The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from August 1991:
Israel on talks: no clear-cut `yes' Diplomats see some strings attached to a Shamir agreement on conference
Aug 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel will notturn the United States down cold, but he is likely to give somethingless than a clear-cut "yes" to President Bush's Middle East peaceproposal, Israeli diplomatic sources said yesterday. Israeli diplomats and supporters ...
Ed Hall's acting had heart and soul
Aug 01, 1991; ... Ed Hall, an actor at Trinity Repertory Company for the pastquarter of a century, died in Providence Tuesday afternoon. We wentto school together, became friends in an elocution class where theorder of the day was to rise from your seat, stand at attention, armshanging rigid to your ...
Judge rejects injunction to halt Artery project
Aug 01, 1991; ... A federal judge in Boston yesterday rejected the Sierra Club'srequest for a preliminary injunction to halt all planning andconstruction on the $5 billion Central Artery-Third Harbor Tunnelproject. But the action by Judge Andrew A. Caffrey of the US District Courtleft to be ...
Sister Maria Assunta Taught in Lynn, Ipswich; at 72
Aug 01, 1991 ... Sister Maria Assunta, a child care worker with the Daughters ofCharity Sisters of the Most Precious Blood for 38 years, died Tuesdayat the St. Joseph Home in Dorchester. She was 72. Sister Maria taught in nursery schools in Lynn and Ipswich and inPatterson, N.J. Born Anita ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1991 ...Q. How is the Dow Jones Industrial Average calculated? R.E., Winchester A. According to Barron's Dictionary of Finance and InvestmentTerms, the price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip(primarily industrial) stocks is calculated by adding the closingprices of the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1991 ...Q. Who invented air conditioning? F.P., Boston A. The impetus came from textile mills and printing plants, wherehot summer air laden with humidity meant expensive variations inmanufacturing processes. In 1914, Willis Carrier, a heating andventilation engineer, converted a ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1991 ...Q. Is Boston Mayor Ray Flynn related to Irish patriot MichaelCollins, who was killed in 1922 during the Irish Civil War? B.R., Somerville A. Francis Costello, the mayor's liaison with Boston'sIrish-American community and the author of an upcoming biography onCollins, says ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1991 ...Q. What is the origin of the word "dope" as it applies to drugs? A.D., Newtonville A. According to the Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins,the word was first used to describe the thick substance produced byheating ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1991 ...Q. Where will I find a recording of Albert Ketelbey's "In aPersian Garden?" L.G., Methuen A. Schwann Catalog's Paul ...
Lots of wishes
Aug 01, 1991; ... This year's Perseid meteor shower Aug. 12 and 13 may be the bestin years because it will be dark, the moon setting about 8. Theshower averages a "star" a minute streaking across the dome of thesky. Some years there are 200 an hour. The meteorites are out ofPerseus, south of Cassiopeia, ...
Bangladesh anniversary disc out
Aug 01, 1991; ... Today is the 20th anniversary of the Concert for Bangladesh,the George Harrison-organized show at Madison Square Garden thatraised funds to ease famine in Bangladesh and ...
Banking overhaul hits brick wall at House hearing
Aug 01, 1991; ...this report. WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's plan for overhaulingthe nation's banking system, which had been leading an unexpectedlycharmed life in its passage through Congress, yesterday hit a brickwall in the form of Michigan Democrat John D. Dingell....
Give Whitey a break
Aug 01, 1991; ... In a blatant display of prejudice against local Irish gangsters,some narrow-minded bigots are hinting the Lottery was rigged simplybecause a friend of Jimmy Bulger's won $14 million and split thelucky ticket four ways. Next, in a gross display of piling on, thestate treasurer, Joe ...
Sister of defendant testifies in Mafia case
Aug 01, 1991; ... The sister of an alleged Mafia associate asserted the privilegeagainst self-incrimination yesterday when a government lawyer askedif she had any contact with her brother, or knew of his whereabouts,during his three years as a fugitive. Ursula Imbriano of Malden invoked the Fifth ...
