The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from July 1992:
House panel votes bill to shield abortion rights
Jul 01, 1992; ...WASHINGTON -- The House Judiciary Committee approved a billyesterday that would preserve a woman's right to an abortion infederal law, revising the measure to appease critics a day after theSupreme Court restricted and only narrowly preserved that right.The committee's ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1992 ...Q. What ever happened to educator A.S. Neill and the progressiveschool he founded in England called Summerhill?W.L., WatertownA. Summerhill, with an enrollment of 70 students, is being run inLeiston, England, by Neill's daughter, Zoe Redhead. (A documentary onthe school was aired ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1992 ... Q. Who said, "I have seen the future and it works"? S.K.,BostonA. That was the remark of the great muckraker and social reformerLincoln Steffens. As reported in Steffens' 1931 autobiography, thewriter made the remark to financier Bernard ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1992 ...Q. Is bathing suit model Kathy Ireland married?J.K., BostonA. Yes. The 28-year-old model, who graced the cover of SportsIllustrated's swimsuit issue in 1989 and 1992, is married to aphysician, Greg Olsen. The tan, green-eyed beauty has appearedeither on the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1992 ...Q. What percentage of married couples have lived together beforegetting married?H.L., DracutA. About one in four, when all ages are taken into account, accordingto the National Center for Health Statistics. The national ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jul 01, 1992 ...Q. Who buys most rifles and shotguns in this country?D.L.,RevereA. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, men purchasenearly 92 percent of rifles and 94 percent of shotguns. Riflepurchasers tend to be slightly younger ...
A son of the city hears its scream
Jul 01, 1992; ... "Amen," they said Sunday morning when Orlando Pizana stood at thepulpit, a young man whose extraordinary gifts were being celebratedwith those of other members of the Twelfth Baptist Church whograduated from schools in the spring. "Lord, I just thank you, Father, for the graduates of ...
John E. Barton, 82 Was insurance underwriter
Jul 01, 1992 ... John E. Barton of Belmont, a retired lawyer and insuranceunderwriter and a former FBI agent, died yesterday in Belmont ManorNursing Home of Parkinson's disease. He was 82. Mr. Barton graduated from Cambridge High and Latin School and fromSuffolk University Law School. He ...
The wrong case
Jul 01, 1992; ... Looking for a good summer read? For the price of a postagestamp, the Supreme Court public affairs office would be happy --given the hoo-hah over abortion, I'm sure they'd be relieved -- tosend you a copy of Justice Antonin Scalia's 24-page dissent in lastweek's school prayer case ....
Harvard says law professor will leave
Jul 01, 1992; ... Derrick Bell, the Harvard Law School professor who has refusedto teach at the university for two years to protest its lack of atenured black woman on the faculty, is considered to have resigned,university officials said yesterday. They said Bell has been notified that his ...
Linwood C. Berrio, 35 Had worked for Vt. candy firm
Jul 01, 1992 ... Linwood Charles Berrio, who became a quadriplegic after a divingaccident 17 years ago, died unexpectedly Sunday at his home inTucson, Ariz. He was 35. Mr. Berrio had been a vigorous youth, farming and working with hisfather at the Orleans, Vt., Candy Company, when he injured his ...
Etc.: Textron to sell unit
Jul 01, 1992 ... TEXTRON INC. PLANS to sell its Filtration Systems division aspart of the Providence company's effort to focus on its principalproducts, Textron president James F. Hardymon said. TextronFiltration, based in Newbury Park, Calif., produces filtrationsystems for aerospace and industrial ...
Today . . .
Jul 01, 1992 ...The Commerce Department releases construction spending for May.Spending fell 0.3 percent in April, and analysts expect that loss tobe canceled out. The purchasing managers index for June ...
Bonner learns of rings and ring-around
Jul 01, 1992; ... The ring, as grand as it is, is pretty gaudy. Too big for hishand and far too ostentatious for his taste, the ring he was awardedfor qualifying for the 76th Indianapolis 500 nevertheless representsthe greatest achievement of Brian Bonner's budding auto racingcareer. So what has ...
