The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 1999:
Head-on collision kills 1, injures 1
Jan 01, 1999; ... BROOKLINE, N.H. -- Police were investigating a head-on crashbetween a car and a tractor trailer on Route 13 that killed a man andsent a woman to the hospital. The passenger in the car, JosephMcGrath, 32, of Greenfield, was killed. The car's ...
Colby student avoids jail time
Jan 01, 1999; ... WATERVILLE, Maine -- A Colby College senior charged with providing liquor to minors after another student fell from her dormitorywindow has agreed to be a counselor at a summer camp instead ofserving jail time. Ryan M. Hambleton, of Hampton Falls, N.H., willwork without pay for nine ...
Poisoned dog out of hospital
Jan 01, 1999 ... Lucy, the only one of six dogs poisoned in the Pope's Pondneighborhood of Milton over the weekend to survive, was released fromAngell Memorial Hospital yesterday. Test results yesterdayconfirmed that the dogs had been poisoned with strychnine, MiltonPolice Lieutenant Richard Wells ...
Fires in Conn. kill four people
Jan 01, 1999; ... Four people have died in fires that ravaged homes in Chester andHamden, Conn. The bodies of three people, all members of the samefamily, were found in a charred house in Chester. The dead wereidentified as Anna ...
Man is charged in nail-gun death
Jan 01, 1999; ... NEWINGTON, Conn. -- A man has been charged with murder in the nailgun death of his brother-in-law, who died while the two men wereremodeling a home. Richard Tinto, 36, was held in lieu of $1 millionbond in the Sept. 9 death of John Leitao. Leitao, 35, of ...
MRI may offer early warning for Alzheimer's
Jan 01, 1999; ... A new brain-scanning technique developed by doctors in New Yorkcan apparently detect signs of Alzheimer's disease years and perhapsdecades before it begins destroying memory and mental function,potentially offering hope to millions of Americans who will beafflicted with the ...
AND WE LIKED IT... PRESENTING THE 19TH ANNUAL IT'S ONLY ROCK `N` ROLL AWARDS
Jan 01, 1999; ... Here comes your 19th nervous breakdo -- whoops, sorry, wrongRolling Stones song. Here comes the 19th annual It's Only Rock 'n'Roll Awards, a swipe through the pop music world of 1998 in whichwe salute heroes and vilify villains. As always, our motto -- whichwe copped from an old ...
When best friends part, an honest talk may help
Jan 01, 1999 ... Dear Beth: I made a really good friend at school last year. She was theclosest friend I ever had. I was always there for her to listen toher problems and give support. Now she never calls, and when I callher she acts like she doesn't want to talk. Another friend said my ...
Burns seeing some forward progress
Jan 01, 1999; ... DALLAS -- While still waiting for his top scoring line to pick upthe pace a bit, Bruins coach Pat Burns was happy with the way some ofhis other forwards picked up the slack in Nashville Wednesday night. Anson Carter's five-on-three goal in the last minute gave him twoscores for the ...
A curious outsider contemplates the Dead
Jan 01, 1999; ... SWEET CHAOS The Grateful Dead's American Adventure By CarolBrightman Clarkson Potter, 356 pp., $27.50 Of the many American stories of the past century, the GratefulDead remains one of the more epic and enigmatic. Until its demise asa touring band after the 1995 death of Jerry ...
Streaking Stars overpower Bruins in finale of road trip
Jan 01, 1999; ... DALLAS -- And what a test it was. The Bruins knew they had their work cut out coming to Dallas totake on the league-leading and streaking Stars and finish off a1998-ending road trip. How right they were. The Bruins stayed with the Stars for most of two periods. Butthat was ...
Slaying suspect may be released on bail next week
Jan 01, 1999; ... Edmund F. Burke, who is accused of killing Irene Kennedy a monthago as she walked through William Francis Bird Park in Walpole, maybe released on bail by the end of next week, according to hisattorney, Jeffrey Denner. Wrentham District Court Judge Daniel W. O'Malley ...
Swagger gone, Cabletron sets forth
Jan 01, 1999; ... ROCHESTER, N.H. -- It was once known as a "wild, wild Westcompany," with unusually aggressive sales tactics that helped itclimb to the top tier of computer-networking companies. But now the gunslinging swagger is gone from Cabletron SystemsInc. Net losses in three of the last ...
