The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from October 1991:
Bronx girl, 8, found beaten and starved
Oct 01, 1991; ...NEW YORK -- Police rescued an 8-year-old girl last week from anapartment where she was starved, beaten, burned and handcuffed to abathtub handrail for days, according to her grandmother. "From head to toe, she was entirely covered with scars, burns,bruises, lacerations, ...
TAX PROTEST
Oct 01, 1991 ...A South African registers his disapproval of the newlyimplemented tax system with a sign during a march outside the ...
AIDS PROTEST
Oct 01, 1991 ...Demonstrators chain themselves to the gate of the White Houseduring a rally yesterday calling for ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1991 ... Q. Where did all the squirrels go this fall? E.M., WoburnA. The squirrel population, according to Massachusetts AudubonSociety conservationist Chris Leahy, is a "dynamic constant," meaningthat no one knows exactly how many squirrels there are. In Leahy'sopinion, however, ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1991 ... Q. What was the teacher's name in the "Peanuts" animated cartoontelevision series of the 1960s? D.L., NewtonA. Miss Othmar. The teacher at the Birchwood School in CharlesSchultz's popular series was ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1991 ... Q. When did the federal government ban the use of lead in paint? V.M., SomervilleA. According to the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1991 ... Q. I would like to send money to help Linda Myers, the disabledwoman who was run off the road last Sept. 12 near Glastonbury, Conn.Newspaper stories said that both her van and electric wheelchair weredestroyed when a flatbed truck forced her off the road. Where can Isend a ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1991 ... Q. Is there a club for people who collect license plates? R.L., NeedhamA. The 1992 Encyclopedia of Associations lists one: the AutomobileLicense Plate Collectors Club. Its 2,300 members collect licenseplates and related data. The club, founded in 1954, compilesstatistics and ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1991 ... Q. I came to this country from Southampton, England, in 1923 on theSS Leviathan. What can you tell me about the ship? J.K., SherbornA. The ship was launched in Germany as the Vaterland in 1913. It wasinterned in New York during the World War I and later taken as warreparations by the ...
Sabre sends books to Eastern Europe
Oct 01, 1991; ...It began with a Boston-area philosopher who wanted to ship 30books to Poland. The philosopher, Josiah Lee Auspitz of Somerville, had oncestudied in Poland while on a fellowship and wanted to get somephilosophy books shipped over from the United States to some oldPolish ...
Just quit complaining
Oct 01, 1991; ... A friend of mine from San Francisco called yesterday to gloatabout the demise of the Red Sox and wonder whether or not baseballfans across New England had shed any tears on their pillow afterSunday's brutal loss to Milwaukee. I thought this was ironic comingfrom someone who lives in a ...
Chmura making his mark
Oct 01, 1991; ... His first career reception, as Mark Chmura recalled it, was everybit as tough as his 140th against Penn State last Saturday that brokeTom Waddle's school record. The first one was as momentous as hisrecord-breaking catch -- one of seven for 118 yards he had in BostonCollege's 28-21 loss ...
Bed-wetting: Some causes and cures
Oct 01, 1991 ... Dear Beth: I'm almost 11 and still wet the bed. When we were visiting myaunt, we saw her putting diapers and rubber pants on her 7-year-oldson. I told Mom I should try diapers, so she got me some. They makeme feel secure, and most mornings now I wake up dry. Sometimes Ipurposely wet ...
Byce, Blue and Wiemer demoted Bowness not encouraged about finding offensive help anywhere but Maine
Oct 01, 1991; ... There is no telling exactly who will be in lineup Thursday nightwhen the Bruins face the Rangers in the 1991-92 season opener at theGarden. Faces, names and goal scorers remain among Boston'sunanswered questions. However, coach Rick Bowness made three key roster trims ...
Zen and the art of crosscultural criticism
Oct 01, 1991; ... THE LADY AND THE MONK Four Seasons in Kyoto By Pico Iyer Knopf, 338 pp., $22 Pico Iyer, who won high praise for "Video Night in Katmandu,"dips again into the well of East-West cultural dissonance in hislatest book. In "The Lady and the Monk: Four ...
`Fisher King' takes No. 1 box office spot
Oct 01, 1991; ...LOS ANGELES -- "The Fisher King," an allegory about a homelessman and an abrasive talk-show host, ascended to the box office thronein its first week of wide release. "The Fisher King," starring Robin Williams as the transient andJeff Bridges as the fallen radio personality, ...
FBI reportedly investigating school bus issues
Oct 01, 1991; ... Lewis Edwards, a School Department gadfly who successfully blockeda bus contract extension last year, was interviewed by the FBIyesterday for 4 1/2 hours on school department transportation,covering topics ranging from phantom employees to vendor contracts. Edwards said he also ...
