Description: Interview with Helen Cowen on the treatment of older people by business owners, mainly that they charged older people more.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1968
Description: Leader: Event #19 Cowin and Barnstead #9933 + #9934 - 16 Sept 74; Interview with William Barnstead, chairman of the Massachusetts Republican state Committee, about whether he will resign after Governor Francis Sargent asked him to resign. Interview with William Cowin about rebuilding the state republican party. Unrelated footage of a crowd of young students gathered on the side of the road shouting and jeering as police officers march by. B-roll footage of reporter Bill Harrington interviewing Cowin, followed by more of the interview. Harrington reporter standup in front of the state house about the conflict and proposed changes within the state republican party. Reporter outtakes. More of the interview with Barnstead about resigning so that Cowin can replace him.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/16/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Cowin Successor #8192 5/9/74; Governor Francis Sargent administers the oath of office to David Marchand, who is replacing William I. Cowin as Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance. Interview with Cowin about why he resigned to run for State Attorney General. More footage of the swearing-in ceremony and the interview with Cowin.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/09/1974
Description: "Leader: "Corwin at Temple Israel #7600; Interview with William I. Cowin about government education programs and their effect on local taxes. Silent broll of Cowin speaking to Temple Israel. Mary McKay standup and outtakes of Cowin interview on the affect of the Watergate scandal on Massachusetts Republicans, government education programs, and taxes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/24/1974
Description: Reporters set up microphones at podium. Archibald Cox chairs a press conference on judicial reform and court reorganization. He describes the effects and causes of delays in the Massachusetts courts and the budgets associated with the courts. He is flanked by Alan Sisitsky, Michael Dukakis, Kevin Harrington, Michael Flaherty, and Francis Bellotti. He thanks committee that did the study. Attorney General Francis Bellotti expresses his support of the committee, which he hopes will be able to bring about the necessary judicial reform.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/08/1976
Description: Story #9883. Statements by Father Robert Drinan, Governor Sargent Francis, special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal Archibold Cox, and Senator Edward Kennedy on President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon. Mary McKay interview with Father Drinan on the street. Drinan thinks that the pardon is in violation of the spirit of the United State Constitution. Governor Sargent, surrounded by news microphones, does not believe that Nixon should go to jail, but the implications of pardoning him for crimes that an ordinary citizen would go to jail for is concerning. Seated at a desk, Archibald Cox reads a statement in response to the pardon, and believes that it violates the principal of our government to pardon the President in advance of the Grand Jury Hearing. Interview with Kennedy on a pier. He comments on how pardon may signify a pardon for draft evaders, and is concerned that the pardon may have been done too soon.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/08/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2-Crackers #9865-6 Sept. 74"; A man takes a bite of a cracker and comments on its quality; man demonstrates a can used for shipping crackers; another man tries a cracker from the container; External footage of a "Federal Regional facility"; shipping figures written on a chalkboard; more of the man demonstrating the quality of the crackers that are being sent to Bangladesh."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/06/1974
Description: Crane stuck under overpass. Footage of highway traffic. Footage of a train. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Joan Crawford cut the ribbon at a dedication ceremony for a dance studio. Interview with Crawford about her feelings towards Boston. She also discusses the current dance crazes. She quotes Barbara Streisand. She discusses actors who become politicians.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1966
Description: Leader: F1 Credit Card Hearing #7708 3/26/74; A hearing with public comment about a proposed Massachusetts House bill regarding credit reports and credit cards. Men and women testify to the committee about the bill, followed by silent b-roll of the hearing, and more testimony.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/26/1974