The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from July 1991:
Abdel-Rahim Ahmed On PLO ruling committee; at 47
Jul 01, 1991; ...AMMAN, Jordan -- Abdel-Rahim Ahmed, leader of theIraqi-supported Arab Liberation Front and a member of the PLO'sruling executive committee, died yesterday of cancer. He was 47. Mr. Ahmed was one of PLO chairman Yasser Arafat's closest allies.His Baghdad-based guerrilla group, ...
New fighting breaks out in Algeria Muslim leader reportedly seized
Jul 01, 1991; ... ALGIERS -- Gunfire reverberated in Algeria's capital yesterday ina new outbreak of fighting between loyalist soldiers and Islamicfundamentalists opposing the government. One person was reporteddead and at least 11 wounded. A top official of the leading opposition group was also ...
Katherine Alphin, 76 Musician, teacher from Newton
Jul 01, 1991 ...Katherine (Sheperd) Alphin, a musician and a piano teacher for 53years, died Friday in Newton-Wellesley Hospital after a briefillness. She was 76. A Newton resident for the past 30 years, Mrs. Alphin was agraduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music. From 1942 to 1972, shetaught ...
Angola, rebels begin second stage of truce
Jul 01, 1991; ... LUENA, Angola -- The second stage of Angola's truce begins todayas government and rebel troops are fused into a single 50,000-mannational army and the remaining 150,000 are demobilized. One of the staging locations will be this pretty colonial-styletown where the last battle of ...
State budget passed, but key choices remain Boston school board future is up to Weld
Jul 01, 1991; ... At a few minutes before sunrise yesterday, the fate of the BostonSchool Committee became the exclusive responsibility of Gov. Weld. Weld now must decide whether to sign or veto the politicallycharged bill to abolish the School Committee, which the state Senatepassed 15-10 after an ...
2 arrested in killing of pizza man in Brighton
Jul 01, 1991; ... Boston police arrested two men Friday in the January shootingdeath of a pizza delivery man in Brighton. Anthony Owens, 23, of Roxbury, and Adrian Jessamy, 19, ofDorchester, were charged with the Jan. 20 killing of 22-year-oldRoberto Cruz as he left an apartment building on ...
New budget bails out arts council
Jul 01, 1991; ... The Massachusetts House and Senate saved the state arts councillate Saturday night by granting it a reported $3.6 million in the$12.994 billion state budget approved for the fiscal year that beginstoday. The budget is now on Gov. Weld's desk, and he is expected tosign it in about 10 ...
Asteroid risk for Earth studied
Jul 01, 1991; ... SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. -- Scientists gathered yesterday toplan how to find and divert killer asteroids before they could hitEarth with the force of thousands of atom bombs. While the chances of a major asteroid striking the earth areextremely small, so many people would be ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1991 ... Q. When did the Midtown Journal cease publication and where can Ifind a copy of it? R.G., Cambridge A. The last issue of the eight-page, weekly tabloid, which fornearly 30 years kept an amused and bawdy ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1991 ... Q. On June 11, I observed a large turtle laying eggs near my house.When can I expect the eggs to hatch? R.R., Lexington A. A Massachusetts Audubon Society spokeswoman tells us the standardincubation period for snapping turtle eggs is about three months.But, because the hatching process ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1991 ... Q. Who coined the term "pussyfoot"? B.H., Boston A. The word has been in our vocabulary at least since 1893, when itappeared in Scribner's Magazine and a little later in the AtlantaConstitution newspaper to describe Theodore Roosevelt's vicepresident, Charles Warren Fairbanks, ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1991 ... Q. What is the Center for Short Lived Phenomena? M.B., Cambridge A. As described by its executive director, Richard Golob, the Centeris a nonprofit organization that specializes in the collection ofinformation on oil ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1991 ... Q. The word "quiff" was used in a Scrabblegram recently. What doesit mean? J.M., Canton A. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, quiff has a number ofconventional meanings, including: a puff or whiff of tobacco smoke; ...
