The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from May 1991:
Flaherty urges private-sector help in sale, lease of state buildings
May 01, 1991; ... House Speaker Charles Flaherty yesterday tried toout-entrepreneur the entrepreneurial Weld administration. Making a rare appearance at a legislative committee hearing, theCambridge Democrat offered a private-sector alternative to a proposalby Gov. Weld to raise cash by selling ...
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1991 ... Q. During whose administration did the Chrysler Corp. bailoutoccur? C.P., CohassetA. Jimmy Carter's. During the late 1970s, Chrysler facedincreasingly serious ...
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May 01, 1991 ...Q. What was the "Surrender on Morningside Heights"? R.H.,BostonA. Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson coined thephrase in 1952 to describe the reconciliation of two Republicancandidates, the convention loser, Sen. Robert Taft, and the winner,Dwight Eisenhower, ...
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May 01, 1991 ...Q. I am currently deep into the Gom Gobblechuck children's bookseries by Grace Chetwin. What can you tell me about the author?J.B., BoxboroughA. An English writer who has divided her teaching career betweenDevon, England, and New Zealand, Chetwin has authored a number oftitles. One of ...
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May 01, 1991 ...Q. Where is the New England Carousel Museum, and what are itsvisiting hours? J.H., ReadingA. The museum is at 95 Riverside Ave. (Route 72) in Bristol, Conn., afew miles from Exit 31 (marked West Street) off Interstate 84.According to a spokeswoman, it is open year round, except on ...
ASK THE GLOBE
May 01, 1991 ...Q. I well remember the following lines from a comic poem: It wasmidnight on the ocean/ Not a streetcar was in sight/ The sun wasshining brightly/ For it rained all day that night. And further on:A barefoot boy with ...
A high-profile high wire Lawyers in Palm Beach case walk publicity tightrope -- again
May 01, 1991; ... PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Among them, they have defended formerPresident Richard M. Nixon and prosecuted former Panamanian leaderManuel Antonio Noriega, guarded John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, andhelped Robert Kennedy's Justice Department take on a corruptTeamsters Union. Rubbing elbows ...
Ford, GM lose $2b in 1st quarter
May 01, 1991; ... Don't tell the nation's top automakers this is a short and mildrecession. Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. yesterday reported acombined first-quarter loss of $2 billion, a reflection of just howbadly the auto industry has been hurt by the economic downturn.After ...
Bangladesh typhoon kills 1,000 Winds up to 145 m.p.h. leave thousands of others missing, millions homeless
May 01, 1991; ...DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A powerful typhoon battered denselypopulated Bangladesh for more than eight hours yesterday, killingmore than 1,000 people and leaving millions homeless. State-run television said that at least 800 people were killed inthe coastal districts of Cox's Bazar, ...
Barry lawyer argues judge was biased
May 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The judge in Marion Barry's drug trial wasracially biased, one of Barry's lawyers said yesterday in asking afederal appeals court to reverse the former mayor'scocaine-possession conviction and six-month prison sentence. Barry is entitled at least to a new ...
FBI takes prints in BHA probe Workers say match sought with those at bosses' homes
May 01, 1991; ... Federal investigators began fingerprinting Boston HousingAuthority construction workers and supervisors Friday in an effort tomatch fingerprints taken during raids April 11 at homes owned bythree BHA administrators, according to workers. Teams of agents surveyed the homes, owned ...
FDIC raises premium for 3d time in 1 1/2 years
May 01, 1991; ... THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE Corp. yesterday voted unanimously toraise the premium paid by member banks for the third time in 18months. The premium will increase to 23 cents per $100 of depositsannually, effective July 1. It has been 19.5 cents since Jan. 1. Itwas 12 cents during ...
Jet work loss prompts GE layoffs
May 01, 1991; ... GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.'S jet engine division said it will have tolay off 1,800 people, including 1,000 who worked on its losing bid tosupply engines to the Air Force's newest fighter jet. The layoffsrepresent about 5 percent of the division's 37,000 employees. Mostof the jobs will be ...
