The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from June 1996:
Dodman: a vet who can solve a pet's edible complex
Jun 01, 1996; ... Most of us have grown used to the idea of letting our pets sit onthe couch. But the thought of putting them on an analyst's couch isenough to give us a complex. As veterinarian Nicholas Dodman makes clear, however, petpsychology is not some quirky Beverly Hills fad, but a useful ...
Erica R. Ash; at 33 Worked at Harvard University
Jun 01, 1996 ... A memorial service will be held in Cambridge on June 14 for EricaRobinson Ash, an administrative assistant at Harvard University, whodied May 21 in her home in Boston. She was 33.Ms. Ash was born in Glen Ridge, N.J. As a child in New YorkCity, she attended the United ...
Charges of Nazism cut from Astra suit Bildman's lawyer wins removal
Jun 01, 1996; ... A day after alleging in a federal lawsuit that a top Astra USAInc. executive was a Nazi sympathizer, the lawyer representing sevenformer company employees sought to remove the accusations, sayingthey detracted from the main issues in the case. The US District Court complaint was ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1996 ... Q. What ever happened to tenor Frank Parker, who used to sing onArthur Godfrey's television show in the 1950s?J.M., Boston A. The career of Frank Parker, who had been a radio personality inthe 1940s and '50's, ebbed after Godfrey left television, although heremained active into the ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1996 ... Q. I was involved in an accident nearly two years ago and havesince been confined to a wheelchair. My chair is falling apart and Ihave no way of getting another one. I've heard about a group calledPass It On, which donates equipment to people who cannot afford tobuy it. As a detainee in ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1996 ... Q. Jack Dempsey was a great champion and my idol of boxing. Whendid he die? Where was he buried? Who were the pallbearers? Tell meall you can about him.H.O., Chelsea A. Dempsey, who had been suffering from a heart ailment, died atage 87 on May 31, 1983, at his apartment on East ...
BANNED TOGETHER
Jun 01, 1996 ...Radio talk show host Marjorie Clapprood, Secretary of LaborRobert Reich and US Rep. Barney Frank rehearse a scene from "Bannedin Boston," a political ...
Patient gets $10,000 in settlement of suit over `secret' HIV test
Jun 01, 1996; ... A Wellesley dermatologist, fearful of contracting AIDS from apatient after sticking himself with a needle during surgery, admittedyesterday that he violated state law by testing the patient's bloodfor HIV without the patient's permission.Dr. Douglas W. Wooldridge, in papers ...
Kinghorn's dizzy `Fling' reels with humor, pathos
Jun 01, 1996; ... MISS McKIRDY'S DAUGHTERS WILL NOW DANCE THE HIGHLAND FLINGBy Barbara KinghornSt. Martin's Press, 334 pp., $22.95 Barbara Kinghorn's eccentric autobiography, "Miss McKirdy'sDaughters Will Now Dance the Highland Fling," may comfort manyreaders. No matter what a mess you've made of ...
Timander deal is set
Jun 01, 1996; ... According to Don Meehan, the representative for Mattias Timander,the Bruins and the defenseman have agreed to terms on a contract. "I have the documents," said Meehan last night. "I'm in theprocess of sending them to Mattias." Timander, taken in the ninth round of the NHL entry ...
Calipari says he'll listen
Jun 01, 1996 ... University of Massachusetts coach John Calipari said yesterday inProvidence that he doesn't plan to leave Amherst but that his lawyer,Craig Fenech, is reviewing proposals. Calipari, who has a 10-year, $5 million contract with UMass,reportedly met Philadelphia 76ers general manager ...
With the Navigator, you'll never get lost An on-board navigation system for all; fun times for Jeep owners; win a BMW bike
Jun 01, 1996; ... "Navigator, I am lost." Within seconds, a voice returns my call for help and soon gets meback on route. Navigating Greater Boston and many other cities has never beeneasier since the recent introduction of the Clarion VRN-1100 VoiceActivation Navigation System for vehicles ....
