The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from October 1996:
A STIRRING CHORALE OF WOMEN'S VOICES
Oct 01, 1996; ... If a novelist from New York City, say, decides to write about lifeon the Upper East Side, he or she becomes an instant cosmopolitan;but if a novelist from, say, North Carolina decides to write aboutthe South, he or she becomes an instant regionalist. Fred Chappellhas published more than ...
AFFIRMATIVE SIGNS
Oct 01, 1996 ...Proponents of affirmative action cheer at a rally yesterday atSan Diego ...
On-line services woo users AOL, CompuServe plan ads, updates
Oct 01, 1996; ... It's autumn, and along with millions of falling leaves,Americans can expect a steady downpour of computer disks. AmericaOnline and CompuServe, the nation's two biggest commercial computernetworks, have launched new efforts to reinvigorate themselves, aftera summer of stagnant ...
Aristide reaffirms Haiti commitment
Oct 01, 1996; ... Five years to the day after the military ousted Jean-BertrandAristide from the post he won by popular vote, the former presidentsaid yesterday he is steadfast in his commitment to democracy inHaiti. "The democratic process is irreversible, but very fragile," hesaid at a forum of ...
ASK THE GLOBE IN SEARCH OF...
Oct 01, 1996 ... The Class of 1956 of Keith Academy-Keith Hall in Lowell is lookingfor the following classmates for its 40th reunion to be held Oct. 19at the Indian Ridge Country Club: Lawrence Burnham, John Devine, PaulDeProfio, Stephen Flynn, Thomas Garrity, Robert Hart, Richard Keyes,David ...
ASK THE GLOBE THE ADDRESS BOOK
Oct 01, 1996 ... For S.M., Watertown -- Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to TheSociety for Ladies Who Laugh Out Loud, P.O. Box 629, Kennebunkport,ME 04046.For L.H., Boston -- Celine Dion, c/o Creative Artists Agency, 9830Wilshire Blvd., ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1996 ... Q. Who said, "All politics is local"? What inspired thestatement?S.S., Sterling A. In political circles, the saying is thought to have originatedas the motto and philosophy of Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill Jr. But in hisbooks, "Man of the House" (1987) and "All Politics Is Local" ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Oct 01, 1996 ... Q. While watching the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on HBO, Iheard the announcer refer to women's tennis as "big babe" tennis. Iassume she was referring to the height of the players. Can youprovide the average height of the ...
ASK THE GLOBE IN SEARCH OF...
Oct 01, 1996 ... Dracut High School is having a combined reunion (Oct. 16) beginningwith the class of 1936 and continuing forward ....
Spitting on decency
Oct 01, 1996; ...On a morning when the sun arrived like a warm handshake offeringthe promise of a splendid day, a single green bench stood bathed in ayellow glow along the Commonwealth Avenue mall, between Berkeley andClarendon, where apartment buildings are low enough and the sun wasat just the right ...
Eighth grader doesn't feel safe at school
Oct 01, 1996 ... Dear Beth: I just started eighth grade, and I am scared sick all the time atschool. I heard there were lots of people hurt and some even killedhere last year. I see kids bringing knives and even guns and hidingthem in their lockers. What should I do? Should I get a gun or aknife ...
Harding proves to be nice catch
Oct 01, 1996; ... Basketball was the proven path. So many Baltimore youngsters havedeveloped their skills in the sport to make major impacts on theDivision 1 level. Standout football players from the city aren't aseasy to find, which concerned Boston College sophomore wide receiverDennis Harding coming ...
Getting an early start on holiday travel
Oct 01, 1996; ... Thanksgiving is two months away, yet the 9-foot-long ride board atthe University of Massachusetts at Amherst already carries noticesseeking rides or riders for the holiday. And at the nation's airlines, would-be Thanksgiving holidaytravelers already are being told that only ...
Beddoes takes forward approach
Oct 01, 1996; ... WILMINGTON -- A short and hard-skating workout over, Bruinsforwards Clayton Beddoes and David Emma stood maybe 12 feet apart andtook turns lifting pucks toward each other and trying to knock themdown. It's a hand-eye drill and a skill especially important for penaltykilling, ...
