The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 1994:
Rolling Stones Mix it up on tour
Sep 01, 1994; ... Staying flexible is the goal of the Rolling Stoned thissummer. On their "Steel Wheels" tour of 1989, the songs they playedfrom night to night were virtually identical. Changing the song listseemed to require an act of God. Not so this year, as the Stones tryto keep their shows ...
Man charged with threatening to cut off his son's penis
Sep 01, 1994; ...The father of a 13-year-old boy who allegedly threatened to cutoff his son's penis with a steak knife over a $2 theft has beenreleased from jail, police said. Russell Hastings of Raynham was arraigned Tuesday in TauntonDistrict Court on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon ...
Ida Lewis YC sails to Adams Cup; 505 title up for grabs
Sep 01, 1994; ... COHASSET -- Newport's Ida Lewis Yacht Club yesterday won the 70thannual Adams Cup, one of the most coveted national prizes in women'ssailboat racing. The four-member team, with Becky Wilson skippering, managed only aseventh place on the water yesterday, but its consistency over ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1994 ...Q. A recent New York Times article gave the last words of anumber of men condemned to die. What about Velma Barfield? Whatwere her last words and last meal?R.F.M., Randolph A. Dressed in pink pajamas and blue slippers, 52-year-old MargieVelma Barfield ate her last meal of Cheez ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1994 ...Q. I am interested in the history of the tower in Provincetown.It is very similar to one in Siena, Italy.K.P., Hampton, Va. A. Provincetown's Pilgrim Monument was designed in the sameItalian Renaissance style as the Tower of Torre Del Mangia in Siena,Italy. It was erected by the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1994 ...Q. In October the Globe wrote about giant pumpkins on exhibit atthe Topsfield Fair. I'd like to plant some. Where can I purchasethe seeds?T.M., Westford A. New England Pumpkin Growers Association head Hugh Wiberg saysthe only variety of seed with the genetic material to produce ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Sep 01, 1994 ... Q. I used to drink from the fountain at Queen Anne's corner inHingham -- where Rockland, Hingham and Norwell meet. Can you tell mesomething about the history of the fountain?M.M., E. Weymouth A. Situated at the junction of Main Street (Route 228) andWhiting Street (Route 53) in ...
NO COBWEBS IN THIS ATTIC A school proprietor who lives where she works
Sep 01, 1994; ...BEVERLY -- In years gone by it was commonplace for the shop ownerto live over the shop. In the morning the cobbler went down to hislast, the grocer to rutabagas. The proprietor of Mrs. Alexander'sSchool lives over the school she founded 28 years ago. FrancesAlexander has but to open the ...
Bachrach says he also gave funds to GOP's Malone
Sep 01, 1994; ... Democratic gubernatorial candidate George Bachrach, alreadyunder fire for contributing to Republican Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci'swar chest and allegedly facilitating contributions to Gov. Weld,conveyed $2,100 in contributions to Republican state Treasurer JosephMalone in 1991 and wrote ...
2d indictment lays out alleged con man's M.O.
Sep 01, 1994; ... An alleged con man was targeted for a second round ofindictments yesterday by a Suffolk County grand jury, which accusedhim of using $10,000 in bad checks to purchase clothing, flowers andfurniture from Newbury street stores.Luis Baynes, 31, of Melrose, allegedly used stolen ...
Henning will be facing Wolverines, butterflies
Sep 01, 1994; ...His first game? Dan Henning has never forgotten it. With two days left beforeBoston College's opener Saturday at Michigan, the anxiety andanticipation of Henning's debut as Eagles head coach yesterdayrekindled his feelings the first time he donned a football uniform asa freshman ...
Girl dislikes `perverted' teasing
Sep 01, 1994 ... Dear Beth: I'm a normal 12-year-old girl, and I lead a normal life, but kidsat school keep saying disgusting and perverted things to me. I'll be with my friends, talking and joking around, and they'llstart insisting that I like a boy I'll call "Brian." One will say,"At least ...
3 hijackers seize stereo van in N.H., dump occupants in Billerica
Sep 01, 1994; ... Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities weresearching last night for three men who hijacked a commercial van atgunpoint in Nashua, then pistol-whipped one of the van's twooccupants before dumping them on a Billerica street. Billerica Police Officer Thomas Hickey said ...
