The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 1991:
48 families given chance to buy homes in a development on former city land
Jan 01, 1991; ... Some first-time homebuyers received a belated Christmas giftyesterday when 48 families were chosen by lottery to purchase newsingle-family homes in Dorchester. The families, chosen from a field of 63 preapproved applicants,qualified through income and housing need to buy the ...
PREPARING THE BIG APPLE --
Jan 01, 1991 ...Workers erect scaffolding for use by the media during New ...
Thumbs up and down, from Loketo to polenta
Jan 01, 1991; ... Susan Bickelhaupt, Michael Blowen, Nathan Cobb, Julie Hatfield, Sheryl Julian, Joseph P. Kahn, RobertLevey, Bruce McCabe, Barbara Meltz, Julie Michaels, Margo Miller, Steve Morse, Mark Muro, John Robinson, Jan Shepherd, Ed Siegel, Patricia Smith and ...
Palestinian revolt: Despair begets desperate acts
Jan 01, 1991; ... BEIT LIQYA, Israeli-occupied West Bank -- When the sun roseover this poor Palestinian village on Dec. 1, Faiza Mafarjeh rosewith it, a 28-year-old Palestinian housewife, married since age 15and drawing water that morning from the well for the needs of herhusband and their six ...
New Kids give DARE $25,000
Jan 01, 1991; ...Danny Wood and Donny Wahlberg of the recording group New Kids onthe Block presented the Massachusetts Drug Abuse Resistance EducationOfficers Association, known as DARE, a check for $25,000 at a pressconference held yesterday morning at the Howard Johnson's ...
SJC rules church permitted to alter historic interior City Landmarks Commission loses; freedom of religious worship
Jan 01, 1991; ... The state's highest court ruled unanimously yesterday thatpreservation commissions may not interfere with plans to change theinterior design of churches, synagogues and other such buildings whenthe space is used for religious worship. The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously ...
Time's Man of the Year: Did the best men win?
Jan 01, 1991; ...And the Time Man of the Year is . . . (oh, the suspense, theexcitement) -- why, those sly dogs! They've gone and named two Menof the Year. But -- but wait: Both men are George Bush. How do theythink of these things? That is probably not a question that sane people will care ...
Malden police and firefighters protest lack of contract
Jan 01, 1991; ... About 40 Malden police officers and firefighters picketed CityHall yesterday to protest the lack of progress during 18 months ofnegotiations for a new contract. Patrolman Rocky Brooks, president of the police union, saidofficers and firefighters were dissatisfied with the ...
Francis J. Murphy, 91 Was North Shore funeral director
Jan 01, 1991 ... Francis J. Murphy of Peabody and formerly of Salem, the oldestlicensed funeral director in Massachusetts, died Sunday in BeverlyHospital. He was 91. Born in Salem, Mr. Murphy graduated in 1922 from the Institute ofAnatomy and Science in Boston. He then became a licensed ...
Bumpy ride on Weld express
Jan 01, 1991; ... William Weld pulls into the State House Thursday with all themomentum and velocity of the Amtrak train that showed up in Back BayStation at 97 miles per hour. Our carrot-thatched Casey Jones, engineer's cap tilted at a rakishangle, has the throttle down, ignoring the caution ...
Elizabeth Oatis, 40 Owned interior decorating firm
Jan 01, 1991 ... Elizabeth (Birk) Oatis of Needham, owner of the Ridge HillDesign interior decorating firm, died Sunday at Brigham and Women'sHospital from complications of melanoma. She was 40. Mrs. Oatis attended Wellesley public schools and graduated in 1969from the Convent of the Sacred ...
Jankovich, Patriots begin putting worst behind them
Jan 01, 1991; ... FOXBOROUGH -- While the Patriots' worst season was grinding toa close, Sam Jankovich was in Florida and Texas determining theirfuture. Jankovich, the Patriots' troubleshooting chief executive, skippedSunday's season-ending 13-10 loss to the New York Giants. He said hemet for ...
Florence Ricciardi, 60 Co-owner of Peabody company
Jan 01, 1991 ... Florence M. (Nicholls) Ricciardi, co-owner of Production Devicesin Peabody since 1965, died of lung cancer Sunday morning at her homein Peabody. She was 60. Production Devices, operated jointly by Mrs. Ricciardi and herhusband, Gerald, sells measuring tools. Mrs. Ricciardi ...
