The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 1990:
SHARING THE BLAME
Sep 01, 1990; ... Blame and shame:The city of Brockton, never of the horsey set, is falling oneven harder times. If it can't get an emergency $15 million bankloan, city employees might have to forfeit their next paycheck.Add to whatever local problems that plague Brockton the $2.5million ...
THE SILBER PHENOMENON
Sep 01, 1990; ...Robert Healy is a retired Globe columnist. John Silber is the James Michael Curley, the Huey Long, theGeorge Wallace of his time and place. Curley was a product ofIrish-immigrant discontent, Long a product of Southern discontentand the Depression, and Wallace a product of racial ...
FASHIONING A HUSSEIN FENCE
Sep 01, 1990 ... The presumption that war with Iraq was imminent has easedconsiderably. The allied dike has grown firmer because of the rapidmilitary buildup and the manifestation of collective will expressedin the Security Council decision to put teeth in the trade embargo. From the UN/US ...
COUNTING OLDER CITIES' ASSETS
Sep 01, 1990 ... In "The Making of the President 1960," Theodore H. Whitewrote about how the census once was a source of civic pride:"Memory carries this writer back to the '20s, when he was a boy inBoston's public schools, and our teachers taught us to expect, asan article of faith, that Boston ...
A CHARLESGATE SPRUCING
Sep 01, 1990 ... For years, motorists on one of the city's heavily traveledcommuter routes have played automotive slalom around persistentpotholes that jarred tires and suspensions mercilessly. This week,almost like magic, a swift repaving job made it a pleasure onceagain to pass the brief Charlesgate ...
LANDSCAPING AWARD
Sep 01, 1990 ... The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is accepting applicationsfor its Urban Landscaping Award, established in 1976 to recognizeoutstanding achievement in the landscape design of an urban publicplace. Previous winners include Boylston Place and the SouthwestCorridor Park. Any ...
DONATION
Sep 01, 1990 ... A donation of $7,500 has been made by the Greater Boston RealEstate Board to the Community Housing Resources Boards inCambridge, Chelsea and Somerville as part of the board's support offair ...
PRISM AWARDS
Sep 01, 1990 ... The Builders Association of Greater Boston will hold a specialdinner at 6 p.m. Thursday to honor the winners of its PrismAwards, given for excellence in the design, sales and marketing ofMassachusetts ...
TO MANY, THIS GUY'S A MODEL DEALER, BUT HE'S ABOUT TO BE DISCONTINUED
Sep 01, 1990; ... I begin this story at the end, or almost the end. It was thelast day of a steam tour centered in Orillia, Ontario, Canada.There were 34 cars ready for the touring at the beginning of theweek, and almost all of them were still up and running on thisfinal day. But this story is not about ...
MCDINER
Sep 01, 1990 ... Customers dine at the Golden Arch Cafe in Hartsville, Tenn. TheMcDonald's Corp.-owned diner features a 1950s atmosphere, completewith chrome, neon and a jukebox ....
MELVIN NAMED NO. 2 AT FILENE'S
Sep 01, 1990; ... May Department Stores Co. yesterday named Joseph M. Melvinto the No. 2 spot in its Filene's department stores division.Melvin, a 15-year veteran of May who is currently serving asMay's senior vice president of finance, will assume the title ofchairman and take charge of the ...
TISCH INCREASES BANK STAKE
Sep 01, 1990; ... While most investors have been fleeing Northeast bankstocks, at least one is betting on the region's eventual recovery.The New York-based Tisch family, headed by CBS presidentLawrence Tisch, revealed it had bought a 9.5 percent stake inBayBanks Inc., as well as major stakes ...
DIMAURO APOLOGIZES TO BANK OF N.E. CAMPAIGN MANAGER FIRED FOR FALSE RUMOR ON SEIZURE
Sep 01, 1990; ... Congressional candidate Ted Dimauro apologized yesterday forcirculating a false rumor that federal banking regulators wereabout to close Bank of New England. But at a press conference inhis Springfield campaign headquarters, Dimauro said he may haveactually helped the struggling ...
LOTUS TRIAL WILL BE IN BOSTON
Sep 01, 1990; ... Lotus Development Corp. in Cambridge won the opening roundyesterday in copyright litigation against Borland InternationalInc. of Scotts Valley, Calif., when a federal judge in Californiaissued a ruling that sends the case to Boston.Judge Vaughn Walker, a federal judge in ...
