Description: Back Bay advocate and mental health programmer talk about objections to siting group homes in upper income areas. Commonwealth Avenue mall, resident permit parking signs. Arlington Street Church. Vinfen.
Description: Film director Oliver Stone and Sen. John Kerry visit Boston veterans' shelter. File of homeless men on bench, in doorway, in group on street. Clip from "Platoon." PSA for shelter. 2 vets refurbishing room.
Description: Boston City Councillor James Kelly proposes celebrating Ollie Day to honor Oliver North's patriotism; council decides against it. Olliemania manifests itself in form of t-shirts, etc.
Description: William Bulger intends that parochial school students be eligible for Boston open enrollment plan, although he had not heretofore mentioned this aspect of the proposal.
Description: Fair to raise money for Opera Company of Boston sponsored and broadcast by WCRB. Interview with young children who say they like opera. Male vocalist with piano accompaniment performs in lobby of Opera House. Sarah Caldwell talks about restoring theater with deeper stage, better acoustics, new seats for $6 million.
Description: Conservationists object to Scheme Z interchange in Central Artery project. Boston Sand and Gravel yard near train tracks into North Station. Many shots of expressway from afar.