The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 1997:
JULES VERNE'S SCIENTIFIC VISION SHINES THROUGH A CLOUDED LIFE
Jan 01, 1997; ... A literary historian has calculated that Jules Verne was not thefirst science-fiction writer, but perhaps the 228th. Verne, however,may have become the first successful writer of "faction" when hisdebut book, "Five Weeks in a Balloon," appeared in 1863 and reviewersdebated whether the ...
Harold W. Adams, 80 Had owned Cape Ann Color Lab
Jan 01, 1997 ...Harold W. Adams of Rockport, the former owner of the Cape AnnColor Lab, died, apparently of a heart attack, Saturday in AddisonGilbert Hospital in Gloucester. He was 80.Mr. Adams was born in West Newbury. After serving as aphotographer in the Army Signal Corps during World War ...
State targets sale of liquor to minors Internet, phone and mails offer `easy' access to youths
Jan 01, 1997; ... State regulators said yesterday they would crack down on illegalmail-order liquor sales to minors after a 19-year-old woman workingfor them was able to buy beer, wine and Scotch on five occasions byphone without being required to prove she was of drinking age. The regulators, ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1997 ... Q. What was the first black newspaper?S.B., BostonA. The weekly "Freedom's Journal," published by John Russwurm andSamuel Cornish, in New York City. The first issue appeared on March16, 1827. It was intended to rebut attacks on blacks by another NewYork newspaper, Mordecai Noah's ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 01, 1997 ... Q. My brother-in-law traveled on two Navy ships while in World WarII -- the USS Holder (DE-401) and the USS Duluth (CL-87). Can youprovide a brief history of these two ships? G.M., MedfordA. There were two ships named for Randolph Mitchell Holder, NavyCross honoree. The career of the ...
Grant S. Barker, 73 Retired stockbroker
Jan 01, 1997 ... Grant S. Barker of Dedham, a retired stockbroker, died Friday inBeth Israel Hospital in Boston. He was 73. A native of Boston, Mr. Barker graduated from Yale University andserved in the Army during World War II. He worked for the HowesLeather Co ....
Edouard Bled, 97 French grammar expert
Jan 01, 1997 ...PARIS -- Edouard Bled, whose grammar book taught generations thecomplexities of the French language, died Sunday in nice. He was 97. Seventeen million copies of the grammar manual Mr. Bledco-authored with his wife, Odette, have been published since 1947.Known simply as "le ...
Jules Verne's scientific vision shines through a clouded life
Jan 01, 1997; ... JULES VERNEAn Exploratory BiographyBy Herbert R. LottmanSt. Martin's Press, 384 pp., illustrated, $26.95PARIS INTHE TWENTIETH CENTURYBy Jules Verne (translated, from the French, by Richard Howard)Random House, 217 pp., $21 A literary historian has calculated that Jules Verne ...
Aiming for more time Shotgun should give Wuerffel extra seconds to pull trigger
Jan 01, 1997; ... This story was reported by Mark Blaudschun in New Orleans and MichaelVega in Pasadena, Calif. NEW ORLEANS -- Steve Spurrier was never a shotgun guy. But with anational championship at stake, you learn to adjust, so Florida Statemight see more of that formation from the Florida coach ...
Former Prince to perform for charity at Roxy
Jan 01, 1997; ... He's still known as Prince to many fans, even though he changedhis name to a symbol. Semantics aside, he's coming to town to playa rare club gig at the Roxy next Wednesday, proceeds from which willgo to his new Love for One Another charities, which benefits"underprivileged children" ...
Just for the L of it True Brownies shun publicity as they plunge
Jan 01, 1997; ... When the L Street Brownies take their annual New Year's plungeinto Dorchester Bay at noon, the walk-ons will far outnumber the bonafide club members who consider a dip in winter's frigid waters to bemore than a photo op. If club estimates are right, fewer than 10 legitimate ...
Shoulder will sideline Ranford Goalie may be out through weekend
Jan 01, 1997; ...OTTAWA -- The year came to an end -- a year they would prefer toresign to instant and permanent amnesia -- with the familiar sight ofyet another key Bruin, No. 1 goalie Bill Ranford, sidelined byinjury. According to coach Steve Kasper, Ranford has been hindered by asore and ...
A culinary crystal ball What will 1997 bring? Timid inders, read on and take note.