Ellison opts to stay Celtic
Jun 01, 1996; ... Pervis Ellison has decided he'll stay where he is. Yesterday theCeltics forward-center informed the team that he will not terminatehis contract and enter the free agent market. M.L. Carr said he wasdelighted with the news. Ellison, who had until yesterday to make the decision, has ...
Curtain falls on Cinema 57
Jun 01, 1996; ... Sony Theatres' two-screen Cinema 57 closed its doors for goodThursday night, after showings of "Original Gangstas" and "The GreatWhite Hype." The theater, which is attached to the 57 Howard JohnsonHotel, now joins a long list of defunct downtown moviehousesincluding the Paris, the Pi ...
Commencements
Jun 01, 1996 ... Held yesterday-- Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston Graduates: Associate's 363, certificates 171 Degrees: Associate's in arts and sciences, certificates Speakers: James S. Dilday, professor in the criminal justiceprogram, and Susan T. Dole, member of the Bunker Hill ...
Finneran backs vote on convention-center plan
Jun 01, 1996; ... House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran yesterday said he thoughtMassachusetts voters would favor raising taxes on hotel and motelrooms across the state to pay for a new Boston convention center. Dismissing the lodging industry's resistance to any tax increasesas "self-serving," Finneran ...
Kerry seeking to ignite party convention
Jun 01, 1996; ... Sen. John F. Kerry will leave the Democratic state convention inWorcester today with the nomination of his party, but he is hopingfor considerably more. Kerry, who has an image as a coolly cerebral figure, is expectedto strive for rhetorical fire in a speech he hopes will ...
CORRECTION
Jun 01, 1996 ...CORRECTION: Because of incorrect information supplied to theGlobe, the wrong phone number was ...
CORRECTION
Jun 01, 1996 ... CORRECTION: Because of a designer error, a map showing the areanear South Station misstated the direction traffic would be travelingto use a new ...
Fidrych, a rare Bird, is well grounded
Jun 01, 1996; ... Twenty years. It's been 20 years since Mark Fidrych was the rageof baseball. It's been two decades since a 21-year-old Northboroughnative made the cover of Sports Illustrated (twice) and started inthe All-Star Game for the American League. How crazy was it back in 1976 when Fidrych ...
A Bay Circuit victory
Jun 01, 1996 ... Outdoor enthusiasts in Acton last weekend celebrated another in aseries of milestones for the Bay Circuit Trail. Organizers are morethan halfway to realizing their goal: to complete the 200-mile trailfrom Kingston to Plum Island by the year 2000. Open space advocates in Acton and ...
In defense of democracy
Jun 01, 1996 ... At certain moments and in certain places, liberals andconservatives alike may recognize their common stake in defendingendangered democrats in a distant land. Burma is one of thoseplaces, and this is one of those moments. The illegitimate military junta that rules Burma made a ...
Crime and prevention
Jun 01, 1996 ... The few dozen partisans who braved a driving rainstorm Tuesday inthe Denver suburb of Aurora got to hear private citizen Bob Dole'smost comprehensive thoughts yet on the nature of crime in America,its causes and what government ought to do to curtail it. He put it: "Many Americans ...
No vindication for Sawyer
Jun 01, 1996 ... Former John Hancock lobbyist F. William Sawyer understandably saidhe was happy his federal fraud conviction has been overturned, butthere can be no talk of vindication for Sawyer or for the pattern oflobbyist largesse to state legislators that was detailed at histrial. Noting ...
Rooming house landlord pleads guilty to fire deaths Safety violations in '89 Lynn blaze result in manslaughter conviction
Jun 01, 1996; ... SALEM -- A Lynn rooming house owner yesterday pleaded guilty tofour counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a 1989 fire, inwhat is believed to be first manslaughter conviction involving safetyviolations in a Massachusetts fatal fire since the 1942 CocoanutGrove ...
FIREFIGHTER DOWN
Jun 01, 1996 ...Terry Wittekind (right), assistant chief of the Marietta, Ohio,fire department, signals for help yesterday after ...