Kerry Ann Bangs, 20 Managed Cape ice cream store
Jul 01, 1991 ... Kerry Ann Bangs, manager of a South Yarmouth ice cream store,died Friday in a car accident in South Yarmouth. She was 20 andlived in West Yarmouth. Born in Melrose, Ms. Bangs graduated from the Dennis-Yarmouth HighSchool in 1989 and the Katherine Gibbs School in 1990. She ...
World Bank lending to Third World sets record in '90 -- $24.2b
Jul 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- New loans approved by the World Bank, the largestsource of aid for the Third World, hit a record $24.2 billion in thepast year. That was up from $22.7 billion the previous year, according to areview made public yesterday. Moeen A. Qureshi, a senior vice ...
Panel recommends Devens closing Final action rests with Bush, Congress
Jul 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The special base-closing commission recommendedyesterday the shutting down of Fort Devens, the Army installation inAyer, Mass., a move that could cost central Massachusetts 9,000military and civilian jobs, according to a Pentagon estimate. The commission's ...
Examining what ails the ad industry
Jul 01, 1991; ... WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MADISON AVENUE? Advertising in the '90s By Martin Mayer Little, Brown, 269 pp., $22.95American consumers are witnessing -- perhaps suffering is abetter word -- ever increasing quantities of commercial messages.Those not ...
State budget passed, but key choices remain Critics skeptical about plans to offset aid cuts
Jul 01, 1991; ... For the first time in nine years, Massachusetts will begin itsfiscal year today with a budget enacted by the Legislature awaitingthe governor's signature, but legal and political battles loom overthe wrenching cuts it demands in social services and local aid. Also, interviews ...
California plane crash kills 6 people aboard
Jul 01, 1991; ... JACKSON, Calif. -- A twin-engine plane crashed into a SierraNevada mountainside yesterday and burned on impact, killing sixpeople. A witness reported the mid-morning crash and the fire helpedemergency crews locate the wreckage in the Eldorado National Forestabout 25 miles ...
John V. Callahan, 80 Owned Boston trucking firm
Jul 01, 1991 ... John Vincent Callahan, retired owner and operator of CallahanTrucking in Boston, died yesterday at his home in Yarmouth Port. Hewas 80. Born in Boston, Mr. Callahan was raised in Dorchester andgraduated from Boston College in 1932. He owned Callahan Truckingfor 45 years before ...
Camera will lift '30s-era veil on US courts today
Jul 01, 1991; ... History is to be made in US District Court today, and for thefirst time in more than 50 years, cameras will be on hand to recordthe events on film. In this instance, the making of history and the recording of itare one and the same. News photographers will take pictures of ...
For long-lasting flavor and nutrition, can it
Jul 01, 1991; ... HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- For many, the practice of canning brings backwarm memories of their grandmother's kitchen, a time and place farremoved from the modern age in which we live. Well, canning is enjoying a revival of late, and it's notsurprising. Home canning makes good nutritional ...
SHADES OF GRAY
Jul 01, 1991 ...The sun gives a nudge to storm clouds yesterday as a jogger ...
CHAT IN BUDAPEST
Jul 01, 1991 ...Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state, chats with a folkdancer yesterday in ...
NEW ARRIVALS
Jul 01, 1991 ...Soviet Jewish immigrants arrive yesterday at Israel's Ben GurionAirport. More than 10,000 Soviet Jews ...
ENDANGERED HABIT
Jul 01, 1991 ...Cameron Burton, 15, lights up a cigarette while hanging out withfriends last week in Iowa City ....
SUFFOLK NAMES DEAN
Jul 01, 1991 ...John F. Brennan, a professor of management at Skidmore College,has been named dean of Suffolk University's School ...
Celtics put on thinking cap Salary maneuvers mark start of NBA's summer season
Jul 01, 1991; ... Today marks the start of the summer NBA season. You alwayssuspected pro basketball was a 12-month affair and it is getting tobe more that way each year. Yesterday was the deadline for the Celtics to act on DennisJohnson's $1.15 million slush fund. They were trying to use ...
