The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from August 1996:
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS' PROTEST SITES UNDER DISPUTE
Aug 01, 1996; ... WASHINGTON -- Simmering battles over protest areas at theRepublican and Democratic national conventions have evolved intofederal lawsuits against -- and big headaches for -- the citieshosting the events. A federal judge in San Diego has rejected a site set aside by theRepublican ...
BUCHANAN TALKS OF WOOING DELEGATES AT CONVENTION PRESSES FOR CONSERVATIVES
Aug 01, 1996; ... WASHINGTON -- Patrick J. Buchanan said yesterday that he would notdisrupt the Republican national convention this month, but would tryto advance his "platform recommendations" through sympatheticdelegates. Buchanan, still a presidential candidate, said he will decidewhether to ...
Hemmings hits stride Jamaican captures gold as US pair wind up 2-3
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- While a huge partisan crowd at Olympic Stadiumanticipated another US track gold medal, an emerging Jamaican namedDeon Hemmings stole the show last night and beat favored Kim Battenand Tonja Buford-Bailey of the United States in the women's 400-meterhurdles final. She ...
Aerosmith fires longtime manager
Aug 01, 1996; ... Tim Collins, who managed Aerosmith for 12 years and helped revivethe band's career and steer its members to sobriety, was firedyesterday by the band during a 14-minute meeting at the Four SeasonsHotel. Collins led the group out of a drug-wracked tailspin in themid-'80s to become ...
Decision signals a new vision
Aug 01, 1996; ... WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's embrace of the Republicanwelfare overhaul bill marks a historic swing in American politics,upending decades of social philosophy calling for government toprovide indefinite support for the poor and vesting most of thatresponsibility in ...
Guard shot dead during heist Police hunt for clues after ambush of armored car
Aug 01, 1996; ... SOMERVILLE -- Law enforcement officials searched a minivan and anarmored car last night after a security guard was shot and killed bymasked bandits who wore ninja-style outfits during a lunchtimerobbery outside a Star Market. Police said the armored car guard, Edward Kubera, 53, of ...
Finneran is blamed for weapons-ban defeat
Aug 01, 1996; ... Who was behind the ultimate defeat of a proposed ban on 25 typesof assault weapons? The most obvious suspect is Rep. William J. Glodis (D-Worcester),who effectively derailed the ban late Tuesday in a conferencecommittee that was supposed to hammer out a compromise between ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1996 ... Q. What ever happened to drummer-vocalist Roger Taylor, who wasonce a member of the English rock group Duran Duran?D.D., Littleton A. Taylor, who also does solo albums, was a member of the lateFreddie Mercury's English group Queen for several years. AfterMercury's death from ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Aug 01, 1996 ... Q. I want my own Hovercraft. Do any companies make small ones?A.S., Reading A. Dave Galka, editor of Hoverclub of America's bimonthlynewsletter Hovernews, lists five US companies that make sportsHovercraft models, everything from single-seaters to six-passengercraft. Prices range ...
ASK THE GLOBE THE ADDRESS BOOK
Aug 01, 1996 ... FOR L.M., Methuen -- Tori Spelling, 1122 South Robertson Blvd., Room15, Los Angeles, CA 90035For S.S., Newton -- Neve Campbell, ...
Home of guard tied to blast is searched FBI takes pickup, carloads of items
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- Dozens of federal agents searched the suburbanapartment of Richard Jewell for more than 10 hours yesterday, lookingfor evidence to link the security guard to the fatal bomb blast atCentennial Olympic Park on Saturday. By early this morning, they hadyet to charge Jewell with ...
They plumb the horror
Aug 01, 1996; ... "It's horrifying. You don't even want to think about it," one ofthe investigators working to find out how TWA Flight 800 exploded wassaying yesterday from Washington. "But more than likely, the peoplein the back half of that plane were conscious for eight or nineseconds before it blew ...
A family reclaims a name and place in Berlin
Aug 01, 1996; ... BERLIN -- History has come full circle here, at this bustlingconstruction site hard by the rubble of the old Nazi headquarters. It has happened before in Berlin, a city where the tumult of thepast has caused buildings to rise and fall along with the governmentsof the Third Reich ...
