The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from August 1994:
Alternative sentence program models prisoners Many states study Connecticut's work plan
Aug 01, 1994; ... HARTFORD -- Judge Aaron Ment winces when he hears the words"Willie Horton." Ment is the architect of a program that letsthousands of convicted felons avoid prison by doing community servicework, and Willie Horton is the national symbol of public warinesstoward programs that put felons ...
George N. Arbeene, 79 Physician, former VFW officer
Aug 01, 1994 ...George N. Arbeene, formerly of Winchester, a physician whoserved in top medical positions for the Veterans of Foreign Wars,died Saturday at the Carleton Will and Village in Bedford after along illness. He was 79. Born in Boston, he graduated from Somerville High School in ...
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Aug 01, 1994 ... Q. What were Fred Astaire's best-known movies? T.N., AttleboroA. The man who could have been called "Mr. Lightness" for his dancingis perhaps best remembered for such films as "Flying Down to Rio,""The Gay Divorcee," "Top Hat," "Swing Time," "Follow the Fleet,""Blue Skies" and "Easter ...
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Aug 01, 1994 ... Q. I know there is a "Baseball Encyclopedia," which lists all themajor league players. Is there a similar book for basketball? G.Robinson, Middlebury, Conn.A. Yes, basketball has it's "bible," too. Look for the NationalBasketball Association's "Official NBA Basketball ...
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Aug 01, 1994 ... Q. Who is the author of the famous saying, "He laughs best wholaughs last"? H.B., WilmingtonA. That was the English restoration playright Sir John Vanbrugh, whopenned the line for his 1706 comedy, "The Country House." Vanbrughwas a talented jack of all trades. Together with Christopher ...
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Aug 01, 1994 ... Q. I'm a new owner of a go-kart. Is there a group or association ofkart owners? Where are the racing tracks in Boston or New England?M.M., MaldenA. World Karting Association, with more than 10,000 members, setsspecifications for karts and rules for racing, promotes interest inracing, ...
Bikers' ride aids ailing children $10,000 raised for McDonald House
Aug 01, 1994; ... Leather-clad and tattoo-emblazoned bikers roared their Harleysthrough chi-chi towns all over the Boston area yesterday, waking latesleepers and startling churchgoers. But the HOGs -- members of the Boston area Harley Owners Group --weren't riding to raise hell. More than ...
Is that the bus coming? It could be hard to tell
Aug 01, 1994; ... In what may be the biggest technological face lift to grace a bussince paint, wrap-around, four-color imagery is rolling into Bostonthis fall, promising to turn buses into 36-foot-long crullers. Or they may resemble a rolled-up newspaper. Or a pack of gum. "It all depends on who ...
Sister Mary Canavan Worked with children, teen-agers
Aug 01, 1994 ...Sister Mary Good Shepherd Canavan (Nora Canavan), a sister of theGood Shepherd for more than 50 years, died Saturday at the GoodShepherd Center in Marlborough after a brief illness. She was 85. Sister Canavan was born in County Galway, Ireland. She graduatedfrom the National High ...
CORRECTION
Aug 01, 1994 ... CORRECTION: Because of incorrect information supplied by theAssociated Press, the daily ...
Traders: there are too many dollars But US officials see a stronger currency
Aug 01, 1994; ... NEW YORK -- The currency markets are having a problem that fewindividuals would complain about: too many dollars. Frustrated by the currency's weakness in recent months, USofficials say the dollar inevitably should strengthen because theAmerican economy is healthy. But currency ...
One killed, two injured in 495 crash in Milford Man accused of drunken driving
Aug 01, 1994; ... A woman was killed and two men seriously injured last night whenthree friends returning by car from a vacation in Maine were struckby a drunk driver on Route 495 in Milford, police said. Maura Howard, 19, of Norfolk was found dead by the side of theroad after she and her ...
The August stretch
Aug 01, 1994 ...August? Already? Thought there were still a couple of weeksleft in July. Plenty of heat, of course. Great run of days with 90degrees or more. Lots of thunder and lightning. Sudden showers. Garden growing like crazy. One of the better years. Corn mightbe a little early. Anyone ...
