4 a 1.. Sunday METRO WEST 3 Republican. See High Today's weather, 85, Low forecast Page, 60 A2 3 The Republican Company JULY 28. 2002 $1.50 Fathers' nurturing role growing By STEPHANIE BARRY Staff writer SPRINGFIELD They are no strangers to bedtime stories, lullabies or soothing skinned knees. One is sure to kiss his 13-yearold son every day before school.
another has read "Where's Spot?" to his toddler hundreds of times, and still another a single father has run a seemingly endless shuttle for seven children to dance classes, pajama parties and football practices. These men, sitting around the table at a city Head Start center, may be the new face of fatherhood in America: "You have to accept part of what 4 A Staff photo by MICHAEL S. GORDON Adalberto Martinez reads to his daughter Adalmarie Martinez, 3, at a Springfield Head Start program recently. Winters was 12, he whips up donations for the agency's bake sales and picks his 3-year-old son up from the preschool each day. The EARLY YEARS Childcare grows up PART 1 MINERS FOUND ALIVE Associated Press Rescue workers remove an American flag from the second drilling unit after it was shut down at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset, yesterday.
Workers finally broke through late last night to the chamber and communicated with the miners via telephone. All nine were reported to be alive. Story, photo, Page A19. "34 78 killed at Ukraine air show After 2 minutes of maneuvers in the air, the jet's engines went silent and it plunged toward the spectators below. By TATYANA PANOVA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine A fighter jet clipped the ground and sheared through a crowd of spectators yesterday at an air show in western Ukraine before exploding in a ball of fire.
killing at least 78 people and injuring 138 in the deadliest air show accident in memory. The two crew ejected and survived, the Defense Ministry said, just after the Su-27 aircraft first grazed the ground and slid backward on its wingtip and nose through hundreds of spectators watching on a clear day at the 3 Th 44 There were a lot of Mr. Mom jokes. I didn't expect to like it. But it brought us lot closer.
"1 Nish Setian, 47, father of 2 His image also is featured larger than life on billboards throughout the city. They are emblazoned with the message: "Dads Make a Difference." In many families, doctors' appointments, diaper changes and PTO meetings are no longer the exclusive domain of mothers. The newest U.S. Census data show that single fathers jumped over 400 percent since 1970, and are now 2 million strong, albeit still dwarfed by 10 million single mothers. Nationwide, child care agencies such as Head Start began pushing so-called "male-involvement" and fatherhood initiatives around 1995, and the movement spurred on by steady federal funding has only gained momentum.
Please see Dad, Page A21. FBI brass knew of mob ties D.C. headquarters condoned' alliance with Boston killers By JEFF DONN known" in the Boston area. The memos also alerted the director's Associated Press office that two of the informants BOSTON For more than 20 were crime bosses, active "at the. years, FBI headquarters in Wash- enterprises policy-making in Boston.
level" of criminal ton ington were knew using that its professional agents in killers Bos- Headquarand mob leaders as informants ters also knew and shielding them from prosecut- that the ion for serious crimes including mants were bemurder, The Associated Press has ing learned. from 1 other port Until now, the still-unraveling lice agencies by Boston FBI scandal has been por- its agents trayed largely as the work of a Boston. It, handful of local agents maver- knew, for exicks willing to deal with the devil ample, that one to bring down a Mafia family. informant who But documents obtained by the James J. Bulger masterminded? A.P directly connect FBI headquar- 148 free a as four murder ters to a pattern of collusion with allowed to go innocent notorious New England killers.
men were sent to prison in his The AP found 20 field memos place. from Boston agents to the FBI di- Sometimes, it appears, head? rector's office, along with six re- quarters was directly involved plies, showing that headquarters protecting the informants. In 1983,1 was informed about the abuses for example, Boston agents and condoned them. shielded two of them from quest The field memos, written be- tions about the murder of a jai alai tween 1964 and 1987, made it clear operator. Senior FBI officials in? to Washington that the informants Washington gave the order to? had killed and were likely to kill snuff out the investigation.
the; again, describing one of them as "the most dangerous individual Please see FBI, Page A20: Pet coffins may shore up flagging business By WILLIAM SWEET Staff writer GREENFIELD Hoping the economy won't bury his business, a local carpenter has turned to fashioning furniture for the afterlife. Doggie coffins, that is. However, they could be for cats, rodents or birds. Richard An- INSIDE drews, who sells "affordable cus- Special caskets tom furniture" out of the Ole help people in Mill Shop on mourning their Bernardston pets. Story, Page Road, recently G3 Staff photo by BOB STERN started crafting Richard Andrews of pet caskets in Greenfield makes pet caskets: hopes of giving his business a shot of different sizes at the Ole in the arm.
Mill Shop in Greenfield. 41 He's only sold one so far, but he plans to talk up his product with The caskets come in kitten-sized five sizes, local veterinarians and will wait ranging from a 8-by; and see. 16-by-8-inch box, to a 28-by-48-bydius. "We're We could hoping for deliver," a he 50-mile said. ra- 4 Please see Business, Page 1 Inside: 1-Springsteen's back Springsteen's first 1 album with the Street Band since 1984 echoes emotions of Sept.
11 and its aftermath. Back to work Retirees are returning to work because of the stock market collapse, and employers are eager to hire them. Afghan ambush Five American soldiers were injured and two Afghan militiamen killed yesterday in a gun battle during a search for Taliban and al-Qaida fighters. Signs of summer 5 I Farmstands are a staple of New England summers, but many now are going well beyond selling local fruits and vegetables. Happiness a gift Mel Gibson became an actor by chance and has evolved into one of the world's leading movie stars, but he says he isn't taking his happy life for granted.
Parade magazine 1 Index Automotive C11 Business E1 A Editorial B2 Emphasis B1 Home Garden F1 Leisure DI Lifestyle G1 Local A11 Obituaries A14 Sports C1 Television TV1 Travel G12 Union-News on the Web live.com Today online: Talk local issues in the Business forum 00330 20728 has always mother role. ing has almost nership it said Daryl L. field. with five been considered the Marriage and parentbecome the partshould've always been," Winters, of Springchildren at home and one from a. previous marriage who visits on weekends." A former U.S.
Marine whose father when Associated Press A boy who was injured when a Su-27 fighter plane crashed: into a huge crowd of spectators at an air show wipes his face in Lviv, Ukraine, yesterday. Sknyliv air base in the city of Lviv. Bohdan Hupalo, 18, said he was posing for a picture when the plane came down. He dove to the ground and saw the jet race over him, missing by only a few yards. "There weren't any survivors among those who fell down late they were cut down like grass," he said.
When Hupalo opened his eyes, he said he was surrounded 1 AF by human remains. "I will never forget this tragedy," he said from his hospital bed, where he was being treated for an injured back. After the crash, parents frantically searched for missing chil-' dren and used the public address system to call out their names. One Please see Ukraine, Page A19 4.
