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Successor to Crane?

Description: Because Treasurer Robert Crane announced his imminent retirement, but will not resign early, questions are posed about George Keverian making a deal to succeed him. William Galvin, Richard Kraus.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/26/1989

Suffering zoos

Description: Stone Zoo needs $20 million to raise it to state of the art. Animals now do not have simulated natural habitats. Dr. Mark Goldstein. Lion, tiger. File of Bronx Zoo. African tropical forest pavilion at Franklin Park.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/15/1990

Superfund cleanup in Holbrook

Description: At Baird & McGuire Superfund site, dioxin and heavy metals are still being cleaned up to prevent further contamination of drinking water in Holbrook. Residents are concerned about cancer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1991

Surplus properties

Description: Boston State Hospital, no longer used as mental health facility, is one of several surplus properties state could sell to be developed & create jobs if not for legislative backup. Abandoned, overgrown land.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/31/1991

TAX CAP OPPOSITION

Description: ENVIRONMENTALISTS OPPOSE TAX CAP ON BALLOT. BARBARA ANDERSON RESPONDS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1986

TOCN New Year's Day special

Description: TOCN New Year's Day special. Review of stock market crash. Reagan on arms control. Letter to Oliver North. Dukakis as perceived on campaign trail. Jay Leno profile. ,Jones,Vaillancourt,Boeri,George
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/01/1988

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) David Boeri gets copies of property tax checks paid by St. Botolph Realty Trust and traces the flow of money through the trust, involving Harold Brown, Thomas Finnerty, and inexplicably William Bulger. Attorney Paul Garrity comments. 2) Boeri debriefs on set. 3) Meg Vaillancourt reports on outside income earned by state senators while they are apparently claiming per diem expenses incurred during public service. Sen. Brian Lees and Senate Ethics Committee are not inclined to investigate. 4) Deborah Wang reports on state's effort to stimulate foreign trade with Mass. businesses through Office of International Trade and Investment; Howard Foley of High Technology Council; Gov. Dukakis on increasing exports; Quest Systems develops light emitting compound for medical diagnosis and wants to market outside US. Anchors Lydon and Fields.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/02/1989

TOCN show tape

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

TRAIN CRASH

Description: FREIGHT TRAIN COLLIDES WITH T COMMUTER TRAIN ON ALLSTON TRACKS BY MASS TURNPIKE.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/07/1986

Tax on cable tv fees

Description: Cable tv companies protest proposed 5% state tax, which they will pass on to consumers. Samples of programming from Continental Cablevision. MTV logo.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/12/1989