You can bank on it
Aug 01, 1994 ...The prospect of interstate commercial banking nationwide maybring a sense of sadness to those who remember the "good" old days ofthe neighborhood bank. But present-day realities make the changeinevitable and perhaps even preferable. A review of the possibilities in New England by ...
Parent abandonment
Aug 01, 1994 ...Everyone honors the family, but when government tries to imposefamily values, it needs to do so very carefully. Otherwise itsactions can be contradictory -- and cruel. A Michigan judge's decision last week to take 3-year-old MarandaKate Ireland away from her mother, Jennifer, 19, ...
Alarm at the Fire Department
Aug 01, 1994 ...Concerns over financial and administrative issues in the BostonFire Department have smoldered for years. Now they've reached aflash point. The Boston Finance Commission issued a blunt report last weekthat highlighted outmoded and wasteful management and staffingpractices in the ...
FAT Globally we're expanding
Aug 01, 1994; ...It's not just American belts that are being let out, Americanpantyhose that are getting too tight or American shirts being boughta size or two larger. Overweight is a growing problem worldwide. Obesity specialists last month were frustrated but not surprisedby research ...
LET'S DANCE
Aug 01, 1994 ... Lumarie Sostre, 6, of the dance group Las Vaqueras del Caribe,readies her hat before marching in the Puerto Rican ...
Run for your life Training for a women's race is a big step toward better health
Aug 01, 1994; ...One-third of Americans are obese. In 1990, 478,179 women died of heart disease. Of the 25 million Americans affected by osteoporosis, abone-thinning disease, 80 percent are women. The statistics -- and your inability to dash up a flight of stairswith ease -- may be ...
Grad tax backers blast Connolly Activists say secretary caved in to business
Aug 01, 1994; ... Advocates for a graduated state income tax say Secretary ofState Michael Connolly caved in to business interests and delivered a"major blow" to their campaign when he agreed to drop key languagefrom one of their ballot questions.The advocates, who have placed a question on ...
Campers escorted off island; 2 charged
Aug 01, 1994; ...Two men were arrested and 23 other people were taken intoprotective custody early yesterday after a group of campers on asmall island off Weymouth became unruly with State Police, CoastGuard and state park rangers. State Police said they were summoned to Grape Island after ...
Home-care firm, hospitals are allies in profit
Aug 01, 1994; ... Second of three partsNormally, when he discharged one of his patients to receiveintravenous treatment at home, the infectious disease specialistchose the same health care company that virtually all of hiscolleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital used: Chartwell HomeTherapies ...
Hillary Clinton, in Boston, appeals for health reform
Aug 01, 1994; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton came to Faneuil Hall yesterday to fireup some revolutionary zeal for health care reform. But it was the folk singer Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Maryfame, who transformed a dry political rally into an emotional,teary-eyed revival. Singing "health ...
More families find no school like home Parents as teachers gaining momentum
Aug 01, 1994; ... SHARON -- Elizabeth Terry, 6, and her brother Ian, 5, played intheir back yard recently, beside the 21-foot tepee frame they helpedbuild as part of their Native American lesson, and near the mapletree they tapped to make syrup for their nature course. For the two youngsters, home is ...
Albert Kelner, 81; bacteriologist had taught 30 years at Brandeis
Aug 01, 1994 ...Albert Kelner, of Waltham, a bacteriologist and retiredprofessor of biology at Brandeis University, died Friday at Brighamand Women's Hospital in Boston, of complications following heartsurgery. He was 81. Dr. Kelner was born in Philadelphia and graduated from theUniversity of ...
Names: Berger victory ends four-year drought
Aug 01, 1994 ... Gerhard Berger gave Ferrari its first Formula One victory innearly four years, winning the German Grand Prix yesterday inHockenheim. Berger led throughout. He finished 54.779 seconds aheadof the Ligier Renault of Frenchman Olivier Panis. Eric Bernard inthe other Ligier was third . . ....