Stock scheme snarls Allied plan
May 01, 1991; ...APROPOSAL TO SPIN OFF the Ralphs grocery chain emerged as apossible stumbling block to creditors' acceptance of thereorganization plan of Federated Department Stores Inc. and AlliedStores Corp. Lawyers for merchandise suppliers and Federated andAllied bondholders said they were ...
Clean Harbors to seek site permit
May 01, 1991; ... CLEAN HARBORS INC., the hazardous waste-management company, saidit will respect a court decision Monday that it seek and receive alocal permit for its Braintree facility. But the Quincy-basedcompany warned the case has "broad ramifications for ...
Tonka reports $39m loss
May 01, 1991; ...TONKA CORP., plagued by the recession and declining sales fromaging toy lines, reported a $39 million loss for the first quarter of1991. The loss, translated to $2.67 a share, compared with a deficitof $10.3 million, or 71 cents a share, in the first ...
Shaffran heads Foxboro Co.
May 01, 1991; ...SIEBE PLC said Stanley S. Shaffran, 54, was appointed presidentand chief operating officer of its Foxboro Co. division. Thomas G.Foley was appointed executive vice president of finance and chieffinancial officer . . . Tom A. Alberg, 51, executive vice presidentof McCaw ...
Etc.: Pay, benefits up 4.6 percent
May 01, 1991; ...AMERICANS' WAGES, SALARIES and benefits rose 4.6 percent in thepast 12 months, much less than the previous year, the LaborDepartment said . . . Wang Laboratories Inc. of Lowell introducedthe PC 321/16S, a desktop personal computer with a slim design thatis just 3.2 inches high . . ....
Hodge very doubtful for this series
May 01, 1991; ... The X-rays were negative, but the forecast was grim for KenHodge. His right shoulder separated in the first period of theBruins' 2-1 win over Montreal Monday night, the rookie center mighthave to sit out all of playoff Round 3 vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. "I'm dust," he said, ...
The continued confessions of Anthony Burgess, gadfly
May 01, 1991; ... YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME The Second Part of the Confessions By Anthony Burgess Grove Weidenfeld, 403 pp., $23.50 Along the New Grub Street some writers run specialty stores,others advertise markdowns and second-hand goods, but no one overseesan ...
Bourque shaken but stirring
May 01, 1991; ... Everyone wanted to know. Had he seen the picture, right thereon yesterday's front page of the Globe sports section? Had he seenthe video replay of Shayne Corson snapping his head back like thelittle man on top of the Pez dispenser? What did Ray Bourque think? "I felt it," ...
HOUSING BOOM
May 01, 1991 ...A group of nine buildings deemed too badly built to repair ...
Sweet taste doesn't linger Bruins whet appetite for Penguins
May 01, 1991; ... One by one, the Bruins checked into the Garden yesterdayafternoon, their minds euphoric, their bodies aching. The Canadienswere gone. Round 3 of the playoffs, beginning with a visit tonight(Ticket F-1) from the high-powered Pittsburgh Penguins, was about tobegin. "We get to ...
School head is said to recommend 400 layoffs
May 01, 1991; ... Acting Boston school Superintendent Joseph M. McDonoughrecommended to the School Committee yesterday that it vote to lay offmore than 300 teachers and about 100 administrators, SchoolDepartment sources said. McDonough made his recommendation during a private session inwhich ...
A return is urged to basic birthing
May 01, 1991; ... Simple emotional support during labor can reduce the rate ofCaesarean deliveries by more than half and significantly cut the needfor pain and labor-inducing medication, according to a studypublished today. In a challenge to the American tendency to make pregnancy ahigh-technology ...
A cancer is linked to stomach bacteria
May 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- Bacteria that infect about 30 percent ofAmericans may play a major role in the development of stomach cancer,a group of Stanford University researchers has reported. Dr. Julie Parsonnet, an associate professor, said that bacteriacalled helicobacter pylori cause ...
BEGINNING AGAIN --
May 01, 1991 ...Dr. Keiko Udaka, with the help of nurse Joanie O'Donnell, a bodybrace and a walker, moves along a Massachusetts ...