MANTOVANI CLEARS THE MALL
Sep 01, 1990; ... The news that convenience store owners in Washington state andBritish Columbia have been using easy listening music to discourageteen-age loiterers shouldn't surprise anyone who's ever fled apublic place rather than be subjected to the stuff. The onlymystery is why it took somebody so long ...
COSTUMED CHARACTERS STUDENT ACTORS REVIVE NEWPORT'S GILDED AGE
Sep 01, 1990; ... NEWPORT - When Charley Howard chips golf balls on the frontlawn of Beechwood mansion, he loves the idea that tourists passingalong the ocean edge of the property on the famous Cliff Walkprobably assume he's a wealthy socialite.The 18-year-old college student from Minnesota ...
HAVING THE MIME OF THEIR LIVES
Sep 01, 1990; ... When Jim Vetter moved into Harbor Point a year ago, thelocal kids turned him into the kind of neighbor that children'stelevision star Mr. Rogers can only dream of being.Local youngsters found Vetter performing at a neighborhoodstreet festival and persuaded him to open up his ...
FOX PULLS ANOTHER FAST ONE
Sep 01, 1990; ... People first took notice when "21 Jump Street" became a successwith younger viewers. Eyebrows really began to arch when "Married .. . with Children" elbowed its way into the Top 10. And anypretense that the Big Three networks had made that Fox was not amajor player disappeared when "The ...
VIDEO MAG TO MAKE DEBUT
Sep 01, 1990; ... In what its founders are hoping is a trend, a new country musicmagazine debuts later this month in video-cassette and CD form. Thefirst issue of Country Music Video Magazine is a sort of varietyhour featuring top stars. "The video magazine is simply a magazinethat you watch instead of ...
BUSY SEASON AHEAD FOR BARITONE SANFORD SYLVAN
Sep 01, 1990; ... Baritone Sanford Sylvan, currently in Los Angeles forperformances of Chou-en Lai in a revival of Peter Sellars' "Nixonin China," reports that a busy season lies ahead, including thepremiere of Adams' new opera, "Klinghoffer" in several European andAmerican cities, and three important ...
COMICS CRANK OUT CHARM FOR BENEFIT
Sep 01, 1990; ...STEVE SWEENEY AND FRIENDS At: The Paradise, Thursday night. Comics can be a cranky and cantankerous lot -- hey, that's amindset they're expected to cultivate -- but, somehow, a lot ofthem will band together for the right benefit. Local mainstay SteveSweeney -- he of ...
HARRIS, RED SOX ROLL RIVERA'S 8TH-INNING SLAM POWERS BOSTON TO 8TH STRAIGHT
Sep 01, 1990; ... Fathers will be buying their children ambidextrous gloves.All of Greater Boston will be riding the T, ending years oftorturous Expressway traffic. The new fad in Boston will be to wearrounded spectacles.They will want to be like Greg Harris."Walking around this town ...
IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR BOURQUE BRUIN SIGNS 4-YEAR, $5M PACT
Sep 01, 1990; ... Ray Bourque finished the 1989-90 season only a few votes shyof being named the Hart Trophy winner as the National HockeyLeague's most valuable player.Bourque found out yesterday just how valuable he is to theBruins. As expected, the 11-time All-Star defenseman signed a ...
SOX ANSWER CALL TO ARMS GORMAN DEALS BAGWELL FOR ASTROS RELIEVER ANDERSEN
Sep 01, 1990; ... The Oakland A's get Willie McGee and Harold Baines. The RedSox get Larry Andersen. Is it like countering a nuclear attack witha squirt gun?"I don't care about their deal," said Red Sox general managerLou Gorman. "I tried to get this guy three weeks ago."Three weeks ...
NEW AND IMPROVED FALCONS DRILL THOSE SAME OLD PATRIOTS
Sep 01, 1990; ... FOXBOROUGH - Step into the in-your-face, trash-talkin'world of Jerry Glanville and the Atlanta Falcons. In here, a goodshot under the chin after the play is encouraged. Talk aboutsomebody's mama and get a high five. Elvis Presley, dead as adoorknob, is king.It is amazing ...
EVANS DESERVES ONE LAST FIRST
Sep 01, 1990; ... He has been around longer than Steve Grogan. He was there whenLuis Aparicio fell down rounding third in Detroit. He played withReggie Smith and Lee Smith; with Diego Segui and against DavidSegui. His career has spanned the demises of both Richard andDonell Nixon.Today is Sept. 1, ...