Life amid death: Saying Mass in an apocalypse
Aug 01, 1994; ...KIBUMBA, Zaire -- Barefoot and filthy, many with hacking,phlegmatic coughs, about 400 Rwandan refugees assembled on a small,windswept plateau yesterday afternoon to celebrate 1 o'clock Mass inone of the most hellish places on Earth. The jarring drone of American bulldozers ...
Report finds Boston-area mental services lacking Minority care is called especially inadequate
Aug 01, 1994; ... Management of state mental health services in the Boston areais chaotic and the leadership weak and inefficient, according to adetailed assessment prepared for the state by two independentconsulting firms that surveyed local consumers and advocates. The Department of Mental ...
Jackson Lab has a mouse for all reasons
Aug 01, 1994; ...BAR HARBOR, Maine -- Hope Sweet loves her job. And when shesays, "You never know what you'll find when you come to work in themorning" -- she means it. Hope Sweet, after all, has spent the last29 years hunting for mutants. On these hunts, these deviant searches, Sweet and her ...
Elisa says his suspension as NAACP head unjustified
Aug 01, 1994; ... The president of the Boston branch of the National Associationfor the Advancement of Colored People said yesterday he has been"suspended" from his position, but said the move was without meritand defended his performance. "I have no way of determining the rationale behind this, ...
The Gloved One and the Ringed One
Aug 01, 1994; ...Material from wire services and other sources was used in this column. Are they married or are they not? No one seems to know the exactstatus of the Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley relationship,but the duo was spotted at the Janet Jackson concert at Radio City ...
Utah helicopter crashes in trees
Aug 01, 1994; ... DUCHESNE, Utah -- A Utah Highway Patrol helicopter that was goingto help look for a lost 2-year-old girl crashed into a stand of treesSaturday night, authorities said. Duchesne County Sheriff MervGustin said the helicopter planned to join a search party looking forthe girl, who had wandered ...
93-year-old man is killed by bus
Aug 01, 1994; ... NEW YORK -- A charter bus to Atlantic City hit and killed a93-year-old man in Brooklyn yesterday, police said. Edward Ventricewas crossing a street ...
1-car crash kills Burlington man
Aug 01, 1994 ... BILLERICA -- A 19-year-old Burlington man was killed yesterday inwhat Billerica police called a single-car accident on Boston Road,authorities said. Matthew Bryan died after the gray Chevy Camaro hedrove veered off Route 3A and crashed ...
Man, 24, stabbed in Mission Hill
Aug 01, 1994 ... A24-year-old Roxbury man was in satisfactory condition at Brighamand Women's Hospital after being stabbed early yesterday at theMission Hill housing development, police said. Charles Roger Amizawas stabbed in the ...
A prank, not a plot, in Spiderman
Aug 01, 1994; ... K.M. Peterson of Brookline thought he smelled a rat as he glancedat the ageless "Amazing Spiderman" in the Sunday comics July 17, andhe was right. In the background of the strip's first panel, unrelated to a plotthat featured a sinister bad guy named "Bright Eyes," a rude ...
Spotlight on Carlton He's inducted, but will glare of Hall of Fame suit him?
Aug 01, 1994; ...COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- His wall of privacy had been constructed socarefully that Steve Carlton probably thought it never would tumble.But it has, and in a way that only those who are in baseball's Hallof Fame can possibly understand. Before he became the 217th player to join the ...
Invasion of the Parrotheads
Aug 01, 1994 ... MANSFIELD -- Jimmy Buffett fans were out in full force lastThursday, sporting parrot and shark headgear, ...
Cornerback Lewis not second rate His play excels in several areas
Aug 01, 1994; ...SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Some players won't settle for anything lessthan being No. 1 on the depth chart. Considering starting synonymouswith playing, they fight for the first-string position as if there isno alternative, then bicker if relegated to reserve status. Vernon Lewis isn't in ...
Joseph Pesce, 73 Owned Everett refrigeration firm
Aug 01, 1994 ... Joseph Pesce, the owner of an Everett refrigeration firm, diedSaturday at Lahey Clinic in Burlington of complications from openheart surgery. He was 73. Born in Boston in 1920, he was a graduate of Everett High School. During World War II, Mr. Pesce served in the Army for ...