Bush hails Soviet reply on arms cuts
Oct 01, 1991; ...MIAMI -- President Bush welcomed Moscow's response to his callfor nuclear weapons cuts yesterday and said he expected the SovietUnion to "cooperate fully" by cutting its own arsenal. "I think peace has a much better chance than it's had in a long,long time," Bush said while ...
STRANDED ON THE CAPE
Oct 01, 1991 ...Janet Ramsey, a vacationer from Springfield, Mo., tries to helpone of 17 pilot whales that were beached in Dennis before dawnyesterday. Four ...
MOW BETTER VIEWS
Oct 01, 1991 ...Jim Saudade, who has lived on Peddocks Island for 50 years, getsin some lawn mowing yesterday at his ...
HEW WOOD TOO
Oct 01, 1991 ...Dimitrios Klitsas, a sculptor from Springfield, works on a pieceat the Boston ...
RUN IN THE SUN
Oct 01, 1991 ...Three runners are silhouetted as they head through ...
ENVIRONMENTAL PLEA
Oct 01, 1991 ...Chief Arvol Looking Horse of Quebec's Cree tribe makes an appealto New York state to withdraw from an international hydroelectricproject ....
POPULAR PIG
Oct 01, 1991 ...Sue Patrello uses a cucumber slice to teach Elmer, a 10-week-oldVietnamese potbelly ...
Lotus' Casey jumps over to Wang
Oct 01, 1991; ... Wang Laboratories Inc. tapped Donald P. Casey, a top executive atLotus Development Corp., to become its chief development officer --one of the highest positions at the struggling company. The 45-year-old Casey, who began work at the Lowell officeautomation firm yesterday, resigned ...
Chinese communists mark 42 years of rule
Oct 01, 1991; ...BEIJING -- Premier Li Peng toasted yesterday 42 years ofCommunist rule in China and urged the Chinese people to "win newvictories" in building socialism. Li's speech on the eve of China's National Day emphasized hiscountry's persistent commitment to socialism even as the ...
Coming through loud and clear
Oct 01, 1991; ... Not only is Florida State the top-ranked team in the country, butthe Seminoles are well on their way to taking the "Mouths of theSouth" award away from the University of Miami. While the No. 2 Hurricanes have been quietly going about theirbusiness (they beat Tulsa Saturday to raise ...
Report finds region scrimping on colleges
Oct 01, 1991; ... New England states have been badly neglecting their public highereducation systems, keeping budgets low during good years and slashingfunding in hard times, according to a new report by the New EnglandBoard of Higher Education. Massachusetts is the worst case, as state funding ...
CORRECTION
Oct 01, 1991 ... CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, the Your Home supplementon Sunday published the wrong ...
Golf comes to fore Human touches help NBC ride high on Ryder Cup
Oct 01, 1991; ...There are so many athletic heroes on television each week thatthey tend to neutralize one another, and nowhere is this more commonthan in golf. Booming drives fly as if on a string, mid-iron spinshots back up to the cup, putts wend their way in and sometimes evensand shots fall. Ho ...
Dahmer given 60 days to ponder response to civil suits by families
Oct 01, 1991; ...MILWAUKEE -- Jeffrey Dahmer, who told authorities he has killed17 men and boys since 1978, was given 60 days to decide how he wantsto answer civil cases filed against him by the families of three ofhis alleged victims. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Robert Landry also ...
Democrats eye inroads in Pentagon budget, but may have to wait for '92
Oct 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- Democrats said yesterday that President Bush'snuclear arms cutback plan has given them the ammunition they havebeen seeking for a decade: the political cover to bludgeon thePentagon budget and rebuild domestic programs slashed under theReagan and Bush ...
Harvard earns salute for battle with Army
Oct 01, 1991; ... Harvard split end Colby Maher was disappointed about Saturday's21-20 loss at Army, but he feels the Crimson accomplished somethingthey can build on. The Crimson, who played a tremendous game, led the Division 1-ACadets, 20-7, but were nipped after Army put together two ...
NU bags dorm plan; neighbors rejoice
Oct 01, 1991; ... Ending a long and stormy battle with neighborhood groups in theFenway area, Northeastern University yesterday announced that itwill withdraw plans to build a $25 million, 700-student dormitory onthe corner of Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street. The university took neighborhood ...
City officials say bus strike beyond their control
Oct 01, 1991; ... As the strike by more than 700 Boston school bus drivers enteredits fifth day, Mayor Flynn and School Superintendent LoisHarrison-Jones said yesterday there was little they could do to endthe walkout. They reiterated their assertion that neither the city nor theSchool Department ...
3 nations given European Community trade concessions
Oct 01, 1991; ...BRUSSELS -- The 12 European Community nations yesterday agreedon a package of trade concessions for Czechoslovakia, Hungary andPoland, smoothing the way for them to become associate members of EC. European Community officials said the agreement should helprevive stalled talks ...
