The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from June 1991:
Candidates use ads that distort each other's positions, beliefs
Jun 01, 1991; ... GREENFIELD -- The candidates for the 1st District seat are makingmisleading and exaggerated charges in attack advertisements thatdistort each other's beliefs and positions. While correct in the narrowest sense, the charges conveyinaccurate impressions of each man's record and ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1991 ... Q. Where can I safely dispose of used motor oil?G.A., BostonA. John McCarthy, Boston's municipal recycling coordinator, tells usthe city's annual household hazardous-waste collection will takeplace next Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Universityof Massachusetts at Boston ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1991 ... Q. What is the population density of Massachusetts and where does itrank nationally?M.B., Jamaica PlainA. According to the 1991 World Almanac and Book of Facts, the statehad 752.7 people per square mile in 1988 ....
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1991 ... Q. Where in Boston will one find Richard Haas' lobby mural of a19th-century crystal pavilion?J.B., BostonA. Located in the lobby at 101 Merrimac St. near North Station, themural depicts painted palm trees and tumbling water that blursvisually into a real fountain. A great-nephew of ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1991 ... Q. What has happened to the statue of Bunker Hill hero Dr. JosephWarren that used to stand near Warren Street in Roxbury?H.L.,BostonA. The bronze statue of Warren, cast by Paul Wayland Bartlett in1904, was removed by the Boston Redevelopment Authority in the 1960sduring the redesign ...
A pitch for the arts -- auto arts
Jun 01, 1991; ... It's going to look like Saab week on WGBH-TV; of four cars up forbid on the annual Ch. 2 auction that began yesterday, two are Saabsdonated by the Eastern Massachussets/New Hampshire Saab Dealers. Oneis a red (the shade is known as Arrest Me Red) Saab 900 Turboconvertible worth $34,000 and ...
Baker, Syrian set meeting for today
Jun 01, 1991; ... LISBON -- Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d will hold a hastilyarranged meeting here today with Syria's foreign minister in a freshbid to keep alive his goal of setting up Arab-Israeli peace talks. Baker, in making the announcement yesterday, offered no hint thatthe meeting with ...
Details being worked out on foreclosure moratorium
Jun 01, 1991; ... The Massachusetts Bankers Association moved closer yesterday tocompleting terms under which banks would enact a 90-day moratorium onforeclosures in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan, with associationpresident Richard Driscoll predicting that a final agreement could bein place as early as ...
36 more bases may be closed Commission to decide by July 1 on Fort Devens
Jun 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- The government's base-closing commission added 36military installations yesterday, including five new home ports forthe Navy, to a Pentagon termination list that already has triggeredprotests in states across the nation. The Defense Base Closure and Realignment ...
Three Ulster troops killed, 18 wounded
Jun 01, 1991; ... BELFAST -- Three soldiers were killed and 18 wounded in a mortarattack late yesterday on an Ulster Defense Regiment post south ofBelfast, police said. Belfast's Downtown Radio reported that several missiles had beenfired at the post in Glenann, County Armagh, 40 miles south ...
Monarch weighing takeover, future
Jun 01, 1991 ... MONARCH CAPITAL CORP. officials are still evaluating whether theywill file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Roger T. Servison, president andchief executive, said yesterday. State regulators won court approval Thursday to put Monarch LifeInsurance Co. into temporary receivership to protect ...
Liberty Mutual downgraded
Jun 01, 1991 ... MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE downgraded its ratings of the LibertyMutual Group, "based primarily on increasing concerns about LibertyMutual's heavy concentration in workers' compensation, and the risksassociated with continued deterioration in the fundamentals of thatsegment," ...
Big Three accuses Japan
Jun 01, 1991 ... THE NATION'S BIG THREE automakers accused Japanese companies of"dumping" minivans on the US market at less than fair value. Aspokesman for Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, calledthe allegation "absurd." GM, Ford and Chrysler and the MotorVehicle Manufacturers ...