Alfredsson stays course She doesn't let Blue Hill win slip away
Aug 01, 1994; ... CANTON -- The bottom fell out for Helen Alfredsson during anightmarish stretch in the US Women's Open last week in Orion, Mich.She saw her record opening-round 63 and four-shot lead through tworounds go up in smoke in an 18-hole stretch that started on the 44thhole Saturday and tumbled ...
Baugh's protest was off the mark
Aug 01, 1994; ... CANTON -- There was just one glitch on the course in yesterday'sfinal round of the Ping/ Welch's LPGA tournament at Blue Hill CC andit didn't have any effect on the outcome as Helen Alfredsson won byfour strokes. There was a delay of 15 minutes as Pat Bradley'splaying partner, Laura ...
She was on a roll Putts kept falling for Steinhauer (65)
Aug 01, 1994; ... CANTON -- Putting is the heart of a championship round. No golfer can hit it close enough to the flag if her putter isbalky and she can't roll the white ball into the hole. Conversely, when the putting stroke is smooth and the ballsearches out the bottom of the cup, nothing ...
Funding group has a plan to make schools more creative
Aug 01, 1994; ... In 1984, with a $1.5 million endowment from Bank of Boston, agroup of educators and business leaders launched one of the nation'sfirst public education funds, hoping the source of capital wouldinspire Boston public schools to be more innovative and risk-taking. Today, by virtue of ...
Brewers stroll past Sox Boston pitchers issue 13 walks
Aug 01, 1994; ...No wonder Lee Tinsley stood on second base after a fly out toleft yesterday by teammate Carlos Rodriguez that quickly turned intoan inning-ending double play when Tinsley, who was off on ahit-and-run play, was doubled off first. The way the Red Sox offense was fizzling for most of ...
Rizzuto laughing all the way to the Hall
Aug 01, 1994; ... COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- If you think Phil Rizzuto has been funny asa Yankee broadcaster the last 38 years, you should have caught hisact at the Hall of Fame yesterday. Rizzuto, 76, gave the acceptance speech of a lifetime to thedelight of a crowd estimated at 10,000. He touched all ...
Dysentery imperils refugees 30,000 Rwandans expected to die
Aug 01, 1994; ...GOMA, Zaire -- Thriving in the unsanitary conditions of therefugee camps here, a dysentery epidemic that will probably claim30,000 more lives is ravaging the Rwandan refugees, health officialssaid yesterday. They made their assessments as the first of about 3,000 US ...
Cambridge police shut down a sidewalk artist from N.Y.
Aug 01, 1994; ... CAMBRIDGE -- Hani Shihadi came to Harvard Square yesterday tofill in for Sidewalk Sam, the beloved local street artist recoveringfrom a 30-foot fall off the roof of his Newton home this winter. But before Shihadi could finish his pastel reproduction of GuidoReini's "Venus and ...
Hobson tries to pull troops together at team meeting
Aug 01, 1994; ... After three Red Sox pitchers walked a season-high 13 battersyesterday at Fenway Park, thus opening the door for a 5-2 Milwaukeevictory, manager Butch Hobson closed the door for 15 minutes -- thedressing room door. Hobson held the brief meeting, according to infielder TimNaehring, ...
OXFAM AMERICA
Aug 01, 1994 ... Last week, Oxfam America was in the news as one of the manyrelief agencies around the country trying to help the thousands ofsick and starving Rwandan refugees in Zaire. Oxfam gets its name from the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief,which was founded in England in 1942. Oxfam ...
Navarro shows off his Sunday best
Aug 01, 1994; ... Jaime Navarro had something to prove yesterday. He hadsurrendered a two-run homer to Mo Vaughn in his previous appearance,during a 7-2 loss to the Red Sox Friday night. When Navarro faced Vaughn in the fourth inning yesterday, the RedSox had a runner on first base and the game was ...
Elder merits much respect His perseverance paid off
Aug 01, 1994; ...CONCORD -- Lee Elder sat back in the elegant dining room of thesprawling Nashawtuc CC clubhouse recently, touting the Bank of BostonSenior Classic, which will be held here beginning Friday.Ten years ago, he came here and won his first PGA Senior event.Elder turns 60 this year ....
