The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from June 1995:
Get finances in order before retiring early
Jun 01, 1995; ...Q. I am 42 and would like to retire at age 57. I have $300 amonth taken out of my paycheck and put into a flexible annuity issuedby an insurance company, now paying 6.25 percent. The present valueis $33,500. I also have a bank IRA of $4,000, earning 3.25 percent.Where do I get the ...
Family well-being plus productivity
Jun 01, 1995; ...The phrase began to reappear around the conference again andagain: The Good Life. It was a soft set of words that rose unexpectedly out of aserious gathering at Radcliffe College under a hard-edgedmathematical title: "The New Economic Equation: Redefining theEconomy, the ...
Decline in welfare caseload continues
Jun 01, 1995; ... The number of families on welfare in Massachusetts took anotherrecord dive last month, continuing a sharp downward trend that hascut the caseload by 6.8 percent since the start of the year. The Aid to Families with Dependent Children caseload dropped1,794 in May to 96,985. It ...
Tribe says its casino take would be $20m
Jun 01, 1995; ... The Wampanoag tribe expects $20 million in annual profits from itsproposed New Bedford casino, while the state and surroundingcommunities would share more than $130 million a year, the tribe saidyesterday in its most detailed accounting to date. The tribe also said it expects more ...
Silas, Williams out of picture
Jun 01, 1995; ... In between evaluating three possible draft choices andparticipating in the NBA's Stay in School program, M.L. Carryesterday said he was still making calls about filling the Celtics'head coaching vacancy. But he can now take two numbers out of his Rolodex. Sources confirmed ...
CORRECTION
Jun 01, 1995 ... CORRECTION : Because of an editing error, the headlines over astory in yesterday's Metro/Region ...
Consultant's study baffles megaplex backers
Jun 01, 1995; ... An apparent about-face by Price Waterhouse consultant DavidPetersen on the benefits of a proposed Boston megaplex is causingmegaplex backers to question the value of his study of the project. Petersen, director of the consulting firm's convention facilitiesadvisory group, submitted ...
TRUCK ACCIDENT
Jun 01, 1995 ...After a delivery truck and a car collided on Charles and Stuartstreets yesterday, emergency workers tend to John Cripps of ...
THE OVERLOOK Players of all abilities have a shot at . . .
Jun 01, 1995; ... If you have never played The Overlook, hope Don Parmenter is thestarter. You can save strokes if you listen to him on the first tee.He will tell you when you should take more club on particular holesand when you should lay up because of unseen water hazards. Nonetheless, the course ...
Remove plastic tiles with a hair dryer
Jun 01, 1995; ... Q. I have some loose plastic tiles that I was able to take off,but others are still tight. I want to reuse them, so how can I getthe tight ones off without wrecking them?ALBERT GATELY, DoverA. The old standby for removing plastic tiles is heat. Use a hairdryer, which should produce ...
Consumer group duels State Mutual Seeks to block efforts to go public
Jun 01, 1995; ... Lawyers for State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America squared offwith the company's most persistent critic yesterday, trying to blockan effort by the consumer group to slow down the company's efforts togo public. Attorneys from the New York firm of Debevoise & Plimpton and ...
The government's assault on higher education
Jun 01, 1995; ...If knowledge is power, why are so many college presidents weak?Why do they bend so easily before every wind that blows across theircampuses? The timidity of those who run the nation's institutions of highereducation has become epidemic. Fearful of seeming insensitive,easily ...
Benjamin B. Levy, 88 Was shoe salesman
Jun 01, 1995 ... Benjamin Bernard Levy, who became a shoe salesman for a tannerywhen the Great Depression forced him to abandon his ambition tobecome a physician, died Monday in Verona, Pa., of Lou Gehrig'sdisease. He was 88. Mr. Levy had lived most of his life in Waban until he moved toWellesley ...
A moral child is a matter of conscience
Jun 01, 1995; ...Set your mind to rest: Your 4-year-old is not a future convictjust because he insists the autographed Mo Vaughn baseball sitting onhis bureau is not the autographed Mo Vaughn baseball that is missingfrom his older brother's room. As parents, most of us take things like this ...
