Description: Comparison of 1968 Humphrey Nixon presidential campaign with current Dukakis Bush match.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1988
Description: Fourth grade class in Canton is field test for anti- smoking curriculum. Through games, health director teaches children dangers of smoking.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/16/1988
Description: A day in the life of The Ten O'Clock News
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1988
Description: John Roberts of Civil Liberties Union says Bush disagrees with Bill of Rights rather than with ACLU when he calls Dukakis 'card-carrying member' though Dukakis differs f/ some ACLU stands. Paul Cellucci.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/26/1988
Description: AIDS activist organization, ACT-UP Boston, protests outside Harvard Medical School, alleging unethical practices in limiting availability of experimental drug treatments.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1988
Description: AIDS patient says presidential candidates have no idea how important fighting his disease is and show no compassion for the issue in debate and speeches.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/30/1988
Description: Boston conference on AIDS looks at spread of the disease in New England. Transmission now more common among needle users than gays. Mass. lauded for testing & education. Protesters at Dukakis' house.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1988
Description: Man with AIDS undergoes experimental treatment (CD4) at Mass. General Hospital. Thus far, he suffers no poor side effects. Nurse puts blood pressure cuff on patient. Clinical trial.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/29/1988
Description: At AIDS drug conference, patients discuss their willingness or unwillingness to try experimental treatments for the disease.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1988
Description: Inmates with AIDS get inadequate medical attention & pose health threat to others in prison. Robert Rufo says county jail infirmary not equipped to treat communicable diseases.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/25/1988
Description: AIDS projections for Boston exceed capacity of health facilities. Experimental drug for pneumonia AP (aerosolized pentamidine) withheld at Mass General. Protesters lie on sidewalk. Fenway Community Health Center.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/25/1988
Description: AIDS quilt, result of The Names Project, is displayed in Boston. Sections made by friends and relatives to commemorate people who died of AIDS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/16/1988
Description: Review of AIDS-related issues and developments during 1988: spread of the disease and progress in fighting it.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/29/1988
Description: Through clips from Saturday Night Live, Tonight Show, Tanner '88, political humor is illustrated. Its absence from and value in the presidential campaign are obvious.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/13/1988
Description: Police will conduct aerial surveillance of highway traffic to detect speeders on holiday weekend. Small plane over Route 95. Radar. State police stopping drivers. William McCabe, public safety commissioner.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/26/1988
Description: Aerials of Boston area. Downtown skyline, roadways with traffic, open space and trees, harbor, Fenway Park.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1988
Description: Rep. David Cohen files bill to create cabinet-level agency, Office for Children, to make day care available and affordable. Toddlers around table with cups and cookies. Mother holding baby.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/11/1988
Description: Aliens take advantage of INS amnesty program by applying for legalization on last day before deadline.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/04/1988
Description: Allan Rohan Crite's paintings depict Columbus Avenue in the thirties. He comments on changes in South End and extols maintaining a mixed population for neighborhood vitality.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/25/1988
Description: Allstate insurance announces it will stop writing auto policies in Mass. because it anticipates multimillion dollar losses. Peter Rice, deputy insurance commissioner.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/14/1988
Description: Hope Kelly reports on a dispute between the tenants and the landlords of a building in Allston on Parkvale St. Kelly notes that the tenants have brought suit against the landlords for discriminatory practices. Kelly reports that a fire damaged the building in February. She notes that the landlords have aided white tenants with temporary relocation and have assured them an eventual return to their apartments. Kelly reports that African American tenants have been ignored. Kelly reports that the tenants have been barred from the building altogether. Kelly's report includes footage of a protest outside the apartment building by tenants and city officials. Brian McLoughlin (Boston City Council), Mel King (community activist), Domenic Bozzotto (Hotel Workers Union), and David Scondras (Boston City Council) are among those present. Tenants and city officials condemn the owners of the building and demand the return of tenants to the building. Kelly reviews the status of the lawsuit and gives the names of the owners of the building. She attempts to interview David Spada (owner) when he arrives at the building. Spada refuses to be interviewed.