Investors walk high wire on firms' futures
Oct 01, 1996; ... Here is the one sure thing New England utility investors can clingto: Everyone else is just as uncertain where the future is takingtheir stock. The market can slap a value on opportunity but is equally adept atdiscounting prices for fear and uncertainty. Shares of New ...
Chance to grill the candidates
Oct 01, 1996 ... Readers are invited to send in to the Globe their questions foreither or both of the Senate candidates, John Kerry and Bill Weld.The Globe will print as many questions and candidate answers as spacepermits. Questioners can call a special voice-mail ...
Judge says he is object of probe Criticism of Weld's SJC nominee cited
Oct 01, 1996; ... Appeals Court Judge Frederick L. Brown yesterday said he is beinginvestigated by a panel that disciplines judges because he publiclycriticized the way Gov. William F. Weld picked Margaret H. Marshallto fill a vacant seat on the state's high court. Brown provided a copy of a Sept ....
Gritty Bruins add another 1-2 punch
Oct 01, 1996; ... WILMINGTON -- The gritty get grittier. The Bruins yesterday acquired two more players that fit thatdescription when they came up with forward Rob DiMaio from thePhiladelphia Flyers and defenseman Dean Malkoc from the VancouverCanucks. Actually, the Bruins got DiMaio, who has ...
KENNEDY IS THE FALL GUY Irate Canseco demands trade from Red Sox
Oct 01, 1996; ... Red Sox slugger Jose Canseco said he's demanding a trade after hisfriend, Kevin Kennedy, was fired yesterday by general manager DanDuquette. Canseco said he will demand the deal through his agent,Dennis Gilbert, sometime today. He said he will not return to theSox under any circumstances ...
Marion Cartoof, big-band singer began career at Roxbury prom
Oct 01, 1996; ... Marion (Velanski) Cartoof of Braintree, a big-band singer"discovered' when she sang at her prom at Roxbury Girls High School,died Sunday in the Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital in Braintree.She was 73. Mrs. Cartoof, who performed under the stage names Gale Hudson,Judy ...
Wilson tops Mass. country awards
Oct 01, 1996; ... RANDOLPH -- Every year at this time, the Massachusetts CountryMusic Awards Association does its part to keep grass-roots countryalive in the Bay State. It's not easy given the indifference of manycommercial radio stations more attuned to the Nashville Top 40 thanto regional artists ....
CML reports sales decline, quarterly losses
Oct 01, 1996; ... The CML Group of Acton, perhaps best known for its NordicTrackexercise equipment, yesterday reported sales drops and losses for itsfourth quarter and fiscal 1996. The company, which markets a number of goods, includingcross-country ski machines and gardening supplies, ...
Menino offers school vote alternative
Oct 01, 1996; ... In a dramatic effort to jump-start a campaign for the appointedSchool Committee that even his closest supporters admit has beensputtering, Mayor Thomas M. Menino will propose holding a referendumon the School Committee every six years beginning in 2002, a campaignaide said ...
GOP firebrands take more moderate tone Lawmakers can tout basic, practical accomplishments
Oct 01, 1996; ... WASHINGTON -- The Republican firebrands who seized control ofCongress two years ago and promised revolutionary change ingovernment are heading home to campaign on a record of common senseaccomplishments. "The Republican revolution has yielded to the laws of politics andparticularly ...
CORRECTION
Oct 01, 1996 ... CORRECTION: Because of an editing error, a Page 1 story yesterdayabout ...
Going 'round the horn
Oct 01, 1996; ... Baseball's first postseason pitch will be on ESPN at 1:07 p.m.today from Baltimore as the Indians-Orioles best-of-five divisionalseries starts. If that game ends on time, exactly three hours later,Cardinals-Padres will begin on ESPN from San Diego. And preciselyfour hours after that, NBC ...
Margaret Downey, 94 Middlesex 1st assistant registrar
Oct 01, 1996 ... Margaret (Lane) Downey, retired assistant registrar of probate inMiddlesex County, died Saturday in Charlwell House Nursing Home inNorwood. She was 94. Mrs. Downey was born in Cambridge and graduated from CambridgeLatin High School. A longtime resident of Cambridge, she moved ...
