The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from June 1999:
Chicago fire kills 4; arson is suspected
Jun 01, 1999; ... CHICAGO -- An apartment fire killed four people yesterday,including two children, and police said they suspected arson, as dogsdetected accelerant in the rubble. Authorities did not know ...
Loner gives $377,000 to various charities
Jun 01, 1999; ... CHILTON, Wis. -- An 80-year-old man who kept to himself left asurprise behind when he died -- $377,000 in donations to a church henever joined, fairgrounds he rarely visited, and a ...
Runner, 30, is victor in cheeserolling
Jun 01, 1999; ... LONDON -- Runners tore down a steep 300-yard course in pursuit ofan eight-pound double Gloucester cheese wheel yesterday at a revivalof the custom of cheeserolling. The cheese always comes first, butthe person who crosses the finish line right behind the fast-rollingwheel gets to keep ...
Six killed as van crosses road divider
Jun 01, 1999; ... BEDFORD, Pa. -- Six people were killed early yesterday when theirvan crossed a divider on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and plowed into atractor-trailer. A seventh person in the van was in criticalcondition, and the truck driver was hospitalized with ...
After IRA tip, a vow to find 8 graves
Jun 01, 1999; ... BELFAST -- Irish police and forensics specialists promisedyesterday to keep digging "as long as it takes" to find eightunmarked graves of Irish Republican Army victims. Excavations of twosites near the Irish Republic's border with British-ruled NorthernIreland ...
Shooting in Bronx leaves girl, 3, dead
Jun 01, 1999; ... NEW YORK -- A 3-year-old girl was fatally shot in the head by twogunmen who opened fire as they passed by a crowd on a Bronx ...
1,300 attend wrestler's funeral
Jun 01, 1999; ... CALGARY, Alberta -- About 1,300 people attended a funeralyesterday for the wrestler Owen Hart. Hart, 34, ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1999 ... Q. When a person stops imbibing alcohol, why do we say he's "onthe wagon"? B.A., Billerica A. In the 1890s during theProhibition crusade, men who vowed to stop drinking would say theywere ...
Remains are tied to missing bassist
Jun 01, 1999; ... MALIBU, Calif. -- Human remains found inside the wreckage of aminivan that plunged down a 200-foot ravine may be those of a rockmusician missing since 1995, police said. The 1993 Ford Aerostarmatches the ...
Two MIG fighters reported shot down
Jun 01, 1999; ... KIGALI -- Congolese rebels and Rwandan forces shot down two MIGfighters yesterday after they attacked positions in southern Congo,a Rwandan leader said. Rwanda had called a unilateral cease-fire.Vice President Paul Kagame also urged Congo to start talking directlyto the Congolese ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1999 ... Q. On an airing of C-SPAN's "Book Notes," Jim Lehrer recalled thesong "Shredded Ralston" from the Tom Mix show. In singing the lastline, Lehrer said "Shredded Ralston can't be beat!," but I seem toremember the last line was "Hot Ralston can't be beat!" Am Icorrect? R.M., Marlborough A ....
Records of spanking would be erased
Jun 01, 1999; ... CARSON CITY -- The Legislature sent Governor Kenny Guinn a billensuring that parents can spank their children and erase officialrecords of such incidents if they are not deemed to be abuse. OnSunday, ...
Six ex-soldiers are acquitted
Jun 01, 1999; ... ZAGREB -- A local court found insufficient evidence yesterday to convict six former Croat soldiers of wartime atrocities againstrebel Serbs. The trial was the first in which Croats, who largelyview themselves as the sole victims of Serb aggression in Croatia's1991-92 war, set out to ...
Our distrust of leisure
Jun 01, 1999; ... Cindy S. Aron is an associate professor of history at theUniversity of Virginia and the author of the recent book "Working atPlay: A History of vacations in the United States." It's that time of year. Summer is approaching, and we arethinking about vacations. As we choose a ...
Artery open, but records show more repairs needed Highway safe, officials stress
Jun 01, 1999; ... Relieved state officials reopened the Central Artery yesterdayafternoon following 78 hours of furious and expensive work to repaira damaged bridge, but inspection records indicate other bridges andexit ramps that connect to carry the highway through Boston maypresent future problems ...