1:00:16: Visual: Footage of Thomas Gallagher (New England Equity Institute) addressing a group of protesters under the awning of an apartment building at 56 Parkvale Avenue in Allston. Gallagher says, "It's a sorry state of affairs." Shots of protesters standing under the awning to get out of the rain. Hope Kelly reports that workmen are working on the interior of the apartment building; that tenants cannot enter the building. V: Footage of Etta Anderson (tenant) addressing the gathered protesters. Anderson says that the building looks habitable; that the building is empty. Shot of a street sign for Parkvale Avenue in Allston. Shots of the exterior of the building on Parkvale Avenue. Kelly reports that a fire damaged parts of the sixteen-unit building on January 15. V: Footage of Brian McLoughlin (Boston City Council) addressing the gathered protesters. McLoughlin criticizes the property owners for not allowing the tenants to return to their homes. Shots of the protesters under the awning. Several protesters hold signs. One of the signs reads, "Evict racist landlords, not tenants of color." Shots of Mel King (community activist) and Domenic Bozzotto (President, Hotel Workers Union) standing among the protesters. Kelly reports that the tenants say that the landlords are racist; that the tenants say that the landlords do not want the tenants to return to the building. Kelly reports that Pat Roberts (tenant) said that the landlords told her that they didn't want "colored people" in their building. V: Footage of Roberts addressing the gathering. Roberts says that she is living with her sister and her three children in a one-room apartment. Kelly reports that white tenants have testified that the landlords have helped them find temporary housing; that white tenants say that the landlords have assured them of an eventual return to their apartments. V: Shots of the protesters under the awning. Shots of signs reading, "Burned out" and "Real people, not real estate." Kelly reports that the tenants have brought suit against the landlords. V: Footage of Marian Glaser (Greater Boston Legal Services) saying that the tenants were first in court in February. Glaser says that the landlords said in February that the tenants could return to the building. Glaser says that the landlords changed their story at a second hearing. Glaser says that the landlords told the tenants that they could return to the building only if they dropped their legal claims against the landlords. Shots of the protesters. Kelly reports that the tenants have brought suit against the landlords for racial discrimination, retaliation, code violations from before the fire, and property loss since the fire. V: Shot of a man addressing the protesters. Shots through a window of a construction worker inside of the building. A sign in the window of the building reads, "Private Property." Footage of David Scondras (Boston City Council) addressing the gathering. Scondras accuses the landlords of suspicious behavior. Scondras wonders if the landlords wanted the fire to happen. Footage of King addressing the protesters. King says that the issue is of larger importance to the city of Boston. On-screen text details specifics of the building's ownership. Kelly reports that the property is owned by the Lightfoot Realty Trust and Bay State Property Management; that the owners are identified as Robert Kingman, Roman Zar, Charles M. Bernstein, and David Spada. V: Footage of David Spada (owner) saying that he will not comment on the case. Shots of protesters standing beneath the awning; of Spada passing by the protesters as he enters the building. Kelly reports that the case returns to housing court on Monday morning.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/19/1988
Description: Department of Transportation waived flying suspension of bankrupt owner of American Eagle plane which crashed in North Carolina. Fault of crash might be inadequately trained FAA safety inspectors.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/23/1988
Description: Developer Harold Brown buys waterfront property, former site of Amstar Sugar Refinery. Sugar workers union head speaks for laid off employees. Sugar being hoisted from huge mounds by claw shovel on crane.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/20/1988
Description: Analysis of Democrats after NH primary. Dukakis claims he has no 'Southern strategy' but an American strategy. Paul Simon's platform collapses. Richard Gephardt proves to be serious candidate.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/17/1988
Description: Russian émigré scholar comments on the Reagans' visit to Soviet Union and how they might have missed salient cultural and social characteristics.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1988
Description: Dukakis anticipated need for caution in developing budget because of slowed growth of state economy. Hale Champion, Frank Keefe, Stephen Kidder.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/05/1988
Description: Andrei Sakharov addresses first meeting of International Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/07/1988
Description: Deborah Wang reports that notes that Andrew Young (Mayor of Atlanta) was the keynote speaker at a gathering of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund gathered in Boston this evening. Wang notes that many members of the Legal Defense Fund are skeptical of President George Bush's commitment to civil rights; she adds that civil rights advocates are worried about Bush making conservative appointments to the judiciary. Wang interviews Young about Bush's presidency and his possible judicial appointments. Young says that Bush did not exhibit fairness and decency during the presidential campaign. Wang interviews Tom Franklin and Rona Kiley of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Franklin and Kiley say that Bush is beholden to the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Wang reports that there will be several openings in lower courts and a possible opening on the Supreme Court during Bush's term in office. Wang's report is accompanied by footage of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund gathering, by footage of Bush giving a speech and by footage of Ronald Reagan standing by as a judge is sworn in.
