Description:
Veteran Frank Kerr recalls the exhaustion and fighting conditions of the Korean War.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/12/1990
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Description:
Nomination of Diane Kottmyer for judgeship is resubmitted to Governor's Council. Many, including Wayne Budd and Joseph Oteri, speak on her behalf against anonymous critics.Peter Eleey,James O'Brien.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/11/1990
Description:
Writer Robert Kuttner's magazine "The American Prospect" speaks to liberal readers, features prominent liberal authorship, and preaches enlightened government.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/14/1990
Description:
Lynn has shortage of prenatal care facilities because hospital could not support obstetric unit. AtlantiCare Medical Center. Pregnant woman on examining table.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/23/1990
Description:
Interview with mystery writer Jane Langton on art theft at Gardner Museum, which somewhat parallels one of her novels. B-roll follows of interiors of Gardner Museum and planted atrium. Guards, antique furniture, tapestries, paintings. Police line. Museum employee discussing investigation in the background while filming b-roll.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/19/1990
Description:
"Ground breaking" ceremony for the Central Artery project (aka the Big Dig), where they used welding equipment to dismantle a bridge, rather than shovels to literally break ground. Interview with Public Works commissioner Jane Garvey on nature of the project and its funding. Michael Dukakis and William Bulger speak at the ceremony. At the same time, a public hearing is being held at the State House, where State Inspector General Joseph Baressi is trying to overhaul the way the state does business with consultant, which Baressi thinks is a problem with the Central Artery project. Following the edited story is b-roll of the construction site environs and the ceremony, as well as excerpts of Dukakis's speech, Bulger's speech, and other speakers.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/12/1990
Description:
Jan von Mehren reports that Boston superintendent Laval Wilson was let go by the Boston School Committee. Wilson attended an event honoring the partnership between the Boston Public Schools and the John Hancock Insurance Company. Interview with Sandra Willet of the John Hancock Company, who praises Wilson for his support of business-school partnerships. Wilson speaks to reporters at the event. He says that reading and math scores improved dramatically while he was superintendent. Wilson accuses the School Committee of not working with the superintendent to achieve goals. School Committee members Rita Walsh-Tomasini and Abigail Browne are in attendance at the event. Interviews with Browne and Walsh-Tomansini, who say that Wilson is not the right person to manage the Boston Public Schools. Von Mehren reports that some members of the School Committee believe that racism is behind Wilson's firing. Interview with Committee member John O'Bryant says that Wilson would have had a different experience if he were white. Von Mehren notes that O'Bryant has compared Wilson's firing to the firing of the superintendent in Selma, Alabama. Von Mehren's report features footage from a student demonstration in Selma, Alabama in 1990. Walsh-Tomasini says that race had nothing to do with Wilson's situation. This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following items: Hope Kelly reviews the major events and key issues during the tenure of Laval Wilson and Meg Vaillancourt interviews Nthabiseng Mabuza about the release of Nelson Mandela
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/14/1990
Description:
Shelter operators sue Mental Health Department to take responsibility for mentally ill homeless people. Ray Flynn, Richard Ring, Henry Tomes. Homeless people lie near heat vent outside BPL, line up for food.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/03/1990
Description:
Lawyer from Bingham Dana speaks to colleagues at conference on AIDS after his mate died of the disease. Boston Bar Association will do pro bono work on behalf of people with AIDS. John Driscoll.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/09/1990
Description:
Reps. John MacGovern, Frances Alexander, Byron Rushing, Steven Pierce, Robert Cerasoli, Robert Bohigian defend their roll call records and attendance in the legislature. Tote board, quorum.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/08/1990