Celtics, Fox reach agreement No. 1 draft pick accepts a multiyear deal before deadline
Jul 01, 1991; ... There's nothing like a deadline to force action. The Celtics andRick Fox faced one yesterday and, just after midnight, the two sidesannounced an agreement on a contract for the No. 1 pick. No terms were announced, other than that it was the standardmultiyear agreement. But Fox will ...
Increased diversity shown in census
Jul 01, 1991; ... The metropolitan Boston area is a more diverse region than it wasa decade ago, according to the 1990 US Census, with substantialincreases in both the number of very old residents and the veryyoung. While the over-65 population remains 95 percent white, one fifthof children under ...
China's Communist Party marks 70th year with nationwide galas
Jul 01, 1991; ... BEIJING -- China put aside concerns about the collapse ofcommunism elsewhere to celebrate the 70th birthday of the ChineseCommunist Party with banquets, parades and dragon dances yesterday. Festivities ranged from gala events for top officials to smallgatherings that showcased ...
A book of `honest food' inspired by farm markets
Jul 01, 1991; ...NEW YORK -- Farm markets are among the few places where "everyage, economic background and ethnic group can mingle," and they aregrowing and reflecting Americans' demands for wholesome produce, saysJudith Olney, who has written "The Farm Market Cookbook." The author of "The Joy ...
Cope: Serious message, not-so-serious sound
Jul 01, 1991; ... JULIAN COPE At: The Paradise, Saturday night Too many of today's pop musicians view stylistic variance andthematic contradiction as potential career poison: Why mess with aone-dimensional, MTV-era image? Not old-timer Julian Cope, the one-time lead singer of the ...
CORRECTION
Jul 01, 1991 ...CORRECTION: Because of incorrect information supplied to theGlobe by aides to the Legislature's budget conference committee, someeditions of ...
Correction
Jul 01, 1991 ...CORRECTION: In the June 26 Food section, the phone number listedfor The Sycamore, the drive-in restaurant ...
Bush is said to have decided on High Court nominee
Jul 01, 1991; ... report. KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- President Bush has decided whom he intendsto nominate to the Supreme Court, an administration source said, butBush kept mum on the decision yesterday as his aides madearrangements for an announcement. Bush had been expected to announce his ...
Bush reported to consider 3 for High Court
Jul 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- President Bush narrowed to three persons yesterdayhis list of candidates to succeed retiring Justice Thurgood Marshallon the Supreme Court, according to an administration official. The official, who declined to be quoted by name, said twocandidates were Judge Emilio ...
Panel recommends Devens closing In Ayer, shock despite the warnings
Jul 01, 1991; ... The news yesterday that Fort Devens is nearing the end after morethan seven decades as a central part of Ayer's life and economystunned many of the town's residents and business people despite theannouncement in April that the base was earmarked for closure. "We felt going into it ...
Two competitors with character Iacovo, Landry push each other in discus
Jul 01, 1991; ... Zota was on board Saturday, driving the discus. Zota is the fictional character that Brockton's Pia Iacovo andBoston's Kelly Landry created seven years ago to explain a rockythrow when they were competing at the University of Alabama. The former teammates and friendly rivals ...
Mary K. Donohoe, 88 Housekeeper for Lowell parish
Jul 01, 1991 ... Mary K. (Duffey) Donohoe, former housekeeper and cook for theParish of St. Margaret in Lowell, died Saturday at D'Youville Manorin Lowell. She was 88. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Mrs. Donohoe was educated there,and came to the United States in 1924. She was a member of the ...
A Common welcome
Jul 01, 1991 ... After several years of argument, there is general agreement onplans for a tourist-information center on Boston Common. Althoughthe need for better facilities was obvious, previous schemes were toooverpowering, better suited for Disneyland than Boston. The new plans have won ...