Kerry: CIA knew of BCCI bank deal
Aug 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The Central Intelligence Agency prepared a reportin 1986 that disclosed the Bank of Credit and Commerce Internationalhad secretly purchased one of the largest banks in the Washingtonarea, but failed to inform the Federal Reserve Board, which believedit had disallowed the ...
Beach Boys ride another endless wave into dreamland
Aug 01, 1991; ... THE BEACH BOYS with the Everly Brothers At: Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, last night MANSFIELD -- Confessions of a Beach Boys addict, Chapter 3,000: After seeing the Beach Boys through the years at Great Woods,Boston Garden, ...
Picnic with the pols
Aug 01, 1991; ... MANCHESTER, N.H.The Democrats call it their Family Picnic, a traditional showcase forpresidential hopefuls eyeing the New Hampshire primary. But at thisyear's weekend event, several family members were more distinguishedby their absence. Cousin Jay (Rockefeller) said he might come, ...
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE II THE GLOBE Columbia
Aug 01, 1991; ... The former Clash guitarist Mick Jones continues to turn his backon his rock past, while exploring futuristic sonic collages ofcomputer samples, hip-hop rhythms and bizarre weavings of newsreelvoices and slinky, spliced-up trickery that makes the group Deee-Liteseem like a warmup act ....
PSNH merger wins conditional approval
Aug 01, 1991; ... THE $2.3 BILLION MERGER of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire withNortheast Utilities of Connecticut yesterday won federal regulators'conditional approval. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval was the lastmajor obstacle to the merger, which would combine New ...
Travelers earnings off 10.8%
Aug 01, 1991; ... THE TRAVELERS CORP., citing persistent losses from real estateinvestments, reported a 10.8 percent drop in second-quarter earnings.Travelers reported net income of $91 million, or 85 cents a share,for the quarter, compared with net income of $102 million, or 98cents a share, for the second ...
Gas supplier seeks bankruptcy
Aug 01, 1991; ... COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM Inc. and its pipeline subsidiary, unable towin concessions from banks and natural gas suppliers, filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing in US Bankruptcy Courtin Wilmington, Del., will enable Columbia Gas and its primarysubsidiary, Columbia Gas ...
Treasury plans record refunding
Aug 01, 1991; ...THE TREASURY PLANS to borrow a record $38 billion from the publicnext week in a series of debt auctions to replenish governmentcoffers. "We are offering $38 billion of notes and bonds to refund$21.6 billion of privately held notes maturing on Aug. 15 and toraise approximately $16.4 ...
Bankruptcy judge to be sworn in
Aug 01, 1991; ... PROVIDENCE LAWYER William C. Hillman will be sworn in Aug. 13 asthe US Bankruptcy Court's newest judge in Boston. Hillman, a partnerin the Providence firm of Strauss, Factor, Hillman & Lopes, wasappointed to fill the slot left vacant since the death last year ...
Federated gets second bid
Aug 01, 1991; ... FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES Inc. and Allied Stores Corp. said theyreceived a bid of $74.5 million from Dillard Department Stores Inc.to buy 12 Jordan Marsh stores in Florida. The 12 stores are among 20being offered for sale by Federated and Allied, the bankrupt ...
Etc.: Stock market advances
Aug 01, 1991; ... THE STOCK MARKET gained ground, pushing closer to its late-springhighs with an assist from declining interest rates. The Dow JonesIndustrial Average rose 8.50 to 3024.82, moving within hailingdistance of the closing high of 3035.33 it reached on June 3. Overthe first three sessions of ...
Today . . .
Aug 01, 1991; ... Analysts expect construction spending for June to be in line withmild signs of recovery in construction. They anticipate a gain of0.5 percent after a tumble of 0.9 percent in May. A ...
