReserve Banks and branches around the country, but the process isinvolved ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1990 ... Q. What are the five biggest banking cities in the UnitedStates?A.H., Boston A. A list provided by one prominent Boston economist puts NewYork in first place, followed (in order) by Chicago, San ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1990 ... Q. What is the medical term for fear of bridges?G.Y.,Belmont A. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary states that ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1990 ... Q. Where is Paul Newman's camp for cancer-stricken children? M.G., Boston A. The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang camp is located in Ashford, Conn.,and enrolls boys and girls from 7 to 17 who suffer from cancer orother life-threatening illnesses. Sites for a second camp ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1990 ... Q. I would like to donate bone marrow to a patient who needsa transplant. How much does it cost to register with a donorcenter?D.A., Marshfield A. Pam Weinberg of the National Bone Marrow Registry in St.Paul, Minn., suggests you call the registry at its toll-free ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1990 ... Q. What is the derivation of the name of the Ku Klux Klan?D.B., Newton A. The name comes from kyklos, Greek for circle, and, accordingto the Encyclopedia America, evolved through alliteration into itspresent form. Originally conceived as nothing more than a ...
NAMES & FACES THE OPERA AIN'T OVER TILL ROSEANNE SINGS
Aug 01, 1990; ... Roseanne Barr, the wide-load comic whose itchy underallsoutraged a nation -- and President George Bush -- attempts to setthe record straight on the Sally Jessy Raphael chit-chat hour,which airs at 11 a.m. today on Channel 5. The controversy beganwhen Barr sang the National Anthem ...
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES SIDELINED BY THEIR SILENCE
Aug 01, 1990; ... With just seven weeks to go until the primary election, theRepublican race for governor has become a predictable,paint-by-numbers campaign.While John Silber and the two other Democratic candidates forgovernor hurl charges at each other and dominate the headlines ona wide ...
SILBER LIGHTS INTO PRESS, OPPONENTS SAYS HE WON'T DEBATE WITHOUT LIVE TV
Aug 01, 1990; ... In a surprise ending to a forum on human services at The BostonGlobe yesterday, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful John Silber, whodid not participate in the event, appeared in the adjacent Globecafeteria to accuse both his opponents and the media of distortingor misreporting his ...
CLARENCE F. HEAD, 87 RETIRED SALES ENGINEER
Aug 01, 1990 ... A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. today in theActon Center Congregational Church for Clarence F. Head of Acton, aretired sales engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Boston.Mr. Head died of heart failure Sunday at the Rivercrest/Deaconess Nursing Home in ...
MAPPLETHORPE SHOW TO OPEN AMID CONTROVERSY ICA FOUNDER RAPS SELECTIONS
Aug 01, 1990; ... The groups fighting to close the controversial RobertMapplethorpe exhibition that opens today at the Institute ofContemporary Art received fuel for their fire yesterday from anunlikely source. ICA founder and director emeritus James S. Plautsaid the whole controversy could have been ...
SOVIET RAIL BLOCKADE INTENSIFIES
Aug 01, 1990 ... Georgian nationalists block traffic yesterday on theTranscaucasian railroad near the Georgian town of Samtredia.Opposition groups calling for a truly ...
POLITICS SLOWS TALK ON DEFICIT BOTH SIDES AVOID FULL REVENUE PLAN
Aug 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - Nearly three months after Republicans andDemocrats agreed to hold negotiations on decreasing the federaldeficit, the talks have languished, with neither side willing toput forward a comprehensive proposal for increased taxes. Bothsides fear that showing leadership on ...
FROM ADVERSARY TO ADVISER AFTER BITTER CAMPAIGN, DOLE'S BUDGET ROLE INDICATES HIS INCREASING ACCESS TO BUSH'S EAR
Aug 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - The scene was the White House. President Bushhad just abandoned his no-tax pledge. The chief of staff, John H.Sununu, was polishing the communique that said "tax revenueincreases" would be necessary. And, unavoidably, unpleasantmemories flashed before the Senate ...
LONDON BOILS OVER THE POLL TAX BRITAIN'S 'WRETCHED' NEW LEVY HAS WORKING-CLASS BOROUGHS BREWING A REVOLT
Aug 01, 1990; ... LONDON - Viola Modden, her thin curls and worn housecoatmotionless in the summer heat, stood on her apartment building'sfront walk and pointed toward Tottenham High Street. The74-year-old woman did not mince her words."Just walk up and down this street and other streets, ...