1999 will be an odd season for the NFL With 31 teams, the schedule just won't add up
Jan 01, 1999; ... We interrupt the excitement of the 1998 NFL postseason to bringthe following, sobering bulletin in regards to the 1999 NFL regularseason: 31 teams. In 1999, the NFL will add the expansion Cleveland Browns, takingthe league into the 21st century with a 31st franchise. My ...
Concerts benefit an early music stalwart
Jan 01, 1999; ... Over a career in early music spanning more than two decades, thesinger and instrumentalist John Fleagle has won many friends who arerallying round now that Fleagle is facing life-threatening cancer andmounting medical costs. Fleagle's colleagues in the early music scene are ...
Clinton ends '98 with golf, youth chat
Jan 01, 1999 ... HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- President Clinton closed the doorquietly yesterday on 1998, a rocky year, with a round of golf and awide-ranging conversation with young adults. Topics raised by the questioners included Social Security, voterturnout and how to increase it, the ...
Time for conference calls
Jan 01, 1999; ... With a new year upon us, it is time for college basketball teamsto forget about nonconference opponents and tournament formats andget down to the nitty-gritty of conference play. Here's a quick look at the emerging teams in the majorconferences. - Big East -- The University ...
CORRECTION
Jan 01, 1999 ... OMISSION: A photo of Joseph Romano, the Quincy man arrested andcharged with the murder of his ...
Songwriters in harmony Three folkies band together to share their favorite covers
Jan 01, 1999; ... Self-centered, indulgent, myopic, navel-gazers. The terms used toscold today's new folk songwriters really boil down to one essentialcriticism: that they are a self-possessed bunch of diarists posing astroubadours. So when three of today's best and brightest songwriters-- Dar Williams, ...
Few rejoice on Castro's 40th anniversary Cubans continue to struggle with tattered economy
Jan 01, 1999; ... SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba -- Forty-two years ago, Reinaldo GonzalezSantana learned through the peasant pipeline that a band of beardedmen combing through the Sierra Maestra mountains not far from hissmall shack were leading a rebellion against the island's thuggishdictator. As he ...
Aiming at a small target Dolphins defense will set its sights on Flutie tomorrow
Jan 01, 1999; ... DAVIE, Fla. -- The climate inside the Miami Dolphins' locker roomat the practice facility at Nova Southeastern University was hot andsteamy. It was even hotter at Sam Madison's stall, where thecornerback sat amid a clutch of reporters, responding to questionsabout the incendiary remarks ...
11 EU nations launch an era, adopt the euro
Jan 01, 1999; ... LONDON -- The most ambitious effort yet to create a united statesof Europe began at 12:01 today when the euro, the continent's newsingle currency, was born in 11 of the European Union's 15 countries. Although officially launched today, the euro will begin itsmaiden voyage through ...
Familiar territory for family
Jan 01, 1999; ... TEMPE, Ariz. -- Spending the holidays at a bowl game has become atradition in the Bowden family, and the Bowdens are in full forcehere at the Fiesta. Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, whose Seminoles will try to winthe national championship Monday against Tennessee, is joined by ...
Cold no obstacle to fun on First Night
Jan 01, 1999; ... Below-freezing temperatures and packed streets did not deterrevelers from flocking to the 23d anniversary of Boston's First Night-- which offered sights and sounds to please just about every taste. Cliff Connolly, a Boston police spokesman, said police estimatedthat 750,000 people ...
Closing flourish: giving, write-offs Taxes in mind, investors rush to donate in December
Jan 01, 1999; ... The US stock market's strong recovery in the last months of 1998prompted a flurry of charitable giving in December, as ordinaryinvestors rushed to blend warmhearted philanthropic motivations withthe cold calculus of year-end tax planning. Anecdotal evidence from national charities ...
Leo J. Gulinello, 73 Was police officer, attorney
Jan 01, 1999 ... Leo J. Gulinello, an attorney who was a Boston police officer for31 years, died Tuesday in his home in Quincy. He was 73. Prior to moving to Quincy recently, Mr. Gulinello had been alifelong resident of South Boston. A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a Boston police ...