Aram Roopenian, 76 Was a reconstructive surgeon
Jan 01, 1991 ... Dr. Aram Roopenian of Watertown, a physician specializing inplastic and reconstructive surgery, died of complications frompneumonia Sunday at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 76. Raised in South Boston, Dr. Roopenian was well-known for playingcollegiate and ...
Taking a look back -- askance
Jan 01, 1991; ... You don't need anyone to remind you that the 49ers, Pistons,(Edmonton) Oilers and Reds ruled the professional sports world, thatUNLV stomped Duke in the NCAA basketball final or that Lisa Olsontemporarily challenged the likes of Madonna, Roseanne Barr andMichelle Pfeiffer for the ...
Bush's Iraq pitch
Jan 01, 1991; ... After reviewing his troops on the eve of the Battle ofWaterloo, Lord Wellington said, "They may not scare Napoleon, but, byGod, they scare me." Although President Bush may not be frighteningSaddam Hussein, he is starting to terrify Americans. As the days dwindle down before the ...
USA Selects fall short of Soviets
Jan 01, 1991; ...There were a great many things Team USA coach Doug Palazzaricould have done after his team lost to the Soviets, 10-2, Sundaynight at Harvard. He could have thrown some pucks up against thewall. He could have broken a few sticks across his thigh. He couldhave loosened some cement off ...
Edward F. Stanley, 58 Sergeant in Metropolitan Police
Jan 01, 1991 ... Edward F. Stanley of South Boston, a sergeant at the Old Colonystation of the Metropolitan District Commission, died of a heartattack Saturday at Boston City Hospital. He was 58. A native of South Boston, Mr. Stanley graduated from South BostonHigh School in 1950 and served in ...
US is cool to EC plan for envoy to Iraq Fears of division voiced
Jan 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration respondedunenthusiastically yesterday to the possibility that foreignministers of the European Community may decide Friday to send theirown envoy to Baghdad for talks on the gulf crisis. "Saddam Hussein has said consistently that he hopes ...
Bagley suffers another setback
Jan 01, 1991; ... BROOKLINE -- John Bagley went to Celtics practice yesterdayhoping to get back in the swing of things. Again. Early on, itlooked as if that would happen. But the veteran guard began experiencing discomfort in his rightknee -- the same one that has kept him out all season ...
Saudi crash kills Navy officer, 25
Jan 01, 1991 ... A Navy petty officer who was based at the Naval Air Station inBrunswick, Maine, until last month has been killed in a motor vehicleaccident in Saudi Arabia. Phillip Jesse Thomas, 25, of Chapel Hill, N.C., died in ahead-on crash Sunday, said Lt. Cmdr. Michael L'Abbe, spokesman ...
Preservationists set to acquire threatened Walden site
Jan 01, 1991; ... Walden Woods preservationists are scheduled tomorrow tocomplete their $3.55 million acquisition of a controversial 25-acrehousing development site located less than a mile from Walden Pond,in a transaction that includes a restriction on development of anadjacent parcel. The ...
Eileen Weber, 75 Was hospital admitting head
Jan 01, 1991 ... Eileen (Murphy) Weber of Saugus, retired head of admitting atLynn Hospital, died of lung cancer Saturday in the AtlantiCareMedical Center, Lynn. She was 75. Born in Detroit, she graduated from Belmont High School in 1933and attended Regis College in Weston. She lived in Lynn ...
Worcester insurer chooses president
Jan 01, 1991 ... Charles E. Soule was recently elected president of the PaulRevere Insurance Group of Worcester, a subsidiary of Textron Inc. ofProvidence. Soule, who joined Revere in 1956 as a disability insuranceunderwriter, has served in many ...
DIRECTORS
Jan 01, 1991 ... Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers -- president, LauraR. Studen, partner, Rosenblum & Studen, Newton; Sentry PublishingCo., Westborough -- John J. Cullinane, former president, CullinaneCorp.; State Street Boston Corp., -- Joseph A. Baute, chairman,Markem Corp., Truman S ....
