Description: NETWORK COVERAGE OF MICHAEL DUKAKIS' PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY ANNOUNCEMENT
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/29/1987
Description: NH Yankee president claims Seabrook ready for licensing & low-power testing. NRC now rules it will consider evacuation plans submitted by utility itself. James Shannon vows to keep plant off line.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/25/1987
Description: Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees will get second chance to have asylum applications reviewed by immigration service. Visit with refugee in Chelsea. INS office door. Border crossing surveillance tape.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1990
Description: Sen. Edward Kennedy visits Lawrence and Lowell, advocating for children's welfare. He attracts only moderate notice, unlike in the last decade when he was considered a perpetual presidential contender.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1991
Description: Maine Sen. George Mitchell, coauthor of book on Iran contra deal, speculates on George Bush's likely role therein.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/31/1988
Description: Federal deficit reduction tax package is criticized by Senate candidate James Rappaport. John Kerry is also dismayed that burden remains on middle class. Rep. William Dannemeyer. Money being printed.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/26/1990
Description: Inadequately treated sewage pollutes Boston Harbor. Paul Garrity wants Spectacle Island to be conservation land, not sludge plant. Rep. Marjorie Clapprood, Rep. Paul Harold.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1987
Description: James Shannon proposes stricter anti-drug laws. Criminal defense attorney Harvey Silverglate says they are poorly written and unnecessary.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1989
Description: James Shannon (on crutches) promises to continue fight against Seabrook low power testing and licensing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/04/1989
Description: David Boeri reports on protests against US foreign policy during a visit by Secretaries of State George Shultz and Defense Casper Weinberger to the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. Boeri notes that demonstrators protested against apartheid and US policies in South Africa, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Boeri's report includes footage of protesters and footage of Shultz and Weinberger entering the museum. Boeri notes that some of the demonstrators were Harvard alumni advocating Harvard's divestment from South Africa. Boeri interviews Boone Schirmer (Harvard alumnus) about Harvard's refusal to divest from South Africa. Boeri reports that security has been tightened all over campus. This protest takes place during the celebration of Harvard's 350th anniversary. This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item: Mario Valdes reports on the book Blood Royal, which covers the ancestry of the British Royal Family
1:00:10: Visual: Shots of a large police contingent outside of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University; of police officers marching in formation in front of the museum; of police officers stationed on the roof of a Harvard building. Shots of individual police officers. Shots of officials entering the museum. Footage of apartheid protesters marching with signs and banners outside of Harvard Yard. The protesters carry signs and a banner reading, "Harvard must divest." Shot of George Shultz (US Secretary of State) exiting a car and being escorted toward the museum. Shots of protesters demonstrating behind a cordon of police officers. The protesters chant, "Shultz go home". Shots of signs reading, "Harvard honors destructive engagement and Shultz" and "Biko lives." Boeri reports that Schultz visited Harvard University today; that demonstrators gathered to protest his presence at Harvard. Boeri notes that protesters began to gather outside Harvard Yard in the morning; that demonstrators were protesting several issues. V: Footage of protesters marching as they chant, "George Shultz end the war. Stop the killing in El Salvador." Shot of a protester wearing a white death mask. Another protester carries a sign and wears a bloodied shirt. Footage of protesters chanting, "No Contra aid." Footage of protesters demonstrating against apartheid in South Africa. Shots of a sign reading, "End Harvard support for apartheid" and "Divest now." Boeri reports that some of the demonstrators were alumni and alumnae pushing for Harvard to divest from South Africa. V: Footage of Boone Schirmer (Harvard alumnus) saying that Harvard's refusal to divest is disgraceful; that Harvard's slogan is "Veritas," which means truth; that Harvard is supporting a South African government which is based on the lie of white supremacy. Shot of a quotation written in stone above an entrance to Harvard Yard. The quotation reads, "Open ye the gates. . . ." Boeri reports that the gates to Harvard Yard were locked today to keep out the protesters. V: Shot of a security officer locking the gates. Shot of a protester standing outside the gates with a sign reading, "End support of apartheid." A small child stands at the gates, looking into Harvard Yard. Boeri reports that alumni and alumnae were turned away from the gates. V: Shot of a Harvard alumnus turning away from a locked gate. Boeri reports that Shultz had lunch at the Fogg Art Museum after giving a speech; that Schultz had no comment on today's hijacking of a Panam jet in Pakistan; that Shultz only caught a brief glimpse of the protesters. V: Shots of Shultz entering the museum. Boeri notes that Casper Weinberger (US Secretary of Defense) also attended the lunch at the museum; that Weinberger had no comments for the media. V: Footage of Weinberger exiting his car and being escorted into the museum with other officials. Boeri reports that the protests outside of Harvard Yard were uneventful.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/05/1986