Description: Owner of Wordsworth talks about threat against Salman Rushdie, author of "Satanic Verses." Exterior of bookstore, display shelves, customers flip through books.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/21/1989
Description: Healing service offers comfort to people with AIDS and their friends and families. People in church pews. Mass. Laying on of hands.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1989
Description: Coalition files seven versions of a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights. People enter, exit McCormack state office building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1989
Description: Gov. Dukakis signs bill causing judges to account publicly for sentencing decisions, i.e. why a violent criminal might not be sent to jail.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1989
Description: Acupuncture as alternative treatment for drug users. Does not cure addiction but abates withdrawal symptoms. Cheaper and more available than slots in methadone clinics. Patients with needles in ears.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/25/1989
Description: Denny Alsop crusades to protect the state's watersheds by walking the reservoirs from Quabbin east. Flowing river. Public water supply sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/17/1989
Description: Legislators are inundated with letters from outraged citizens about proposed tax increase. Mail being sorted at State House post office. Nicholas Paleologos, John Olver, Mary Jane Gibson.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/08/1989
Description: Auto sales are slow. New and used cars on lot at Saab Oldsmobile dealership. Mechanic lubricating engine.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1989
Description: BRA approves plans for revitalized downtown district. Greenspace Alliance objects to size of proposed buildings. Architectural models of Boston Crossing, Commonwealth Center. Pedestrians, shoppers
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/15/1989
Description: Immigrants from Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia march on City Hall plaza to demonstrate nationalistic pride and support independence movement in Soviet Union. Interviews with participants. Edited story is followed by b-roll of the demonstration. Participants act out the "blood pact" between Hitler and Stalin. They sing the American National Anthem.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/22/1989