FUHR ADMITS PAST DRUG WOES OILERS GOALTENDER MAY FACE LEAGUE SUSPENSION AFTER INVESTIGATION
Sep 01, 1990; ... The habit - perhaps sporadic -- was concealed, denied,finally admitted and now made public. The Stanley Cup championEdmonton Oilers' veteran goalie, Grant Fuhr -- arguably the best inthe game -- used a "substance" for about seven years, according toa copyright story in the Edmonton ...
LINSEMAN GETS OILER CONTRACT
Sep 01, 1990 ... Former Bruins center Ken Linseman, traded to Philadelphia inexchange for Dave Poulin last season, has signed with the StanleyCup champion Edmonton Oilers and will compete in two exhibitiongames in Duesseldorf, Germany next week. He was not offered acontract by the Flyers....
BC'S HICKS RESTS HIS AILING ARM
Sep 01, 1990; ... Boston College junior quarterback Willie Hicks missedpractice yesterday after straining the bicep of his throwing arm ina full-contact drill Thursday.Hicks, who had won the starting nod over redshirt freshmenGlenn ...
BU'S MACNEIL NOW OUT TO BEAT COLGATE
Sep 01, 1990; ... Brett MacNeil has warned the Boston University Terriersabout his fraternity brothers on the Colgate defense. They'retalented, he says, aggressive and quarterback-hungry. Tonight atNickerson Field, MacNeil's job will be to help the Terriers keephis frat brothers out of the BU ...
MARINOVICH SPARKS USC
Sep 01, 1990; ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - He made his debut a year ago, ballyhooedas the Bionic Quarterback, raised and nurtured by a family thatwanted to produce a National Football League signal-caller.For Todd Marinovich, the billing was too much. The SouthernCalifornia freshman played poorly ...
AGASSI FINED FOR OUTBURST
Sep 01, 1990; ... NEW YORK - Andre Agassi was fined $3,000 yesterday for aconfrontation with chair umpire Wayne McKewen during his 7-5, 5-7,6-0, 6-4 second-round victory over Petr Korda Thursday night.Angered over line calls, Agassi either did or did not curseand spit at McKewen and received ...
MAAS A BIG HIT
Sep 01, 1990; ... In the midst of the worst Yankee season in memory,25-year-old rookie first baseman Kevin Maas has jumped off therunning board of the Columbus shuttle, perhaps never to return. Inless than two months, Maas has become the talk of baseball with hisopen stance and sweet stroke. Yet only ...
VAUGHN WON'T GET THE CALL
Sep 01, 1990; ... Mo knew baseball in Pawtucket, where he's hit 22 homers despitemissing nearly seven weeks with a broken hand. Red Sox fans thoughtthey'd get to know Mo Vaughn when the rosters expanded to 40. Butthat will not be the case even though such moves can be made as oftoday.An ...
ONCE AGAIN, HE'S BETTER LATE ANOTHER DRAMATIC RIVERA POWER DISPLAY SLAMS DOOR ON YANKEES
Sep 01, 1990; ... Statistics are dominating baseball today to the point ofsupersaturation. Often esoteric stats such as how a batter hasfared against a curly-haired lefthander when there is a full moonover Miami are dismissed as inconsequential and ridiculous.But there it was in the Red Sox ...
GLANVILLE, SANDERS PROVING PERFECT MATCH IN BLACK
Sep 01, 1990; ... FOXBOROUGH - You just had to know these guys would hit itoff.Exhibit A: Jerry Glanville. Noted wearer of black. Notedaficionado of the all-out blitz, the gang tackle, the House ofPain. Coaching rebel who turned the meek Houston Oilers into theNouveau Raiders. Present ...
TAYLOR SITUATION PROMPTS INTEREST
Sep 01, 1990; ... FOXBOROUGH - Negotiations between Lawrence Taylor and the NewYork Giants took a weird yet predictable turn when general managerGeorge Young said late Thursday night that the All-Pro outsidelinebacker's agent was free to work a trade. So the questionarises: Are the Patriots ...
MCMURTRY PACT NEAR
Sep 01, 1990; ... Brad Blank, agent for rookie Patriots receiver Greg McMurtry,spent several hours with Mendes before the game finalizing thedetails of his client's contract . . . Seven Patriots did not playbecause of injuries. The casualty count, the lowest in theexhibition season, included: guard Paul ...