Reliving the '64 Series, on and off the field
Sep 01, 1994; ... OCTOBER 1964 By David Halberstam Villard, 380 pp., $24 "October 1964" should be a hit with old-time baseball fans,who'll relish the opportunity to relive that year's to-die-for WorldSeries, when the dynastic but aging New York Yankees squared offagainst the ...
IT'S IN THE BAG
Sep 01, 1994 ...Sam Me, who works at the Boston Bottles & Cans redemption centerin South Boston, is dwarfed by a mountain of ...
Bradlees chief Berman to quit
Sep 01, 1994; ... Bradlees Inc. of Braintree unexpectedly announced yesterday thatBarry A. Berman would step down as chairman and chief executiveofficer as part of the troubled discount chain's "continuingreorganization process." Berman will remain in his post until a successor is found,according ...
Vt. man sentenced in assault of girl, 2
Sep 01, 1994; ... BENNINGTON, Vt. -- A Pownal man charged with sexually assaulting a2-year-old girl has been sentenced to six years in jail and probationthat could forbid him from contact with minors for the rest of hislife. Robert C. Mohn, 53, pleaded no contest to a felony charge ofsexual ...
N.H. man arraigned in fatal car crash
Sep 01, 1994; ... WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- A Rochester man has pleaded notguilty to drunken driving charges after a car crash that killed a43-year-old mother of three. Michael Blake, 34, was wearing a leg cast because of injuries hesuffered in the Aug. 7 crash when he appeared in Windsor ...
12 charged with stock kickback scheme
Sep 01, 1994; ... Alleging a broad scheme involving kickbacks and a cover-up, stateand federal regulators yesterday charged a dozen people with makingmillions of dollars in illegal profits by manipulating the stock of atiny Canadian oil and gas company. According to complaints filed in court ...
BIRD GUIDES
Sep 01, 1994 ... Shore birds are nearing the peak of their late summer migrationfrom Arctic nesting sites to winter homes in the south, and the nextfew weeks are prime time for bird-watchers. The tidal flats alongCape Cod's shores are the best spot to go to see semipalmatedplovers, greater yellowlegs and ...
Champion of the Birkshires The MGM musical star now dances to her own tune
Sep 01, 1994; ...STOCKBRIDGE -- Mention Marge Champion to anyone who grew up inthe 1950s, and you will get a broad smile. Marge Champion and her husband, Gower, danced their way throughseven musical films and established one of the great dancepartnerships in Hollywood history. The best of their ...
Chelsea scores big on bond sale Gets $115m to pay for school projects
Sep 01, 1994; ... Chelsea officials, overcoming one of the last significant hurdlesto fiscal success, sold $115 million in municipal bonds yesterday inthe single largest offering in the state this year -- a sale thatprovided the city with money to rebuild its school system. So successful was the ...
PEACE IN NORTHERN IRELAND?
Sep 01, 1994 ... Key steps in efforts to end violence in Northern Ireland: - 1920: British government, seeking compromise with rebelliousIrish nationalists, allows the 26 counties in the south and the sixin the north to elect separate parliaments. - 1921: Anglo-Irish Treaty gives dominion ...
Clinton, Irish deputy prime minister to talk on Vineyard
Sep 01, 1994; ... EDGARTOWN -- President Clinton plans to interrupt his Martha'sVineyard vacation tomorrow to meet here with Irish deputy primeminister Richard Spring to discuss the IRA's decision to end whatClinton yesterday called its "25-year campaign of violence." Until now, Clinton has avoiding ...
Take it away, Mr. President
Sep 01, 1994; ...What type of golfer is President Clinton? He is not as good as Dan Quayle, but a lot better than DwightEisenhower. Clinton plays Everyman's Golf, which means he doesn'tabide by the Rules of Golf as strictly as he should. A peek into his bag shows as many as 16 clubs, two ...
Alfred A. Confalone, 62 Was a draftsman, marathoner
Sep 01, 1994 ... Alfred A. Confalone, a retired draftsman for Raytheon Co. and anaccomplished marathoner, died Tuesday in his home in Wakefield. Hewas 62. Born in Wakefield, Mr. Confalone graduated from the School of theMuseum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he studied in the evening. He ...