Is this the next `Doonesbury'? `Thatch' creator Jeff Shesol may graduate to syndication
May 01, 1991; ... PROVIDENCE -- The headlines say this is a cheeseball year to be acollege senior. Flat job market. Bathroom walls papered withrejection slips. Student loans carrying the same odds of promptrepayment as the Bolivian national debt. All this, mind you, after four years of hassling over ...
Weicker raises stakes in late bid to block casino
May 01, 1991; ... HARTFORD -- Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. yesterday soughtemergency legislation to outlaw charity-sponsored "Las Vegas nights,"a last-minute attempt to block a gambling casino on an Indianreservation. A state law allowing Las Vegas nights was instrumental in givingthe ...
Lillian Cataldo, 92 Was funeral home president
May 01, 1991 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. Ann'sChurch, Somerville, for Lillian (Luciano) Cataldo, cofounder andformer president of the Cataldo Funeral Home in Somerville. Mrs. Cataldo died Sunday at Mediplex of Lexington nursing home.She was 92 and lived in ...
Execute or expire for Celtics
May 01, 1991; ... The game plan hasn't changed. The Celtics remain convincedthey know exactly how to dispatch the suddenly vaunted Indiana Pacersand move ahead. There's just this matter of doing it that's giving them trouble.Stopping Chuck Person? Stopping Reggie Miller? Stopping ...
Toxic-waste ruling could affect many
May 01, 1991; ... A Supreme Judicial Court decision appears to give localcommunities the power to reject the siting of existinghazardous-waste facilities, a move that could threaten about twodozen toxic waste facilities and, perhaps, hundreds of Massachusettscompanies that produce such ...
Defenseless Shaw gets the picture
May 01, 1991; ... Brian Shaw found an unexpected item in his locker yesterday.There it was, a picture from Monday's Globe of Micheal Williamsexultant in victory. Shaw didn't have to conduct an investigation to determine who leftit there. (Hint: his initials are C.F.) The message was clear ....
The Coffee Culture perks up
May 01, 1991; ... On a busy day at Beans, a chic hole-in-the-wall coffee boutiquein Brookline, 200 cappuccinos, at $2 a shot, gush out of the espressomachine, with milk steaming from early morning until late at night.A constant rush hour at Panini, a bakery-cafe on theCambridge-Somerville line, can ...
US consumers maintain a cautious optimism
May 01, 1991; ... American consumers maintained their cautious optimism about thefuture of the economy but are increasingly concerned about itspresent state, especially the problem of unemployment, a businessresearch group said yesterday. The Conference Board in New York said its index of ...
May Day in search of a communist
May 01, 1991; ... FITCHBURG -- The Communist is moving around the house, upstairsand down, looking after his two small and active children while hetalks. He has just returned from driving his wife to work. To a visitor who is struck by his domesticity, he says: "KarlMarx had a large family. He had ...
Ken Curtis, 74 Played Festus on `Gunsmoke'
May 01, 1991; ... FRESNO, Calif. -- Ken Curtis, a singer and actor who starred asMarshal Matt Dillon's sidekick on the long-running television western"Gunsmoke," has died at age 74. Mr. Curtis, who played deputy Festus Haggin from 1963-75, died inhis sleep Sunday at his home here, family members ...
Olver: A professor of liberal arts
May 01, 1991; ... AMHERST -- Although John W. Olver has served in the stateLegislature for more than 20 years, he still seems more at home in aclassroom than a political back room. He attempted to turn his dryacademic demeanor into a campaign asset by running for Congress as "aworkhorse, not a show ...
The Derby field? Here are some anonymous tips
May 01, 1991; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Have you ever heard of the followingsteeds: Mane Minister, Quintana, Another Review, Wilder Than Ever,Forty Something or Paulrus? How about these horses: Sea Cadet, Green Alligator, CorporateReport, Lost Mountain, Happy Jazz Band or Alydavid? The field ...