1:00:09: Visual: Shots of a gathering of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Attendees of the gathering are socializing in a large room. Footage of Tom Franklin (NAACP Legal Defense Fund) saying that his colleagues do not have a high regard for George Bush (US President-elect). Franklin says that he hopes that Bush will show more character and leadership than he has shown so far. Franklin says that he does not have high expectations for the Bush presidency. Footage of Bush addressing the Coalition of Black Republicans on August 11, 1988. Bush announces the formation of the Black Americans for Bush Committee. Wang reports that many members of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund are skeptical of Bush's commitment to civil rights. Wang notes that Andrew Young (Mayor of Atlanta) was the keynote speaker at tonight's gathering of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. V: Footage of Young being interviewed by Wang. Young says that he wants to believe that Bush is not as bad as his campaign was. Young says that Bush could be counted on for decency and fairness in the past; that Bush did not exhibit decency and fairness during the presidential campaign. Footage of Franklin saying that Bush is beholden to the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Franklin says that Bush will talk about civil rights; that he will not take any action on civil rights issues. Wang reports that civil rights advocates are worried about Bush making conservative appointments to the judiciary. V: Shots of the exterior of the Supreme Court Building; of Reagan standing by as a federal judge is sworn in. Shot of Reagan standing behind an official at a press conference. Wang notes that there may be openings on the Supreme Court; that there will be numerous openings in lower courts. V: Footage of Young being interviewed by Wang. Young says that Bush needs to decide which wing of the Republican Party to represent. Young says that the "Eastern establishment" wing of the Republican Party has generally made wise judicial appointments. Footage of Rona Kiley (NAACP Legal Defense Fund) being interviewed by Wang. Kiley says that Bush has been playing to the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Kiley says that she hopes that Bush will not adopt Ronald Reagan's "litmus test" for making judicial appointments. Shots of the members of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund as they socialize.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/15/1988
Description: Texas state treasurer Ann Richards, who is to be keynote speaker at Democratic convention, visits Boston.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/05/1988
Description: While Dukakis has spent a year on campaign trail & become part-time governor, havoc has occurred in his absence: special interests protest his policies at home. Hale Champion, Brett, Buell, Flood, Schur.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/29/1988
Description: Investment analysts discuss whether it is possible for the stock market to crash again as it did one year ago. Programmed trading will be subject to circuit breakers to prevent drastic drop. part 2 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1988
Description: Investment analysts reflect on stock market crash on its first anniversary. People now prefer to invest in less risky CDs and other bank accounts. Trading floor frenzy, yelling into telephones. part 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/18/1988
Description: Energy Secretary Sharon Pollard anticipates a near shortage of electricity over winter and calls for new power plants, cogeneration and efficiency.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1988
Description: NH couple show their collection of over 1000 antique board games to be auctioned. Monopoly.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1988
Description: Editors of two Armenian newspapers published in Watertown talk about how the 1915 genocide affects their community's view of loss of life in the Soviet earthquake. Archival visuals.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/14/1988
Description: Exhibit at State House of art created by homeless people. Some works made from materials found on the street. Man looking through trash dumpster.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/06/1988
Description: Reporter David Boeri walks with Sam Cook, age 24, retired auto thief and part seller. Cook explains his specialties being Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z, Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport, and customized vans. MDC officer Robert Springer and State Trooper Richard Connolly of Governor's Auto Theft Strike force comment on Cook's theft and similar theft in other cities. 50,000 cars were stolen in Boston in 1987: most in the country. Cook explains that auto thieves look for parts of cars rather than reselling whole cars. Cook now works for City of Boston as a parking enforcement officer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/09/1988