The sexual disease that goes unnoticed
Aug 01, 1996 ... Dear Beth: I'm 18 and have been in a good relationship with a boy quite awhile. Recently I began having some itching and stuff and thecollege nurse said I have chlamydia. She's treating it. A while agoshe said I should be careful about ectopic pregnancy. I don't planto get ...
The snooze you lose: Two takes on sleep
Aug 01, 1996; ... SLEEP THIEVESAn Eye-Opening Exploration Into the Science and Mysteries of SleepBy Stanley CorenFree Press, 303 pp., $24THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF SLEEPBy Pertz Lavie; translated, from the Hebrew, by Anthony BerrisYale University Press, 270 pp., illustrated, $27.50 They say we know ...
`Most controversial economist' returns Citing personal reasons, Krugman to leave Stanford and head back to MIT
Aug 01, 1996; ...There'll be another big man on campus at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology come September. Paul Krugman, who Newsweek tagged as "America's most controversialeconomist," is coming back to Cambridge after spending the last 2 1/2years teaching at rival Stanford ...
Bruins tab Bradley to head scouts
Aug 01, 1996; ... The Bruins elected to promote from within yesterday by namingScott Bradley director of scouting, replacing Gordie Clark.Clark recently was appointed director of player personnel by theNew York Islanders, joining general manager/coach Mike Milbury.Bradley, 33, enters his ...
For Bubka, it's the pits
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- Sergei Bubka first exploded on the international scenewhen he won the pole vault in the inaugural world championships atHelsinki in 1983, and he has gone from there to one Olympic goldmedal in 1988, victories in all five of the world meetings and 35indoor (17) and outdoor (18) ...
Buchanan talks of wooing delegates at convention Presses for conservatives
Aug 01, 1996; ... WASHINGTON -- Patrick J. Buchanan said yesterday that he would notdisrupt the Republican national convention this month, but would tryto advance his "platform recommendations" through sympatheticdelegates.Buchanan, still a presidential candidate, said he will decidewhether to ...
Camby admits transgressions
Aug 01, 1996; ... Former University of Massachusetts basketball star Marcus Cambysecretly met with a university committee last week and admitted hetook money and gifts from professional agents last season, sourcessaid yesterday. Camby made the admissions during several hours of questioning ...
Penalty ends for Taunton officer `Captain Good' back amid feud
Aug 01, 1996; ... TAUNTON -- The Goodmobile rides again. Adding luster to a local legend, this city's mayor yesterdaylifted the suspension of Capt. Richard P. Pimental, known in thecommunity as "Captain Good." Pimental, whose controversialcrime-fighting tactics have drawn both kudos and ...
Trump pushes harbor casino, marina Menino won't flatly rule out proposal
Aug 01, 1996; ... Never mind a possible casino on Long Island.How about a casino, a residential development and a boat marinaall on the island?That's apparently what representatives of Donald Trump, thegaming and condo king of New York City and Atlantic City, plan topropose sometime ...
CHIP SHOTS
Aug 01, 1996 ... THEY USUALLY check handicaps at golf tournaments, but on Aug. 15 atJuniper Hill Golf Course in Northborough, they will be checking birthcertificates. That's because you must be at least 75 years old toenter the second annual event established byThe Willows at Westborough retirement ...
In search of...Ipswich fried clams
Aug 01, 1996; ... The Clam Box206 High St., Ipswich, 508-356-9707.Choate Bridge Pub3 S. Main St., Ipswich, 508-356-2931.Woodman's121 Main St., Essex, 508-768-6451.J.T. Farnham's88 Eastern Ave., Essex, 508-768-6643. Eighty years ago this summer, Lawrence Henry (Chubby) Woodmandropped a handful of ...
Boston.COMMENT An interactive column about electronic issues and culture
Aug 01, 1996 ... This week's topic'Net humorJoke-telling has long been a staple of cocktail parties and impromptuwater-cooler gatherings. But as e-mail becomes an increasinglyconvenient communications tool, people have begun to embrace it as agreat way to share a laugh.What we askedThis week, we ...