Matchless effort from Martinez at Stratton
Aug 01, 1994; ... STRATTON, Vt. -- It was a match befitting the second- andthird-ranked players in the world, and those lucky enough to see itcertainly got their money's worth. No. 2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario vs. No. 3 Conchita Martinez.French Open winner vs. Wimbledon winner. Doubles partners ...
Stores cash in on selling success
Aug 01, 1994; ... In the past, when the future was uncertain and hard choices had tobe made, the bedeviled, bewildered and confused commonly prayed forguidance. Today, growing numbers of Americans prefer a morecontemporary -- and some say more effective -- alternative. Shopping. That is, they ...
Toxic cleanup stalled by dioxin fear
Aug 01, 1994; ...HOLBROOK -- The US Environmental Protection Agency has spent 12years and nearly $100 million in its effort to clean up the old Baird& McGuire chemical plant, and, finally, the payoff is at hand. Anincinerator stands almost ready to burn 200,000 tons of contaminatedsoil that has been ...
Rediscovering Beethoven's power
Aug 01, 1994; ... BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Robert Spano, guest conductor At: Tanglewood Shed, Friday nightLENOX -- Twenty years ago, the big ticket at Tanglewood wasalways the Beethoven Weekend. It was difficult to get tickets; youcouldn't get a hotel room at all; the one ...
Gospel, jazz concert to benefit the Wang
Aug 01, 1994; ... Grammy-winning gospel singers the Winans, along with Latin-jazzstar Eddie Palmieri, will form a lively, uniquely paired bill at thesixth annual fund-raising concert for the Wang Center on Oct ....
A real scorcher in Wynonna country
Aug 01, 1994; ... WCLB COUNTRY CLUB FESTIVAL Starring Wynonna, Hal Ketchum, the Mavericks, Orrall & Wright and others At: Foxboro Stadium on Saturday FOXBOROUGH -- Hurricane Wynonna was back. The reigning Nashvillequeen may be four months pregnant, but she tossed ...
A tradition ends: No more paper boys and girls at the Globe
Aug 01, 1994; ... I couldn't get my first paper route until I had a bike. So theChristmas I got my first bike meant I got a shot at earning $4 a weekfor doing the same route, morning and afternoon. I had just turned 10. Until I hooked on to the bottom-rung job inthe businesses I'm still in, I don't ...
Reno sends protection to clinics Marshals' deployment follows killing of Fla. abortion doctor
Aug 02, 1994; ...WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Janet Reno said yesterday thatfederal marshals have been dispatched to guard some abortion clinicsaround the country following last week's murder of a Florida doctorand his bodyguard.Confirming weekend reports, Reno and other Justice ...
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Aug 02, 1994 ...Q. I enjoy reading Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies. Arethere any monthly or quarterly journals devoted to his works? D.L., MedfordA. According to the listings in Ulrich's International PeriodicalsDirectory, most Shakespearean periodicals appear ...
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Aug 02, 1994 ...Q. Where can I buy the tape of Gennifer Flowers talking toPresident Bill Clinton? P.M., CambridgeA. Flowers' agent, Ed Menken, says a two-tape package complete withtranscript and entitled "Setting the Record Straight" is availablefor a total of $24.90 by calling 1-800-633-4600. The ...
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Aug 02, 1994 ...Q. Please name the seven hills of Rome. J.S., NewburyportA. Rome, known as the Eternal City and the City of the Seven Hills,was built on the east bank of the Tiber River on ...
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Aug 02, 1994 ...Q. Where can I find a list of syndicated columnists? D.F., North AttleboroughA. Editor & Publisher publishes an annual Directory of SyndicatedServices, which lists ...
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Aug 02, 1994 ...Q. Please name the author of the children's poem my mother usedto recite to me that began with the lines, "I'm hiding, I'm hidingand no one know where, for all they can see is my toes and my hair."A.S., RockportA. The poem, by Dorothy Aldis, is called "Hiding." You'll find it inthe ...