Walker Hancock, Gloucester man sculpted presidents, heroes; at 97
Jan 01, 1999; ... Walker Hancock, a sculptor who spent his long career "ennoblingthe human figure," died Wednesday in his Gloucester home. He was 97. Mr. Hancock's work included statues of Douglas MacArthur at the USMilitary Academy at West Point, John Paul Jones in Fairmount Park inPhiladelphia, ...
Calls to mayor's health line in '97 from uninsured fell; concerns remain
Jan 01, 1999; ... Reflecting the expansion of Medicaid and other governmentprograms, the number of uninsured people calling Mayor Thomas M.Menino's health line seeking help dropped 27 percent in 1997,according to the latest figures, obtained by the Globe yesterday. But the number of calls coming ...
From coal-steel union to common currency
Jan 01, 1999 ... LONDON -- Following is a chronology of milestones in Europeaneconomic and monetary union: 1951 France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, and theNetherlands sign a treaty in March in Paris to create the EuropeanCoal and Steel Community, the precursor to the European ...
Monsters on parade: horror classics at the Brattle
Jan 01, 1999; ... "Gods and Monsters" is reviving interest in the British directorand Hollywood transplant James Whale (1896-1957). Whale jump-startedthe horror genre at Universal Studios in 1931 with "Frankenstein" andjump-started as well the career of his friend Boris Karloff afterBela Lugosi turned ...
The hot housing market puts low-income tenants at risk
Jan 01, 1999; ... With rents skyrocketing in Boston neighborhoods and contractscoming up for renewal on subsidized apartments across the city, about9,000 low-income tenants face the potential loss of their housingunits over the next three years. Tenants are receiving letters warning that landlords ...
Some in GOP cool to idea of swift trial Longer process eyed for Clinton
Jan 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON -- Several key Republicans have begun to show signs ofresistance to speeding up Senate impeachment proceedings, objectingto a proposal that could end President Clinton's trial in less than aweek and repeating vows not to compromise on a censure deal. The proposal for a ...
OUT WITH THE OLD
Jan 01, 1999 ... A woman and her grandson watched the final sunset of 1998 on ...
INs & OUTs 1998 Our annual guide to what's gone, what lives on
Jan 01, 1999; ... Happy New Year. There are now 364 days to go before the Y2Kcomputer bug strikes, setting civilization's clock back to the year1900. The bad news? Global commerce and communication will come toa screeching halt. The good news? Only 18 more years until the RedSox win the World ...
CD sets bring artists back alive
Jan 01, 1999; ... As is the seasonal norm, I spent the past week opening boxes,though in my case they were the multi-CD sets that startedaccumulating well before the holidays. Given my save-the-biggest-for-last mode, I have yet to delve deeply into Verve's 10-disccollection of live Jazz at the ...
A Christmas chuckle
Jan 01, 1999 ... Thanks to Derrick Jackson for his wonderfully creative ChristmasDay poem, "How the Ging-grinch stole democracy." He always makes ...
Isn't divorce without victims preferable?
Jan 01, 1999 ... Linda Matchan's "The Militant Divorcee" (Living/Arts, Dec. 15)presents a misguided and destructive message. Do we want family landscapes cluttered with the spoils of battle?And what about the children? Don't they deserve parents who can atleast coexist on the same ...
A passionate, tireless voice for the worker
Jan 01, 1999 ... I was disappointed to read the Globe's Dec. 21 story about AFL-CIOpresident Bobby Haynes ("AFL-CIO's new chief draws ire for tactics").Your readers would have been better served if the article had devotedsome attention to what Haynes was attempting to accomplish during thecampaign -- ...
Business, not bombs, will change Iraq
Jan 01, 1999 ... Kai Bird's Dec. 22 op-ed article, "US hasn't learned its lessonabout the effectiveness of bombing," hits the target. Our bombswill only succeed in unifying the people behind their leader in hateof the United States. Instead, we should be reaching the people byremoving the ...