FHA tightens standards
Jun 01, 1991 ... THE GOVERNMENT SAID it is implementing tighter lending standards formortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration in a move thatone lending group charged will reduce home sales by as much as200,000 annually. The new rules will require people financing theirpurchases with FHA-backed ...
Fastest computer unveiled
Jun 01, 1991 ... INTEL CORP. of Pasadena, Calif., unveiled the world's fastestcomputer, which can scan data from space and simulate the intricateworkings of the brain with split-second accuracy. The TouchstoneDelta supercomputer made its debut at the California Institute ...
Etc.: An election, bank troubles
Jun 01, 1991 ... XYLOGICS INC. of Burlington has elected Frank J. Pipp as chairman ofthe board. Bruce Bergman, former chairman, continues as presidentand chief executive . . . Affiliated Banc Corp. of Holyoke said itsVanguard Savings Bank unit has signed a consent agreement with theFDIC to take ...
Belated shot for Brumley
Jun 01, 1991; ... He was almost a year out of the University of Texas and a 1983College World Series championship, and Mike Brumley's future inBoston looked promising. Brumley, a switch-hitting shortstop and former teammate of RogerClemens at Texas, was the Red Sox' second-round draft pick. He ...
He's stepped forth Brunansky is still cleaning up
Jun 01, 1991; ... Tom Brunansky has never gotten out of the gate quickly, but afterhis three-RBI performance against the Orioles last night at FenwayPark, the Red Sox right fielder said he could never recall gettingoff to such a quick start at the plate. "I'm usually a slow starter, but I'm glad to ...
Jeanne Canter, 85 Was Arthur D. Little employee
Jun 01, 1991 ... Jeanne (Lambrett) Canter, office manager for Arthur D. Little Inc.until her retirement in 1951, died Thursday at Waltham-WestonHospital. She was 85 and lived in Waltham. A native of Belgium who came to Boston during the 1920s, Mrs.Canter was a member of Hadassah in Jerusalem and a ...
A SPRAY TO REMEMBER
Jun 01, 1991 ... Wellesley College graduates soak up the excitement of the school's113th commencement ...
BACK TO GREECE
Jun 01, 1991 ... Greek banker Giorgos Koskotas (left), who has been held inMassachusetts since he fled his homeland in 1988 amid accusations ofembezzlement, ...
MAIDS IN THE SHADE
Jun 01, 1991 ... Val Lombardi and Lucy Marchant of Wollaston stay cool during ...
FAMILY OUTING
Jun 01, 1991 ... Danny Cullen wrestles with his son Daniel, 4, while his 3-year-olddaughter Gina scans the skies for ...
TOUCHDOWN!
Jun 01, 1991 ... A Marine stationed in Beijing waves the flag at the first collegefootball game ever played in China, featuring ...
Court case could limit Smith's career
Jun 01, 1991; ... Even before his trial on a rape charge gets under way in Florida,William Kennedy Smith could be in for tough times as he prepares tobegin his medical residency in New Mexico. Rigorous new standards in New Mexico and elsewhere mean Smithwill probably be kept on a close leash by ...
Clerk-magistrate barred from office
Jun 01, 1991; ... NORTHAMPTON -- The chief administrative judge for the state'sdistrict courts has barred Northampton District CourtClerk-Magistrate Janet Rowe Dugan from her office while a judgereviews her treatment of employees. Administrative Judge Samuel E.Zoll ordered the review after docking her five ...
Water-saving bid set in Hyde Park
Jun 01, 1991 ... MWRA officials yesterday began a program to install water- savingdevices in 6,000 homes in Hyde Park. Launching "OperationWatersense," designed to help Boston homeowners save money on theirwater bills, Paul Levy, director of the MWRA, said the program willeventually be offered to ...
Officer braves fire and saves motorist Heroic act not first
Jun 01, 1991; ... A Metropolitan Police officer honored for heroism five years agopulled an injured motorist from his crumpled car early yesterday,moments before it exploded and was engulfed by flames. The motorist, David Moran, 34, of Malden, was listed in faircondition yesterday at Massachusetts ...