Versatile Little Frankie
Jun 01, 1995; ... Many musicians play for more than one band, but few have the rangeof local hero Little Frankie. The Boston guitarist plays in variousincarnations in more clubs than you can imagine. He plays in thejump-blues band Jumpin' Bones, the rockabilly group the Cranktones,the surf-instrumental ...
Rev. Francis J. Murphy Jesuit who taught for 40 years
Jun 01, 1995 ... Rev. Francis J. Murphy, a Jesuit who taught for 40 years, diedyesterday in Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 86. Father Murphy was born in Milton Lower Mills and after attendingMilton schools, graduated from Boston College High School in 1927. He graduated from Boston ...
KIM RICHEY Mercury
Jun 01, 1995; ...This is the most intelligent, non-pandering country record sinceWynonna and Mary Chapin Carpenter came out with their last discs.Newcomer Kim Richey, a country-rocker with power, immediately jumpsto the top of the Nashville pack. She's blessed with a hard-drivingvoice, but best of all, ...
RIVER RAVE Rock returns to the espanade
Jun 01, 1995; ...Let's face it: Two ghosts hover over the Hatch Shell and theEsplanade -- Arthur Fiedler and Green Day. Fiedler is a pretty benign spirit -- play "Stars & StripesForever" once a year and the old fireman is happy. Green Day is,well, a little more mischievous. You see, there was this ...
ROKY ERICKSON ALL THAT MAY DO MY RHYME Trance Syndicate Records
Jun 01, 1995; ... Roky Erickson, the heart and soul of the '60s psychedelicpioneers 13th Floor Elevators, has released his first studio album in10 years. Erickson's songwriting and guitar playing have influencedscores of bands, from R.E.M. to ZZ Top, but this album should bringhim his first taste of ...
RUFFNEXX SOUND SYSTEM RUFFNEXX SOUND SYSTEM Quest/Warner
Jun 01, 1995; ...This Boston group has come out of the chute with a debut thatdazzles as they mix dance hall, reggae and pop with the more brittleurban beat of hip-hop. What makes the disc work is the trio'sattention to hooks and melody while keeping the beats as wicked andfat as possible. Although ...
CORRECTION
Jun 01, 1995 ...CORRECTION: Wednesday's obituary of retired State Police TrooperJohn E. Roche omitted the names of his ...
Moshing madness
Jun 01, 1995; ... Has the moshing tide turned? Don't bet on it, but realize thatprominent voices -- from R.E.M. to Green Day to Consolidated -- havecome out against it. Reasons? Notions like the idea of regimentedrebellion, lemming-like behavior, overall brutishness, insensivity towomen, jock "culture," ...
Fitting you to a T
Jun 01, 1995; ... The right attire can be cool in both the thermodynamic sense andin hipness quotient. Few things can match a well-chosen T-shirt forboth, especially if it's 100 percent white cotton and adorned with aneye-catching design. These are among the varieties of close-outsavailable at Duster ...
Anna Snow, 96 A Red Cross leader during war
Jun 01, 1995 ... Anna (Wheeler) Snow, the assistant director of the Red Cross inBoston during World War II, died Monday in Camden, Maine. She was96. Mrs. Snow was born in Boston and lived in Brookline most of herlife. She also had homes in North Haven, Maine, Orford, N.H., andNaples, ...
Discrimination alleged in Winchester housing
Jun 01, 1995; ... A complaint alleging discriminatory practices by the WinchesterHousing Authority was filed yesterday by Attorney General ScottHarshbarger. The authority and one of its employees, identified in thecomplaint as Kathy Milne, are accused of discriminating against anAfrican-American ...