`Boomerang' brings Murphy back
Jul 01, 1992; ... BOOMERANG Directed by: Reginald Hudlin Screenplay by: Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield Starring: Eddie Muprhy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier, Martin Lawrence, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt Playing at: ...
Lyric Opera announces change in repertory
Jul 01, 1992; ... The Boston Lyric Opera has announced a change in repertory for its1992-93 season: Carlisle Floyd's opera "Wuthering Heights" replacesthe previously announced production of Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice"March 10, 12 and 14. The change was made because Bill T. Jones, who was scheduled ...
Admission of patients to center gets support
Jul 01, 1992; ... Saying that Weld administration proposals for dealing with sexoffenders have failed to adequately assure public safety, somelegislators now support the admission of new patients to thetreatment center in Bridgewater so offenders can be institutionalizedthere for periods ranging up to ...
About-face at New Yorker Editor of gaudy Vanity Fair to run stately journal
Jul 01, 1992; ... the preparation of this article. In a stunning transition, Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of flashyVanity Fair magazine, will become editor of the staid New Yorker,starting this fall. Brown will replace Robert Gottlieb, whose resignation andreplacement at The New ...
City Council approves most of Flynn budget
Jul 01, 1992; ... With apologies to Boston residents, city councilors yesterdayapproved most of Mayor Flynn's $1.3 billion operating budget for thefiscal year that begins today, ruing their inability to findadditional funds for the police and school departments. "It's not our job to wish for ...
CLASSIC MUSHROOM KEBABS
Jul 01, 1992 ... For the marinade:1/4 cup olive oil1/4 cup dry white wine1/4 cup white-wine vinegar 1 shallot, minced 1 tablespoon chopped tarragon Salt and pepper, to tasteFor vegetables: 8 ounces fresh mushrooms 2 small bell peppers ...
On the Bush flub watch, a new sense of frustration
Jul 01, 1992; ...WASHINGTON -- It is no secret that President Bush's speechwritershave long considered his delivery a nightmare. He talks too fast,strings together endless nonsentences, flubs his lines and ad-libspoorly. But on the campaign trail this week, Bush's rhetorical slip-upsand ...
Return engagement for Carpenter
Jul 01, 1992; ... Bob Carpenter yesterday left his hometown National Hockey Leagueteam to join up with his other hometown team, the WashingtonCapitals. The Peabody native, who was an unrestricted free agent after 3 1/2years with the Bruins, signed a one-year, $500,000 contract (with anoption) in ...
Bagley hopes to stay with Celtics
Jul 01, 1992; ... The Celtics appear moderately interested in re-signing John Bagleybut they will likely not retain Croatian center Stojko Vrankovic. Both players' status changes today. Bagley, 32, becomes anunrestricted free agent. The option on the contract of Vrankovic,28, is subject to either ...
Chlorination of water tied to rise in cancer risk
Jul 01, 1992; ... Chlorine used to purify drinking water supplies across thenation is linked to at least 4,200 cases of bladder cancer and 6,500cases of rectal cancer a year, according to a new study that callsfor safer purification methods. The report provides the strongest evidence so far of a ...
Supreme Court gives Cambridge woman's smoking suit new life
Jul 01, 1992; ... In the wake of its dramatic decision on tobacco liability, theSupreme Court has breathed new life into a Cambridge woman's lawsuitagainst cigarette manufacturers over the death of her husband. The high court on Monday vacated the judgment for the AmericanTobacco Co. and two other ...
History on the half shell A folklorist studies a quaker community's traditional clambake
Jul 01, 1992; ...As a food ritual, the quintessentially New England clambake haseverything: a deep-rooted historical importance, community pride,quirky local traditions, a festival atmosphere and a bountifuldisplay of well-prepared regional foods. And although it might seemlike an ordinary seacoast ...