Washington's economic fandango
Oct 01, 1991 ... Two tussles involving President Bush and congressional Democratsillustrate vividly the damaging lack of agreement over reviving theeconomy. Were mere money involved, the issues would be seriousenough. They also impinge seriously on human well-being andtherefore deserve more critical ...
Start curbing the Pentagon now
Oct 01, 1991 ... President Bush's dramatic shift on arms control last Friday sentan energizing jolt through Congress, making it much more likely thatlegislators will move to curb Pentagon spending this fall, ratherthan procrastinating as usual for another year. The spotlight swings to the ...
Program lets Boston students learn while they work
Oct 01, 1991; ... Like most teen-agers, Eugene Doe found himself at the beginning ofthe summer at a menial job -- working in the mailroom of a bank. Itwas not very interesting, but he earned some badly needed savings tostore for college. By the end of the summer, however, Doe had left the bank for ...
Miles Davis
Oct 01, 1991 ... No one ever needed to refer to Miles Davis by his last name. Sothe obituaries that recorded his death on Saturday at age 65 seemedodd, what with their references to "Mr. Davis." The only recognitionrequired was a single syllable. He was simply "Miles" -- like adistance. That ...
A lesson in cleaning up schools
Oct 01, 1991 ... Even before Joseph Fernandez's first day as chancellor for NewYork City's public schools, he called for the resignations of 300highly-paid staff members at the Board of Education. Within weeks hehad taken control of a troubled Brooklyn school district's financialand personnel affairs as ...
Exxon offers $1.1b to settle oil disaster If accepted, payment would be largest ever
Oct 01, 1991; ... Exxon Corp. yesterday agreed to pay the biggest settlement ever inan environmental case -- $1.1 billion over 10 years -- for its rolein the nation's biggest environmental disaster ever, the 1989 oilspill in Alaska's Prince William Sound. State and federal officials said the ...
Ruling finds referendum foes used tax funds
Oct 01, 1991; ... Three taxpayer-financed Massachusetts schools violated campaignfinance laws by spending state money to oppose Question 3, thetax-rollback referendum, the state Office of Campaign and PoliticalFinance ruled yesterday. As a result of its ruling, the office said the institutions -- ...
Speaker Foley gives Cuomo plug for president, if he runs
Oct 01, 1991; ... WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Thomas S. Foley yesterday gave NewYork Gov. Mario Cuomo a strong recommendation if he decides to runfor president, and said he did not think the Democratic field wouldbe completed this week with the entries of Sen. Bob Kerrey ofNebraska, who announced his ...
Walter M. Frank, 73 In bond sales, Medfield politics
Oct 01, 1991 ... Walter M. Frank, a municipal bond salesman for Clayton Brown &Associates of Boston, died Saturday at his home in Medfield. He was73. Mr. Frank served on the Medfield School Committee in the early1960s and on the Medfield Board of Selectmen in the late 1960s andearly 1970s. He was ...
Rev. George R. Fuir, 77 Professor emeritus at BC
Oct 01, 1991 ... Rev. George R. Fuir, a professor emeritus of philosophy and formeradministrator at Boston College, died of a heart attack Sunday at St.Mary's Hall on the BC campus. He was 77. Father Fuir taught at BC from 1954 to 1971, when he became dean ofthe summer session. In 1972 he also ...
Ex-Gaston partners wary of funding plan
Oct 01, 1991; ... A group of departed partners from Gaston & Snow, the old-lineBoston law firm that dissolved and regrouped last week, yesterdayquestioned a plan to fund the new firm by borrowing from the oldfirm. After 147 years, Gaston & Snow dissolved its partnership lastThursday, and regrouped ...
Student scores hold steady for 20 years Academic achievement remains flat, study says
Oct 01, 1991; ... Despite growing pressure for the reform of American schools sincea landmark report in 1983, a national study released yesterday inWashington shows that many schoolchildren are doing no better thantheir parents did as students 20 years ago. "The achievement trend lines are ...
Accord proves elusive on subsistence aid
Oct 01, 1991; ... With a cutoff of General Relief checks hanging over their heads,administration and legislative leaders continued to tussle yesterdayabout the shape of a replacement benefit program. Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci and Administration and Finance SecretaryPeter Nessen met for nearly two ...
Rev. John W. Green, 70 Retired mathematics teacher
Oct 01, 1991 ... A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Chapel ofthe Holy Spirit at Campion Center, Weston, for Rev. John W. Green, aretired mathematics teacher. Father Green died of a heart attack Friday at Campion, aretirement-nursing home for Jesuits. He was 70. Father ...
