Description: Bank of Boston pays for renovation of basketball court at Highland Park in Chelsea. Ira Jackson, K.C. Jones, M.L. Carr shoot baskets with neighborhood youth.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/18/1989
Description: Funeral of Lowell bookie Jackie McDermott (outside church). Speculation he was murdered because he could inform police about both organized crime and political corruption. Scott Harshbarger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/13/1988
Description: Pregnant Kathleen Sullivan Alioto introduced by her husband Joseph Alioto at Pier 4 restaurant press conference about her US Senate campaign. She alludes to the imminent arrival of Frank Sinatra, apparently to endorse her candidacy and perform at a private fundraiser.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/10/1978
Description: On his birthday, Albert Dapper O'Neil announces his candidacy for Suffolk County sheriff. “I'm a law and order man.” Decries alleged patronage in the jail system under Dennis Kearney. Birthday cake decorated with sheriff's badge. Will not accept contributions from city or county employees. Poses for group photos. “Dump Kearney” button.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/12/1978
Description: Remaining POWs released, greeted by Schwarzkopf. Colin Powell says only a few Americans are MIA. Iraq expels foreign press. John Major visits British troops in Kuwait. Arab leaders agree on security plan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/06/1991
Description: Start of Persian Gulf war with air offensive, as reported first on ABC News. Statements from Marlin Fitzwater, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell. Graphic of Scud missile. "The liberation of Kuwait has begun."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1991
Description: “Summer of Judgment: The Impeachment Hearings” Retrospective of Nixon impeachment hearings. John Dean, Gerald Ford, Elliot Richardson, other Watergate participants.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/03/1984
Description: Photos of Middlesex County district attorney John Droney. Campaign literature for Scott Harshbarger and Guy Carbone. Photo of Albert DeSalvo. Newspaper headlines on fighting organized crime in the sixties.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1978
Description: F-16 plane w/Maverick missiles brought out for final phase of air war. Colin Powell + Richard Cheney will visit Saudi Arabia. Bush says Iran is credible. Fuzzy night video of missiles in Baghdad sky. ,Meyer
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/05/1991
Description: Dick Cheney and Colin Powell debark plane in Saudi Arabia, speak to troops. Powell says "move it or lose it." Tanks roll across desert. Rubble and rebuilt pontoon bridges in Iraq. ,Meyer
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/08/1991