Two samples of `gay literature' show the genre is just too diverse to be labeled
Aug 01, 1991; ... THE LANGUAGE WE USE UP HERE And Other Stories By Philip Gambone Dutton, 257 pp., $18.95 Or, The Hero of Suburbia By Ken Siman Grove Weidenfeld, 179 pp., $17.95 Most campuses with aspirations to political correctness nowhave courses in gay ...
HUD aide, in visit, hits BHA finances
Aug 01, 1991; ... The federal public housing chief yesterday expressed concern aboutthe Boston Housing Authority's fiscal health, noting that theauthority has drawn on its reserves to balance its budget, and saidthe US government could impose a range of disciplinary actionsagainst the ...
Bus with Girl Scouts crashes; 7 die
Aug 01, 1991; ...PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- A bus full of Girl Scouts apparently lostits brakes on a winding road and flipped repeatedly down aboulder-strewn mountain yesterday, killing seven persons and injuring53, authorities said. Seven of the injured were in critical condition and five were ...
Butterflies aflutter in Westford coop
Aug 01, 1991; ... Decked out in a baseball cap with a butterfly emblazoned on itscrown and a T-shirt with an iridescent butterfly fluttering acrossits front, Bob Wilson patrols Papillon Park like a nervous partyhost. "See the black swallowtail on the Queen Anne's lace?" thebespectacled lepidopterist ...
JUMPING IN TO HELP
Aug 01, 1991 ...Three members of the Beach Boys band -- (from left) Mike Love,Bruce Johnston and Al Jardine -- visit the Project Love Day CareCenter for homeless children in Cambridge yesterday, as ...
FATAL DETROIT FIRE
Aug 01, 1991 ...Firefighters battle a suspected arson blaze yesterday that killedat least five residents of a Detroit apartment ...
COSSACKS IN VATICAN CITY
Aug 01, 1991 ...Costumed members of the Cossacks Choir of Volgograd look onyesterday as one of the Soviet ...
Russell Carpenter, 89 Was zoology professor at Tufts
Aug 01, 1991 ... Russell L. Carpenter, professor emeritus of zoology at TuftsUniversity, died Sunday at Sweetbrook Nursing Home, Williamstown.He was 89 and lived in Williamstown. Mr. Carpenter taught at Tufts for 31 years until his retirement in1969. He was also curator of the university's ...
An airy Chinese restaurant in Framingham
Aug 01, 1991; ... MAY GARDEN 413 Worcester Road, Framingham. TELEPHONE: 508-872-4558. HOURS: Monday through Thursday noon-11:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday noon-12:30 a.m., Sunday 3-10:30 p.m. For handicapped persons: access to first-floor ...
Cheney calls policy on gays `an old chestnut'
Aug 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Richard Cheney said yesterdaythat the military policy that considers homosexuals a security riskis "a bit of an old chestnut," but gave no indication that he willtry to change it. All branches of the military ban homosexuals. Officials ...
Slaying inquiry revived in Chile Confession in US spurs judge to act
Aug 01, 1991; ... SANTIAGO, Chile -- Nearly 15 years after the car bomb slaying of aformer Chilean Cabinet minister in Washington, a Supreme Courtjustice yesterday reopened the investigation into who ordered thekilling. Justice Adolfo Banado issued the ruling two days after a Cubanemigre and ...
N.H. seeks dismissal of suit opposing way state funds education
Aug 01, 1991; ... CONCORD, N.H. -- The state of New Hampshire, defending itselfagainst a lawsuit that challenges how public education is fundedhere, asked yesterday that it be dismissed because it does not"identify a remedy" that the court has the power to grant. The state called the focus of the ...
Temporarily, at least, Clark having a blast
Aug 01, 1991; ... Tension has filled nearly every one of Jack Clark's 304at-bats with the Red Sox. Expectation levels were as high as hissalary, and if anything, expectations increased after his Opening Daygrand slam at Toronto. Clark often seemed burdened with having to prove something.Could ...
