NAMES IN THE NEWS : Cut Speaking, Kitty Dukakis Told

BOSTON — Kitty Dukakis’ doctors have advised her not to discuss her addiction problems in her public appearances. “Her therapist and she agree that it is critical that she not be so upfront about her problems. It appears that her speaking might be over. Or very limited.” The Massachusetts first lady recently returned home from an alcoholism treatment center and Tuesday night, in one of her first public appearances since returning home, she joined her husband, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, at a ceremony formally forging a sister state relationship between Massachusetts and the Japanese state of Hokkaido. She also has resumed work on her memoirs, “Now I Know.”