TYSON'S FACE CUT; FIGHT POSTPONED
Sep 01, 1990; ... Mike Tyson, who has endured many unkind cuts since losinghis heavyweight title, suffered another yesterday in training atAtlantic City. Tyson and sparring partner Greg Page collided andTyson suffered a 48-stitch cut on his face, causing his scheduledfight with Alex Stewart to be ...
STANLEY SENDS BEST WISHES HE'S HAPPY FOR HIS FORMER TEAMMATES AND THEIR GOOD FORTUNE
Sep 01, 1990; ... With pennant fever spreading throughout New England, add BobStanley to the list of people who think the Red Sox areplayoff-bound.Stanley was at Fenway Park last night visiting his old club, aclub he has watched closely since retiring after last season."I'm very ...
GLANVILLE HAS BEEN THE LIFE OF THE PARTY FOR REVIVED FALCONS
Sep 01, 1990; ... FOXBOROUGH - Nowadays, even the Atlanta Falcons coacheswear jet black. The New England Patriots wear lily white.The other contrasts between these divergent teams are just asstark. Last year they shared abysmal records under lame-duckcoaches, but as Yeats wrote, all has ...
THE QUARTERBACK CLASS OF '83 AS THEY TURN 30, THE SIX FIRST-ROUND CHOICES HAVE HAD MIXED RESULTS
Sep 01, 1990; ... Ken O'Brien is fighting for a starting job -- with TonyEason. Todd Blackledge doesn't have a job at all. John Elway is trying to erase a stigma, even as he enters theseason as the NFL's most successful quarterback of the lasthalf-dozen years. Dan Marino is trying to overcome ...
DANIEL T. MCGRAIL, 37 ENGINEER WITH EG & G INC.
Sep 01, 1990 ... Daniel T. McGrail of Medway, an engineer with EG & G Inc. ofWellesley, died of leukemia Wednesday in Brigham and Women'sHospital. He was 37 and a native of Paterson, N.J.He leaves his wife, Charlene (Batusic); a son, Daniel E. ofMedway; a sister, Terri Gustice of ...
ARCHIE SHIELDS, 76 FORMER BENTLEY COLLEGE EMPLOYEE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Archie Shields of Needham, maintenance engineer for theathletic department at Bentley College for 15 years, died of heartdisease Thursday in Glover Memorial Hospital, Needham. He was 76.Mr. Shields retired from Bentley in 1987. Previously he hadbeen employed by the General ...
PHYLLIS BELLINO, 70 STATE'S FIRST LICENSED ELECTROLOGIST
Sep 01, 1990 ... Phyllis (Beatrice) Bellino of Swampscott, a retiredelectrologist who helped create licensing requirements for herfellow practitioners in Massachusetts, died of a heart attackThursday in Salem Hospital. She was 70.Mrs. Bellino, the first licensed electrologist ...
A. JAMES CASNER, WAS PROFESSOR AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL; AT 83
Sep 01, 1990 ... A. James Casner, professor emeritus at Harvard Law Schooland an authority on taxation and estate planning, died of pneumoniayesterday in Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 83 and lived inCambridge.He joined the Harvard faculty in 1938 and served as directorof the law ...
ELEANOR BRADLEY, 97 WAS MEMBER OF ARBORETUM PANEL
Sep 01, 1990 ... Eleanor (Cabot) Bradley, a former member of the visitingcommittee of the Arnold Arboretum and donor of a rose garden there,died yesterday at her home in Canton. She was 97. During World War II, she was chairwoman of recreation centersfor the USO in the Boston area and helped ...
CHARLES COPELAND, 82 HEAD OF PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO.
Sep 01, 1990 ... Charles L. Copeland, president and chief executive of thePepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Milton, died Thursday at his office,apparently of a heart attack. He was 82 and a lifelong resident ofMilton.After graduating from Bryant & Stratton Business School in1929, Mr. Copeland ...
SARA LADD, 43 FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER
Sep 01, 1990 ... Sara (Hettrick) Ladd of Norwell, a former elementary-schoolteacher, died Thursday at Cardinal Cushing General Hospital inBrockton after an 11-year struggle with multiple sclerosis. She was43.A native of Wellesley, Mrs. Ladd graduated from Wellesley HighSchool in 1964 and ...