LEGAL
Jan 01, 1991 ... Kenneth R. Kohlberg, associate attorney, Mirick, O'Connell,DeMallie & Lougee, Worcester; Richard E. Parker, banking andbankruptcy department, Kaye Fialkow Richmond & Rothstein, Boston;Rachel Beth Cohen, Susan J. Flynn, Julie Ann Larson, Deborah B.Tessor, associates, Peabody & Brown, ...
SERVICES
Jan 01, 1991 ... Bob Bonnevie, counsellor, Manchester Inc., Boston; Raymond T.Lomax, president, Marketing Planners Inc., Providence; David J.Chlapowski, vice president, PainWebber Inc., Wellesley; Gary P. Lia,senior vice president, Thomas E. Nolan, assistant vice president,Kennith D. Brock, vice ...
A stroke of genius Swimmer Haberstroh excels
Jan 01, 1991; ... When Phil and Kathi Haberstroh had a pool installed in thebackyard of their Canton home, chances are they didn't know swimmingwould become the family sport. Neither swam competitively whilegrowing up. But all three of their children, Lynne, Karen and Chip,take the sport ...
Hopes for a title flicker in Cotton
Jan 01, 1991; ... DALLAS -- What a difference a national championship makes. Oneyear, Dennis Erickson is at Washington State putting the finishingtouches on a 9-3 season with a 24-22 victory over Houston in theAloha Bowl. The next, he's coach of the University of Miami, thepride of south Florida and ...
Guest list grows for New Year's
Jan 01, 1991; ... A quick guide to today's overload of bowl games on television:one kicks off at 11:30 a.m., three more in early afternoon, two atdusk and the final pair as you begin to fight the sandman. Once upon a time, there were four New Year's bowls -- Cotton,Rose, Sugar and Orange -- ...
Weld may seek business input in all levels of state education
Jan 01, 1991; ... Governor-elect William Weld is taking office on Thursdaywithout clear plans for his administration's role in education inMassachusetts. With two days left until his inauguration, Weld has not yetdesignated an education adviser, nor has he decided how best toorganize the ...
New year -- new world order?
Jan 01, 1991 ... The phrase "new world order," which graces the tongues ofdiplomats and statesmen so frequently these days, demands specialconsideration by Americans on this first day of the new year. We have reached a fork in the road. Choices that we make aboutthe Persian Gulf crisis in the ...
Environment permit rules in effect
Jan 01, 1991; ... The state Department of Environmental Protection implements newrules today designed to speed up the environmental permit process fordevelopers and businesses and to reduce the application backlog. Under the new rules, some of which have been in effect on a trialbasis: - ...
A more courteous Quincy
Jan 01, 1991 ... Quincy, a city rich in historical heritage, has adopted a silly-- and probably unconstitutional -- ordinance that would have raisedthe eyebrows of two of its most esteemed icons, Presidents John Adamsand John Quincy Adams. The ordinance makes it illegal for anyone "to accost or ...
600 ethnic Greeks, some Jews join growing exodus from Albania
Jan 01, 1991; ... FILIATES, Greece -- Hundreds of Albanians trekked acrossfrozen mountains and rivers yesterday to seek refuge in Greecedespite the promise of changes by their Communist government.Albanian Jews also were leaving for Israel. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Greek government said ...
Tennessee may return supremacist to Miss. for 3d trial in Evers killing
Jan 01, 1991; ... CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A white supremacist arrested hereyesterday could be returned to Mississippi this week to face a thirdtrial for the 1963 slaying of civil rights leader, Medgar Evers. Byron De La Beckwith, 70, was arrested on a governor's warrantcharging him with first-degree ...
Maine homicides decrease in '90
Jan 01, 1991; ... The number of homicides and deaths from fires dropped in Mainein 1990, but state officials reported an increase in highwayfatalities and an alarming jump in the proportion of fatal accidentsinvolving alcohol. As of yesterday, the number of killings had decreased from 40 ...
Gorbachev denies charges USSR is drifting to authoritarianism
Jan 01, 1991; ...MOSCOW -- Statements that the Soviet leadership is reverting toits old authoritarian ways should not be taken seriously, PresidentMikhail Gorbachev said. However, he said in an interview published Sunday, "a definitestructure of power" is needed to balance the "powerful, ...