Names: Moss joins four other Vikings on NFL All-Pro team
Jan 01, 1999 ... Five Minnesota Vikings -- rookie wide receiver Randy Moss,quarterback Randall Cunningham, defensive tackle John Randle, guardRandall McDaniel, and kicker Gary Anderson -- were selected forAssociated Press's NFL All-Pro team announced yesterday. Moss, whomade one of the biggest impacts of ...
Boston City Council needs a new president
Jan 01, 1999 ... In January 1994, I was among the newly elected city councilors whowere sworn in at Faneuil Hall. This event was labeled by some as a"changing of the guard" in Boston politics. At our first meetingJim Kelly was elected president of the Boston City Council. I wassomewhat disappointed in ...
Brand new pair of roller skates TNN has reinvented `Derby' with `Jam' this month
Jan 01, 1999; ... Back in the days before professional football, basketball,baseball, and hockey dominated televised sports, there was RollerDerby, one of those loosely defined activities that blendedentertainment with athleticism. It started in 1935, and exploded in the '40s, becoming ...
Wellesley professor loses libel lawsuit
Jan 01, 1999; ... Tony Martin, a controversial professor at Wellesley College, haslost a libel suit against a former Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology student who five years ago wrote that Martin had receivedtenure after suing the college, charging racial bias. In a ruling made public yesterday, ...
SUNDAY'S KEY MATCHUP McGinest vs. Boselli
Jan 01, 1999; ... Willie McGinest danced around last Sunday vs. the Jets aftermissing seven games with a groin pull, but he played sparingly. But for this game, the "elephant" says he is going to throwcaution to the wind. The defensive end will have to against one ofthe best offensive linemen in the ...
It's time to act on new Fenway
Jan 01, 1999; ... Not often enough in the political and cultural life of a communitydo the stars and the moon align so perfectly as they are now, asstate and city officials, along with the Boston Red Sox, take up theissue of how to build a new Fenway Park. As the team prepares to roll out its plans ...
Plans percolating for the 2000 bash
Jan 01, 1999; ... Before you forget this New Year's Eve -- or try to remember it,for that matter -- put your party hat back on and start cogitating.The turn of the cosmic odometer to the year 2000 has already spurreda mind-jarring panoply of plans for global one-upmanship. Despite the fact that the ...
Fred F. Mitchell Jr., 70 Owned Needham roofing firm
Jan 01, 1999 ... A funeral Mass will be said tomorrow for Fred F. Mitchell Jr.,the owner of the Mitchell Roofing Co. in Needham. Mr. Mitchell died of leukemia Tuesday in his home in Needham. Hewas 70. He was born in Newton and served in the Army during World War II.He leaves his wife, ...
Ringing out the old . . . crooning in the new
Jan 01, 1999; ... Material from wire services and other sources was used in thiscolumn. Names & Faces can be reached by e-mail at names(AT SIGNSYMBOL)globe.com. Arts commissioner Bruce Rossley performed his final official actin his post last night when he cut the ribbon for the First Nightparade ....
Tauro steps down as chief judge
Jan 01, 1999 ... US District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro will step down as thecourt's chief judge today and be succeeded in the administrativeposition by his next-senior colleague, William G. Young. Tauro saidhe will continue as a district judge with a full ...
13-year-old girl's assertion of rape in Newton draws doubts
Jan 01, 1999; ... Four weeks ago, when a 13-year-old girl told police she wasdragged into a parked van behind the Newton Centre Post Office by ayoung man and raped at knifepoint, her story was so detailed thatpolice were able to issue a full-color composite drawing of thesuspect. To inform ...
Thomas O'Heir, 67 Former state lottery director
Jan 01, 1999 ... Thomas O'Heir of Brockton, a former director of the MassachusettsState Lottery, died of complications from cancer Wednesday in Brigham& Women's Hospital. He was 67. A graduate of Boston College, Mr. O'Heir was affiliated with thestate lottery for 20 years and was assistant ...
Flames fanned by firing theory
Jan 01, 1999; ... FOXBOROUGH -- A story about the possible ouster of Patriots coachPete Carroll was strategically placed in the media this week. Thestory is true. Carroll does face a realistic possibility of notreturning next season, according to sources, if he loses badly toJacksonville in Sunday's ...