Lessons in terror
Oct 01, 1996 ... Murder, extortion, torture -- those are some of the lessons the USArmy taught Latin American officers at the notorious School of theAmericas in Columbus, Ga. Recent revelations that the Pentagontrained police and military leaders in commiting blatant atrocitiesdescribe a program that is ...
Before it gets up and running, Edison venture faces hurdles Wiring costs, administrative snags likely to slow delivery of one-stop utility shopping
Oct 01, 1996; ... The new partnership between Boston Edison Co. and RCN Inc. faces ahandful of hurdles, from formidable infrastructure costs to thesimple issue of who will prepare the bill that lands in customers'mailboxes, analysts say. The $300 million joint venture, officially announced yesterday ...
NEMC's continuing mission
Oct 01, 1996 ...When the predecessor to the New England Medical Center wasestablished in 1796, one of the the most frequently prescribedtreatments was food, to cure the cases of malnutrition prevalent inBoston. Today NEMC is among the foremost medical institutions in thecountry, with an array of ...
Rising tide for Quincy
Oct 01, 1996 ... The long-standing dream of restoring Quincy shipyard as a builderof new vessels has made important progress with the nearly certaincongressional approval of $300 million in loan guarantees. While theprospective revival depends on support that runs contrary to thetrend toward ...
No end to poverty
Oct 01, 1996 ... With the turning of the calendar last night, President Clinton andCongress succeeded in ending welfare as we know it, in the mostliteral sense and also more substantively. Whether the end resultwill qualify as progress, by anyone's definition, is very much indoubt. As of today, ...
WITH THE FLOW
Oct 01, 1996 ...Timothy Ervin has lunch by the fountain in ...
Lawsuit accuses doctor in '93 murder
Oct 01, 1996; ... Three years after Dr. Linda R. Goudey was discovered dead in theparking lot of a Stoneham hospital, her estate has filed awrongful-death lawsuit charging that she was killed by her longtimecompanion, Dr. Timothy Stryker, according to a source familiar withthe court document. The ...
Harvard agrees to $775,000 payment Settles federal drug law claims
Oct 01, 1996; ...Harvard University has agreed to pay $775,000 -- the secondlargest ever for violating federal drug regulations -- to settlecivil claims that sloppy record-keeping and lax security at itscampus pharmacy made it possible for a technician to steal more than7,500 doses of codeine-laced ...
DeGregorio steps down from post
Oct 01, 1996; ... Merrimack College athletic director Bob DeGregorio will step downas commissioner of Hockey East today to devote more time to theschool's programs. A Hockey East source said that Merrimack president Richard J.Santagati "thought Bob was spending too much time with Hockey Eastand he ...
Life insurers pushed to invest in inner city Community groups hope study will help boost bill on investment disclosure
Oct 01, 1996; ... Local community groups, launching an effort to prodMassachusetts-based life insurers to invest more in low- andmoderate-income neighborhoods, say the industry has shunned suchinvestments. Just four months ago, Gov. William F. Weld signed a landmark billbarring property insurers ...
Hold-out Hebron Jews see a rise in support
Oct 01, 1996; ...HEBRON, West Bank -- For years, leaders of the tiny,fortress-like Jewish settlement in the middle of this Palestiniancity have said that the very idea of Palestinian police is absurdsince armed Palestinians, uniformed or not, would ultimately turntheir guns on Israelis. Never, ...
. . . and 40 more to say goodbye
Oct 01, 1996; ... Last month I listed 40 reasons to make Bill Clinton a one-termpresident, and invited your suggestions for 40 more. Suggest youdid, thousands of you, by e-mail, snail mail, fax and phone. Mythanks to all who wrote -- and especially to Rush Limbaugh, whogenerated amazing enthusiasm for ...