Lawyers want judge off Ellis case They allege bias in murder trials
Jun 01, 1995; ... Attorneys for Sean Ellis, charged in the murder of a Boston policedetective, yesterday accused the judge who presided at Ellis' firsttwo trials of bias toward the prosection and asked him to withdrawfrom a third trial to begin Monday. Lawyers Norman Zalkind and David Duncan filed ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1995 ... Q. I have a very old painting with the signature A. Cortez. How canI determine the authenticity of this piece? I've heard that theMuseum of Fine Arts will sometimes assist owners of works of art indetermining authenticity. Is this true? F.C., WestonA. According to Theodore Stebbins, ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1995 ... Q. What can you tell me about the Strand theater that was located inold Scollay Square? J.M., StonehamA. The Strand was Boston's first motion picture theater to be open 24hours a day, except for several hours on Sunday when it was closed tocomply with local theater laws. Its seating ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1995 ... Q. What are the major materials used now to fill teeth? S.K., CambridgeA. According to Massachusetts Dental Society spokeswoman MargaretQuinlan, the most common materials are amalgam (silver mixed withcopper, tin and mercury), composite resins ...
ASK THE GLOBE THE ADDRESS BOOK
Jun 01, 1995 ... For P.S., Milton -- Donna Summer, c/o William Morris Agency, 151El Camino Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212For G.D., Norwood -- William Friedkin, c/o ...
Avoid creating a distrust of men
Jun 01, 1995 ...Dear Beth: Telling a teen-age girl that a boy asking for sex only wants to"use" her is language right out of my generation -- the '50s. Itcreated distrust of men in me, and I can't help but think it does thesame thing 40 years later. Wouldn't it be better to say: "Boys areas ...
Virginia Bloomfield, 83 Was Red Cross worker
Jun 01, 1995 ... Virginia (Carr) Bloomfield, a Red Cross worker during the GreatDepression and World War II, died May 24 in her home in Hollis, N.H.She was 83. Mrs. Bloomfield was born in Boston and grew up in Milford, N.H.She was educated at the high school in Portland, Maine, and at ...
Serious barbecue satisfies big appetites in Back Bay
Jun 01, 1995; ...WHISKEY'S SOUR MASH SMOKEHOUSE Where: 885 Boylston St. (at Gloucester Street), Back Bay. Telephone: 262-5551. Hours: Mon.-Wed. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Thurs.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-midnight, Sat. 10 a.m.-midnight, Sun. 10 a.m.-11 ...
COFFEE SYRUP
Jun 01, 1995 ... True lovers of coffee flavor don't stop at java. They pursue theredolent bean and lively lift in everything from coffee ice cream andcoffee yogurt to coffee-flavored hard candies to coffee-flavoredalcoholic beverages. At the end of the innocence spectrum is the homey, comforting ...
Elizabeth Crocco-Goode Manager in rock music; at 32
Jun 01, 1995 ... Elizabeth M. Crocco-Goode of Medford, a manager for Silver WingsManagement, which manages rock bands, died Sunday of kidney failurein Vencor Hospital in Boston. She was 32. Ms. Crocco-Goode was educated in Arlington schools and NewburyJunior College before attending the National ...
Earthquake in Mexico
Jun 01, 1995 ...In breaking the hammerlock of Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, onstate government, voters in Guanajuato have signaled more than theend of a long skein of tainted PRI victories. Mexican voters haveprovided a practical lesson in the possibilities that open electionshave for working ...
People street
Jun 01, 1995 ...The state wants to spend $2.5 million to make Route 28 a moreefficient conveyer of high-speed traffic through Milton.Neighborhood residents have a more humane vision that hasimplications for highway planning throughout Massachusetts. Much of the four-lane highway runs through ...
The annual dilemma: to grow vegetables from seed or seedlings?
Jun 01, 1995; ...To grow plants from seed, or to buy seedlings? That is aquestion gardeners face each spring as they put in their vegetablegardens. One reward of growing from seed has been a wide range of choices,including gourmet varieties. But more home gardeners are opting forthe convenience ...
Geraldine Weiss Editor, Investment Quality Trends Author, "The Dividend Connection"
Jun 01, 1995 ... Age: 69Education: Bachelor's degree, University of California at BerkeleyExperience: Freelance business writer; editor and publisher ofInvestment Quality Trends, a La Jolla, Calif., newsletter.Hobbies: Listening to jazz music, crossword puzzles, reading,watching TV.Strategy: Weiss ...
Skirting Bosnia's slopes
Jun 01, 1995 ...At first the United States said it would commit troops to Bosniaonly if they were to help keep a peace to which all sides agreed.Then the rules of potential engagement were extended to includesending Americans to help in an evacuation of UN troops, should thatbecome necessary. ...