A line has been drawn Small firm vows to take on DEC
Aug 01, 1991; ... HOPKINTON -- Vincent Bono admits he was cowed once by DigitalEquipment Corp. He says it won't happen again. Digital, the nation's No. 2 computer maker, has aggressivelydefended encroachments on its patents, and one small company afteranother has folded in the face of the big ...
Senate votes to lift ban on women war pilots Repeal passes by 69-30; a key panel is ignored
Aug 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday torepeal a law banning women from flying Air Force and Navy combatmissions, overturning a vote by its own Armed Services Committee tokeep the restrictions. Led by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of ...
CORRECTION
Aug 01, 1991 ...CORRECTION: Because of an editing error, a chart accompanying astory in yesterday's Business section gave the wrong ...
CORRECTION
Aug 01, 1991 ...CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, an out-of-date itemappeared in the Investor's Notebook column in Tuesday's ...
Bargain dachas to officials: Moscow begins an inquiry
Aug 01, 1991; ... MOSCOW -- The Soviet government has frozen the sale of state-owneddachas and ordered an investigation into those already snapped up atbargain prices by government officials and others, a report saidyesterday. The Cabinet of Ministers' order was issued after a legislativehearing ...
`Dangerous Obsession': Whodunit? Who cares?
Aug 01, 1991; ... DANGEROUS OBSESSION Play by N.J. Crisp. Directed by Kenneth Frankel. Set by Herbert Senn and Helen Pond. Lighting by Joanne Zaharis. Costumes by Mary Marsicano.At: the Cape Playhouse, Dennis, through Saturday, and at the North Shore ...
Dark days for dentists When patients worry about getting AIDS, practitioners worry about keeping patients
Aug 01, 1991; ... Dr. Joseph Kalil, DDS, knew these were strange times fordentists when he walked into his examination room the other day and apatient cringed, throwing his hands in the air as he gasped, "Youdon't have gloves on!" "I admit, I was a little insulted," recalled the Methuen ...
Train derailment kills at least 7
Aug 01, 1991; ...CAMDEN, S. C. -- An Amtrak train carrying nearly 450 peoplederailed yesterday and sideswiped a freight car, killing seven andinjuring at least 76, authorities said. It was the worst Amtrak accident since 16 persons were killed ina 1987 wreck in Chase, Md., and the nation's third ...
Citicorp denies it is insolvent
Aug 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Dingell, the powerful chairman of theHouse Energy and Commerce Committee, said yesterday that Citicorp is"technically insolvent," a charge that was denied by the nation'sbiggest banking company and a top banking regulator. The Michigan Democrat, speaking ...
DONNA BYRNE SWEET & LOVELY Ol' Socks
Aug 01, 1991; ... In her debut CD, Donna Byrne injects new life into old favoriteswith a voice of crystalline intonation, a relaxed swing- ability,lyrical insight, with dashes of an early Chris Connor. Eminentlyaccompanied by her spouse Marshall Wood on bass, young veteran GraySargent on guitar, veteran ...
New session aiming to lighten overburdened courts' dockets
Aug 01, 1991; ... A court session designed to deal more effectively with drug andfirearms cases crowding district court dockets in Boston and cloggingBoston Municipal Court was inaugurated yesterday in DorchesterDistrict Court. Funded with a $370,000 federal grant and money from the budget ofthe ...
Strategies for the schools
Aug 01, 1991 ...At long last the educational dialogue in the city is focusing onreal educational improvement. An audit by Northestern University anda proposal by Mayor Flynn offer strategies for reform where it counts-- at the individual schools. The audit offered nearly 50 recommendations for ...
New reports cast doubts on strength of recovery
Aug 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- The government yesterday reported lower factoryorders in June and released a lackluster Index of Leading Indicators,raising new concerns about the vigor of the economic recovery. The Commerce Department said orders at the nation's manufacturingplants, a key ...
Program for at-risk students finds a home
Aug 01, 1991; ... A Bunker Hill Community College program that takes at-risk highschool students and teaches them in a college setting will have apermanent home this fall, thanks in large part to a single anonymousdonation of $280,000. After eight years at Boston English High School and one year ...