HOUSE PANEL VOTES TO KILL B-2 BOMBER FUNDING FOR SDI IS NEXT TARGET
Aug 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - The House Armed Services Committee yesterdayvoted to kill the B-2 Stealth bomber program and was poised toslash federal funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative en routeto paring President Bush's defense budget request by nearly $24billion. The proposal ...
REPUBLICANS JOSTLE FOR SILBER'S LIMELIGHT
Aug 01, 1990; ... Republican gubernatorial candidates Steven D. Pierce andWilliam Weld tried yesterday to tap into the media wake behindDemocratic rival John Silber.Pierce called a press conference in front of the HynesVeterans Convention Center to blast Silber for suggesting on aSunday ...
A STRATEGIC THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Aug 01, 1990; ... Once again yesterday, John Silber stole the show with a dramaticmade-for-media attack on the media that upstaged both of hismilder-mannered Democratic gubernatorial opponents. But for Silber,the question is: Do today's headlines come at the cost ofyesterday's accomplishments and tomorrow's ...
LIBERIA: A LESSON FOR THE UN
Aug 01, 1990 ... European diplomats, watching helplessly as violence engulfsthe Liberian capital, are calling for foreign troops to stop thefighting. The Liberian civil war merits armed intervention by theUnited Nations, if only that organization had the means and thewill to get involved. ...
MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
Aug 01, 1990 ... What does the national shortage of teachers -- especiallyminority teachers of mathematics and science -- have in common withimpending cuts in many thousands of American troops?Some educators and Pentagon officals believe that the problemof finding jobs for military personnel ...
THE UNQUOTABLE JOHN SILBER
Aug 01, 1990 ... In the 1964 presidential campaign, Barry Goldwater hadfinished one of his speeches denouncing the policies of PresidentLyndon B. Johnson, when he was approached by one of his admirersafter the rally. "Senator, I must warn you," she said, pointing tothe press section. "Those people ...
SHUTTING OUT STEINBRENNER
Aug 01, 1990 ... When Margaret Hamilton, encountering the purity of water,dissolves like a lump of brown sugar in "The Wizard of Oz," theaudience inhales. This pause is a momentary nod toward the luriddeparture of a notorious character. Swiftly, however, all join herfreed subjects singing, "Ding ...
FOCUSING ON TRIVIA
Aug 01, 1990; ... WASHINGTON - In the absence of seriousness, the going-nowherebudget talks would benefit from the dramatic, mellifluous voice ofthe late Bill Stern calling the play-by-play with his uniquemixture of fiction and hype. If the negotiators are unable to negotiate anything, theleast ...
DAVIS TAYLOR: A PUBLISHER WITH INITIATIVE AND PLUCK
Aug 01, 1990; ...Wm. O. Taylor, Davis Taylor's son, is the publisher of the Globe. Today marks the official retirement of W. Davis Taylor after 59years with this newspaper.The youngest son of Wm. O. Taylor (Globe publisher from 1922to 1955), Davis came to work in 1931 after ...
SECOND RULE OF COMEDY
Aug 01, 1990; ... Why, Roseanne, why?You could have been magnificent out there last week at thePadres game. Roseanne Barr does Everyman singing the nationalanthem, or trying to.Lord knows the song was written for graduates of the JulliardSchool, and even some of those have gone dead flat ...
ONE SIMPLE QUESTION ABOUT ART: WHAT THE HECK IS IT?
Aug 01, 1990; ... No generally satisfactory answer exists to the question: What isart?What makes an object or an activity "art"? Is it commerce?Religion? Education? Entertainment? Vocation? Recreation?Performance? Decoration? Propaganda? Mere notoriety? Education? Isthis essay "art" or an attempt ...
PANEL GIVES COURT PLANS $184M BOOST
Aug 01, 1990; ... A proposed new federal courthouse for downtown Boston got astrong boost yesterday with the appropriation of $184.2 million bya US Senate subcommittee. But the preliminary funding decision setsthe stage for a siting battle that could pit the Flynnadministration against state and ...
UNITED AGAINST DAY SQ. DIVIDER
Aug 01, 1990; ... A temporary median strip in East Boston's Day Square becomespermanent today, but a group of angry merchants says the square isnot big enough for both of them.The black asphalt divider rimmed with yellow was installed inNovember to control a traffic situation that Boston ...
STATE AIDS PROGRAMS FACE $600,000 FEDERAL CUTBACK
Aug 01, 1990; ...preparation of this article. Under a new federal law, Massachusetts stands to lose as much as$600,000 in funding for AIDS programs during the next fiscal year.The cuts, which go into effect beginning Oct. 1, will affect abroad range of AIDS prevention and education ...