Troubled waters Recreational, commercial anglers fight to catch bass
Jun 01, 1996; ... ORLEANS -- When weekend fishermen looking to unwind come to RockHarbor, they take out their rods and reels and angle for striped bassone by one. When commercial fishermen like Mike Abdow go out on their boats toearn a living, they catch stripers the same way. By law, they ...
BREAKING RANKS
Jun 01, 1996 ...A German soldier struggles to regain his composure aftercollapsing in the hot sun yesterday during reunited Germany's ...
Hub firms hailed as heavy hitters Teradyne chief: Local companies competitive in US, world markets
Jun 01, 1996; ... Judged by the box scores of its sports teams, Boston may look likea city of losers. But from a business viewpoint, the city'scompanies take commanding leads in international and domestic marketsand they should be as celebrated as the Red Sox, Celtics, Patriotsand Bruins. So said ...
Judge rules against E. Boston lot owner
Jun 01, 1996; ... A federal judge yesterday denied challenges by East Bostonbusinessman Richard Goldberg, indicted for allegedly attempting toillegally influence former House Speaker Charles F. Flaherty with aCape Cod vacation. US District Judge Richard C. Lindsay rejected several ofGoldberg's ...
Gerald A. Higgins, 91 Was writer, advertising executive
Jun 01, 1996 ... Gerald A. Higgins of Spencer, a retired writer and advertisingexecutive, died Tuesday in Quaboag Nursing Home in West Brookfield.He was 91. Mr. Higgins was born in Somerville. In 1926, he graduated fromBrown University, where he was an associate professor for severalyears. ...
Brown won't be going forth in a bid for an IRA repeat
Jun 01, 1996; ... CAMDEN, N.J. -- Their varsity heavyweight eight won thisprestigious row in 1993, '94 and '95. But Brown coach Scott Roop won't be lining up his crew today for acrack at a fourth straight Varsity Challenge Cup when theIntercollegiate Rowing Association wraps up its three-day stand ...
N. Ireland voters give boost to Sinn Fein
Jun 01, 1996; ... BELFAST -- Threatened with exclusion from all-party talks unlessits allies in the IRA resume a cease-fire, Sinn Fein made its bestelectoral showing ever here, further complicating the peace processin Northern Ireland. When votes from Thursday's special election to select ...
Netanyahu is declared Israel victor Hailed by thousands, prime minister-elect now must heal the country's divisions
Jun 01, 1996; ... TEL AVIV -- Benjamin Netanyahu was declared Israel's next primeminister yesterday as final results in the cliffhanger election gavethe Likud party leader a 29,500-vote victory over incumbent ShimonPeres. Netanyahu celebrated the final count by praying just beforesundown at the ...
Next premier impressed in student days
Jun 01, 1996; ... By 1976, his fourth year at MIT, Prime Minister-elect BenjaminNetanyahu of Israel had earned a bachelor's degree in architecture, amaster's degree in management and nearly completed a master's degreein architecture. Then, he began working toward a doctorate in political ...
Canseco dogged by ruptured disc
Jun 01, 1996; ... SEATTLE -- Sometimes he's in the lineup, sometimes he's out.Sometimes he grimaces when he runs and sometimes he just can't slidewhen he's supposed to, leaving skeptics wondering whether there is alittle dog in him. The Red Sox have said Jose Canseco has backspasms, but the slugger ...
Errors detailed in kidney removal
Jun 01, 1996; ... A surgeon at Quincy Hospital who removed the wrong kidney from apatient was misled by mistaken information in the woman's chart, buthe failed to check X-rays that would have revealed the error,according to a report filed with the state. Hospital officials, who submitted the report ...
LUNCH LINE
Jun 01, 1996 ...Children from the Castle Square Day Care Center in Boston enjoyyesterday's warm weather ...
Timothy Leary, '60s icon, dies at 75
Jun 01, 1996; ... Timothy Leary, the former Harvard professor who became acounterculture hero when he urged the '60s generation to "Turn on,tune in and drop out," died yesterday in his hilltop home in BeverlyHills, Calif. He was 75. Mr. Leary, who turned his battle with terminal prostate ...