CORRECTION
Jun 01, 1991 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, Jane and Michael Stern's "ATaste of America" column in Wednesday's food section gave the ...
It's time for Red Sox summer roller coaster
Jun 01, 1991; ... The best thing about the Red Sox is that they never do things theeasy way. The line at the top of this page says, "June 1," and hereare the Sox, doing what they always do.They have been in first place since April 30. However, theylost nine of 14 before beating Baltimore, 7-2, last ...
Walsh promises early wrap-up of Iran-contra probe
Jun 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- Lawrence E. Walsh, the Iran-contra prosecutor,responded yesterday to calls for his dismissal by Republican leadersin Congress by promising a quick completion of his 4 1/2-yearinvestigation. "Our ongoing investigation, which has been very active in recentmonths, is ...
13,000 vials of crack seized in drug bust Police arrest five men in Boston, Brookline
Jun 01, 1991; ... In what officials said was New England's largest crack cocaineseizure ever, federal agents and local police seized more than 13,000vials of the highly addictive drug and arrested four adults inBrookline and one in Boston Thursday night. Culminating a two-month undercover ...
Champion Jack Dupree's barrelhouse blues
Jun 01, 1991; ... CHAMPION JACK DUPREE. At: Johnny D's, Thursday night Champion Jack Dupree has got the blues. And the reds. And thegreens. And the yellows. The 81-year-old New Orleans growler hobbled onstage at Johnny D'sThursday night sporting a pastel sequinned headband, an ...
Catherine T. Ehlers, 74 Co-owner of flower business
Jun 01, 1991 ... Catherine T. (Sullivan) Ehlers of Maynard, co-owner ofTropiculture Inc. of Boston, a wholesale flower business, diedThursday at Emerson Hospital, Concord. She was 74. A native of Boston, Mrs. Ehlers had lived in Maynard since 1964. She leaves three sons, Thomas of Melrose, ...
Glimmerings at Revenue
Jun 01, 1991 ... The first faint signs of revenue improvement for state governmentare encouraging in themselves, but they are also a prod to nationaleconomic policy makers to do everything possible to press forrecovery. Massachusetts' problems, and those of 30 other statesexperiencing revenue ...
The Lebanon absorption
Jun 01, 1991 ... Machiavelli would have savored the contrast between SaddamHussein's failed annexation of Kuwait and Hafez Assad's shrewd, slowabsorption of Lebanon. Beset by debts and impatient to realize his grandiose ambitions,Saddam seized Kuwait in a four-hour blitzkrieg. After coming ...
Ethiopia's new rulers urge resumption of famine relief
Jun 01, 1991; ... ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The provisional rebel government appealedyesterday for a new infusion of aid for famine victims, but reliefofficials said looting and attacks had forced the suspension of aiddeliveries to most areas. Tens of thousands of refugees have fled to neighboring ...
Venus laid bare
Jun 01, 1991 ... Completion of the first detailed scanning of Venus' surface by thespacecraft Magellan has provided an insight into the nature of thesolar system -- and has once again ratified the usefulness andproductivity of automated space probes. The stunning pictures of Venus' terrain, cloaked ...
The rich look of Carolyne Roehm
Jun 01, 1991; ... When designer Carolyne Roehm gets discouraged about the state of theretail fashion business and has a particularly exhausting day, she istempted to chuck it all and go home to her horses on the Connecticutfarm, or her Southampton beach house, or her Vail ski lodge, or her$5.5 million Park ...
Parties' big guns campaign in 1st Barbara Bush, Sen. Kennedy on the stump
Jun 01, 1991; ... HOLYOKE -- Both congressional candidates in the 1st Districtrolled in heavy hitters from their parties yesterday to rallylast-minute support in what the two sides consider a close contest inTuesday's special election. The president's wife, Barbara Bush, breezed through the ...