Clinton, buoyed by surveys, seeks to shore up coalition
Jul 01, 1992; ... WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton, appearing more confident than hehas for months, arrived in Washington yesterday to cement the diversepieces of the Democratic coalition in anticipation of his selectionof a running mate and the start of his party's nominating convention. The ...
AG's office: Too few contractors have registered under new law
Jul 01, 1992; ... The attorney general's office yesterday issued a warning totens of thousands of contractors in the state who have failed toregister for licenses under a new law designed to curbhome-improvement and second-mortgage fraud, saying the contractorscould unwittingly face criminal ...
CORRECTION
Jul 01, 1992 ... CORRECTION: Because of an error by the Associated Press, anarticle in Saturday's World/Nation section misstated a ...
CORRECTION
Jul 01, 1992 ... CORRECTION: Because of an error by Reuters, Morris Pollard wasmisidentified in a story in the ...
Mass. gets data on fathers Child support to be harder to dodge
Jul 01, 1992; ... After five years of combing through piles of scattered records,the state Revenue Department said yesterday it has compiled arevealing financial dossier on 72,000 divorced, noncustodial parentsthat it will use to stop them from skimping on or avoidingchild-support ...
Music to our eras at Fenway
Jul 01, 1992; ... This is why we love Boston. This is why we love Red Sox baseball. Politicians are larynx-deep in controversy over rap lyrics. Anational debate is raging . . . and in Fenway Park we're finallygetting rock music from 1963. Gotta love it. George Bush and Bill Clinton are ...
Providers voice day-care concerns
Jul 01, 1992; ... Today marks the start of the Weld administration's move toeliminate state-funded day-care slots for 4,000 children and replacethem with vouchers. Child-care providers predict confusion,asserting the voucher plan is incomplete and has not beencommunicated to parents. Several ...
Activists assail bank on minority investment
Jul 01, 1992; ... A committee of 25 black activists yesterday marched unannouncedinto the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank headquarters, and demanded ameeting with the president to discuss what they called the bank'spoor record of contributing to programs to invest in minorityneighborhoods. The ...
`Dying of thirst'
Jul 01, 1992; ... Al Holland, headmaster of Jeremiah E. Burke High School, is athick man with a soft, calm voice. It is a warm voice which whispersa persistent compassion. Its tone rarely changed at Burke'send-of-the-year barbecue, whether he was giving a hug and acertificate to student council ...
Corridor derailment
Jul 01, 1992 ... Continued upgrading of rail service between Boston and New Yorkhas hit a snag in Congress that the New England delegation will haveto work hard to overcome. The benefits of the project will make thateffort well worthwhile. The ultimate objective -- complete electrification of the ...
Vegetating trade talks
Jul 01, 1992 ... Nearly a year and a half has passed since the "deadline" forinternational trade agreements that should benefit consumerseverywhere. But inability to break an impasse on farm subsidies andother issues remains the controlling factor. With much of the industrial world in a state of ...
Where Old Ironsides comes alive
Jul 01, 1992 ... More than a million people tour the USS Constitution each year,but only 75,000 bother to cross a cobblestoned courtyard to theConstitution Museum. Those who skip the museum are missing one ofthe treasures of the Charlestown Navy Yard. The museum provides a concise and entertaining ...
Above the poverty line
Jul 01, 1992 ... A recent study by the US Census Bureau found that nearly one infive Americans who worked full time in 1990 did not earn enough moneyto keep a family of four out of poverty. The study provided anothermeasure of the way the growth in the American economy was heavilyskewed toward the ...
Rent law exacts a price too high
Jul 01, 1992; ... CAMBRIDGE -- All Vinny Bologna wanted to do was turn a decrepithouse into a home for his family-to-be. But his American dreamquickly turned into your basic nightmare. Shame on Bologna, a Sicilian immigrant, for thinking a home wasyours if you put your money and sweat into it, ...