Jan 01, 1997; ...A new year has crept in while we were dreaming about the lastmeals of the old. What will 1997 bring in culinary delights -- ordisappointments? Crystal-ball gazing is a sport usually reserved for, well, sports,or perhaps the rarefied field of celebrity marriages. But one cansift ...
A half-dozen helpful hints for Celtics Some suggestions that might tip the scales
Jan 01, 1997; ... In the time it takes to read this paragraph, you can recall theCeltics' victories. They have six of them this season, which meansthey can't necessarily be counted on to win once a week.The Celtics secured No. 6 Monday night at McNichols Arena inDenver when Rick Fox hit a ...
US law imperils police jobs Old domestic violence offenses might lead to dismissal
Jan 01, 1997; ... Police officers could be forced to give up their weapons and takedesk jobs -- or possibly be fired -- under a new federal law thatmakes it illegal for anyone convicted of a misdemeanor domesticviolence charge to own or possess a handgun or ammunition. Signed by President Clinton ...
East Boston man falls from ledge
Jan 01, 1997; ... report. A 32-year-old East Boston man, who had threatened to jump from theledge of his seventh-floor apartment yesterday, was partiallyparalyzed after losing his grip and tumbling 50 feet into a FireDepartment net, which broke when he landed in it. The commotion inside Raymond ...
The new year in the city . . .
Jan 01, 1997 ...Boston closed out 1996 with an A1 bond rating from Moody's, awell-managed capital plan, a 30-year low in the homicide rate andconsistent efforts to improve education for the city's 63,000 publicschool students. But there is still plenty to accomplish in thecoming year. Given ...
Boom year for biotech 8 Massachusetts products received FDA approval in '96, and there's more in pipeline
Jan 01, 1997; ...Two drugs to treat obesity and multiple sclerosis were the bigwinners of the eight government-approved products from Massachusettsbiotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in 1996. At the dawn of the new year, five more potential drugs from localcompanies -- including a blood ...
. . . and the state
Jan 01, 1997 ...As they take office today, members of the new Legislature face anagenda weighted with issues that call for quick action. In a break from the usual State House pace, in which little ofsignificance is enacted prior to the budget debate in May and June,the Central Artery project, ...
In captivity in Tibet
Jan 01, 1997 ...There are times when a single case of injustice can illuminatethe agony of an entire people. So it is with the injustice done toNgawang Choepel. The Tibetan musicologist, who had been studying at MiddleburyCollege on a Fulbright fellowship, returned to his homeland in July1995 ...
`Evita': more powerful than ever Both the musical and Madonna are transformed onscreen
Jan 01, 1997; ... EVITADirected by: Alan ParkerScreenplay by: Parker, Oliver StoneStarring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy NailAt: CheriRated: PG (thematic elements, images of violence and some mildlanguage) "Evita" is so much more powerful on film than it was onstage ...
Maurice Feldmann, 79 Was executive at Boston Edison
Jan 01, 1997 ...Maurice J. Feldmann, a retired vice president of Boston EdisonCo., died yesterday in Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Hewas 79. Mr. Feldmann was born in Carlyle, Ill. He graduated fromMilliken University and attended advanced management programs atHarvard University and ...
Fire in Stoughton house kills family
Jan 01, 1997; ... story. STOUGHTON -- An elderly couple and their son died in a raginghouse fire started by a lighted tobacco pipe early yesterday, one oftwo fires in this town and one of a rash of blazes in the Bostonarea. One of those, in Lowell, was caused by a lighted cigarette,according ...
No chilling of First Night spirit
Jan 01, 1997; ... staff and Globe correspondents Michael Glover, James A. Duffy,Lisa Smith, Christopher Doscher, Joshua Trudell and Joe Ryan. Bitter, below-zero wind chills winnowed the First Night crowdsbut didn't dampen the spirits of nearly 625,000 revelers who came outto ring in the New ...
GOP rallies for Gingrich reelection Panel to weigh charges after vote for speaker
Jan 01, 1997; ...WASHINGTON -- The GOP leadership moved ahead yesterday with ahigh-stakes political gamble, the reelection of House Speaker NewtGingrich, even though the House will not resolve outstanding ethicscharges against him until after the vote. The House ethics committee announced late ...