Blocking Fleet seen as unlikely
Jun 01, 1991; ... A last-minute attempt by community credit advocates to stop theacquisition of Bank of New England by Fleet/Norstar Financial GroupInc. based on Fleet's dealings with allegedly unscrupuloussecond-mortgage lenders has only a remote chance of succeeding,according to banking specialists, ...
Karl F. Freier, 48 Was CIGNA insurance executive
Jun 01, 1991 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 9:30 a.m. today in St. Christine'sChurch in Marshfield for Karl F. Freier, director of marketing andunderwriting programs for the New England office of CIGNA insurancein Quincy. Mr. Freier died of lung cancer Wednesday at his home inMarshfield. He ...
State gets OK to collect $489m Medicaid repayment
Jun 01, 1991; ... After months of haggling with state officials, the federal agencythat manages the Medicaid program has given the state authorizationto draw on a $489 million reimbursement account, money that Gov. Weldsays will balance this year's budget and solve some major fiscalheadaches. The ...
Where money grows on trees In a wilting economy, people tend their gardens -- and the nursery business blooms
Jun 01, 1991; ... Back in the early 1980s, when greed was good, Keith Hutchins beggedoff as the garden shop manager at Wilson's Farm Market in Lexington.Unhappy, demanding customers drove him out the door and down thesteps past the pet cows and the pet chickens and out into thegreenhouses, where he took over ...
Rev. Francis Gartland Was educator, writer
Jun 01, 1991 ... Rev. Francis E. Gartland, an educator, writer and editor, died ofcancer Wednesday at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame University. He was80. Father Gartland was the author of numerous religious pamphlets andfrom 1939 to 1946 wrote a column for Our Sunday Visitor, the nationalRoman ...
Savings bank in Buffalo taken over, sold by FDIC
Jun 01, 1991; ...BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Insolvent Goldome was seized yesterday by theFederal Deposit Insurance Corp. and divided between two upstate NewYork competitors in the most expensive savings-bank collapse in thenation's history. Goldome's branches were closed at 3 p.m., some as much as ...
Shevardnadze said to be Harvard graduation speaker
Jun 01, 1991; ...Eduard Shevardnadze, who resigned as Soviet foreign minister inprotest of the growing power of President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, willspeak at Harvard's commencement Thursday and will be one of ninehonorary degree recipients, sources said yesterday. Shevardnadze appears to be second ...
an uphill climb virgil Hill might have a light heavyweight belt, but the challenger (Thomas Hearns) has the respect Hill covets
Jun 01, 1991; ... LAS VEGAS -- Virgil Hill sits in his living room today breathingslowly, knowing the road he will walk Monday night will lead him intoa hot cauldron of sweat and leather shared with someone called "TheHit Man." It is not a place you would go by choice. That is true even for ...
Harvard is favored over Yale
Jun 01, 1991; ... NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Harvard's heavyweight crew is a slightfavorite to beat Yale when the boats square off at 6 p.m. thisevening for a 4-mile test in the 126th H-Y Regatta downstream on theThames River. America's oldest intercollegiate rivalry started in 1852 on ...
Israel reportedly frees guerrilla as PLO group hints at exchange
Jun 01, 1991; ... TYRE, Lebanon -- In an unusual move, Israel has released aPalestinian guerrilla well before his prison term expired, theInternational Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday. It was not immediately clear if Mustafa Bardan's release onThursday is connected to the proposed swap of ...
Japan's l'affaire Cresson
Jun 01, 1991; ... TOKYO -- Parliamentarian Shigeru Aoki sports a black beret, cockedat a jaunty angle, and instead of traditional green tea sips cupafter cup of cafe au lait in his cramped office. His card identifieshim as a "Membre de la Chambre des Conseillers." Which is a treschic way of saying member of ...