No stalling on Dr. Foster
Jun 01, 1995 ...It is time for the opponents of Dr. Henry W. Foster to choose:Either let Foster be confirmed as surgeon general without a fuss orseek protection under the political equivalent of Chapter 11, becauseall their arguments are bankrupt. Sen. Dan Coats went after Foster in committee ...
Innovative smoke, game, barbecue, with humor in Western Mass.
Jun 01, 1995; ... SQUIRES' SMOKE AND GAME CLUB * * 1/2Where: Brassworks, Route 9, Williamsburg.Telephone: 413-268-7222.Prices: Appetizers, salads: $2.95-$8.95; main courses:$13.95-$18.95; desserts: $4.95-$5.95.Good choices: Squires' ...
William J. Sweeney, 65 Owned N.H. ice cream shop
Jun 01, 1995 ... William J. Sweeney, of Quincy, who once owned the Dairy Bubble IceCream Shop in Wolfeboro, N.H., died of cancer in Quincy HospitalTuesday. He was 65. Mr. Sweeney was born in Quincy and graduated from Quincy HighSchool in 1947. He served in the Marines from 1950 to 1952, duringthe ...
GARDENER'S WEEK
Jun 01, 1995; ... Planting: All danger of late frosts has ended and our official148-day growing season begins with the end of May. The narrow window between when frost-free days start and when theweather gets too hot to plant without constant watering (the middleof June) makes this the ...
Holiday traffic was safer this year 3 died during Memorial period
Jun 01, 1995; ...Over the past three-day Memorial Day holiday three persons diedin highway accidents in Massachusetts, compared to seven killedduring the same period last year, preliminary figures compiled bypublic safety officials indicated yesterday. The fatalities were in Brewster, ...
Joseph J. Vacirca, 73 Was Boston police officer
Jun 01, 1995 ... A memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Johnthe Evangelist Church in North Chelmsford for Joseph J. Vacirca, aretired Boston police officer from Westford, who died April 8 in hishome. He was 73. Mr. Vacirca served in the Army Air Corps during World War II ...
Ainge done with Suns -- as player, at least
Jun 01, 1995; ... ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former Celtic Danny Ainge's contract is up inPhoenix, and, the veteran guard said yesterday, the Suns have decidednot to re-sign him. "They told me they need my slot," Ainge said. "They know I canstill play, but if I want to play, it's going to have to be ...
Review backs affirmative action No radical changes in Clinton study
Jun 01, 1995; ... WASHINGTON -- A draft of President Clinton's review of USaffirmative action programs stops short of proposing radical changesin the 30-year effort to give compensatory help to disadvantagedminorities and women, White House sources said yesterday.As such, the draft review is ...
Theology school nominates new leader
Jun 01, 1995; ...A search committee has nominated Rev. Benjamin Griffin, 54, alongtime parish minister, fund-raiser and seminary leader, to be thenew president of Andover Newton Theological School, the nation'soldest seminary. If approved as expected by Andover Newton's trustees at theirmeeting ...
Underwater and under scrutiny
Jun 01, 1995 ... The following are some of the questions and answers from the"Women in Science" lectures in April at the New England Aquarium.The questions came in by e-mail to the Boston Globe.Q. How do fish breathe in the water?Matthew LynchAge 5Franklin, Mass.TLCSERVICE(AT SIGN ...
City backs narrower road above Artery
Jun 01, 1995; ...After 18 months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, city, stateand environmental officials yesterday agreed on a pedestrian-friendlyboulevard plan for the area above the depressed Central Artery. The plan, which Dorothea Hass of the pedestrian advocacy groupWalkBoston said was "90 ...
Mass. Maritime bars its own on boat deals
Jun 01, 1995; ...In a bid to eliminate appearances of insider deal-making, theMassachusetts Maritime Academy yesterday banned employees involved inthe school's boat donation program from buying any of the boats. Under the new policy ordered by academy president Peter M.Mitchell, other employees of ...
The Godfathers of Palermo
Jun 01, 1995; ... EXCELLENT CADAVERS The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic By Alexander Stille Pantheon, 467 pp., $27.50 As they drove away from the dock near Palermo where a youngpoliceman had been gunned down by a Mafia hit squad after returningwith ...
