Description: Before news broadcast: Ted O'Brien advertises WGBH membership; advertisement for "Vietnam: Present Tense" program with Seth Rolbein; James Earl Jones advertises "Long Ago and Far Away" program; 1)Carmen fields reports on revelations on Sen. William Bulger's questionable investment in American Cablesystems Midwest with Harold Brown and Thomas Finnerty. 2) David Boeri debriefing on set on Bulger. 3) Sludge processing at Deer Island treatment plant turns sewage into compost and pelletized fertilizer; Paul Levy of MWRA and Michael Deland of EPA; incinerator in Lynn. 4) History of Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, now landfill repository. Anchors Lydon and Fields. 5) Report on President George Bush Sr.'s tax campaign and Congressional leaders meeting about budget. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recommends budget restrictions, rather than taxes. 6) New childcare package is political olive branch between political parties. 7) National Urban League report on poverty and income conditions among black people. 8) Execution of serial murderer Ted Bundy in Florida. 9) Pennsylvania native Barbara Harris chosen as first woman bishop in Anglican Communion, ordained by Boston Archdiocese.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/24/1989
Description: Comparison of Michael Dukakis making budget cuts (because he could not get taxes passed), with Bush breaking promise of "no new taxes."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1990
Description: John DeVillars and wildlife commissioner Walter Bickford track bear by radio signal finding only her cubs. Budget cuts eliminated some game wardens, making it harder to police open space. Snowmobile.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/23/1990
Description: Dukakis, Keverian, Bulger hold "summit" to solve the budget - deficit - taxes problem. Bulger says "revenue raising is inescapable." They reveal little.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/22/1989
Description: Boston Public Library trustee defends BPL policies and administrative practices against Ray Flynn's criticism. Jamaica Plain branch library. Signs: Large Print Books, Talking Books, Kurzweil Reading Machine.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1989
Description: Interview with UMASS Boston official (Jospeh Duffey ?) about potential funding cuts to higher education. Shots of UMASS campus.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/15/1982
Description: People standing in claims line at unemployment office in Hurley building in government center. English/ Spanish bilingual signs. A man explains the issues with estimating unemployment rates and the importance of receiving a reliable common resolution. Answers the question "How do you measure unemployment?"
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1977
Description: Universal health care in jeopardy because funding once promised to hospitals has been rescinded from state budget. Montage of hospital file. Steven Pierce, Kenneth Lemanski, William Nagle.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/20/1989
Description: Because of state's revenue problem, universal health care plan will suffer loss of $214 million formerly promised as compensation to hospitals. James Hooley, medical security commissioner.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/26/1989
Description: HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR REP RICHARD VOKE PRESENTS BUDGET CHARTS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/27/1986