Man charged with trying to assault baby
Jun 01, 1999; ... A registered sex offender faces new charges of attempted assaultafter allegedly breaking into a Revere home early Saturday morningand standing over the crib of a half-dressed infant, according topolice. Michael Vick, 39, of Lynn, was apprehended by local and StatePolice after ...
ASK THE GLOBE
Jun 01, 1999 ... Q. What do you know about the Duncan Hines motels or restaurantsthat were around in the 1950s. They were usually very nice places.O.R., Lowell A. It has been said that Duncan Hines (1880-1959), atraveling salesman from Bowling Green, Ky., would travel 500 milesfor a good meal. In ...
Students protest restroom squalor Group meets tonight with school officials
Jun 01, 1999; ... Jameela Philip holds her nose when she walks by one of thesecond-floor bathrooms at Boston Latin Academy: the stench is thatbad. At English High, janitors are slow to restock toilet paperbecause students stuff it down sinks and string it in the stalls. Missing urinal doors, ...
Battle over McLean's open space nears end Opponents to development make last-ditch effort, but hospital plans to move ahead
Jun 01, 1999; ... BELMONT -- It appears a protracted struggle over the future ofMcLean Hospital's beautiful and expansive grounds is almost over.It's just that no one yet knows for sure who won. A compromise worked out over the past three years would allowMcLean to sell off part of its 240-acre ...
Shaking off an old joke can help you move on
Jun 01, 1999 ... Dear Beth: I was reading an essay in front of the whole class when Idiscovered, to my horror, that my fly was unzipped. Now every time Iwalk by this bunch of kids, they stare at my pants and say "Well, atleast you remembered this time." Or when I go to the bathroom theyalways ...
`Machine' eyes selling menace to the unmenacing
Jun 01, 1999; ... OUTLAW MACHINE Harley-Davidson and the Search for the AmericanSoul By Brock Yates Little, Brown, 249 pp., illustrated, $24 Like Coca-Cola, Mickey Mouse, and Stetson hats, the Harley-Davidson motorcycle is an American icon. Cherished by its ownersdespite -- no, because of -- its ...
Dorothy Mae Butler, 76 Health center business manager
Jun 01, 1999 ... Dorothy Mae (Raleigh) Butler, the first business manager of theSouthern Jamaica Plain Health Center, died Saturday at NorwoodHospital. She was 76. Mrs. Butler was born in Jamaica Plain and graduated from JamaicaPlain High School. At the start of World War II she received ...
Struggle, assimilation evident in Lowell show
Jun 01, 1999; ... REFLECTIONS: A CELEBRATION OF THE CAMBODIAN/AMERICAN EXPERIENCEInstallation by Mia Wood, photographs by Matt Harnett, photographicessay by James Higgins and Joan Ross At: Brush Art Gallery andStudios, 256 Market St., Lowell, through June 20 LOWELL -- Anyone concerned with the ...
RIVER RESCUE
Jun 01, 1999 ... Police and fire officials carried Ronald Carbonara on a stretcheryesterday after the 54-year-old Brockton man nearly drowned after hiscar veered off a West Bridgewater bridge and into the Taunton River.At right, rescue workers held Carbonara's head above water as theypulled him from ...
W. Joseph Carr, longtime artist, noted furniture designer; at 88
Jun 01, 1999 ... W. Joseph Carr of Gardner, a longtime furniture designer andartist, died Sunday of complications of Alzheimer's disease in theGardner Skilled Nursing Center. He was 88. Born in Ireland in 1910, Mr. Carr came to the United States in1913. He graduated in 1929 from Gardner High ...
Think globally but act locally -- join the walk against AIDS
Jun 01, 1999; ... James Carroll's column appears regularly in the Globe. Iam sitting with a friend talking about the war. It is a painfulconversation. We do not agree, and each is haunted that the othermay be right. We have in common a combined sense of weariness andshame. Kosovo is a small but ...
Researchers hail 2-drug therapy for heart attacks
Jun 01, 1999; ... A new regimen for treating heart attacks promises to rescuethousands of patients for whom the current clot-busting therapy doesnot work. Adding a "super-aspirin" drug called abciximab to the standardclot-dissolver, dubbed TPA, boosts the chances of restoring normalblood flow ...