MFA's French films: An unplanned delight
Jul 01, 1992; ... Boston has had one French film festival this year. Now there'sanother, unplanned, consisting of past glories. No sooner has YvesAllegret's "The Proud Ones" settled into the Brattle, with itsexistential bottomed-out expressions flickering with glamorousdespair across the faces of Michelle ...
That muddled ruling
Jul 01, 1992; ... At long last the Supreme Court managed to stake out some of thatelusive common ground in the abortion wars. On Monday, it issued aruling that both sides could attack. Randall Terry, chief guru of pro-life's Operation Rescue hatedthis decision. So did Kitty Kolbert, lawyer domo ...
Hanks hangs out at Fenway
Jul 01, 1992; ... Before last Saturday's Red Sox game -- before the first wateryCoca-Cola is drunk, the first bag of peanuts is scarfed and the firsthot dog is wolfed -- Tom Hanks is asked who he is rooting for, theRed Sox or Brewers. "I'm rooting for extra innings," the 36-year-old actor says ...
Dr. Nelson Hastings, 76 Was neurosurgeon for 35 years
Jul 01, 1992 ... Dr. Nelson Hastings, a neurosurgeon on the staff of St. Luke'sHospital in New Bedford for 35 years, died yesterday at his home inBedford of a heart attack. He was 76. Dr. Hastings had been a visiting physician at hospitals inTaunton, Middleborough and Marion, at St. Ann's in ...
Care at women's prison decried Improvement still needed after privatization, Mass. panel is told
Jul 01, 1992; ... Conditions at the state's only prison for female inmates havebeen deplorable for years and while they may have improved since aFlorida firm took over providing medical care, there is still a longway to go before quality service will be achieved, witnesses told aspecial legislative ...
Woman is killed in Lynn hit-run
Jul 01, 1992; ... LYNN -- A female motorist struck and killed a 67-year-oldpedestrian last night before fleeing the scene with two children whowere in her car at the time, police said. The driver, who remained at large late last night, struck VirginiaFarino at the intersection of North Common ...
City's '92 homicide rate drops by half; community, courts praised
Jul 01, 1992; ... Praising cooperation between community members and police aswell as innovative programs for young people and increased help fromthe courts, Mayor Flynn and Police Commissioner Francis Roacheannounced a 15-year low in the city's homicide rate and a 52 percentdrop from the number of ...
STEPPING IN
Jul 01, 1992 ...Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca welcomes an Eagle Vision, the firstof its new LH midsized cars. The line is viewed as Chrysler's "lasthope" in ...
2 Bay State men charged in auto insurance fraud
Jul 01, 1992; ... Attorney General Scott Harshbarger yesterday announced theindictments of two men charged separately with automobile insurancefraud. Authorities said William D'Orlando, 34, of Salem, collected morethan $12,000 in allegedly fraudulent claims made to four differentinsurance ...
Canton firm moving to N.Y. JWP Information Services may leave 200 workers behind
Jul 01, 1992; ... JWP Information Services, a $1.8 billion computer servicescompany, confirmed yesterday that it will relocate from Canton to RyeBrook, N.Y., next month -- a move that will leave most of its 200employees without a job. Although the company, the largest division of JWP Inc., ...
Senate OKs education bill after student-loan changes
Jul 01, 1992; ...helped prepare this article. WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved compromise legislation yesterdayon a voice vote reauthorizing a five-year, $100 billion federalhigher education bill, following a last-minute compromise struckbetween Congress and the White House to avoid a ...
TAKING THE HELM --
Jul 01, 1992 ...Willie L. Williams is sworn in as police chief at the LosAngeles Police Academy yesterday. Judge A. Leon Higginbotham of the3d Circuit Court of Appeals, in Philadelphia, administers the oath.The former ...
The girls of summer Penny Marshall's `A League of Their Own' is an extra-bases hit with real heart
Jul 01, 1992; ... A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN Directed by: Penny Marshall Screenplay by: Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel Starring: Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, Madonna, Megan Cavanagh, Rosie O'Donnell, Renee Coleman, Ann Cusack, Anne Elizabeth Ramsay, Tracy ...