Creative conflict key to happiness
Sep 01, 1994; ...Richard's job as a financial advisor was sometimes stressful butpaid well enough so that his wife, Marsha, didn't have to workoutside the home and could devote most of her time to their youngson. An ideal situation, seemingly, but in fact they foughtfrequently. He needed to ...
It's a walk in park for straight shooters
Sep 01, 1994; ... D.W. Field Golf Course BROCKTON -- Playing D.W. Field Golf Course is like a walk througha park. There are old trees everywhere, and it seems as if thecourse has been there forever as well. It was built in the Roaring Twenties by the architect team ofWayne Stiles and John ...
Stabbed businessman says he can't figure out lawyer's reasons
Sep 01, 1994; ... A Boston police officer last night sat outside Farrokh Captain'shospital room, guarding the 50-year-old man who was allegedly stabbedby his own lawyer Tuesday afternoon in the men's room of a downtownBoston office building. The officer was hired by Captain, a wealthy businessman ...
Return of the Dead
Sep 01, 1994 ... The Grateful Dead will return to Boston Garden for six nightsSept. 27-Sept. 29 and Oct. 1-3. Tickets ...
In case you were curious
Sep 01, 1994; ... Red Sox infielder Tim Naehring is sharing his thoughts about hisactivities during the baseball strike. His diary will appearoccasionally during the walkout. Every day during the strike, it seems the same questions are beingasked. At the local pub, grocery store and gas station, ...
Before the fall
Sep 01, 1994 ... SEPTEMBER 1: It's over. The fat lady just hit high C and isfolding up her beach chair. Technically summer will be on stage forthree more weeks, but autumn is now running the show. A switch flipped this morning, confirming mentally andmeteorologically what most people already ...
The IRA's leap of faith
Sep 01, 1994 ...Restoration of peace to Northern Ireland will require largeamounts of imagination and goodwill, tempered by a hard-edgedrealism. With its cease-fire declaration yesterday, the IrishRepublican Army has shown that it has begun to accept the importanceof all three. But the truce will mean ...
Welfare brinksmanship
Sep 01, 1994 ...A month has passed since two liberal Democratic senators, LoisPines and Dianne Wilkerson, scuttled a progressive welfare reform, atleast temporarily, by voting to uphold Gov. Weld's veto. While theiraction left in place the current system with its perverse incentivesand terrible ...
Few details in amended Macy's-Federated plan
Sep 01, 1994; ... Federated Department Stores Inc. and R.H. Macy & Co. fileddocuments with a US Bankruptcy Court in New York yesterday, but theyoffered few details on how their merger would unfold in December whenMacy hopes to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Yesterday's amended plan of ...
4 Fidelity funds in UK shut after withdrawal
Sep 01, 1994; ... Fidelity Investments hit choppy waters in its overseas operationwhen its London office was forced to close four United Kingdom fundsafter a large investor withdrew nearly $50 million. Boston-based Fidelity said yesterday that Fidelity InternationalLtd. decided to close the four ...
CORRECTION
Sep 01, 1994 ... CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, the recipe for Miriam Saxe'schallah in yesterday's Food ...
THICK SKULL
Sep 01, 1994 ...MIT sophomore Siegmar Knebl skates past a papier-mache skull ashe leaves Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Beacon Street ...
Mark Holowesko Fund: Templeton Growth Fund
Sep 01, 1994 ... Age: 34Born: Nassau, BahamasEducation: Bachelor's degree, Holy Cross College; master's degree,Babson CollegeExperience: Portfolio manager, Roy West Trust. Joined Templeton in1985 as a research assistant, and is now director of research at thefirm's Nassau office. He began managing ...
Sunflowers rise and shine -- everywhere
Sep 01, 1994; ...What daisies were to the '60s, sunflowers have become to the'90s. We're growing them. We're wearing them. We're decoratingwith them. They are ubiquitous. There are sunflower ties, sunflower greeting cards, sunflowertowels, sunflower dishes, sunflower country music CD covers ....