Higher-education overhaul nearly set
Jul 01, 1991; ... A Weld administration-backed proposal to reorganize the state'seducation administration, which includes the creation of a stateeducation secretariat and the merger of three state universities,won next to final approval from the House and the Senate earlyyesterday. The merger of ...
Young fans get stood up
Jul 01, 1991; ...In the scheme of life, this is not a high crime. But in thescheme of one little boy's life, it ranks as a misdemeanor. Philip Dyer, 6, was chosen with a few others from his school, theWilliams in Chelsea, to be in the 1991 "Give School A Major LeagueEffort" ...
Zachary Taylor, R.I.P.
Jul 01, 1991 ... The autopsy of Zachary Taylor is a blow to all the grassy-knollconspiracy theorists in the land. What a relief to confirm that itwas not poison that killed the little-known president, but taintedfood -- a fact known to historians for the last 140 years. The poisoning theory was dreamed ...
Ethiopian rebels meet today to form government
Jul 01, 1991; ... ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The factions that ousted the rulingMarxists after years of civil war are to meet today amid tightsecurity and even greater confusion to try to establish a newtemporary government. The conference brings together many but not all of the dozens offactions ...
Scrapping student tracking
Jul 01, 1991 ...One of the most significant accomplishments of Joseph McDonough'sstint as acting school superintendent is a study he commissioned ontracking and retention. The study confirms what other studies haveindicated -- that grouping students according to perceived academicability and requiring ...
Flat out for trains
Jul 01, 1991 ... Can the Swiss lead the way? Maybe so, if they turn out to be thefirst to exploit emerging transportation technology to slash traveltime between major urban centers in their mountainous country. Theywant to build a train system using magnetic levitation to allow themto achieve speeds of ...
Woman, 18, is killed in Dorchester shooting
Jul 01, 1991; ... Boston police are investigating the shooting death yesterdaymorning of an 18-year-old woman in Dorchester, on a day of violentcrimes that left three young men injured and a pregnant woman instable condition after the fetus she carried died. Police said that Angela Clayton of ...
William M. Fletcher, 83 Was an executive at Carter's Ink
Jul 01, 1991 ... William M. Fletcher, a former executive at Carter's Ink Co. inCambridge, died Saturday at the Park Marion Nursing Home inBrookline. He was 83 and a resident of Brookline. Born in Newton, Mr. Fletcher graduated in 1930 from DartmouthCollege. He was also a graduate of the Tuck School ...
Germany's taxes go up today to pay for unity
Jul 01, 1991; ... FRANKFURT -- Tax increases to finance German unification go intoeffect today. Higher income, gas and cigarette taxes will help payfor the cost of making the two Germanys one. Since Germany reunified on Oct. 3, the economic brunt ofunification has been felt in eastern Germany ....
175 addicts win back their lives at center
Jul 01, 1991; ... About a year ago Eric Goffigan's cocaine addiction had made him soerratic that the 27-year-old said he didn't trust himself around hiswife or two small children. At that point he decided to get help.Yesterday the South End resident and about 175 other recovering drugand alcohol abusers ...
ON TOUR
Jul 01, 1991 ...Grossman's Boston-area manager Ken Post (right) guides a group ofvisiting Soviet lumber executives around the new Grossman'ssuperstore in Danvers. Last week's tour was managed by BostonCollege's International Marketing Institute, and Joint-VentureInternational Marketing, Management and ...
What a difference a day makes Plumb recovers from bruising fall to win Groton House Farm Trials
Jul 01, 1991; ... HAMILTON -- Mike Plumb's smile was genuine but a bit weary all thesame. "I really didn't want to ride today," said the six-time eventingOlympian. "But I'm glad I did." He had every right to be hesitant. On Saturday, Plumb's No. 2mount in the Open Intermediate division of the ...
Bank called key to Grove Hall renewal
Jul 01, 1991; ... The boarded-up former car dealership at 460 Blue Hill Ave., withits sweeping stairs and mirrored walls, has long been a symbol ofboth the economic depression of its neighborhood, Grove Hall, andthe potential for grand-scale revitalization. Here, where residents snicker about their ...