Crash kills woman, 28; driver faces DUI charge
Jun 01, 1999; ... A Boston man who works as an investigator with the Suffolkdistrict attorney's office has been charged with vehicular homicideand drunken driving after a two-car accident late Sunday nightkilled a 28-year-old woman and left another motorist in criticalcondition. Anthony Stanton, ...
First-place frolics at Fenway Baseballs, emotions go flying as Red Sox cap off a big month
Jun 01, 1999; ... The full moon was Sunday night, but the real lunacy didn't takeplace until Monday afternoon at Fenway Park. It will go down as a nifty, come-from-behind, 8-7 victory overthe Detroit Tigers, making the Red Sox 20-8 for the month of May andinflating their giddy, first-place lead over ...
Beverly V. Doud, 73 Retired registered nurse
Jun 01, 1999 ... Beverly Virginia (Byrne) Doud of Millbury, a retired registerednurse, died Wednesday in University of Massachusetts MemorialHospital in Worcester of an abdominal illness. She was 73. Born and raised in Worcester, she graduated from QuinsigamondCollege with a nursing degree. She ...
A feast for the eyes
Jun 01, 1999 ... Here's a vote for the controversial restoration of Leonardo daVinci's "The Last Supper," based on what purists might dismiss asirrelevant, but the lay viewer considers essential: A person can nowsee the masterpiece a lot more clearly. The painstaking 20-year project, directed by ...
Bid for independence Entrepreneurs see eBay providing them a golden opportunity
Jun 01, 1999; ... The poster in the Somerville antique shop was over a century old.Produced for the Union Pacific Railroad, it encouraged New Englandersto take scenic train trips across the grand vistas of the westernUnited States. To Shannon Aaron of South Boston, it was ideal eBay bait, ...
A waterfront for boaters
Jun 01, 1999 ... Boston's inner harbor is poorly served by its public boat landingsand terminal facilities. There is no ferry service from Long Wharfto Rowes Wharf. Dock capacity is limited at Logan Airport, the WorldTrade Center, and Charlestown Navy Yard. These shortcomingsdiscourage year-round ...
Separating good and evil
Jun 01, 1999 ... Stern judgment fell on the shoulders of Jeffrey L. Bly, the Bostonstreet thug who planned and carried out the 1995 assassination ofassistant attorney general Paul R. McLaughlin. On Saturday, aSuffolk Superior Court jury delivered its verdict: guilty offirst-degree murder. Bly received a ...
TRAIN TRAGEDY
Jun 01, 1999 ... Pallbearers moved the caskets of the Toledo family at Maple GroveMemorial Park in Easton, Conn., yesterday ....
Film sparks new clash in war over gays Documentary's subject: teachers raising issue of homosexuality
Jun 01, 1999; ... Debra Chasnoff cringed as she heard Pat Robertson launch into afiery speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention decrying thedamage homosexuals were doing to America's moral fabric. Something had to be done, Chasnoff thought, to counter thestrident anti-gay rhetoric being ...
Family of missing girl, 14, appeals to her to return
Jun 01, 1999; ... While her aunt and grandmother knelt in prayer Friday night atSt. Matthew's Church in Dorchester, 14-year-old Anne-Marie Isemondslipped out the door for a secret meeting and hasn't been seen since. Frantic relatives say they fear that the sheltered eighth-gradermay have been lured ...
John Henry Handy, 79 Businessman, Muslim leader
Jun 01, 1999 ... John Henry Handy of Brockton, a businessman and pioneering memberof the Nation of Islam in Roxbury, died yesterday at the VeteransAdministration Medical Center in Jamaica Plain after a long illness.He was 79. Mr. Handy was born in Thomasville, Ga., and attended schoolsthere. He ...
The Rev. R. Hutton Minister, railroad owner; at 57
Jun 01, 1999 ... The Rev. Richard R. Hutton of Duxbury, minister at theCongregational Church in East Weymouth, died of cancer Sunday at hishome. He was 57. Rev. Hutton was born in Elmhurst, N.Y. He graduated from LaSalleUniversity and Andover Newton Theology College. The minister at the East ...
Indy 500 was a gas for Brack `Lucky' win fueled his appreciation for Foyt
Jun 01, 1999; ... INDIANAPOLIS -- The third time proved to be the charm for KennyBrack. Two years ago, Brack arrived from Sweden and had his debut in theIndianapolis 500 ruined by a crash on the warmup lap that wiped himout along with the rest of the starters on the fifth row. Last year,he ...