IT'S BLUESTIME Jay Geils and Magic Dick honor '40 and '50s roots in new album
Sep 01, 1994; ... Jay Geils and Magic Dick have stayed true to their vision. Aftera Geils Band reunion failed to materialize two years ago, they plowedinto the '40s and '50s blues and swing music that motivated them asyouths. They went about it with an almost religious zeal. Theypromised to make the music ...
Justice Dept. sues Judge Gertner in attempt to identify ex-clients
Sep 01, 1994; ... The US Justice Department is suing Nancy Gertner, now a federaljudge, for refusing to divulge the names of former clients who paidher more than $10,000 in cash while she was a lawyer, disclosuresrequired by federal anti-money laundering law. But Gertner and the defense bar ...
Vince Gill kicks up the country dust
Sep 01, 1994; ... VINCE GILL At: Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts last night with Kathy Mattea and Larry Stewart. MANSFIELD -- As balladeers go, none is finer than Vince Gill.His career has skyrocketed from ballads sung with an aching countryfeel that lies somewhere ...
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS Squeeze already on New England season
Sep 01, 1994; ... It seems only last week that we were waiting for temperatures torise and snow to melt so we could play golf in New England. Theseason is too short. It is already September, and that means we arecloser to Christmas than we are to last Memorial Day. Ugh. Some quick observations while ...
Discovered in Andover: A perfect filet mignon
Sep 01, 1994; ... GRASSFIELDS FOOD & SPIRITS Where: 207 North Main St., Andover. Telephone: 508-475-7996. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11:15 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11:15 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. noon-9 p.m. Good Choices: Filet mignon, chicken and shrimp ...
Lewis Gurwitz, at 56; lawyer, advocate for Native Americans
Sep 01, 1994; ... A graveside service will be held today for Lewis S. Gurwitz ofWinthrop, a lawyer specializing in Native American affairs, who diedSunday, apparently of a heart attack, in Edmonton, Alberta. He was56. As a defense attorney, Mr. Gurwitz specialized in what he called"political ...
US warns Haiti's rulers they would go on trial Officials say solution to crisis -- possibly through invasion -- could be reached in 2 to 3 weeks
Sep 01, 1994; ...WASHINGTON -- With the Clinton administration talking ever moreopenly about invading Haiti, US officials warned the nation'smilitary rulers yesterday that they will be subject to arrest andtrial if they do not flee now. A solution to the Haiti crisis -- most likely invasion, ...
Robert Hammond, 74 Was obstetrician in Worcester
Sep 01, 1994 ... Dr. Robert Lee Hammond, an obstetrician and gynecologist inpractice in Worcester for 36 years, died of pancreatic cancer Tuesdayat Southgate at Shrewsbury, a retirement community. He was 74. Born in Detroit, Dr. Hammond was raised in Pasadena, Calif. Hegraduated from the University ...
Imaginitive menu emphasizing seafood enlivens today's Harvest
Sep 01, 1994; ... HARVEST * * 1/2 Where: 44 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Telephone: 492-1115. Prices: Appetizers, salads: $4-$10; entrees: $18-$22; desserts: $4.50-$5.75. Good choices: Crab and leek dumplings; clams with greens and ...
Juliana Hatfield to give free concert
Sep 01, 1994 ... Alternative pop star Juliana Hatfield is coming back to town. Herband, the Juliana Hatfield Three, will play a free, ...
Reinvest dividends to restore capital
Sep 01, 1994; ...Q. In 1991 I invested $16,000 in SunAmerica US GovernmentSecurities fund, and have watched the investment shrink by more than$1,800. I also put $15,000 in Colonial US Government, and this haslost value at about the same pace. Would you advise my staying withthese two supposedly safe ...
Dealing with water in the driveway and garage
Sep 01, 1994; ...Q. We have large puddles of water on our driveway every time itrains. The water also floods my garage. The garage door bottom islower than the end of the driveway, and so is the garage floor. Thelawn is 5 inches higher than the drive on one side, and 10 incheshigher on the other. How ...
N. Ireland at a `crossroads' IRA calls cease-fire, but governments are at odds over wording
Sep 01, 1994; ... BELFAST -- After 25 years of battling one of the world's mostpowerful armies to a stalemate, the Provisional Irish Republican Armysaid yesterday that it had reached a "historic crossroads" and calledan unconditional cease-fire.In a dramatic shift of tactics in Europe's ...
