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Silber campaign compilation

Description: John Silber 1990 campaign compilation: winning on primary night; political ads; BU students protest him as bigot; shaking hands, hobnobbing; with Clapprood; at Democratic unity gathering.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Soviet émigrée and refuseniks

Description: Soviet émigrée (to Israel) Dorina Paritsky comes to Boston to rally political support for her refusenik parents, repeatedly denied exit visas for unknown reason.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/02/1987

Special interests and budget debate

Description: Lobbyists and special interest groups converge in State House corridor to pressure legislators to consider funding their causes when debating budget. Rep. Paul Caron.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/06/1989

Students crusade against homelessness

Description: Boston University students camp out in a tent in front of Marsh Chapel as symbolic protest against homelessness.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/27/1989

Students support tuition hike

Description: Board of Regents approves tuition hike at state universities. University of Lowell students show support for the decision in the interest of improving their education. Paul Tsongas, Franklyn Jenifer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/09/1989

The Ride

Description: Wheelchair users gather on City Hall plaza to protest The Ride van service with lift because it is ill-equipped and unreliable. James O'Leary, MBTA general manager. Handicapped. Discrimination.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/27/1988

The Ride second protest

Description: Users of The Ride, van shuttle for disabled commuters, stage 2nd protest against its unreliable service & poor safety record. James O'Leary of MBTA. People in wheelchairs. Handicapped.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/08/1988

The flag: use and abuse

Description: Comments on flag desecration. File of flag being burned, used as clothing, symbol of protest, flying from buildings. Sen. David Locke. Fireworks, Hatch Shell concert at night.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/03/1989

Trash haulers protest

Description: Trash haulers, garbage collection trucks and landfill disposal trucks drive up Beacon Hill for State House protest. “Cavalcade of Concerned Haulers.” Jet-A-Way.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1984

War tax resistance

Description: Wellesley professor Larry Rosenwald talks about war tax resistance as a form of activism. He & wife withhold portion of taxes corresponding to % of federal budget for military. IRS considers it evasion.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/20/1991