Clinton would use troops in Bosnia Sees `temporary' aiding of UN
Jun 01, 1995; ... WASHINGTON -- President Clinton, in a significant policy shift,said yesterday that he is prepared to deploy US ground troops inBosnia for a "reconfiguration and a strengthening" of besieged UNtroops in the war-torn region."We have obligations to our NATO allies, and I do not ...
Some see bombing's roots in a US culture of conflict
Jun 01, 1995; ...In the post-Oklahoma City debate over the links between violentrhetoric and violent action, some social critics have begun lookingbeyond talk radio, focusing instead on the metaphors and imagery thathave helped to define America from the earliest days of the republic. What they ...
Volkswagen to import cars through port of Boston
Jun 01, 1995; ... Volkswagen of America Inc. said yesterday that it hopes to importabout 25,000 cars a year through the port of Boston, a move thatcould offset Toyota's decision last year to shut down its Bostoncar-importing operation. VW's announcement was hailed by Gov. Weld and Mayor Menino, ...
Weld defends political trip after tornado Criticism over national focus rises
Jun 01, 1995; ... The tornado that whipped through Great Barrington on Mondaycreated a political storm on Beacon Hill yesterday, as Gov. Weldfound himself defending a governing style that some say increasinglyplaces his national political ambitions over state responsibilities.The immediate ...
A one-way route off welfare Those with a will are finding the way with Boston home-care company
Jun 01, 1995; ... Every summer, from the time they turned 13, Shellice Hawkins'daughters got part-time jobs. And every year, Hawkins became moreashamed of receiving welfare checks instead of paychecks. "My children have always worked and that kind of embarrassed me,"said Hawkins, 33. "They're more of ...
Hollywood burns its `Bridges'
Jun 01, 1995; ... `The Bridges of Madison County" may be the most wonderful movieever made, but I won't be going to see it because, well, you knowwhat happens when Hollywood gets hold of great works of literatureand "adapts" them for the screen. They're never the same. There's simply no way they can ...
Man guilty in killing of girlfriend
Jun 01, 1995; ...A Middlesex Superior Court jury yesterday found a Medford manguilty of fatally shooting his 17-year-old live-in girlfriend lastyear. After deliberating about 8 1/2 hours over two days, the jury foundNeil J. Niland, 21, guilty of second-degree murder and unlawfulpossession of a ...
Killing 2 birds, maybe with 1 dietary stone
Jun 01, 1995; ... Antioxidants, the current dietary superstars, appear to be asimportant for the eyes as for their potential to lower cancer riskand increase longevity. Recent research suggests that people who eat foods high inantioxidants -- vitamins B, C, E and beta carotene -- are less likelyto ...
Park Service chief, in Lowell, says cuts imperil smaller sites
Jun 01, 1995; ...LOWELL -- Declaring America's heritage under "unprecedentedassault," the chief of the National Park Service released a listyesterday of 200 small attractions, including the birthplace of JohnF. Kennedy in Brookline, that could be closed under budget cuts votedby Congress. The ...
School's in for Patriot hopefuls
Jun 01, 1995; ... FOXBOROUGH -- Just off their college examinations, it's right backinto the classroom for 25 Patriots rookies -- 18 free agents, sevendraft picks -- who will be attending the team's minicamp forfirst-year players today through Monday. Coach Bill Parcells, about to begin his third ...
Two state pension funds to pull out of Boston Co.
Jun 01, 1995; ...The state's two biggest pension funds said yesterday they werepulling their money from Boston Co. after an earlier agreement tokeep the money in a troubled unit of the big financial services firmfell apart. The move is the latest blow to Boston Co. Asset Management, whichin ...
Divulging of diagnoses a bitter pill Physicians contend Medicaid mandate breaches privacy
Jun 01, 1995; ... In an effort to cut down on abuses of some drugs, the state isrequiring physicians to give drugstores confidential informationabout their Medicaid patients before pharmacists can renew long-termprescriptions for Xanax, Valium and other anti-anxiety medications. Many doctors say the ...