Ewing: A nice body of work Veteran ignoring pain, contributing to Knicks' success
Jun 01, 1999; ... INDIANAPOLIS -- His quadriceps and shoulders are the newestadditions to the list of injuries that have riddled Patrick Ewing.They are just two more parts of an aging 36-year-old body that willrequire extra attention, tape, ice, heating balm, ibuprofen, whathave you from the medicine ...
The Rev. L. Langguth Jesuit physics, math professor; 87
Jun 01, 1999 ... The Rev. Laurence C. Langguth, a Dorchester native and retiredprofessor of physics and mathematics, died Friday at the CampionCenter in Weston. He was 87 and had been a member of the Jesuitorder for more than 70 years. He attended Boston College High School and was ordained as ...
In many tongues Immigrant influx puts emphasis on communication
Jun 01, 1999; ... In Allston, the English language classes at ApproachInternational Student Center are booming, no surprise given thenumber of foreign students and immigrants arriving in Boston. But owner Michelle Fernandes recently noticed a twist: English-speaking managers and workers flocking to ...
If we spent as much on schools as we do on sports
Jun 01, 1999 ... Derrick Z. Jackson's May 26 column hit the nail on the head("Imagine leaders as enthusiastic about schools as they are aboutsports," op ed). He's absolutely correct to state that if oursociety spent as much money on education as it does on on sports, ourchildren would be far better off, ...
Israeli allies retreat in Lebanon Lebanese militia leaves Christian town Jezzine
Jun 01, 1999; ... BEIRUT -- Troops from an Israeli-backed militia began withdrawinglate last night from the northernmost fringe of the Israeli-occupied"security zone" in south Lebanon. The pullback by the South Lebanon Army, or SLA, was seen as asignificant disengagement from Hezbollah ...
As coed Greek system looms, Dartmouth sees rise in minorities
Jun 01, 1999; ... Have an education issue you want aired, or thoughts on the stateof education today? Write to Lesson Plan, City Room, The BostonGlobe, P.O. Box 2378, Boston, MA 02107-2378, or send e-mail toeducate(at sign)globe.comDartmouth's Greek gamble appears tohave paid off. When the ...
Roger Clemens doesn't pitch here anymore
Jun 01, 1999 ... Dan Shaughnessy's obsession with Roger Clemens is hilarious if nota little pathetic ("He's changed his stripes -- and it's sight foreyesores," Sports, May 28). It seems Shaughnessy has a monthly quotaof "lament the loss of Roger" stories. We get it; he wishes the RedSox hadn't let him ...
Strikes against Cellucci environmental record
Jun 01, 1999 ... Your May 23 editorial, `Cellucci muddies water," takes GovernorPaul Cellucci to task for his support of off-shore oil drilling(which his spinmeisters now say was misunderstood), and his proposalto weaken public input on development along the coast. But thegovernor's environmental errors ...
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore
Jun 01, 1999; ... Steven Levingston, former director of the Business and EconomicsJournalism Program at Boston University, can be reached atdollarsnonsense(AT SIGN SYMBOL)hotmail.com. My irrepressible friend, Joe King, has recently returned from anadventure into the future. Yes, Joe, among his other ...
Boston's building boom: Who benefits?
Jun 01, 1999 ... In a May 16 Real Estate article, Richard Kindleberger lauded theimpending "renewal" of lower Washington Street. What is often lost in the coverage of the area are the existingresidents of Chinatown, mainly elderly, low-income, and working-class. What is also lost is the effect of ...
A great nation can do better than this
Jun 01, 1999 ... As a veteran of the Vietnam War, I never thought that I wouldfind myself in agreement with Howard Zinn ("The deadly semantics ofNATO bombings," op ed, May 28). But here I am. I have seen the damage on the ground with my own eyes. I look atthe pictures of the mothers and children ...
Names: Cowboys' Irvin alerts team of trade hopes
Jun 01, 1999 ... Michael Irvin, the Dallas Cowboys' career leading receiver, hasrequested that the team trade him, his agent said. The 11-yearveteran played a lesser role last season in Dallas's offense underfirst-year coach Chan Gailey. "He has not demanded a trade, but hehas let the Cowboys know if ...