CENSOR FUTILITY AT THE MUSEUM
Aug 01, 1990; ... I've seen the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit at the Institute ofContemporary Art, and all I can say is, what's the big deal?Penthouse it ain't, nor is it Playboy, nor even the SportsIllustrated swimsuit edition, which I'm sure some of the would-becensors drool over annually.For the ...
MAYOR BACKS OFF ON SCHOOL OFFER
Aug 01, 1990; ... Acting to keep an increasingly strained city budget inbalance, Mayor Flynn yesterday backed away from his offer tocompromise on a school budget that is $14 million higher than the$389.5 million approved by the mayor and the Boston City Council.In a letter to School Committee ...
LICENSING TRIAL BEGINS FOR 3 COMBAT ZONE BUSINESSMEN
Aug 01, 1990; ... A federal prosecutor charged yesterday that threebusinessmen conspired to falsely obtain alcohol and entertainmentlicenses for their Combat Zone enterprises by bribing friends toput their names on corporate papers, thus posing as the owners ofthe three men's businesses....
COOL LICK
Aug 01, 1990 ... David Hunter of Hull gives his 1-year-old Irish Wolfhound a dailyice cream treat. Duffy of Kerry is 7 feet and ...
DUKAKIS, EXPECTED TO SIGN BUDGET, MAY MAKE FURTHER CUTS
Aug 01, 1990; ... Gov. Dukakis is expected to sign into law the Legislature's$13.4 billion budget today, but not before vetoing some provisionsand possibly cutting some accounts even deeper.Administration sources say Dukakis is likely to veto so-called"budget-buster" language in the spending ...
GUN FANCIER'S PRIVACY WAS VIOLATED BY POLICE, MEDIA, SAYS LAWYER
Aug 01, 1990; ... CAMBRIDGE - The lawyer for a gun collector who had more than 500weapons confiscated at his Chalk Street duplex over the weekend hasaccused police of violating Henry Stram's privacy by allowing themedia to tour his home, film his belongings and examine items inhis bureau drawers....
MURPHY, BELLOTTI OFFER THEIR IDEAS ON FUNDING FOR HUMAN SERVICES
Aug 01, 1990; ... As state budget reductions cut closer to the quick of humanservice programs, two of the Democratic candidates for governoryesterday groped for creative ways to continue funding basicprograms for poor, sick and homeless people.Former Attorney General Francis Bellotti and Lt ....
TRASH COLLECTORS FIND BABY'S BODY IN SAUGUS
Aug 01, 1990; ... SAUGUS - The body of an infant was found yesterday morningby two trash collectors doing their routine pickups. The body wasdiscovered in the back of their truck inside a partially tornplastic bag that was about to be raked into the compactor.Police Sgt. George Hart said ...
DISPUTE OVER FOOD BLAMED FOR KILLING
Aug 01, 1990 ... A dispute over food ended in death after two men bludgeonedand stabbed each other. The survivor pleaded not guilty to murderyesterday in Roxbury District Court.Preston Williams, a 52-year-old tenant of a boarding house onHarrishof Street, Roxbury, allegedly killed Grover ...
FOUR CONVICTED AFTER GANG-RELATED GUNFIGHT
Aug 01, 1990; ... Four men were convicted yesterday in Dorchester DistrictCourt following a gang-related gunfight on Brunswick Street,Dorchester, on June 29 that injured two persons and resulted in theseizure of seven handguns.Just 24 hours prior to the court action, one of the men ...
REPUTED STREET GANG MEMBER GETS 10-20 YEARS FOR SHOOTING
Aug 01, 1990; ... Saying Boston residents should not have to dodge bullets, aSuperior Court judge yesterday sentenced a reputed street gangmember who used a stolen gun in a Mattapan armed robbery andshooting to 10-20 years in state prison.Tyrone Westley, 18, was sentenced in Suffolk Superior ...
STUDY TARGETS LOW-INCOME DIETS IN CHILDREN
Aug 01, 1990; ... Children from low-income families commonly suffernutritional deficiencies in their diets, leading to excessiveweight, anemia and shorter than normal height, according to a statestudy released yesterday.The survey, conducted among children ranging from 2 years, 9months old ...
FLANAGAN'S FOE URGES PASSAGE OF BILL TO REVIEW STUART PROBE
Aug 01, 1990; ... Eddie Jenkins Jr., a Democratic candidate for Suffolkdistrict attorney, yesterday began lobbying members of the stateSenate to pass a bill to establish a commission to review the wayauthorities handled the Carol Stuart murder investigation.The House passed the bill in March, ...