Baseball: Controversy around Belle continues
Jun 01, 1996 ... A statement purportedly from Albert Belle explaining why he turneddown a fan's request for an autograph may have come from theCleveland slugger's brother, an Indians spokesman said. In the past,Terry Belle has acted as a spokesman for his brother. The statementsaid Albert Belle felt ...
Julius M. Lombara, 86 Founded Lynn funeral home
Jun 01, 1996 ... Julius M. Lombara of Lynn, the founder of Lombara & Son FuneralHome, died last Saturday in Tronbrzeg Hospital in Poland, where hewas vacationing. He was 86. A lifelong resident of Lynn, Mr. Lombara graduated from BostonSchool of Anatomy and Embalming in 1937, two years before ...
With Cigar, it's an exacta science To cash in on the MassCap, bettors will need a 1-2 punch
Jun 01, 1996; ... Those who venture to a racetrack need only wager on their firstdaily double to learn very quickly there are no sure things in horseracing. But it gets no closer than this in today's Massachusetts Handicapat Suffolk Downs -- the best horse in the world versus five rivalswhose ...
MassCap looms as one-horse race
Jun 01, 1996; ... To call the field that will line up against Cigar at Suffolk Downstoday "weak" would be a compliment. Based on past performances, itis difficult to believe that the five horses who will take on the1995 Horse of the Year in the 57th Massachusetts Handicap are membersof the same species ....
Tireless weaver of a safety net
Jun 01, 1996; ... Sarah Buel is relentless. It is her strength and her burden. Call her at home and an answering machine recites emergencytelephone numbers for the police, local shelters and the national hotline for women fleeing abusive relationships. Call her for help when she is busy in ...
N.E. Development in deal with N.Y. firm Would combine management clout of major mall firms
Jun 01, 1996; ... New England Development of Newton has agreed in principle to mergeits property-management and leasing businesses with those of anotherleading shopping mall developer, O'Connor Group of New York. At a time of growing pressure for consolidation in the mallbusiness, the merger would ...
Harvard art museums given $10m
Jun 01, 1996; ... Three recent donations totaling $10 million have been given to theHarvard University Art Museums, director James Cuno announcedyesterday. The three contributions to the museums' current $37million capital campaign are anonymous gifts of $5 million and $4million, and a $1 million gift ...
Angling to catch votes
Jun 01, 1996; ... What's wrong with Gov. William F. Weld's sputtering campaign forUS Senate? His Wednesday afternoon session with the State Housepress corps offers a hint. Was Weld telling reporters how he'll straighten out Washington ifhe knocks off Sen. John F. Kerry in November? Nope. Fresh from ...
Evelyn L. Murphy, 67 Was bookkeeper, drug counselor
Jun 01, 1996 ...Evelyn Laurel (Green) Murphy of Dorchester, a retired bookkeeper,died yesterday in Youville Hospital in Cambridge. She was 67. Mrs. Murphy was born in Boston. She graduated from RoxburyMemorial High School. A former promotion assistant at The Boston Globe, Mrs. Murphy ...
Poet is a PEN pal
Jun 01, 1996; ... Names & Faces can be reached by electronic mail at names(atsign)globe.com. Material from wire services and other sources wasused in this column. Diana Der Hovanessian, a poet, teacher and president of the NewEngland Poetry Club, receives the PEN/New England Friend to Writers'Award ...
Man convicted of dealing guns
Jun 01, 1996; ...A Boston man was convicted yesterday of bringing 32 semiautomaticpistols from Jackson, Miss., where he was attending college, toBoston and selling them illegally. A US District Court jury ...
Gunfire wounds two Boston men
Jun 01, 1996 ... Two men were shot in separate incidents in Boston last night,police said. Neither man was seriously wounded and both were atBoston City Hospital. Their names were not released. A 26-year-oldDorchester man was shot once in the groin on Homestead Street inRoxbury at ...