Dishing up peace, love
Jan 01, 1999; ... The contents are partly meant to be enjoyed by the preschool set,but the marketing pitch is strictly tie-dyed and Woodstock. In an ongoing bid to expand its presence in mainstreamsupermarkets and to appeal to young and middle-aged consumers,Annie's Homegrown of Wakefield has just ...
State, AG's office disagree on wage for snowplow drivers
Jan 01, 1999; ... Snowplow drivers are getting ready to hit the roads, ready for thefirst big winter storm -- but they don't know yet how much they'regoing to get paid for the cleanup. In an echo of the confrontation over the Big Dig's failure to payits truck drivers the so-called prevailing wage, ...
Clay feeling freer with Israel in his corner
Jan 01, 1999; ... FOXBOROUGH -- Safety Willie Clay credits his recent resurgence tothe inclusion of Steve Israel in the starting secondary. According to Clay, the inexperience at right cornerback when theseason started made him play more conservatively and not take as manychances because he had to ...
A carryover effect College rivals Edwards, Taylor take another run at each other
Jan 01, 1999; ... They are friends, so you never know in which direction theirconversations might go. But you don't need a transcript of theirchats to understand where they won't be going. Here's a hint: Nov.1, 1997. Robert Edwards and Fred Taylor have worked out together. Theyhave shared ...
Stifling rage over a death Amid pleas for calm, Calif. community demands answers
Jan 01, 1999; ... RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Resident by black resident, the room swelledwith grief over a teenage girl's death in a hail of police bullets,until John Dastmalchi stood to speak and was greeted with foot-stomping, angry amens. "If we don't take the beating, we won't be beat," he told ...
Mr. Airplane Man takes flight with blues
Jan 01, 1999; ... Howling Wolf and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Not exactly householdnames in the '90s, but they are the Delta blues idols of two womenknown as Mr. Airplane Man, a name taken from a Howling Wolf song.The two women -- guitarist Margaret Garrett and drummer Tara McManus-- play a raw mix of ...
Traces of body on saw led to arrest High bail set in Quincy murder case
Jan 01, 1999; ... QUINCY -- Traces of blood, bone, and skin tissue found on anelectric saw gave investigators the evidence they needed to chargeJoseph Romano with the murder of his wife, ending a three-monthinvestigation. DNA tests confirmed the tissue was Katherine Leonard Romano's,investigators ...
It's bounce back or be bounced out
Jan 01, 1999; ... First things first. Can your beloved Future Connecticut Patriotswin this wild-card game in Jacksonville? Sure. Why not? Do theJaguars look like the 1985 Bears to you? Well then, will they defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars and advancein the tournament? Who am I, Nostradamus? Geez, I'm ...
For the C Wing staff at Oak Hill Nursing Home
Jan 01, 1999 ... Above, Mayor Thomas M. Menino contributes a personal check for$100 to Globe Santa. At right, Arlington public school studentsraised $680 for Globe Santa at a dance at the Knight of ColumbusHall. The planners, with Ray Richard of Globe Santa, include (front)from left Scott Bouvier, ...
1 newcomer, 2 incumbents appointed to school board
Jan 01, 1999; ... Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday chose a Roxbury social workerand two incumbents to fill three vacant seats on the seven-memberappointed Boston School Committee. Marchelle Raynor, 52, the social service and mental healthsupervisor for the Townsend Head Start program in Dorchester, ...
Actors Ensemble revives `Orpheus'
Jan 01, 1999; ... An ambitious effort to stage a successful Boston production of"Orpheus Descending," the operatic Tennessee Williams play aboutsaving souls and liberating suppressed passions in a Mississippibackwater in the '40s, resumes next week. The Boston Actors Ensemble, a "fluctuating" ...
No question, home is where the favorites are
Jan 01, 1999; ... The opening round of the NFL playoffs finds the four home teamsfavored. So what else is new? The home team will probably befavored in all 10 games leading to Super Bowl XXXIII. And a bettor could do worse than to forget about handicapping thegames and simply take the home ...
Suffolk Downs back up today
Jan 01, 1999 ... The freshening is over: Suffolk Downs is ready to race. After a19-day break, Suffolk opens its 94-day winter/spring meet at 12:45p.m. today. The meet runs through June 5 and will be highlighted ...