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TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Interview with Everett Mendelsohn describing what he saw in Beirut after Israeli bombardment. 2) Brief on corruption in state revenue department and suicide of John Coady. 3) Dukakis campaign strategy against Ed King on taxes and corruption. 4) Human services advocates oppose repeal of 7.5% surtax on state income tax; David Bartley, secretary of administration and finance, Sen. George Bachrach. 5) AIDS symptoms, infections, high death rate, lack of response to treatment, preponderance of cases among gay men and concern about moral backlash; Dr. Matthew Hirsch, MGH virologist. 6) Blue Hill Avenue used as drag strip - high accident rate and unsafe for pedestrians; Sen. Bill Owens, Deputy Supt. William Celester, Minister Don Straughter (aka Muhammad). 7) Brief on Leo Beranek's $1 million gift to Boston Symphony Orchestra. Anchor Lydon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1982

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Boston TPF plainclothes patrolmen Dennis McKenna and Edward Holland involved in mistaken identity shooting death of James Bowden on Smith Street Roxbury while seeking suspect in Cambridge robbery. Phoenix reporter Dave O'Brien who was present gives his version. Police commissioner Joseph Jordan on internal investigation of incident. Attorney Lawrence O'Donnell says civilian review of police misconduct is necessary. 2) Brief on crackdown on gay solicitation in Boston Public Library bathroom. 3) Brief on Judge Walter Jay Skinner approving verdict that Wampanoags have no land claim in Mashpee. 4) Solman business report on closing of Kennedy's branch stores; cash value of US human life calculated at $280,000; J.P. Stevens boycott; price of diamonds. Anchor Lydon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1978

TOCN show tape

Description: Interview with Samir al-Khalil (a/k/a Kanan Makia), author of “Republic of Fear,” on Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/20/1991

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Interview with John McAward on peace talks in El Salvador civil war. 2) Brief on Dr. Benjamin Spock's arrest for protesting Reagan administration. 3) Hearing on need for elder care services and better wages for case workers. Richard Rowland, elder affairs secretary. 4) Infant mortality rate demands funding for neighborhood health centers. 5) Interview with Alexander Cockburn on media & coverage of politics. Anchors Lydon and Harris.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/15/1984

TOCN show tape

Description: Brief on state senators making hateful comments about gays. Mayor White's liaison to gay community releases report on discrimination against gays. Mental health commissioner James Callahan on opening of group home in Jamaica Plain for deinstitutionalized patients. Brief on Wang Labs computer system for businesses to store records electronically, replacing paper documents. Profile of “liberal” Boston - part two of “Five Bostons” series looking at ethnic and political divisions of the city. Interview with Dennis Kearney, candidate for Boston mayor. Anchors Lydon and Harris.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1983

TOCN show tape

Description: Claflin School (in snow) in Newton to be renovated into Hospice of the Good Shepherd. BHA administrator Lewis Spence proposes mixed income population for public housing projects; activist Ken Wade opposes plan. Interview with Michael Novak on US policy in Central America. Look back at Armenian genocide. Lucy derManuelian talks about art and culture of Armenia. Anchors Lydon and Harris.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/24/1984

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Interview with Paul Doty and Uri Ra'anan on Soviet downing of KAL plane. 2) Brief on EPA declaring new hazardous waste sites eligible for Superfund cleanup, including Sullivan's Ledge Quarry in New Bedford contaminated with PCBs, and Iron Horse Park in Billerica for asbestos. 3) Brief on Boston police commissioner Joseph Jordan entering alcohol detox center in RI. 4) Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR or MRI) at Mass. General Hospital; file of spinal x-ray and CAT scan; patient being prepared to enter tube chamber; brain images; Bailus Walker, public health commissioner discusses relative merits and costs of the new technology for earlier diagnosis. Anchors Lydon and Harris.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/01/1983

TOCN show tape with Chomsky and Silber interview

Description: Ten O'Clock News broadcast. Anchors Christopher Lydon and Gail Harris. David Williams reports on gubernatorial political campaigns of Michael Dukakis and Greg Hyatt. Marcus Jones reports on Healthy Start program providing better maternal health services to poorer women. Interviews with Dr. Juliette Tuakli-Williams, Sen. Jack Backman, Joan Tighe, Rep. Patricia Fiero, and Kathy O'Donnell. "Today on Wall Street" segment. Gail Harris reports on 1987 federal budget and tax reform bills. Christopher Lydon reports on Reagan Administration and Tip O'Neill's views on US aid to Nicaraguan Contras. On-set interview with Noam Chomsky and John Silber on contra aid. Silber argues for and Chomsky argues against US aid to the Contras. The two guests interrupt each other and talk over each other. Gail Harris reports on employee strikes in several business. Christy George reports on the development of Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through history. Interview with Charles Sullivan, Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. Interview with Kevin Crane, attorney for a developer, on the development plans along Mass Ave. Interview with Kate Mattes, local business owner of Kate's Mystery Books. Interview with author Robert Parker. Interview with Betty Desrosiers on the effect of the Red Line extention on Mass. Ave development plans. Interview with Cambridge resident Joel Bard. Interview with developer Peter Wasserman. Weather and Sports reports. Lydon reports on Chilean human rights violations and South African funerals. Harris reports on a Soviet launch of a manned space craft and Haley's Comet.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/13/1986

TOCN special on Evelyn Murphy

Description: TOCN special on Evelyn Murphy as Democratic gubernatorial candidate. ,Fields
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/24/1990

TOCN special on Frank Bellotti

Description: TOCN special on Frank Bellotti as Democratic gubernatorial candidate. ,Fields
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/17/1990