Description: Boston artists suffer lack of affordable studio space. Although their presence enhances city's image, they are often forced to leave by this housing problem (eviction by developers).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/11/1988
Description: Red Cross attempts to help displaced Cambodian refugees whose home was destroyed by fire bomb. State agencies join effort to find temporary shelter & permanent housing for the victims. Emergency aid.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/29/1988
Description: Costly auto body repair in Mass. allows for fraud and kickbacks. Car dents banged out, fenders buffed. Roger Singer. Welcome to Massachusetts and New Hampshire signs. Highway traffic on rainy Route 3.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/09/1988
Description: Dukakis offers 'rolling reconciliation' compromise enabling auto insurance companies to recover portion of previous year's losses, as enticement to keep business in state. Paula Gold.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/10/1988
Description: Sen. John Houston proposes measures to hold back auto insurance rates. Industry lobbyists predict disaster.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1988
Description: What needs to be done to make bad drivers bear burden of high auto insurance rates. Sen. Linda Melconian, Charles Barry.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/23/1988
Description: Dukakis, father of no-fault, has been unable to reform auto insurance to be more equitable and affordable.Auto body shop,welding,painting car parts. Lobbying activity rampant in legislature. Peter Hiam
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/09/1988
Description: High rate of claims for auto theft and arson (torched cars) in Mass. Abandoned, burnt and stolen cars along roadside. Car in flames. Fire engine leaving station with siren on at night.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/09/1988
Description: Deborah Wang reports that Boston City Hospital offers a weekly Failure to Thrive Clinic for malnourished children. A team of doctors, nurses and psychologists treat the children and talk to their families. Wang reviews the symptoms and effects of malnourishment. Health care workers treating patients at the Failure to Thrive Clinic. Interview with Dr. Deborah Frank of Boston City Hospital about malnourishment and its effect on children. Frank talks about the importance of the clinic to the lives of children. Frank examines children at the clinic. Wang reports that malnourished children are often victims of poverty and that some are neglected or abused. 80% of children attending the clinic have stabilized or improved their condition. Staff meeting of clinic employees. A health care worker talks about the improved condition of one of his patients. Wang reports that there are six Failure to Thrive Clinics, but that the clinics are underfunded. She adds that some families in Boston are not yet receiving the necessary care for malnourishment. Following the edited story is additional footage of health care workers and patients at the Failure to Thrive Clinic.
1:00:05: Visual: Shots of young children playing with toys and magic markers in the waiting room of a health clinic. Shot of an African American infant on an examination table in a health clinic. Deborah Wang reports that some children in Boston show signs of malnourishment. V: Footage of Dr. Deborah Frank (Boston City Hospital) saying that undernourished children become lethargic and apathetic. Frank notes that the children in the waiting room are very quiet. Shots of an African American health care worker weighing an African American infant on a scale. Wang notes that undernourished children are small for their age; that undernourished children are often ill. V: Footage of Frank saying that malnutrition impairs the body's ability to fight infection. Frank says that undernourished children become sick more often; that each infection contributes to the malnourishment. Shots of health care workers measuring an infant's height. The infant lies on an examining table. Shots of the infant; of the health care workers. Shot of a health care worker putting a diaper on an infant. Wang reports that some malnourished infants are neglected or abused; that most malnourished children are victims of poverty. V: Footage of Frank being interviewed by Wang. Frank talks about a malnourished boy who was admitted with a case of pneumonia. Frank talks about the poor conditions under which many poor families live. Wang reports that the Boston City Hospital offers a weekly Failure to Thrive Clinic for malnourished children; that a team of doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers treat the children and talk to their families. V: Footage of a white female doctor in an examining room with an African American woman and a young African American girl. The doctor talks to the woman while filling out paperwork. The girl plays quietly in her chair. The doctor talks to the woman about meal times for the child. Footage of a meeting of employees at the Failure to Thrive Clinic. A white male health care worker