Hockey
ching King left wing Joe Paterson move in front of the net is like watching an 18-wheeler blow a tire at high speed.
March 27, 1987
Obituaries
Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said in statement
Dec. 30, 2020
The Kings may have discovered a new Triple Crown line. But they don’t have a nickname for it yet.
Jan. 22, 1986
World & Nation
Joe Clark, the embattled Paterson, N.J., school principal, can always have a job at the White House if his school board “is foolish enough” to fire him.
Jan. 10, 1988
Controversial principal Joe Clark, who roams the hallways of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., armed with a baseball bat and bullhorn, said he has changed his mind and plans to stay on rather than accept a job offer from Gary L.
Jan. 13, 1988
The school board in Paterson, N.J., admitted that it violated procedures in seeking to discipline controversial high school Principal Joe Clark, but said it will start from scratch to draw up insubordination charges against him.
Jan. 15, 1988
Principal Joe Clark told a student body assembly at Eastside High, the school he runs with the assistance of a bullhorn and bat he carries through the corridors, that he will stop his verbal assaults on the Paterson, N.J., School Board.
Jan. 21, 1988
Education Secretary William J.
Jan. 6, 1988
Television
Joe Clark, the controversial educator who a week ago announced his impending resignation as principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., is coming to Hollywood to guest star on an episode of “227,” NBC’s half-hour sitcom about family life in a black neighborhood in Washington.
March 28, 1989
Embattled principal Joe Clark thanked the White House for its job offer Friday but said he would prefer to stay at Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J.
Jan. 16, 1988