END OF THE CHASE
Aug 01, 1996 ...Boston police arrest one of five suspects yesterday in an unarmedrobbery in Chinatown. Police said the robbers took a gold chain froma 56-year-old woman and fled the scene in a white van withPennsylvania plates. Police caught up to ...
CORRECTION
Aug 01, 1996 ... CORRECTION: Because of a transmission error, a story inyesterday's A section quoted Republican presidential candidate BobDole ...
You'll be breathless if you take long trip
Aug 01, 1996; ... CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- For 10 years, a trip to SugarloafGolf Course seemed just too far. You can play a round of golf in thetime it takes to make the drive. However, I finally made the trip, and, boy, it was worth it. Thecourse, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., is simply ...
Action scarce; audience isn't
Aug 01, 1996; ... The Summer Olympics telecast sagged last night, much as it didTuesday, a development that was almost inevitable, given the 16consecutive prime-time programs of 4 1/2 hours or more apiece. That accounts for the meaningless gymnastics exhibition that wasintroduced into the Games ...
Time is becoming enemy in probe of TWA crash
Aug 01, 1996; ... EAST MORICHES, N.Y. -- With saltwater washing away chemicaltraces of valuable evidence and the specter of terrorism loominglarger each day, investigators here are under increasing pressure toraise wreckage and prove their theory that a time bomb downed TWAFlight 800.Two ...
Evans is an all-around athlete
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- The 1996 Olympic Games will be over soon. It's alreadybeen an eventful 13 days, and no doubt there will be another majorsurprise before Sunday night's closing ceremonies.It's impossible to predict when or where the next big story willstrike. The only thing we know for ...
Just one hurdle left for Davis
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- Last night Calvin Davis earned at least another 24hours worth of fairy tale. "Everything I do now is a bonus," said the Dorchester (Mass.)High School graduate after winning his semifinal in the 400-meterhurdles to advance to the final tonight at 8:25. His time of ...
It's double jeopardy as Devers ends up 4th
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- Once again, Gail Devers stood at the finish line, handson hips, staring at the scoreboard, waiting for the photos to be readand the medal positions to be sorted out.But this time it wasn't a gold medal that hung in the balance.Devers knew she would be lucky to walk ...
Make that two for Fu
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- Her teammate, Tan Shuping, had bombed out in thepreliminaries. She herself was sitting fourth going into thespringboard finals. "The whole burden was on me," China's Fu Minxiasaid last night. So she simply did what she did four years ago at Barcelona, whenshe was 13 ...
Surgeons get light reprimand after removing wrong kidney
Aug 01, 1996; ... State disciplinary officials yesterday voted a relatively lightpunishment for two Quincy Hospital surgeons who removed the wrongkidney from a cancer patient. The officials said the hospital andthe doctors' office staff must share the blame. The Board of Registration in Medicine ...
Dole vows to offer capital gains tax cut
Aug 01, 1996; ... NASHVILLE -- Bob Dole, promising to unveil his economic plan "in afew days," said yesterday that it would include a significantreduction in the capital gains tax and restore the deduction for homeoffices. The Republican presidential contender made his remarks at ...
7-city drug bust nets 27 suspects of all ages, economic backgrounds
Aug 01, 1996; ... MANSFIELD -- In a move that law enforcement officials here say hasvanquished a burgeoning drug trade in which children became deadlyentrepreneurs, police arrested dozens of suspects in a two-day drugraid in seven cities this week. The 27 suspects nabbed in raids Tuesday and ...
Citizens' net falls 7.7% in 3d quarter; Viacom down 22%
Aug 01, 1996 ...Citizens Financial Group Inc. of Providence yesterday said itsnet income fell 7.7 percent in the third quarter because of a $9.6million reorganization charge. However, it added that underlying growth was strong with netinterest income rising 28 percent and noninterest income ...
Shady campaigners
Aug 01, 1996 ... Many people who have watched the Christian Coalition blossom intothe potent electoral force it has become over the last seven yearsconsider it a group of partisan political activists. The FederalElection Commission now agrees. That is why the FEC sued the coalition in federal court ...
Making Hub's parks bloom
Aug 01, 1996 ... Municipal departments are never faultless. But the public expectsthat the operation of the city's parks will be smoother and morepredictable than, say, public housing or police. The recent appointment of Justine M. Liff as Boston parkscommissioner suggests a period of reliability ...