talks about an infant who has gained weight after attending the clinic. Wang reports that the program has been a success; that 80% of the children attending the clinic have stabilized or improved their conditions. V: Shot of a Latina woman and young boy in an examining room. The woman wipes the boy's face. The boy draws with magic markers. Footage of Frank saying that the hospitals resources are stretched thin. Frank notes that there are families in Boston who are not receiving services. Wang reports that the Failure to Thrive Clinic has a $500,000 budget; that there are six Failure to Thrive Clinics. V: Shot of an African American health care worker taking the temperature of a young white boy. The boy sits on his mother's lap. Shots of an African American girl at the clinic; of a Latino boy drawing with a magic marker; of an African American infant on an examing table; of an African American child holding a stuffed doll. Audio of Frank saying that society needs to reassess its priorities; that these children are the next generation of US citizens. Frank says that society will pay a higher price in the future if these children are not treated now.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1988
Description: Nurse midwives who resigned from BCH charge Kenneth Edelin with opposing their practice because of fear of lawsuits. Woman giving birth.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/26/1988
Description: David Boeri reports from a press conference with Mayor Ray Flynn, Doris Bunte, of the Boston Housing Authority, Neil Sullivan, the Policy Advisor to Flynn, and Robert Laplante, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The officials attempt to explain the new rules for the Boston Housing Authority's revised public housing tenant selection policy. The policy is intended to end discrimination in the selection process, but will not result in the removal of current tenants from their apartments. Boeri reports that the explanation of the policy is very confusing, but two tenants in attendance are able to do understand the policy. Interviews with public housing tenants Jean Deaver and Marcia Langford. This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item: Reporter Meg Vaillancourt at the Old Colony housing project
1:00:15: Visual: Footage of Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) and Doris Bunte (Boston Housing Authority) entering a press conference. Flynn approaches the podium and addresses the audience. Shots of the audience. Flynn says that he is asking for the goodwill and help of city residents. Shot of Bunte. David Boeri reports that Flynn has alienated some city residents on the issue of integration of public housing; that some white residents oppose integration; that some African American residents have been the victims of discrimination. V: Footage of Flynn addressing the audience. Flynn says that tenants will not be asked to vacate apartments in order to achieve housing integration. Shot of an African American woman in the audience. Boeri notes that Bunte and Flynn has some problems explaining the rules of the new public housing policy. V: Footage of Flynn at the press conference. Flynn shuffles through papers at the podium. Neil Sullivan (Policy Advisor to Flynn) approaches the podium to help Flynn. Sullivan addresses the audience. Sullivan tries to explain how tenants will be placed under the new policy. Shots of Flynn; of reporters at the press conference. Boeri notes that Sullivan's explanation was not very clear; that reporters at the press conference looked bored. V: Footage of Robert LaPlante (Department of Housing and Urban Development) addressing the audience. Laplante talks about the fine points of the new housing agreement. Shots of Flynn slipping out of the press conference; of Bunte. Sullivan looks for the mayor. Footage of Boeri at the press conference looking at a video monitor showing a speech by Flynn. Boeri looks at the camera and says, "I still don't understand this." Shots of audience members at the press conference. Boeri reports that several housing project tenants were at the conference; that the tenants were able to make sense of the rules of the new policy. V: Footage of Jean Deaver (tenant) saying that potential tenants will be put on one waiting list; that potential tenants will now be given equal treatment. Footage of Marcia Langford (tenant) saying that the rules are being put in place to assure South Boston white residents that they will not be moved out of their apartments for the purposes of integration.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/16/1988
Description: John Silber considers bilingual education and too small budget as problems in Chelsea public schools. Proposes to make that school system a laboratory for BU School of Education.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/28/1988
Description: Math professor at BU School of Education teaches college students methods to impart lessons effectively to elementary students. She endorses collaboration with Chelsea schools.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/29/1988