Digital sets competitive sights on Sun with low-cost workstation
May 01, 1991; ... Digital Equipment Corp. of Maynard yesterday introduced thefirst members of a new family of low-priced workstations designed tocompete against industry leader Sun Microsystems Inc. The workstations are the first to comply with a new industrystandard announced last month by ...
Suspect reportedly freed 3 days before slayings
May 01, 1991; ... A state social worker recommended that teen-ager Willie Dunnbe incarcerated on an armed robbery charge three days before hisalleged involvement in the killings of two Roxbury youths, but ajuvenile judge allowed Dunn to go free on bail, a source saidyesterday. A worker with ...
A series to remember
May 01, 1991 ... Considering that it was only a quarterfinal playoff series, theBruins' victory provided an astonishing amount of satisfaction fortheir fans and themselves. At last, that lingering sense ofself-doubt about beating Montreal in the seventh game had been metsquarely and overcome. A jinx ...
MARKET REACTION --
May 01, 1991 ... Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange get to workafter the Federal Reserve announced a cut in interest rates justbefore the exchange opened. The Dow Jones ...
Flawed premise for the Gulf
May 01, 1991 ... Like the Bourbons, the remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime haveforgotten nothing. During the decade of the '80s, the gangsters whoruled Baghdad were able to acquire from the West an enormous arsenalof conventional weapons, as well as ballistic missiles and chemical,biological and ...
Teaching girls not to be victims
May 01, 1991; ... WENHAM -- The 25 kids listened intently as Lynn Buzbee tickedoff some FBI statistics: Every 18 seconds, a woman is beaten in theUnited States; every 17 days, a woman in Massachusetts is killed byher male partner; more women are admitted to the emergency room inthis country because ...
Ethiopia said to clear faster Jewish exit
May 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- Presidential envoy Rudy Boschwitz secured anagreement in principle from Ethiopia's president last weekend tospeed Jewish emigration from that country, Israeli diplomatic sourcessaid yesterday.Boschwitz was acting as a representative of President Bush. ...
Vacancies at the top
May 01, 1991 ... After almost four months in office, the Weld administration hasyet to appoint permanent commissioners to head the Departments ofWelfare, Social Services, Mental Health and Mental Retardation, fouragencies that annually spend hundreds of millions of dollars and thatdaily affect tens of ...
FAO SCHWARZ POLISHES A NEW IMAGE
May 01, 1991; ... FAO Schwarz president Peter Harris insists the image of hischain as a snooty, high-priced childrens' toy store is held only bypeople who haven't shopped there in five years. That reputation "was once true, but not today," said the47-year-old Harris as he stood in FAO Schwarz' ...
It's possible to get dressed up for just $150, without sacrificing glamour and style
May 01, 1991; ... Lack of cash is no excuse for avoiding the prom, the wedding orthe graduation party that you've wanted to attend this spring.While dressy dresses can cost an arm and a leg at some stores, othersare very gentle on the wallet. We recently searched some off-priceand vintage fashion ...
East Boston man, 27, is killed in I-93 crash; 2d driver charged
May 01, 1991; ... An East Boston man died early yesterday after his car wasrear-ended by that of a fan driving home from the Bruins playoff gameat Boston Garden, State Police said. Jesus Arboleda, 27, was killed after his car was pushed into aguard rail by a car driven by Richard M. Carter, 25, ...
Fed lowers rate in try to lift economy
May 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve yesterday gave up all hopethat post-Persian Gulf War euphoria will lift the nation fromrecession and cut the discount interest rate it charges banks by halfa point to 5.5 percent in an effort to reverse the economic slide. Coming amid a raft of ...
GOP picks Pierce, Democrats choose Olver in 1st District
May 01, 1991; ... Republican Steven D. Pierce and Democrat John W. Olver wontheir respective party primaries yesterday to set the stage for anideological clash between conservative and liberal in Massachusetts'1st Congressional District special election on June 4. In the race to fill the seat ...
Foley weighs inquiry into claim of deal on hostages Reagan campaign is target
May 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Thomas S. Foley has asked seniorcolleagues if he should seek a formal investigation into whetherRonald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign conspired with Iran todelay the release of 52 American hostages. Foley, in response to a reporter's question, ...