A major advance for gays, lesbians
Oct 01, 1996; ... NATICK -- Back in 1992, Liz Winfield and Susan Spielman say, itwas not uncommon for human resource executives to either ignore theircalls or listen in stunned silence to their suggestion that firmsoffer domestic partner benefits to gay and lesbian workers. "For the longest time, HR ...
Sox' Kennedy gets the blame and the ax
Oct 01, 1996; ... Blaming the team's failings -- from pitchers issuing too manywalks to the Red Sox playing like "the Bad News Bears" -- on KevinKennedy, general manager Dan Duquette summarily fired the second-yearmanager yesterday afternoon. On top of Duquette's list of possible successors is Jim ...
KENNEDY IS FALL GUY Duquette comes out firing and dismisses manager
Oct 01, 1996; ... It became obvious to Kevin Kennedy that his job was in jeopardywhen he inked his contract extension in spring training, afterprotracted talks were made public last winter when Red Sox managementdragged its feet. Kennedy got his deal -- an extension for 1997 worth $500,000 andan ...
HELPING HAND
Oct 01, 1996 ...Sen. John F. Kerry speaks outside Lynn City Hall, where ...
For Kennedy, there were signs, but . . .
Oct 01, 1996; ... Kevin Kennedy sauntered into Fenway Park about 12:30 yesterdayafternoon, joking about a newspaper column that portrayed him as tooconcerned with himself, mentioning his capped teeth. "I just want everybody to know," said the then-Red Sox manager,opening his mouth wide, "that my ...
Clinton hopes record resonates with voters
Oct 01, 1996; ... MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A newcomer to President Clinton's reelectioncampaign has a unique perspective when entering the encapsulatedworld of the presidential caravan: an opportunity to be freshlyimpressed by the obvious.And what's obvious here is that Bill Clinton is basing his ...
Dignitaries help kick off renovation of city library
Oct 01, 1996; ... Under the high, vaulted ceiling of carved sandstone in BatesHall at the Boston Public Library, generations of New Englanders havebeen inspired to intellectual pursuits. It was in Bates Hall, the library's main reading room, thatauthor David McCullough researched his first book, ...
Bill adds $60m for Amtrak upgrade, Kerry says
Oct 01, 1996; ... WASHINGTON -- An extra $60 million for Amtrak's Northeast CorridorImprovement Project -- including electrification of the Boston to NewHaven segment -- was included in the final 1997 budget bill thatfunds scores of federal agencies, Sen. John F. Kerry said yesterday. Kerry has ...
NBA: Indiana signs Miller to a contract
Oct 01, 1996 ...Reggie Miller, the Indiana Pacers' career scoring leader with14,073 points, signed a contract yesterday and joined the team forthe start of training camp in North Carolina. "It's a tremendousrelief knowing he'll be in training camp," said Travis Best, whohopes to win a starting job in ...
The joy of Mayfield's brave `New World'
Oct 01, 1996; ... Singer Curtis Mayfield was always a role model for R & B artists,but now he's a role model for anyone fighting a physical handicap.Mayfield's spine was crushed six years ago in a stage accident thatleft him paralyzed, yet he has defied the odds to complete a newalbum that many thought ...
Kearney takes off at Mid-Am
Oct 01, 1996; ... WEST HARTFORD -- Jack Kearney's mobility plans will take anabrupt departure next week, shifting from the lush turf of HartfordGolf Club where he advanced with an opening-round victory in the 16thMid-Amateur yesterday to the air for a flight out of BradleyInternational with his 103d ...
Lynn man allegedly was with boy 6-year-old still missing; unrelated charges brought against store clerk
Oct 01, 1996; ... Globe CorrespondentMatthew Brelis and Paul Langner provided information for thisreport. LYNN -- Robert Levesque, a 26-year-old grocery store stockboy,was the person last seen with a 6-year-old Lynn boy who has beenmissing since Saturday, prosecutors said in court ...
At auction, 1 cow sells for $115,000
Oct 01, 1996; ... TOPSHAM, Vt. -- The catalogue for the Shade-E-Lane Farm auctionannounces itself as being "A Unique International Sales Event." For those unfamiliar with the current state of biotechnology inthe dairy industry, not to mention the amount of money involved, theword "unique" is an ...