O. TONY STREETER, 52 PURCHASING AGENT FOR BOSTON
Sep 01, 1990 ... O. Tony Streeter, purchasing agent for the city of Boston,died Thursday at his home in Arlington, apparently of a heartattack. He was 52 and also had an apartment in the Back Bay.Before his appointment by Mayor Flynn in 1988, Mr. Streeterhad been president of InfraSys Inc ....
PHILIP S. WILSON, 52 TAUGHT AT LYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Sep 01, 1990 ... A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. next Saturday inFirst Baptist Church in Melrose for Philip S. Wilson, a scienceteacher at Lynnfield High School since 1966.Mr. Wilson died Aug. 23 at his home in Chelmsford. He was 52.Born in Bath, Maine, he graduated from ...
BART BAN LIFTED BY SCHOOLS CHIEF
Sep 01, 1990; ... KEENE, N.H. - Self-proclaimed underachievers won a roundyesterday when a school superintendent dropped his ban on T-shirtsfeaturing animated television star Bart Simpson. Prohibiting shirtswith Bart declaring he is an ...
STUDY SAYS MASS. SAFEST FOR DRIVING
Sep 01, 1990 ... Gov. Dukakis and state motor vehicle officials started the LaborDay weekend with a collective pat on the back yesterday afterlearning that a USA Today survey of the nation's highways toutedMassachusetts as the safest state in the country for driving. Thesurvey results cite statistics based ...
CASE MAY PROVIDE MOB SHOOTING LINK
Sep 01, 1990 ... A federal grand jury has indicted a former security guard on acharge of illegally selling firearms, at least one of which isreportedly linked to the June 1989 attempted slaying of Francis P.(Cadillac Frank) Salemme, a reputed Mafia soldier. The indictmentdoes not mention to whom former ...
SENTENCE GIVEN IN CHURCH THEFT
Sep 01, 1990; ... PORTLAND, Maine - A Brunswick woman who embezzled $516,000 fromthe Roman Catholic church where she was a trusted employee for 25years was sentenced yesterday in Superior Court to nine months anda day in jail. The theft charge to which she pleaded guilty inMay ...
MAN SENTENCED IN FATAL N.H. FIRE
Sep 01, 1990; ... KEENE, N.H. - Timothy Morin, 20, has been sentenced to 18 yearsin prison for his role in the 1988 Manchester apartment buildingfire that claimed three lives. The Manchester resident wassentenced Thursday to 10 1/2 years on three ...
GOP TRIES TO STOP FIVE INDEPENDENTS
Sep 01, 1990 ... The Republican State Committee yesterday filed an action to tryto block five independent candidates running for statewide officefrom having their names on the ballot in November. The Republicanschallenged the nomination papers of the five independent candidatesjust ...
EX-MURDER SUSPECT IN THE STUART CASE SAYS HE WAS FRAMED
Sep 01, 1990; ... William Bennett, the former prime suspect in the Stuartmurder case, said in a television interview last night that he was"framed" by authorities because of his past criminal activities.Bennett, 40, who is being held at the Norfolk Jail in Dedhamin lieu of $60,000 bail on ...
TOWERING TRIBUTE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Empire State Building is lighted in red, white and blue Thursdayin tribute to US troops ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Q. How much of Atlantic City's tax income is derived fromgambling casinos? C.L., Boston A. According to Arthur Bunting, director of revenue and financefor the New Jersey resort, about 60 per ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Q. Where is the Gateway to the West? P.C., Boston A. We assume you refer to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.According to The World Book Encyclopedia, the 630-foot-highstainless steel arch is the nation's tallest man-made monument.Small cars inside the arch annually carry ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Q. How many gallons of beer are there in a keg? C.M.,Charlestown A. A spokeswoman for Anheuser-Busch Inc. of St. Louis tells usthere are 15.5 gallons of ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Q. What was the name of the Broadway play in which GlennClose and Sam Waterston starred a few years ago? N.R., Brookline A. Close and Waterston appeared together in Michael Frayn's"Benefactors," which opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theater ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Q. My mother insists it was John Denver who appeared on "TheMany Loves of Dobie Gillis" and "Gilligan's Island." I say it wasBob Denver. Who's right? R.S., Brighton A. "Honor thy mother and father" notwithstanding, you are. BobDenver played Maynard G. Krebs, Dobie's beatnik ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1990 ... Q. What is Mathias Rust, the young German student pilot wholanded his small plane in Moscow's Red Square in May 1987, doingnow? A.D., Cambridge A. According to recent wire service reports, Rust -- who spent 14months in a Soviet jail for landing his Cessna 172B in the ...