Quayle tours US troops near Kuwait as Iraq extends draft to 17-year-olds
Jan 01, 1991; ... NORTHEASTERN DESERT, Saudi Arabia -- As Vice President DanQuayle told cheering Marines at a fortified compound near the Kuwaitborder that it appears "the only language Saddam Hussein understandsis the language of force," Iraq yesterday was busy expanding itsforces to counter an ...
This pair of gymnasts is one of a kind Demeo and Louie have teamed up to become the aces of a talented Framingham North squad
Jan 01, 1991; ...Their approach to the sport is different. One is cautious; theother takes risks. One is a well-rounded athlete, good in severalsports; the other is dedicated to one. But the end result is the same . . . both Gina Demeo and JenniferLouie are outstanding gymnasts. The differences in ...
State unit rejects hospital deregulation for cost control
Jan 01, 1991; ... A special state commission, created to revamp the way hospitalcare is paid for, yesterday rejected deregulation of the hospitalindustry as the way to control Massachusetts' health care costs,considered the highest in the world. The panel said in its final report, however, that ...
Stephen M. Joyce, 79 Was head of B. L. Makepeace Co.
Jan 01, 1991 ... Stephen M. Joyce, retired president and treasurer of B.L.Makepeace Co. in Boston, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at hishome in Roslindale. He was 79. Born in Millis, Mr. Joyce graduated from Milton High School in1928. He graduated from Bentley School of Accounting and ...
Mells is making all the right moves
Jan 01, 1991; ...She would walk down the school corridors, often stopped byfriends who'd ask that nagging question: what sport are you doingthis winter? That question probably doesn't seem too difficult, but for LatinAcademy sophomore Latanya Mells, it posed a number of problems. Because she ...
Gale winds damage jet, building, cars at Logan
Jan 01, 1991; ... Sudden gale-force winds damaged a cargo building, a jet andthree parked rental cars at Logan International Airport yesterdaymorning, forcing at least one flight to be canceled and one terminalgateway to be closed. No injuries were reported. The National Weather Service ...
Bush's hawk in the Senate Richard Lugar seen as administration's point man on the Mideast
Jan 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- Early in the Persian Gulf crisis, Sen. RichardLugar was invited to a private dinner with the president and a fewadvisers in the living quarters upstairs at the White House. For an hour and a half, they talked about Lugar's publicassertion earlier in the day that ...
George Allen, at 72; was coach of winning pro football teams
Jan 01, 1991; ... RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- George Allen, who transformed twoprofessional football teams from losers to winners, then came out ofa five-year retirement to take over a losing, small-college team,died yesterday. He was 72. Mr. Allen died at his home here of natural causes, said ...
Relentless search for missing Rocket
Jan 01, 1991; ... MIAMI -- I flew all the way down to Florida from warm NewEngland on New Year's weekend to play a game with the Rocket. A wordassociation game. You know . . . Notre Dame . . . Fighting Irish . . . Rockne .. . Touchdown Jesus . . . Mass . . . class . . . Heisman . . .Theismann ...
Maine cuts threaten center for retarded
Jan 01, 1991; ... POWNAL, Maine -- Any further budget-driven layoffs atPineland Center, Maine's largest residential facility for thementally retarded, could jeopardize the center's ability to care formentally retarded residents and its compliance with a 12-year-oldconsent decree. Pineland's ...
Drunk driver to be fired, MBTA says
Jan 01, 1991; ... The intoxicated operator of the Green Line trolley that crashedlast Friday will be fired, two dispatchers were reassigned, and theMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will begin random drugand alcohol testing of drivers and other employees, MBTA GeneralManager Thomas Glynn ...
Dukakis nominee for clerk draws fire
Jan 01, 1991; ... Michael J. McCusker, Gov. Dukakis' former racing commissionerwho is up for a West Roxbury District Court clerk's job, has comeunder fire from opponents who have gone to court to try to block hisappointment, alleging an array of wrongdoings by him. The opponents, including a ...
Chuck wagon
Jan 01, 1991; ...(Editor's Note: As 1991 dawns, we pause to look back at some of the Names and Faces who made 1990 such a wacky and memorable -- year. This column is dedicated to the memory of our late colleague Paul Hirshson, former custodian of this space ...