Woman stabbed with scissors
Jun 01, 1996 ...A Dorchester woman was treated at Boston City Hospital yesterdayafter being stabbed in the head with a pair of scissors, police said.Officers were called to a residence on Lorne Street at about 3:10p.m., where they found Kimberly Scott, 25, with a pair of scissorspartially embedded in ...
Draft of will costs real estate license
Jun 01, 1996 ...Michael Muse, who drafted a will for street person Mary Guzelianthat left her $400,000 estate to state Rep. Kevin W. Fitzgerald(D-Jamaica Plain) and his legislative aide, has agreed to asuspension of his real estate license for three years, a stateregulatory agency said yesterday. The ...
Berkey becomes provost at BU
Jun 01, 1996 ... Dennis D. Berkey, dean of arts and sciences at Boston Universitysince 1987, today becomes the school's provost. Berkey succeeds JonWestling, who takes ...
Fumes at station send 8 to hospital
Jun 01, 1996 ...Eight people were taken to area hospitals yesterday after toxicfumes apparently seeped into Boston Police headquarters on BerkeleyStreet, police said. Cause of the fumes is under investigation, butpolice believe they ...
More bones are found in Revere
Jun 01, 1996 ...REVERE -- State and federal officials and an anthropologist arehelping Revere Police identify human remains found in a wooded areanear the Saugus line, police said last night. Officials were ...
Death spurs ban on drawstrings
Jun 01, 1996 ...The choking death of a Mattapan toddler last month spurredlawmakers this week to file bills to outlaw the sale and manufacturein Massachusetts of children's clothing with drawstrings at the neckor waist. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has receivedreports of 17 deaths and 42 ...
Dog fight results in arrest of 2 men
Jun 01, 1996 ...Two Lowell men were arrested Thursday night after enticing twodogs to fight for the purpose of wagering, police said. Juan Garciaand Carlos Santiago were charged with cruelty to animals and publicdrinking after two plainclothes officers came upon a group of about20 ...
Markey, staff boost cause of children's TV
Jun 01, 1996; ...Gathering the signatures of members of Congress on "DearColleague" letters, petitions and pieces of legislation is oftentedious and time-consuming. Rep. Edward J. Markey, the MaldenDemocrat, describes the process as "a logistical nightmare." To prod the Federal Communications ...
On the schedule
Jun 01, 1996; ... The Boston Preservation Alliance, City of Boston, and NationalTrust for Historic Preservation's Boston Historic Theater Charrettewill present its findings and guiding principles for change from 5 to7 p.m. Tuesday at the Opera House at 537 Washington St. Call 367-2458. . . Don Sweeney, a ...
Sorenstam soars at Open
Jun 01, 1996; ... SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- The inevitable questions were raised atthe LPGA Championship three weeks ago about Annika Sorenstam'spresence in the limelight of women's golf. She'd been the game'sdominant player a year ago, stamping the US Women's Open as her firstvictory and becoming the first ...
Long-term deal for Brisby He takes sure thing to remain a Patriot
Jun 01, 1996; ... FOXBOROUGH -- Vincent Brisby took the money instead of the betyesterday. The Patriots' fourth-year wide receiver had to decide whether toaccept the club's five-year, $8.6 million offer or sign a one-yeartender worth $785,000 that would have made him a free agent followingthe 1996 ...
New Bedford police suit settled for $550,000
Jun 01, 1996; ... The sister of a man whose 1990 death in a New Bedford policestation cellblock was found at a trial earlier this year to have beenthe result of police misconduct has agreed to accept a $550,000settlement to avoid a protracted appeal. The city had appealed a $435,000 verdict, ...
Concert Update
Jun 01, 1996 ... Grammy-winning and Tony-winning Jennifer Holliday of "Dream Girls"fame will headline a June 14 show at the Park Plaza Hotel to benefiturban health care programs at Boston City ...
Raytheon, union praise voluntary buyout program
Jun 01, 1996; ... Raytheon Co. and its largest local union are praising a voluntarybuyout program announced this week as a way to avoid layoffs amidmilitary cutbacks, but both sides acknowledged yesterday that themeasures might only be a first step. "There is always a hope that there will be a ...