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Budget double talk

Description: George Keverian and William Bulger decline to explain the mechanics of balancing the state budget. Reps. Richard Voke, Steven Pierce, Kenneth Lemanski speak inscrutably on the subject.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/06/1988

Budget primer

Description: Frank Keefe & Rep. Steven Pierce explain problem of balancing budget in terms of revenue stream vs. spending programs. Illustrated symbolically by water filling & draining from cooler,dripping f/ hose.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/08/1988

Compilation tape

Description: Regina Maris ship. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg unveils JFK sculpture model. Michael Dukakis and William Bulger pose for picture with the statue. Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubynin give speech at Kennedy Library on nuclear weapons control; Jerome Wiesner, McGeorge Bundy, Ted Sorenson, Edward Kennedy. Christian Science Twitchells story. Steven Pierce on revenue in the State House chambers. Massachusetts National Guard building. Illegal immigrant raid at Suffolk Downs. Justice Department seal. Excerpts from Charles Stark Draper films, including lecture, "Theory of Inertial Guidance" from 1961, "The Airplane at Play" from 1931, with audio from a 1976 lecture, and 1976 dedication ceremony in Technology Square.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/01/1988

Cutters vs. spenders

Description: Taking sides in budget crisis are Steven Pierce for cutting programs (no new taxes) & David Cohen for raising taxes to support state services. Richard Voke mediates.John Flood,Judy Meredith,Barbara Anderson.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1988

Dukakis' budget problems

Description: Media take Dukakis to task for serious state budget shortfall. He defends himself and makes optimistic comparison to first term when economy was worse. John Buckley, Steven Pierce.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/04/1988

House on first day back

Description: On first day back in House session, representatives debate local aid + make mean references to partisan prejudices, ulterior motives. John Flood,Lucile Hicks, Steven Pierce,Michael Ruane,Richard Voke,Paleologos
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/24/1988

House to reconvene; will Dukakis suffer?

Description: Senate passes auto insurance bill, so House will reconvene to consider it. This could pose problem for Dukakis campaign, inviting questions about his managerial competence. John Houston, Steven Pierce.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/18/1988

Pierce and state budget

Description: House members on minority leader Steven Pierce's debate on state budget & Republican damage to Dukakis' fiscal management reputation. Tom McGee, Lucile Hicks, Charles Flaherty, Robert Marsh.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/27/1988

Reactions to Sununu appointment

Description: Steven Pierce is satisfied with appointment of John Sununu as White House chief of staff.Democrats & Seabrook neighbors disagree because of his differences with Dukakis & support of nuclear power.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/17/1988

State budget deficit

Description: Dukakis is target of criticism in legislature because of unbalanced state budget. Keverian confident shortfall will be resolved. Steven Pierce, Robert Marsh, William Bulger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/03/1988