SALESMAN ENTERS PLEA IN WOBURN MURDER
Aug 01, 1990; ... CAMBRIDGE - Darrin Whitman, a door-to-door magazinesalesman from Detroit, pleaded not guilty yesterday in MiddlesexSuperior Court at his arraignment on charges that he murdered76-year-old Bernice Clark in her Woburn home on July 13.Judge Robert A. Barton ordered Whitman, ...
WATER SOURCE FOR PLYMOUTH AREA RECEIVES US PROTECTION
Aug 01, 1990; ... The US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday gavespecial protection to the underground aquifer in thePlymouth-Carver area, which is the principle source of drinkingwater for more than 100,000 residents. Aquifers, which are deposits of sand, gravel or porous ...
RYAN NOTCHES NO. 300 TEAMMATES SUPPLY SUPPORT IN HIS SECOND TRY
Aug 01, 1990; ... MILWAUKEE - In his second try, Nolan Ryan won his 300th game asthe Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 11-3, last night."I'm disappointed I had to come to Milwaukee to get a shot atit," Ryan said. "A lot of people have come in for this game. It'sinconvenient for them, but ...
STEINBRENNER PICKS SON HANK, 33
Aug 01, 1990; ... NEW YORK - Late yesterday afternoon, Yankee owner GeorgeSteinbrenner issued a statement in which he said that, after all,he has been preparing for some time to turn over the franchise tohis sons and sons-in-law, and, "after 17 years, 14 of which werewinning seasons," he relished the ...
LYONS' POPULARITY IS PEEKING
Aug 01, 1990; ... Playgirl called.Looking to give him more exposure."They sent me some layouts they had done," Steve Lyons said."One was with the Chicago Bears, and they were fully clothed, andthe other was some soap opera star who had a towel across hismiddle. They wanted me to do ...
RADJA TO ITALY? IL MESSAGGERO SAID TO HAVE SIGNED HIM
Aug 01, 1990; ... Maybe the Celtics should hire an international relationsexpert. In a stunning turn of events, sources said last night, DinoRadja has agreed to play next season for Il Messaggero.Radja, whom the Celtics had signed to a multiyear contract andhoped to have in uniform next ...
ANNACONE PROGRESSES DESPITE PAIN
Aug 01, 1990; ... BROOKLINE - If you want to talk to Paul Annacone about hislife on the tennis circuit this year, you'd better have a medicaldictionary handy. The 27-year-old from Easthampton, N.Y., has hadenough treatments for nagging injuries to make him a tribute tomodern medicine....
TEAM EFFORT CARRIES SOX BACK TO FIRST
Aug 01, 1990; ... Meet the good-field Red Sox. The fundamental, hit-and-runRed Sox. The killing-you-softly Red Sox.The tied-for-first-place Red Sox.The Red Sox kept the baseball in the ballpark last night. Theyplayed Turf Ball on the Fenway grass, instead of Wall Ball withLansdowne ...
ARMSTRONG: VALUE TO TEAM ON RISE HARD-HITTING PATRIOT SET TO RECEIVE HEFTY CONTRACT
Aug 01, 1990; ... SMITHFIELD, R.I. - This is the Bruce Armstrong the Patriotsknow well. During one-on-one drills on a sunny afternoon yesterday,the 6-foot-4-inch, 280-pound offensive lineman drove his opponent 4yards back, then twisted him into the ground as if he were plantingtulips. Too ...
DEFENSIVE LINE HOBBLED BY INJURIES
Aug 01, 1990; ... SMITHFIELD, R.I. - The Patriots can take solace in the fact thatthe season is weeks away. Still, their defensive line personnel arebeing injured at a dizzying pace. "We are a little thin right now," defensive coordinatorCharlie Sumner said. "Let's just hope this isn't a ...
SHAW'S COURT CASE IS AT A STANDSTILL
Aug 01, 1990; ... If US District Court Judge A. David Mazzone truly wants IlMessaggero to confirm that Brian Shaw is no longer with them, heisn't going to get it in writing.Where that puts Shaw's attempt to be freed of contempt chargesis uncertain.Mazzone had requested written ...
BOURQUE TALKS NEAR 'IMPASSE' SINDEN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT NEW DEAL
Aug 01, 1990; ... It could be Grand Canyon time in the contract negotiationsbetween Raymond Bourque and the Bruins.Bruins president/general manager Harry Sinden has made twooffers to the all-star defenseman and his agent, Steve Freyer, inan attempt to upgrade Bourque's long-term pact, which ...