Letting love liberate streets
Jun 01, 1991; ... On June 23, at 6:30 p.m., a campaign will be launched to removethe drug dealers who control the corner of Whitman and Norfolkstreets in Dorchester. It will mark the beginning of a drive to return more than 200drug-dealing corners in Boston's inner city to the residents ....
Mr. Crude comes to Boston TV
Jun 01, 1991; ... By reputation, New York City talk-radio host Howard Stern is sofilthy he's an environmental hazard. The morning star of Manhattan'slittle galaxy of toxic-shock jocks, Stern has been holding forth onWXRK for six years. Talking assorted trash, knocking women, gays andother minorities, dumping ...
Otto G. Krohn, 74 Career member of the Air Force
Jun 01, 1991 ... Otto Gustav Krohn, a career Air Force noncommissioned officer whofought against his native Germany during World War II, died Wednesdayat Beth Israel Hospital. He was 74 and lived in Millis. A waist gunner on B-24 bombers, Mr. Krohn flew more than 40missions from bases in England ...
LA judge reduces fine in police report leak
Jun 01, 1991; ...LOS ANGELES -- A judge yesterday reversed his decision to imposedaily fines of $1,500 against a reporter who refuses to divulge thesource of a secret police report about the videotaped beating of ablack motorist. "I don't want to be sucked into a political controversy with ...
Critics say tax gaffe may hamper Lam
Jun 01, 1991; ... Boston mayoral candidate Diana Lam's failure to file state incometax returns on time raises questions about her ability to managecity finances, and could undermine her effort to unseat Mayor Flynn,according to political observers and competing mayoral campaigns. "I think everyone ...
Correction
Jun 01, 1991 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, the Radio Tracks column inyesterday's Living/Arts section ...
CORRECTION
Jun 01, 1991 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday'sGlobe about proposed police consolidation incorrectly stated thatCapitol Police helped organize a 1988 police rally supporting MichaelDukakis' ...
Observers predict legislators to pass new mortgage law
Jun 01, 1991; ... Legislation restricting the ability of mortgage companies to issuehigh-interest first and second mortgages to homeowners, especially inconjunction with home-improvement contractors, is expected to passthis summer with little opposition from lawmakers and from the Weldadministration. But ...
Luna admits obtaining earlier search warrants
Jun 01, 1991; ... A Boston police detective on trial for perjury conceded yesterdaythat he had experience obtaining search warrants before joining adrug squad where he said he was introduced to an improper method ofgetting them. Under vigorous cross-examination, Detective Carlos A ....
In a dance to the death
Jun 01, 1991; ... At a state Senate committee hearing, a young woman was takingnotes. She sat in a wheelchair and seemed unable to use her left armand used the right one with difficulty. She would maneuver anotebook with that right arm and take notes by holding a pen in hermouth. She did this as ...
Medicare change aims to promote role of generalist
Jun 01, 1991; ... Federal officials unveiled yesterday a sweeping change in theMedicare program they say is designed to encourage physicians tospend more time with patients and to set up more practices inunderserved areas. It is the first major change in 25 years in the way doctors arepaid by ...
Dorchester man, 18, shot dead
Jun 01, 1991; ... When Livingstone Grant came home from work yesterday, he expectedto find his 18-year-old stepson, Terry Price, relaxing at home,babysitting Grant's godson. But instead he found Price slumped on astairwell in the family's second-floor apartment, shot to death. Price, a former East ...
Black Crowe in a row
Jun 01, 1991; ... Singer Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes rock band walked out of aColorado convenience store with two cases of beer and spat at acustomer after a clerk refused to sell him beer because it was aftermidnight, police said. Robinson, 24, was cited for petty theft andassault, both misdemeanors, ...
Concerns for Neely
Jun 01, 1991; ... Cam Neely is hurting, the Bruins are worrying, and the All-Star50-goal scorer will check into Massachusetts General Hospital earlynext week for a series of exams aimed at determining exactly what iswrong with his damaged right leg. "I'm alarmed that we haven't determined what the ...