Our deepest gratitude
Aug 01, 1996 ... They are usually referred to simply as "divers," as though theyhave no names, as though they are one unit -- another piece of rescueequipment sifting through what's left of TWA Flight 800. While thefaces of politicians, government officials and anguished relatives ofvictims fill ...
Punishing our allies
Aug 01, 1996 ...Congress has just proved that the road to bad legislation can bepaved with good intentions. The sanctions bill it passed to punish countries investing morethan $40 million in the energy sectors of Iran and Libya expresses ajustifiable frustration at the failure of allies to help ...
READER FEEDBACK: What should be done to enhance governmental efforts to thwart terrorist acts?
Aug 01, 1996; ...Passion informed the reaction to this question with a largenumber of the more than 100 respondents suggesting that if we look tohome we might find effective ways to combat terrorists of any stripe.Said one: "I think we have to look at the violence in our society,especially in the films ...
Ferber tells of talks with finance firm
Aug 01, 1996; ...In his second day of testimony yesterday in federal court, formerpublic financier Mark S. Ferber tried to put some distance betweenhimself and Merrill Lynch, the investment firm that paid him aretainer to steer business to it while he was working as a financialadviser to public ...
Finneran withstands end-of-session challenge
Aug 01, 1996; ... When he banged the gavel last night to close the 1996 session,House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran ended four tense months oflegislative work -- months that were marred by aftershocks from hisbitterly contested election as speaker but which yielded some majorlegislative ...
Is he second to none? Fredericks tired of being overlooked on the world stage
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- Michael Johnson's 200-meter win streak began July 28,1994, three weeks after he finished fourth to Frank Fredericks at ameet in Switzerland. It ended three weeks ago when Fredericks beathim again. If you notice the trend, you are doing better than most.Fredericks was ...
New Senate candidate pushes to be in debates
Aug 01, 1996; ... Susan Gallagher, candidate of the new Conservative Party in theUS Senate race, demanded yesterday that she be included in fourupcoming televised debates between Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry andhis Republican challenger, Gov. William F. Weld. "I don't see any reason for them to ...
Special Italian cuisine, warmth still star at meteoric newcomer
Aug 01, 1996; ... GALLERIA ITALIANA * * *Where: 177 Tremont St.Telephone: 423-2092.Prices: Antipasti, insalate: $4.75-$9.50; pasta, secondi: $16.50-$22; desserts: $6.25-$7.50.Good choices: Seared tuna, Ligurian-style potato salad; foiegras, crisped potato cake, champagne grapes; fettuccelle ...
Etonic deal No. 1 on Spalding agenda
Aug 01, 1996; ... Spalding's purchase of Etonic this week is not the end of thedealings. Look for the Chicopee-based golf ball manufacturingcompany to purchase other golf-related companies once its ownershipsituation is settled. The Cisneros family of South America is selling Spalding WorldWide, ...
James F. Griffin, 75 Retired Boston firefighter
Aug 01, 1996 ... James F. Griffin, a retired Boston firefighter, died Tuesday inhis home in South Boston. He was 75. A lifelong resident of South Boston, Mr. Griffin, who was knownas "Poppo" to family and friends, served in the Army during World WarII. He was assigned to Ladder 22 in ...
Another cast shows other qualities of `Peter Grimes'
Aug 01, 1996; ... PETER GRIMESOpera by Benjamin BrittenAt: Tanglewood Theater, Tuesday night LENOX -- At Tanglewood Tuesday night, each act of "Peter Grimes"began with a sound not scored by the composer Benjamin Britten -- thesound of feet thundering against a wooden floor as the TanglewoodMusic ...
Mystery deepens on guard in Atlanta
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- He's husky and a bit insecure. He dreams of a careerin law enforcement. He talks in police-show cliches: "I did the jobI was trained to do." But beyond that, no one knows much about Richard Jewell, andrarely, if ever, have the possibilities seemed so divergent: ...
Strides reported on health, wage bills in Senate
Aug 01, 1996; ...WASHINGTON -- Legislators announced a breakthrough last night onthe points blocking final passage of bills that would guaranteeaccess to health insurance for those who lose their jobs and thatwould raise the minimum wage by 90 cents. "This is a remarkable achievement," Trent Lott, ...