GTE plans place 1,700 jobs at risk
Oct 01, 1991; ... GTE Corp. yesterday said it plans to dispose of its Danvers-basedElectrical Products Group, creating uncertainty for the business'24,000 employees, including 1,700 in Massachusetts. Saying it planned to concentrate on its telecommunicationsbusiness, GTE announced from its Stamford, ...
It wasn't in the cards for Stieb, but with Guzman the Jays have . . . A new ace in their hand
Oct 01, 1991; ...TORONTO -- When Juan Guzman and Ramon Martinez were growing uptogether in a neighborhood of Santo Domingo in the DominicanRepublic, the two pitchers shared little in common. Martinez was a natural; his father had been a pitcher, and littleRamon was dominating from the time he ...
Military ousts Haiti's leader, claims power President Aristide en route to France; fighting kills 26
Oct 01, 1991; ...PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,Haiti's first freely elected president, was ousted last night by themilitary, the army commander said. Sources said Aristide was taken to the airport to be deported toFrance. A Foreign Ministry official in Caracas said ...
Military ousts Haiti's leader; claims power President Aristide en route to France; fighting kills 26
Oct 01, 1991; ... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti'sfirst freely elected president, was ousted Monday night in a militarycoup, the army commander said. Diplomats said Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez haddispatched his own plane, which picked up Aristide about ...
Judge rules 4 in Harbour case should stand trial as adults
Oct 01, 1991; ... Four of five youths charged in the brutal murder of Kimberly RaeHarbour in Dorchester last Halloween will be tried as adults, ratherthan juveniles, a district court judge ruled yesterday. Judge Gerald Alch, in documents filed in Dorchester DistrictCourt, cited the gruesomeness of ...
Jury convicts man of 1st-degree murder for hogtie slaying
Oct 01, 1991; ... A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted a Dorchester man offirst-degree murder yesterday for the strangulation of a 32-year-oldman whose body was found hogtied beneath a rocky ledge in Savin HillPark last year. The jury deliberated for just over three hours before findingRichard ...
Hotel workers accept new contract
Oct 01, 1991; ... In a surprise move last night, members of Local 26 of the HotelRestaurant Employees International Union and negotiators for Boston'sunionized hotels reached agreement on a new contract after only threedays of negotiations. The accord, reached at the Hynes Memorial Convention Center ...
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT?
Oct 01, 1991 ...Gerber Products Co. has sued rival baby food producer RalstonPurina Inc., claiming Ralston's ...
Iraq sought nuclear trigger, UN official says
Oct 01, 1991; ...MANAMA, Bahrain -- Iraqi nuclear documents flown out of Baghdadyesterday prove for the first time that Iraq was researching triggersfor nuclear weapons, a UN official said. UN officials also said the 44-member weapons team that wasdetained for four days last week in a Baghdad ...
N. Ireland police shoot, kill unarmed teen-ager
Oct 01, 1991; ...COOKSTOWN, Northern Ireland -- Police said yesterday theymistakenly shot and killed an unarmed Catholic teen-ager who wanderedinto a stakeout for Irish Republican Army guerrillas. Kevin McGovern, a 19-year-old student at a local agriculturalcollege, was killed while fleeing ...
Nebraska's Sen. Kerrey joins race for president
Oct 01, 1991; ... LINCOLN, Neb. -- Sen. Bob Kerrey, the Vietnam War hero whoinsisted early this year that he did not want to be president,formally entered the Democratic presidential contest yesterday,calling for an end to 11 years of "malignant neglect" of the nation'sproblems. Standing in ...
A bookful of blather from Dan Rather
Oct 01, 1991; ... I confess: I didn't want to like Dan Rather's new book called "IRemember" (Little, Brown; $19.95). Dan, I thought, who cares?Dan's celebrity as a rugged TV face and the gruff voice of "The CBSEvening News" guarantees brisk sales. Mostly to women, I suspect.But without his electronic ...
The cuts that numb
Oct 01, 1991; ... NORTHBRIDGE - As Jacquelyne Lusardi drives her beat-up Subaruaround her adopted town, she points out the promise and problems ofso many small communities in the state. There, for example, is the library, a fine old stone structurethat would make any town proud. But funding has been ...
Petry tosses a lifesaver
Oct 01, 1991; ... MILWAUKEE -- Pitch your pennant race to Croatia for a night. Yourmagic number can be shipped to Serbia for a morning. And your "ifthis . . ." and "maybe that . . ." can all be shipped to Sloveniafor this day at least. The Red Sox won a game for nothing more and nothing less ...
Well schooled in woe
Oct 01, 1991; ... MILWAUKEE -- They are here, too, the fans with caps on their headsand the red "B" in the middle of those caps. They stand outside thelocker room and they stand by the dugout and all they can do now isslowly shake their heads from side to side. Words have failed them,too. One man ...