Maine is closing teen-agers' home
Oct 01, 1996; ... BATH, Maine -- Dozens who have lived and worked at the state'slast home for homeless teen-agers reminisced about life there, asthey bid farewell to the building they once knew as home. Ruth Leavitt, 85, and Everett Norton, 79, were residents of theBath Children's Home after each ...
Drawing the line at on-line copying
Oct 01, 1996; ... KEENE, N.H. -- Like colleges everywhere, Keene State College isseeing a surge in student use of the Internet. But a top officialacknowledges there are problems, as well as benefits. One problem is cyber-plagiarism. "The Internet poses challenges we haven't fully grappled ...
Group will train abortion providers
Oct 01, 1996; ... AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Family Planning Association of Maine hasunveiled a new program to train doctors to perform abortions and toeducate the public about emergency contraception. The program, the Institute for Reproductive Health, was announcedSunday night at the nonprofit ...
Generosity on trail aids fallen hiker
Oct 01, 1996; ... LINCOLN, N.H. -- Before the fall, Lauren Linde thought she and herfiance were alone on the trail. Her cries for help a few minutes later proved otherwise and showedthe kindness of strangers. Her fiance, Amir Avnit, slipped on a wet log during a hikeSaturday and fell about a ...
Air show reminds him of WWII wait
Oct 01, 1996; ... LEBANON, N.H. -- Vintage World War II airplanes brought outnostalgic veterans and curious children to marvel at the flyingweapons Sunday. As the planes descended onto the runway, Jim Candy, 76, ofNewport, had a flashback. "It's like waiting for them to come back from a ...
First child's first choice is Princeton, dad says
Oct 01, 1996; ... Material from wire services and other sources was used in thiscolumn. Chelsea Clinton wants to go to Princeton. At least that's whather dad, Bill, told Vivien Li of the Boston Harbor Association as sheposed for a picture with him backstage at the FleetCenter Saturdaynight. "He said ...
Siege figure held in kidnap scheme
Oct 01, 1996; ... SUFFIELD, Conn. -- James G. (Bo) Gritz, the former Green Beretcolonel who helped negotiate the end to the FBI siege of Ruby Ridge,was arrested yesterday on charges of attempted kidnapping at a middleschool. Police said Gritz, 57, and his son James, 38, both ofNevada, were trying to ...
Down's syndrome youth joins team
Oct 01, 1996; ... BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Gabriel Lane, a 20-year-old high schoolstudent with Down's syndrome who had been ruled too old to playfootball, finally joined his teammates on the gridiron last night.Lane, 5 feet 3 inches ...
Networks seek OK on interviews
Oct 01, 1996; ... DENVER -- Three major television networks asked a federal judgeyesterday to allow them to interview Oklahoma City bombing suspectTimothy McVeigh, arguing it would not hurt the defendants' ...
Iowa woman held in murder, kidnap
Oct 01, 1996; ... KEOKUK, Iowa -- A woman who pretended for months that she waspregnant allegedly lured a new mother to her home, shot her twice inthe head and then hid the body in her basement, passing the deadwoman's child off as her own. Prosecutors charged Kimmi Hardy withfirst-degree murder yesterday, ...
Kevorkian assist ruled a homicide
Oct 01, 1996; ... PONTIAC, Mich. -- The death of a North Carolina psychiatrist whocommitted suicide with Dr. Jack Kevorkian's help has been ruled ahomicide, a spokesman for the Oakland County Medical Examiner saidyesterday. An autopsy of Dr. Richard Faw, 75, indicated that he diedfrom poisoning by ...
Gov. Bush jumps Texas jury queue
Oct 01, 1996; ... AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. George W. Bush reported for jury dutyyesterday, saying no one is too important to serve. Then, whenjurors 1 through 200 were called forward to get their ...
Scouts not liable in bear's death
Oct 01, 1996; ... YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- Boy Scouts who threw rocks at ablack bear to scare it away will not be prosecuted for the animal'sdeath because autopsy results were inconclusive. Park rangers saidthe 100-pound yearling bear was killed by the rocks, some ...