VINEYARD GUIDE
Aug 01, 1996 ... One good way to judge a guidebook is to look up a familiar hangoutor a favorite sunset spot and see if your impressions jibe with thebook. We did just that with "Magic Time" (Dauntless Oyster Press,West Tisbury), a new guide to Martha's Vineyard, and it checked outnicely.Billing ...
Princes and paupers Corporate America enjoys Games in grand style, but John Q. Public is roughing it
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- Alana White, 14, had to give up Christmas to come tothe Olympic Games with her mom. Laurence V. Plummer, 37, was handed an Olympic Games experience ona silver platter. White and her mother, Lisa Thomas, a computer programmer, drove upin their minivan from Lakeland, ...
Chlorine's the solution for most mildew stains
Aug 01, 1996; ... Q. I have a few black marks and dirt on a big table umbrella. Howcan I clean it?TIMOTHY BASSETT, Marblehead A. Those black marks are probably mildew. Wash the umbrella on bothsides, if necessary, with a solution of 1 part liquid chlorine bleachand 3 parts water. If dirt remains, make a ...
Insurance merger dealt setback Consumer group wins court order to delay deal
Aug 01, 1996; ... A consumer group has won a court order that temporarily blocksMassachusetts regulators from approving the merger of MetropolitanLife Insurance Co. and The New England. In a lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court, the Cambridge-basedCenter for Insurance Research charges that the ...
Bigotry disrupts Arab-Jewish dialogue in Boston
Aug 01, 1996; ...The request came from the Boston Center for InternationalVisitors. A delegation of leading Muslims from six Arab nations would bevisiting Boston in July as part of a monthlong tour of the UnitedStates. They were coming as guests of the United States InformationAgency (a ...
Johnson dashing figure
Aug 01, 1996; ... ATLANTA -- They'd never been close friends, and they would travelin different circles on the track. Michael Johnson stayed in thesurroundings of Dallas and Waco, Texas; the Santa Monica Track Clubpersonified by Carl Lewis wasn't in the cards. Didn't it somehowfigure that on the night ...
Boxing was hard cell to Jones Jail stay taught him golden rule
Aug 01, 1996; ...ATLANTA -- Nate Jones was trading cigarettes while MontellGriffin was trading punches. Nate knew it could have been different.Nate knew it wasn't.Nate knew the difference.Who says you don't learn anything in prison?As Jones sat in front of a ...
Nancy C. Kellom, 40 Was an office manager
Aug 01, 1996 ... A memorial service will be held on Saturday for Nancy C. Kellom,an office manager for Tracer Technologies in Somerville, who died ofcancer Friday in her home in Newton. She was 40. Ms. Kellom was born in Midland, Mich. She graduated from theCollege of Wooster in Ohio. She was an ...
Quincy victim identified; service planned
Aug 01, 1996; ... The body of a Quincy woman, recovered from the waters off LongIsland after the explosion of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, has beenpositively identified by the medical examiner's office. A memorial service will be held for 51-year-old Jane Ann ReardonLabys on Aug. 9 at 10 a.m at St ....
For trial lawyers gathered in Hub, the suit's the thing
Aug 01, 1996; ... Businesses may complain about the high cost of frivolous lawsuits,commentators may deride a society so litigious that a spilled cup ofcoffee can be worth millions, but here at the 50th annual conventionof the American Trial Lawyers Association, "sue" was a mighty prettyword. Talk ...
Legislators sift through batch of bills as session concludes
Aug 01, 1996; ... It was a long night for lawmakers, but a good night for parents andthe consumer.Before finishing this year's legislative session early thismorning, lawmakers gaveled through several bills that would easeaccess to information the public has long been clamoring for.If Gov ....
Names: NBA rejects Howard's $98m deal
Aug 01, 1996 ...The NBA yesterday rejected the $98 million, seven-year dealsigned by Juwan Howard with the Miami Heat because the leaguecontends his salary exceeds the team's salary cap. Jeffrey Mishkin,the league's executive vice president and chief legal officer, saidthe Heat incorrectly calculated ...