. . . and wrongly presume that people are a `problem'
Sep 01, 1994; ...In the beginning, God offered Adam and Eve some advice: "Befruitful," He told them. "Multiply." Excellent counsel, as it turned out. But if God repeated thoseinstructions at the United Nations Conference on Population andDevelopment, which begins Monday in Cairo, He'd be hooted ...
Man charged in software piracy
Sep 01, 1994; ... A 43-year-old Millbury man who operated a huge computer bulletinboard known as "Davey Jones' Locker" was arrested yesterday oncharges he illegally distributed a variety of copyrighted softwareprograms to paying subscribers in 36 states and 11 foreign countries. Richard D. Kenadek ...
Vandiver Kennedy, 85 Retired clothing store proprietor
Sep 01, 1994 ... A funeral will be held today for Vandiver M. Kennedy, 85, ofConcord, retired proprietor of Van's Clothing Store in Concord, whodied Tuesday in Emerson Hospital. Born in Concord, Mr. Kennedy graduated from Concord High Schooland operated the Concord-Maynard-Hudson Express Co. before ...
Scorecard: more meetings, no progress, little hope
Sep 01, 1994; ... Yelling and screaming didn't break baseball's labor impasse. Nowvoices of moderation are falling on deaf ears. Twenty days into the strike, the issues that prompted the playerwalkout Aug. 12 remain just as prominent and insurmountable. The hope yesterday was that after a ...
Quincy landlord is charged with discrimination
Sep 01, 1994 ... The state attorney general's office yesterday filed adiscrimination lawsuit against a North Quincy landlord who allegedlyevicted a Vietnamese tenant after refusing to accept his rent check. The landlord, Robert Crosby, who owns a rooming house on HancockStreet, contends that he ...
Maine police say driver was drunk
Sep 01, 1994; ... BIDDEFORD, Maine -- A Biddeford man was legally drunk when hecrashed his car into a guardrail and a tree, killing himself and apassenger last week, police said this week. Laboratory tests determined that Kevin Bisson, 19, had ...
Leave ship alone, says Titanic group
Sep 01, 1994; ... SPRINGFIELD -- The president of the Titanic Historical Society hascriticized continued salvage efforts on the sunken ocean liner asplunder and grave robbing. "We feel it is a memorial to those who died," Edward Kamuda saidthis week from the society's headquarters here. "It should ...
Names: Twins trade Winfield to Indians
Sep 01, 1994 ...In the first trade since the baseball strike began Aug. 12, DaveWinfield was acquired by the Cleveland Indians last night for aplayer to be determined later. The deal was announced just half anhour prior to the midnight deadline for postseason rosters. Althoughteams may be able to bring ...
O'Brien backs casino deal
Sep 01, 1994; ...Breaking ranks with the Democratic legislative leadership, statetreasurer hopeful Shannon P. O'Brien yesterday came out in support ofcasino gambling in Massachusetts, saying federal law makes itinevitable.Although skeptical that casino gambling would turn out to be ...
Compost firm told to clean up, move
Sep 01, 1994; ... LUDLOW -- A Superior Court judge has given a private Ludlowcomposting operation an additional 30 days to clean up its operationand move out of town. Citing the odors in the residential neighborhood, Judge William H.Welch had initially ordered Next Generation Composting to quit ...
Astrid Macone, 82 Was Concord board secretary
Sep 01, 1994 ... Astrid (Nelson) Macone, retired executive secretary to theConcord Board of Selectman, died Tuesday in Emerson Hospital inConcord. She was 82. Born in Framingham, Mrs. Macone graduated from Newton High Schoolin 1930. The executive secretary to the Concord Board of Selectmen ...
Lafayette Place stuck Renovation delayed as developer seeks tenants
Sep 01, 1994; ... The planned $70 million redevelopment of the failed LafayettePlace mall at Downtown Crossing -- announced with fanfare in Novemberas a major coup for newly elected Mayor Menino -- may be in trouble. Nine months after Homart Development Co. said it expected to beginconstruction in ...