Lindros goes to Flyers Philadelphia deal valid
Jul 01, 1992; ... Just how good a hockey player is Eric Lindros? Apparentlysensational enough to go eyeball-to-eyeball with the National HockeyLeague for just over a year and make league officials' eyelidsflicker at a furious pace during the stare-down. When the 6-foot-4-inch, 225-pound Lindros ...
Gains in the suburbs mean big losses in the city
Jul 01, 1992; ... "The United States is a nation of suburbs," William Schneiderdeclares at the outset of his cover story for the July Atlantic. Heproves it, too, with census figures and, more important, with ananalysis of what drives suburban voters and how this year'spresidential election will be the ...
James F. McDevitt, 74 Was news photographer
Jul 01, 1992 ... James F. McDevitt, a former newspaper and wire servicephotographer who enlisted in the Coast Guard on the morning after theattack on Pearl Harbor, died Monday in his Needham home of heartfailure. He was 74. Mr. McDevitt was born in Cambridge and had lived in Needham forthe ...
Police chief of `the Mets' addresses last roll call
Jul 01, 1992; ... A century of police work expired at midnight last night, andthe last commander of the Metropolitan Police paid homage to thatpast in a message that was read at the final roll call for thedepartment's 565 members. Superintendent William E. Kelley, who assumed command of ...
Witness hits MIT on aid procedure
Jul 01, 1992; ... PHILADELPHIA -- The practice by the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology and the Ivy League of agreeing on an analysis fordetermining financial need and of discussing aid packages forstudents admitted to more than one school was "garden variety"price-fixing, a government witness ...
Judge OK's rule barring mustaches on new State Police
Jul 01, 1992; ...provided information for this article. A federal judge has refused to block a regulation thatprohibits members of the new, consolidated State Police force fromwearing mustaches, a policy that prompted a lawsuit by formerMetropolitan Police officers who are now part of the ...
NAMES & FACES For mother, a song for the groom
Jul 01, 1992; ... For 18 years, Mikki Viereck of Springfield has been performing atwedding receptions with her band, Mikki and Co., and when it cametime for the bride to dance with her dad, well, the obvious song was"Daddy's Little Girl." But when it was mom's turn to dance with her son, the groom, ...
Alfred W. Naumann, 95 Textile engineer in US, Europe
Jul 01, 1992 ... Alfred W. Naumann, a textile engineer in France, Italy,Switzerland, Serbia, Canada, Iran, and the United States, died Fidayin the Suburban Manor Nursing Home, Acton, of congestive heartfailure. He was 95. Mr. Naumann was born in Wadenswil, Switzerland, and began ...
2 plead guilty in guard's killing
Jul 01, 1992 ... Two men facing their second trial for robbing and gunning down asecurity guard making a night deposit at an East Boston shoppingplaza nine years ago pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Courtyesterday to manslaughter. Judge Roger Donahue imposed an 18- to20-year sentence on Carmen G ....
In their return to democracy, Nepalese get a taste of disorder
Jul 01, 1992; ... KATMANDU, Nepal -- From shopkeepers to villagers working in ricefields, the people of this poor Himalayan nation are beginning toappreciate the old adage about being careful about what one wishesfor, because the wish just might be granted. In May 1991, Nepal formally rejoined the ...
Law in the new order First recruits at police academy still march, but to a different beat
Jul 01, 1992; ...NEW BRAINTREE -- In a bucolic setting once designated for aprison, the State Police have opened a new academy, where recruitsare being taught the best of the present in a way that seeks to avoidmistakes of the past. Like their predecessors, the 191 members of the first class ...
NMR lays off 28, president resigns
Jul 01, 1992; ... In a major shakeup that could signal serious financal problems,Advanced NMR Systems Inc. yesterday laid off more than one-third ofits work force. Its president and chief executive, Paul Bullinger,resigned. The Wilmington maker of advanced medical diagnostic equipment said28 ...