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Verani - Allocation

Description: Silent footage of a woman in an office on a phone, followed by footage of John Verani, the secretary of consumer affairs, on a phone, and then anothrwomen on a phone. Interview with Verani during which he discusses a plan for rationing oil and prioritizing the use of oil for heating different public buildings, like schools. Silent b-roll of Verani and reporter in his office. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973

White - Hennigan

Description: Kevin White press conference. Interview with James W. Hennigan, former Chairman of the Boston School Committee, who speaks against busing for school integration. Kevin White speaks about the failure of the Racial Imbalance Law and the Boston Public School System. Hennigan sitting at his desk in the chambers of the Boston School Committee, and cutaways from the interview. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973

Women's Politics

Description: Story #6427. A man giving a speech about distinguishing the Democratic party from Richard Nixon and the Republican party. Silent b-roll of audience, which is made up of women. A few clips of an older woman speaking at the podium inter cut with the audience clapping. Silent b-roll of the audience and other presenters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/02/1973

Wyzanski Reaction

Description: A man interviewed about the agreement that Judge Charles Wyzanski had signed the day before which was aimed at reducing discrimination against minorities in the Police civil service exam. Reporter standup summarizing the controversy and compromise. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973

Year Ender: Fuel Energy

Description: (12/26/73) - Slug - "12/26/73: Year End Fuel Energy" Footage includes rocks and a man holding them, fire, cars lined up at a gas station, montage of gas prices, a closed down gas station, people filling cars with gas, men changing the speed limit sign, coal being poured onto a ship, men in a control room at a power plant, gas station attendants talking to customers in cars, and Governor Sargent. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/26/1973

Year Ender: Judge Troy

Description: Slug: "12/25/73: Year End - Troy" Overview of the dismissal and disbarment of Judge Jerome P. Troy due to multiple charges of corruption. Footage includes Troy speaking at a hearing, Governor Francis announcing Judge Troy's dismissal, reporter voice over, silent b-roll of the hearing and the Governor's dismissal. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1973

Year Ender: Walpole/ John Boone

Description: Slug: "12/24/73: Year End Walpole John Boone." Overview of the events at Walpole prison from the beginning of the year until the end of summer. John O. Boone, a prison abolitionist who believed that prisons needed to be phased out, was appointed Corrections Commissioner at the beginning of 1973, and in the spring Walpole prison guards went on strike demanding Boone's removal. The prisoners were left to run the prison themselves, and when the guards returned there was a power struggle that ended with guards and riot police entering the prison to stop a nonviolent protest by prisoners. Boone was fired by Governor Sargent in July 1973. Footage includes John Boone speaking about unrest, shot of riot damage at Walpole, a man criticizing Boone, Police ready to go into the prison, inmates, police in riot gear, prison guards, b-roll of Walpole prison, a man calling for Boone to be removed, person on a stretcher, and a hearse arriving at the prison. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973

Youth Service

Description: Man speaking from the Department of Youth Services on plans to install more intensive care units in their Rosindale facility. Answers question about their recidivism rate. Footage includes press conference, a hallway and cells, exterior of the Division of Youth Service building. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973

[Year Ender: Evelyn Wagler]

Description: Slug: "Wagler Henning Feature." Overview of the murder of Evelyn Wagler and the aftermath. In October Wagler ran out of gas and was attacked and killed by teenagers when she was returning to her car from the filling station. The teens forced her to douse herself in the gasoline she was carrying and then they lit her on fire. Footage of neighborhood where Wagler was killed, a man discussing the crime at a press conference, police removing a body from the river while people look on, Mayor White discussing the the Wagler case and other unrelated violent incidents that occurred at the same time, a man discusses racial crime in Boston. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973, 12/26/1973, 12/31/1973