Agreement on Hebron pullout near Netanyahu and Arafat expected to iron out the remaining details
Jan 01, 1997; ... TEL AVIV -- After months of tortuous negotiation, Israel and thePalestinians have agreed on nearly all the details of an Israelimilitary withdrawal from most of the West Bank town of Hebron. Asummit between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat is expected todayto finalize the ...
Coughlin's BC ties are still evident
Jan 01, 1997; ... When Natrone Means stepped onto a small podium for postgameinterviews Saturday in Buffalo, he muttered under his breath with aslight smile, "First time I've been on one of these things since Iwas at the Super Bowl."Means didn't step in front of all those cameras and notepads ...
Two officials accused of $67m scheme Report rips state royalty transfer
Jan 01, 1997; ...Inspector General Robert A. Cerasoli yesterday charged that twostate health officials and a Maryland manufacturer swindled theMassachusetts Treasury of $67 million in profits from drugs andapparently also violated federal securities and tax laws. In a sweeping 180-page report, ...
McLaughlin wants city to pay $173,000 legal fees
Jan 01, 1997; ... The Boston lawyer who sued to get his daughter admitted toBoston Latin School despite a racial quota system that kept her out,is now asking the city to pay the $173,000 in legal bills he compiledwhile fighting the case. Meanwhile, records released yesterday by the administration ...
Little doubt about who will lead the Legislature in 1997
Jan 01, 1997; ...Once the 199 members of the new Legislature are sworn in today,there won't be much mystery as to who will lead them through the1997-1998 session. By virtually all accounts, there will be no replay of the bruisingbattle for House speaker that fractured the Democratic ranks ...
Peru guerrillas free 2 more Rebels, Fujimori talk tough; press tours site
Jan 01, 1997; ...LIMA -- After several days of optimism, Peru's hostage crisisturned strange and confrontational yesterday. President AlbertoFujimori called the Marxist guerrillas holding the hostages"terrorists," while the rebels, speaking to journalists in theJapanese ambassador's living room, said ...
`Star Wars': the industry; a genuine Next Big Thing
Jan 01, 1997; ... The New Yorker for Jan. 6 has an excellent, well-rounded piece onHollywood, George Lucas and his "Star Wars" industry, which thrives20 years after the first installment of the futuristic trilogy hittheaters. The article, written by John Seabrook, is occasioned bythe rerelease of a ...
Names: Hawgood finds 2-handed slash costly
Jan 01, 1997 ...The NHL suspended San Jose defenseman Greg Hawgood two games andfined him $1,000 yesterday for slashing Boris Mironov of the EdmontonOilers Saturday. Hawgood, the former Bruin, was assessed a majorpenalty and game misconduct for the two-handed slash to Mironov's legin the third period ....
Feeling stressed? Some magazine has a cozy niche
Jan 01, 1997; ...Feel like you're losing it? That is, are the parental, marital, career and other problems youface so overwhelming that they threaten to crush you? Cheer up -- and know that you are not alone. In fact, there isprobably a magazine published just for people in the same sort ...
Olympus buys Middlesex Hospital $4.4m deal averts shutdown, but county's woes not over
Jan 01, 1997; ... Middlesex Hospital, the county-owned institution whose Decemberdebt default triggered a new round of calls to abolish countygovernment, was sold yesterday for $4.4 million to Olympus HealthcareGroup Inc. The deal was completed just hours before the Waltham hospitalwould have been ...
HAL's time has come
Jan 01, 1997; ... Names & Faces can be reached by electronic mail at names(AT SIGNSYMBOL)globe.com. Material from wire services and other sources wasused in this column. "I became operational . . . on Jan. 12, 1997," says HAL, anti-heroof "2001: A Space Odyssey" and harbinger of the ...
City managers OK new contract
Jan 01, 1997 ... The city of Boston's salaried managers, members of Local 9158 ofSENA (Salaried Employees of North America), overwhelmingly ratified anew ...
Wakefield baby arrives with 1997
Jan 01, 1997 ... A Wakefield woman may have claimed the distinguished title of firstMassachusetts mother of the new year. At 20 seconds past midnight,Jenelle Macaskill gave birth to a healthy baby boy at ...