The NAACP's courageous stance
Aug 01, 1991 ... Keeping faith with the highest purpose of the NAACP, thenation's oldest and largest civil rights organization has putprinciple ahead of expediency in opposing black jurist ClarenceThomas as a nominee to the Supreme Court. In an agonizing but courageous decision, the NAACP denied ...
A promising trade partner
Aug 01, 1991 ... President Bush's commitment in Moscow to improve tradeconditions with the Soviet Union has the potential to benefit theentire world by making Soviet goods more competitive in quality aswell as quantity and by making Soviet markets more accessible to allsellers. When Congress takes up ...
UNDERWEAR THAT'S MADE TO BE SEEN
Aug 01, 1991; ... If you're heading out for a night on the town and you want to lookreally fashionable, there's one simple way to do it: Wear yourunderwear. This summer everybody is running around in skivvies, and thetrend, as hot as the summer weather, has even spread to last week'scouture shows ...
Richard Feeney Jr., 41 Winchester police dispatcher
Aug 01, 1991 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. Mary'sChurch, Winchester, for Richard J. Feeney Jr. of Somerville, civiliandispatcher for the Winchester Police and Fire departments. He diedMonday evening in Winchester Hospital after becoming ill at asoftball game at Ginn ...
MALCOLM FRAGER MALCOLM FRAGER PLAYS CHOPIN Telarc CD
Aug 01, 1991; ... Shortly before the death of Malcolm Frager in June, Telarcreleased a CD of a Chopin recital the pianist recorded in 1978.Some of the performances were issued at that time; the B-Minor Sonatahas not previously been released. It is good to have it, becauseFrager's American recording career ...
House panel approves 5-cent rise in gas tax
Aug 01, 1991; ...WASHINGTON -- The House Ways and Means Committee approved afive-cent-per-gallon increase yesterday in the federal tax ongasoline to help pay for a five-year $153.5-billion highway andtransportation program. In addition, a five-cent increase that was enacted last fallwould be ...
Ambitious scope for International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival
Aug 01, 1991; ... With a scope as ambitious as its title is long, the SeventhAnnual Boston International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festivalpresents an up-to-the-minute look at homosexual-themed filmmaking.The series, which runs through the month of August at the Instituteof Contemporary Art, will ...
A world of caution
Aug 01, 1991; ... It is a midsummer night, and the two women are strolling back fromdinner along the main street of their city-suburb. They are carryingthe leftovers of an amiable dinner table conversation about theirworld and their families, the mix of subjects that animate theirlives and ...
2 brothers sentenced in N.E. drug ring case
Aug 01, 1991; ... A federal judge yesterday sentenced two brothers to 35 and 20years in prison for their roles in what law enforcement officialshave called the largest marijuana smuggling ring to be prosecuted inNew England. US District Judge William G. Young sentenced Anthony F. Lepardo 2dof ...
Ed Hall, 60 Roxbury-born actor on stage, TV
Aug 01, 1991 ... Ed Hall, a stage and television actor who was a member of theoriginal cast of "A Raisin in the Sun," died of cancer Tuesday inRhode Island Hospital. He was 60. Mr. Hall was born in Roxbury and studied drama at HowardUniversity. He made his Broadway debut in 1952 in "Moss Hart -- ...
Problem parked in political limbo
Aug 01, 1991; ... City Council members are chafing at what they say is an attempt byMayor Flynn to keep a political hot potato in the cooler duringBoston's election season. Earlier this year, financially strapped officials in the Flynnadministration said they would aggressively pursue car owners who ...
Redistricting bill raises eyebrows
Aug 01, 1991; ... Gov. Weld's subtle efforts to use his recent redistricting bill tocrack the Democrats' lock on the state congressional delegation,which came to light earlier this week, have generated someinteresting reactions among those targeted. Weld, as was reported Tuesday, tucked into his ...