Settlement of Garden loss claim seen near Funds could be used toward new arena
May 01, 1991; ... Negotiations now under way between the Weld administration andthe owners of the Boston Garden could yield a multimillion-dollarsettlement that would provide much-needed seed money to build along-awaited sports arena at North Station. As much as $40 million could be at stake, ...
Genzyme revenues double to $20.1m for quarter
May 01, 1991; ... Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge, one of the nation's fastest growingbiotechnology companies, reported first-quarter revenue nearlydoubled, to $20.1 million from $10.1 million a year ago. The developer of biotherapeutics, diagnostic products andpharmaceuticals said it earned $3.8 ...
Pierce has knack for seizing the day
May 01, 1991; ... WESTFIELD -- Steven D. Pierce went overnight from being areluctant candidate to the front-runner in the Republicancongressional race. At first, Pierce, 41, resisted the entreaties of Republican Partyofficials that he run for the open seat. He had barely settled intohis new ...
Greek banker fails to avoid extradition
May 01, 1991; ... A Greek banker who allegedly took part in a $200 millionembezzlement that helped topple the Papandreou government yesterdaylost his latest attempt to avoid extradition to his homeland. George Koskotas, 36, the former chairman of the Bank of Crete, hadappealed an extradition ...
Oliver F. Green, 95 Longtime Salem High teacher
May 01, 1991 ... Oliver F. Green, a history and economics teacher at Salem HighSchool for 30 years until his retirement in 1958, died of pneumoniaSaturday at Quigley Memorial Hospital, Chelsea. He was 95 and livedin Winthrop. Born in Cambridge, Mr. Green graduated from Boston Latin School ...
Jean Guelis, 67 French dancer, choreographer
May 01, 1991; ... PARIS -- Jean Guelis, a French dancer and choreographer whoenjoyed a stint at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, died Mondayafter heart surgery at age 67. Mr. Guelis was decribed as "The Birdman" for his flying leaps asa solo dancer at the Met after World War II. He also ...
George Wood, 65 Was guidance counselor, teacher
May 01, 1991 ... George William Wood of Saugus, a former guidance counselor andindustrial arts teacher at Saugus High School, died of a heart attackMonday at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he had beenvacationing. He was 65. After teaching industrial arts four years at Chelsea High ...
Joyce Hampshire, 44 Author and horse breeder
May 01, 1991 ... Joyce (Gregorian) Hampshire, an author, musician, horse breeder,vice president of her family's rug business and president of theArmenian Library and Museum of America, died of cancer Monday inMassachusetts General Hospital. She was 44 and lived in Holliston. Her fantasy trilogy, ...
Shooting victim credited with shielding children
May 01, 1991; ... Marlon O'Bryon is a hero to his neighbors after risking hislife to save at least two children from gunfire Friday night. O'Bryon, 34, was shot in the spine Friday night when he leaped toprotect two neighborhood children after shooting erupted as they wereplaying in his ...
Former Sears official named to lead Hills Bozic will oversee store remodeling plan
May 01, 1991; ... Embattled Hills Department Stores Inc. of Canton yesterdaynamed former Sears, Roebuck and Co. executive Michael Bozic presidentand chief executive officer. Hills' chairman Thomas H. Lee said the company is looking to Bozicas "a man who has tremendous leadership capabilities and ...
Accident victim steps into a renewed life
May 01, 1991; ...One month ago yesterday, Dr. Keiko Udaka was riding her bicycleon Main Street in Cambridge when she was struck by a car and draggedtwo blocks before the vehicle ran over her. The hit-and-run accident left her with such severe injuries, abroken back among them, that emergency room ...
Poignant views at the ICA
May 01, 1991; ... There's no shortage of rage and righteousness in the films thatmake up "Uprising: Film and Video on the Palestinian Resistance."Almost every one of the eight pieces, ranging from four to 106minutes and primarily documentary, views the Israeli-occupiedterritories from the perspective of ...