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BHA Squatters

Description: Leader: P1 B.H.A. Squatters #6740 12/10/73; Silent footage of a woman and a boy with toys by a silver Christmas tree; intereror footage of the apartment; the boy eating cereal at the kitchen table; exterior footage of an apartment building with broken windows. Interview with a man who lives in the building. Mike Taibbi reporter standup about the 53 squatter families at the Mission Hill Project building. BHA compromise that would grant the families that are eligible for public housing the legal right to occupy the apartments on the condition that they will begin paying rent and maintenance will be done on the apartments. More silent b-roll of the building and apartments.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973

Death Penalty

Description: Leader: P1 Death Penalty SOF #6744 + 6748 12/10/73; Governor Francis Sargent announces at a press conference in his office that he will not sign the Death Penalty Bill, but will support a narrower bill. A man reads a statement about why he is opposed to the Governor's veto of the bill. Silent b-roll of Sargent's press conference. Representative George L. Sacco Jr. makes a statement about why he supports the bill and why Sargent's opposition is wrong.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973

Gan Can Regulations

Description: Leader: P1 Gan Can Regulations #6742 12/10/73; Silent b-roll of a man demonstration different gas cans to the press. Unrelated footage of a Boston Whalers versus Cleveland Crusaders hockey game. Returns to silent footage of the gas cans.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973

Gas Giveaway

Description: Leader: P1 Gas Giveaway #6738 12/10/73; Man inspects a pump at a gas station. Interview with a gas station owner about making up for mistakenly overcharging people by giving away free gasoline. Interviews with customers waiting in line. Roger Goodrich reporter standup about Uncle Russ's gas giveaway.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973

McParland/ Cop Demotions Police Department

Description: Leader: P2 McParland/ Cop Demotions Police Department #6741 12/10/73; Reporter Mary McKay interview with Attorney Joseph McParland about Commissioner Robert diGrazia's demotion of 3 police officers and some questionable promotions. McParland says that the actions appear to be politically motivated rather than merit based.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973

School [Committee]

Description: Leader: P2 School Comm. #6747 12/10; Mix of silent and sound footage of a Boston school committee meeting where the racial imbalance law is discussed.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973

Soviet Jews Conference

Description: Leader: P1 Soviet Jews Conference #6739 12/10/73; Silent footage of a meeting. Bob Clinksdale reporter standup. Interview with a man about why Jewish Americans need to be concerned for Jewish people in the Soviet Union. More silent footage of the meeting. A woman points at a map of the Soviet Union while speaking to the audience.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973