A writer's wide, wild world
Jun 01, 1999; ... "In the old days, I was very arrogant," Peter Matthiessen says ashe takes a bite of salmon at the Copley Plaza Grill. "I used to say,`I'll write it and you sell it.' But maybe those days have passed."The author, craggy-faced and dressed in a blue blazer, blue sweater,and blue polo shirt, ...
A long sigh from Vermont
Jun 01, 1999; ... WOODSTOCK, Vt. -- By way of explanation, all I can say is that Imust have gone left where I was supposed to go right, and thus here Iam, in the heart of this landlocked state on a sweltering holidayweekend, 150 miles from the nearest fried clam. Actually, I'll confess. The idea was ...
Dr. Francis McNamara Surgeon, Navy veteran; at 92
Jun 01, 1999 ... Dr. Francis J. McNamara, a surgeon at the Melrose WakefieldHospital and a Navy Medical Corps veteran of World War II, died athis home in Litchfield, N.H., on Sunday. He was 92. Dr. McNamara was born in Stoneham and raised in Melrose. Heattended St. Mary's School and graduated from ...
Weymouth actor's ship comes in
Jun 01, 1999; ... Material from wire services and other sources is used as well.Names & Faces can be reached by electronic mail at names(atsign)globe.com. For John Leone, playing 2d Officer Charles Lightoller in thenational touring company of the musical "Titanic" wasn't just amatter of learning ...
Columbine students to revisit building
Jun 01, 1999; ... LITTLETON -- Students will return this week to Columbine HighSchool for the first time since the April 20 shootings to retrievetheir belongings. One substitute teacher left her purse ....
Turbulence causes injuries on flight
Jun 01, 1999; ... GRAPEVINE -- An American Airlines flight hit turbulence as itapproached Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport yesterday, and twoflight attendants were slightly injured. None of the 72 passengersaboard Flight 2006 were hurt, airline ...
Man fires at police; car chase follows
Jun 01, 1999 ... A man in a white Toyota fired four rounds from a handgun at astate trooper's car early yesterday morning in Dorchester, promptinga mile-long car chase, State Police said. Trooper Frank Hall washeaded east on Morton Street when the shooting occurred. Neither henor his car was hit. Hall ...
Another boost for NATO
Jun 01, 1999; ... WASHINGTON - Thank you, Joschka Fischer. The German foreign minister has performed an extremely usefulservice by showing that his government's allegedly flat-outopposition to using ground troops in Kosovo is not what it seems.And Fischer has provided fresh evidence of the one ...
Glenn's doing his own thing
Jun 01, 1999; ... FOXBOROUGH -- Terry Glenn has been true to his word: He stayedaround Foxborough and has shown up for work at the stadium every daythis offseason. What he hasn't done is take part in all of JohnnyParker's strength program, sometimes working on his own. Glenn took part in four of the ...
Charismatic draws crowd
Jun 01, 1999; ... Material from publicity departments at various racetracks and fromthe Daily Racing Form was used in this report. Charismatic has no charisma. And that's why Saturday's 131strunning of the Belmont Stakes, which will feature Charismatic'sTriple Crown bid, is assured of a bulky field ....
HOW BOSTON GOT ITS GROOVE BACK After some rough years, local hip-hop artists unite and; thrive with independent attitude
Jun 01, 1999; ... A twanging, guitar-heavy riff made a corner of Tower Records inCambridge pulsate as Mr. Lif's thick nubian locks swung in rhythm tohis latest hip-hop single, "Arise." "Then I remain solo in thegalaxy / Take the form of the sun so I can shine emphatically," Mr.Lif of Brighton rhymed ...
Wind at their backs Sox sail on with stirring comeback
Jun 01, 1999; ... It's too bad for the Red Sox that the month had to end. Therehasn't been a May like this around Fenway Park since 1986. You know,the one they still call, "That Championship Season." If you were among the 27,883 in attendance or near a televisionset yesterday, you probably got a lot ...
Sabres take the final step They'll play for Cup now
Jun 01, 1999; ... TORONTO -- The movie keeps ending the same way. Some of thewalkons from out of town change, but the core cast stays on the set,getting better with every scene. The small-market, big-on-grit Buffalo Sabres swatted back theToronto Maple Leafs last night, 4-2, overcoming deficits of ...