2 barges collide, spilling sludge
Jan 01, 1991; ... NEW YORK -- More than 1 million gallons of sludge seeped into NewYork Harbor after a municipal barge collided with a ship carryingmolasses, the Coast Guard said yesterday. None of the molassesleaked. The 380-foot barge Lemon Creek collided Sunday morning withthe 433-foot Lodestar King as ...
100-foot scaffold collapses in NYC
Jan 01, 1991; ...NEW YORK -- Rescue crews pulled nine workers from the wreckage ofa scaffolding platform that collapsed yesterday inside a power plant,authorities said. Six were injured, but only four were admitted to ahospital. Joe McGee, a spokesman for the Fire Department, said ...
Texas legislator turns himself in
Jan 01, 1991; ... AUSTIN, Texas -- Gib Lewis, state speaker of the house,surrendered yesterday to face two misdemeanor ethics charges. Heturned himself in at the Travis County Jail and was released 20minutes ...
Air Force denies abandoning B-2s
Jan 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The Air Force yesterday denied a published reportthat it has abandoned plans to build more B-2 Stealth bombers thisyear. The Wall Street Journal said Donald Rice, secretary of the AirForce, decided to freeze B-2 production at the current level of 15planes, and the $4.1 ...
MBTA gets assurance on Artery agreement
Jan 01, 1991; ... The MBTA Advisory Board received a written assurance yesterdaythat the state environmental affairs secretary cannot order it toimprove and expand mass transit to offset the impact of the proposedCentral Artery-Third Harbor Tunnel project. The advisory board filed suit in Suffolk ...
Harshbarger taps 2 aides for posts
Jan 01, 1991 ... Attorney general-elect Scott Harshbarger yesterday tapped twoMiddlesex assistant district attorneys for jobs in his newadministration. Diane Juliar, 41, of Newton, was named director ofpolicy and training. She has been serving in that capacity inMiddlesex for the past ...
Student dies in Worcester fall
Jan 01, 1991; ... WORCESTER -- A 21-year-old senior at Worcester PolytechnicInstitute died yesterday after falling 50 to 60 feet from a fireescape on a Main Street building, police said. The victim wasidentified as Christopher M. Sincerbeaux, of Mars Hill, Maine.Police ...
President's wife coming to N.H.
Jan 01, 1991; ... CONCORD, N.H. -- Barbara Bush, wife of the president, will attendGov. Judd Gregg's inauguration Thursday, his office announced. Greggand his father, former Gov. Hugh Gregg, long ...
Economy is tops among concerns
Jan 01, 1991; ...MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The sliding economy is the most importantproblem facing New Hampshire in 1991, according to a poll of stateresidents, but many feel things will get better in the coming year.The telephone survey among ...
Waste site battle will go to court
Jan 01, 1991 ... US District Judge David A. Mazzone has ordered a hearing next weekon a Dec. 6 motion by the Department of Environmental Protection thatattempts to force the state to find a landfill site to be used duringthe Boston Harbor cleanup project. The department's motion proposesfines for the ...
Monarch still working to restructure debt
Jan 01, 1991; ...FINANCIALLY TROUBLED Monarch Capital Corp. of Springfield willrelease "significant news" tomorrow regarding its efforts to gainmore time to restructure $235 million owed to its banks, chiefexecutive Roger Servison said last night. The insurance and financial services holding ...
Treasury-bill rates flat or lower
Jan 01, 1991; ... INTEREST RATES ON SHORT-TERM Treasury securities wereunchanged to lower in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $10.02 billion in three-month billsat an average discount rate of 6.52 percent, the same as in the last auction on ...
Multibank expects loss
Jan 01, 1991; ...MULTIBANK FINANCIAL CORP. of Dedham said it expects to report aloss for its fourth quarter, which ended yesterday, "primarily duetothe need for higher-than-normal additions to its reserve forpossiblecredit losses caused by the continued downturn in the economy."Multibank also said ...
Purchase will dilute Staples net
Jan 01, 1991; ...STAPLES INC., which last week agreed to acquire nine HQ OfficeSupplies Warehouse Inc. stores in the Los Angeles area for $18million in cash, said it will take a charge in the fourth quarter tocover the cost of converting those stores to the Staples format. The company did not say how ...