How to tune in to what kids are seeing, surfing Two authors advise parents
Jan 01, 1997; ... V-chips. Ratings for television shows. Nudity. Profanity.Violence. On-line services. Computer games. The corner videostore. Jane Murphy of Newton and Karen Tucker of Brookline, authorsof the recently released book "Stay Tuned: Raising Media-Savvy Kidsin the Age of the Channel Surfing ...
Blitz talk isn't getting to them
Jan 01, 1997; ... FOXBOROUGH -- The offensive linemen are waiting.Some Isotoner gloves?A snowplow?A windshield scraper?Dan Marino always protected the hands that protected him, andnow Drew Bledsoe must have maximum protection from his offensive lineSunday to put the AFC's best ...
Blue Man's muses Hit stage act has roots in art world's excesses
Jan 01, 1997; ...In 1960, the French artist Yves Klein first exhibited his"Anthropometries": bodily imprints made by smearing nude, comelyyoung women with blue paint and dragging them over canvas laid on thefloor. In 1991, Blue Man Group first grabbed some guy from the audience,dressed him in ...
Bettis says rest is best Banged-up RB skips practice
Jan 01, 1997; ...PITTSBURGH -- Steelers running back Jerome Bettis (ankle andgroin) was listed as questionable for Sunday's game, although it isvirtually certain that he will play. "I'm not going to practice {today and tomorrow} and I'm going tosee how I feel at the end of the week," said Bettis ....
Attempting to do their level best
Jan 01, 1997; ... FOXBOROUGH -- One of the most playoff-seasoned Patriots isreceiver Shawn Jefferson, who refers to this time as "a whole otherlevel." "It's 10 times more intense than what it is in the regularseason," said Jefferson, who played in six playoff contests with theChargers. "Every play ...
Six TV networks begin to broadcast ratings icons
Jan 01, 1997; ... Television's New Year's ratings resolution officially beginstoday, as the six networks begin broadcasting those black-boxedratings icons in the upper lefthand corner of TV screens; expect mostcable networks to follow suit in the next few weeks. The ratings are TV-G (general ...
Office vacancies drop in Boston, prices skyrocket
Jan 01, 1997; ... Boston's commercial real estate market behaved liked a case oftextbook economics in 1996: Supply dropped, prices soared. Rents skyrocketed amid a "feeding frenzy" of commercial officespace in Boston and elsewhere in New England, according to a reportreleased this week by real ...
Renaissance Solutions buys Conn. consulting firm for $57m
Jan 01, 1997; ... Renaissance Solutions Inc., a consulting firm based in Lincoln,yesterday paid about $57 million to buy International Systems ServiceCorp., a consulting firm in Stamford, Conn. Both companies provide clients with a mix of strategicconsulting and computer systems integration ....
A thorny question Does ASU have shot at No. 1?
Jan 01, 1997; ... PASADENA, Calif -- Pending a successful outcome against Ohio Statein today's Rose Bowl, Arizona State's Bruce Snyder knows hissecond-ranked Sun Devils can count on at least one vote for No. 1 inthe coaches' poll. Snyder was assured of that when he bumped intoFlorida coach Steve Spurrier ...
Dorchester man is shooting victim
Jan 01, 1997; ... Boston police yesterday identified the man found shot to deathunder a van on Norwell Street on Monday as Thai Van Nguyen, a26-year-old Dorchester resident with an arrest record for violentcrimes. Authorities said they are investigating whether Nguyen's death wasgang- or ...
To drift off, work out Exercise is found to enhance sleep
Jan 01, 1997; ... If one of your fondest wishes is to sleep better, researchers fromStanford University School of Medicine may have just the answer:exercise. It has been a matter of common sense for eons that a workoutduring the day can enhance sleep at night. But until now, that'sbeen one of ...
HAND AND HEART
Jan 01, 1997; ... CONSIDER THE MAPS THAT RIDE THE SURFACE OF A MAN'S HANDS,the thin crisscross-over threads of blood and pulse that sign theword "touch" even when those hands lie still. Consider the spindle bones, the four slip-jointed fingers,errant thumb, pointer, clutchers, sudden fist. Then ...
SNOW FUN
Jan 01, 1997 ... Children run and play on the hills of the South Downs in ...
Kraft spurns invitation by leaders in S. Boston
Jan 01, 1997; ... Robert Kraft has declined an offer from South Boston leaders toexplain his stadium plans to the community at a public meeting nextweek. Instead, the owner of the New England Patriots prefers toprivately pitch the proposal to residents. The response appears to be part of a strategy ...