Elliot Lane Higgins, 49 Clerk at Cape Cod Hospital
Jul 01, 1991 ... Elliott Lane Higgins, senior unit clerk at Cape Cod Hospital inHyannis for the past 10 years, died suddenly of heart disease whileat work Thursday. He was 49 and lived in East Harwich. Born in Boston, Mr. Higgins graduated from Hyde Park High School.He worked at most of Boston's ...
Haskins prevails in Hogan
Jul 01, 1991; ... FALMOUTH, Maine -- Steve Haskins grew up in a basketballhousehold, tended bar and worked at assorted jobs when he finished upat New Mexico State and finally decided nearly five years ago it wastime to do it on the golf course on the mini tours or wherever hecould play. "I was 26," he ...
HOW & WHY?
Jul 01, 1991; ... Q. How does the cause of a person's death affect the usefulness oforgans for donation? For example, disease, natural causes, violentor accidental death?D.A. A. The basic guideline about organ and tissue donation is this: Ifan individual has a heartbeat at the time he or she is ...
Harold Thorp Hueber Was The Country Club manager
Jul 01, 1991 ... Harold Thorp Hueber, club manager at The Country Club in Brooklinefor 25 years, died yesterday at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis. He was78 and lived in West Yarmouth. Born in Hackettstown, N.J., Mr. Hueber attended Hackettstownschools and was a graduate of Rider College in ...
Hungary hails freedom with nationwide galas
Jul 01, 1991; ... BUDAPEST -- Rock singer Frank Zappa and former Secretary of StateHenry Kissinger joined with Hungarians yesterday in nationwidecelebrations of the withdrawal of Soviet troops after 46 years ofoccupation. The celebrations, which included folk dances, rock and jazzconcerts, came ...
Lawmaker urges veto for Hynes Center subsidy
Jul 01, 1991; ... Political fallout increased yesterday from the Legislature'sapproval of a state subsidy for the John B. Hynes Veterans MemorialConvention Center that could provide more than three times the amountneeded to cover its deficit. The Hynes' chief legislative opponent, Rep. Peter ...
Liberia rivals to cooperate for end to war
Jul 01, 1991; ... YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast -- The two rivals who claim thepresidency of war-shattered Liberia embraced yesterday and said theyagreed to work together to end their country's 18-month-old civilwar. No details have been formulated, however, and aides of rebelleader Charles Taylor ...
Troubling tribunal Magistrate's handling of Hingham court faulted
Jul 01, 1991; ... Last July, when her 19-year-old son set off to challenge a trafficcitation, Libby Griffin wrote out a blank check to Hingham DistrictCourt, just in case her son lost his appeal. When Griffin, a Scituate businesswoman, learned her check had beencashed not by the court but by the ...
Ludwig: From velvety Brahms to translucent Strauss
Jul 01, 1991; ... CHRISTA LUDWIG, mezzo-soprano, with LAURENCE DAVIS piano, in a recital at Tanglewood Saturday night LENOX -- In 1946 an 18-year-old mezzo-soprano made her operaticdebut as Prince Orlovsky in "Die Fledermaus." She probably didn'tknow what kind of career awaited her, ...
Gerard Lynch, 57 Boston Fire Department captain
Jul 01, 1991 ... Gerard Lynch, a captain in the Boston Fire Department who headedRescue Company 2, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Holbrook.He was 57. Born in Boston, Mr. Lynch, known as Gus, graduated from BostonCollege High School in 1951 and served in the Navy during the KoreanWar. He ...
Just playing the name game These teams should survive the Thought Police
Jul 01, 1991; ... The Cleveland Native Americans, I see, traded away Tom Candiottilast week. But the Atlanta Native Americans, I fear, just will nothold up in the National League West. Maybe not even until theWashington Native Americans show up for training camp in two weeks. But the team that ...