Description: Question 5 on ballot in Newton and Cambridge asks if US should support establishment of Palestinian homeland. Palestinian rights activists campaign for it but majority of voters unaware of the referendum.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/21/1988
Description: Senate Ways and Means questions transportation secretary Fred Salvucci about escalating costs of Central Artery project. Sen. Patricia McGovern is dissatisfied with the answers. Orange road signs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/12/1989
Description: Former General Dynamics worker at Quincy Shipyard suffers from asbestos induced lung disease. Visuals of asbestos covered pipes. Welding and sheet metal work. File cabinets.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/03/1989
Description: Central Artery construction aggravates Boston rats problem. Huge rat trapped in cage. Researcher puts transmitter on rat to track movement in field and water. Sam Wood, rodent control officer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/24/1989
Description: Steven Pierce is satisfied with appointment of John Sununu as White House chief of staff.Democrats & Seabrook neighbors disagree because of his differences with Dukakis & support of nuclear power.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/17/1988
Description: Reporting on turmoil in China is inconsistent and unconfirmed. Foreign press prints rumors for lack of reliable facts. Phone interview with Seth Faison, American journalist in Beijing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/14/1989
Description: State Rate Setting Commission established reimbursements too low to enable rest home owners to offer employees raises. Workers picket outside Commission office to demand better wages.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/17/1988
Description: Under court order, Registry of Motor Vehicles can no longer provide information from drivers' licenses. This creates dilemma for police who require details to make positive identifications. RMV officers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/19/1989
Description: Retarded workers in assembly line jobs, packing toothbrushes at Colgate-Hoyt plant in Canton. Supervisors speak highly of the reliability of these employees, despite lower productivity.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/05/1988
Description: Explainer on where state funds go: human services, corrections, education, highway construction, job training, health care, etc. Per capita spending and increase therein rank above national average.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1989