Dunn is undaunted Personal tragedy keeps football in perspective for Seminole star
Jan 01, 1997; ...NEW ORLEANS -- Warrick Dunn went home last week. Brought his newfamily with him, too. Met his old family. Sat around, laughed, toldstories and pigged out. Chicken, ribs, meat so tender it slid offthe bones. Cakes, pies. Family feast. Could it get any better than that? His ...
The top 10 local news stories of 1996 A look back at trials, triumphs
Jan 01, 1997; ... The year 1996 began with a bang -- and a crash -- when an angry,impatient driver drove into a crowd of First Night revelers. Theevent would prove predictive, as there would be several more bumps inthe road ahead. Literal bump of the year: A Canadian truck driver smashed into ...
Venture Open Development gets $12m private offering
Jan 01, 1997; ... Open Development Corp., a supplier of enhanced services platformsand prepaid calling applications, said it completed a $12 millionprivate placement offering. The funds will be used for new customer service and customereducation centers, product development, enlargement of the ...
Henry C. Watson, 77 Founded temporary help agency
Jan 01, 1997 ... Henry C. Watson of Chatham and Vero Beach, Fla., the founder ofH.C. Watson Corp., a temporary help agency, died Saturday in theShaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital in Salem. He was 77. Mr. Watson was born in Greeley, Colo. He graduated from PomonaCollege in California and ...
Weld signals he may shift, seek a 3d term
Jan 01, 1997; ... Gov. William F. Weld opened the door even wider yesterday onspeculation that he may seek a third term as governor, andacknowledged that he is out of the running for a job in the Clintonadministration. In a year-end interview with Globe reporters, Weld gave theclearest signals yet ...
His juggling has positive spin
Jan 01, 1997; ...PITTSBURGH -- Bill Cowher playfully jumped at the question. Howis it that a coach who loves defense and the running game -- thebread, butter and vanilla ice cream of football -- got into thissituation? This "creative" quarterback approach? "You see, you don't even know what I'm ...
SEARCH PLANE LANDS IN TREES MISHAP UNDERLINES N.H. OFFICIALS' FEARS
Jan 02, 1997; ... SALISBURY, N.H. -- One plane crash spawned another yesterday asan unauthorized search plane was forced to make an emergency landingin a farmer's field in Salisbury while out looking for a Lear jetmissing since Dec. 24. The search pilot, a dentist from Londonderry, was unhurt when ...
Chucked away in '78 Last home playoff lame -- as in duck
Jan 02, 1997; ... FOXBOROUGH -- When it was finally over, and the game and a chancefor so much more had slipped away in a sea of madness, Russ Francistook the iconoclast's point of view."We were prepared," Francis said after the 1978 Patriots hadlooked anything but for the only playoff game the ...
SOMETHING SO WRIGHT A N.H. house that has echoes of America's most famous architect if crafted to fit its inhabitants
Jan 02, 1997; ... HOLLIS, N.H. -- Sometimes you see a face that looks familiar.You're sure you've never met this person, yet something rings a bell.You decide maybe you knew this person's mother or grandfather, andyou're just responding to a family resemblance. People's faces live on in their ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 02, 1997 ... Q. My great grandfather served with the 32nd Regiment ofMassachusetts Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War. I haveinherited the letters which he wrote to my great grandmother from thebattlefield. His last letter was sent from Charles City, Va., onJune 15, 1864, four days before he was ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 02, 1997 ... Q. What is LSD? B.C., BostonA. Lysergic acid diethylamide comes from ergot, a fungus that growson rye and wheat. Its hallucinatory powers were discovered in 1943by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who accidentally swallowed asmall amount of the drug that he and fellow chemist ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 02, 1997 ... Q. When Legionnaires meet for their annual conventions, the streetparades are usually huge. Which convention holds the record for thelongest parade? P.C., MiltonA. According to American Legion archivist Joe Hovish, the all-timerecord is held by the 1947 ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jan 02, 1997 ... Q. I frequently monitor the marine band on my radio, where I oftenhear Coast Guard alerts that are preceded by the phrase "pon-pon,pon-pon, pon-pon." What does the phrase mean? J.N., IpswichA. PAN (pronounced PAHN) is one of the Coast Guard's standard voiceradio urgency calls. Two others ...