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
Description: 1) MWRA is created to manage regional water supply; Alden Raine. 2) Briefs on Gorbachev meeting with Thatcher on SDI; Bhopal chemical spill aftermath; heart transplant recipient William Schroeder's condition. 3) Interview with Chris Carter of Grassroots International and Kurt Edgren of American Red Cross on Ethiopian drought and famine relief. 4) Exhibit of Tian Wei Liu's abstract Chinese ink paintings; artist at work. Anchors Harris and Vaillancourt
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/17/1984
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
Description: TOW TRUCKS IN CHARLESTOWN IN THE RAIN. RAY FLYNN. ABANDONED CARS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/27/1984
Description: LAURENCE TRIBE INTERVIEW ON REAGAN AND SUPREME COURT, ABORTION, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES PORTRAIT.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/23/1984
Description: PAUL TSONGAS PRESS CONFERENCE - ANNOUNCES HE WILL RESIGN FROM SENATE FOR HEALTH REASONS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1984
Description: BISHOP DESMOND TUTU IN PRESS CONFERENCE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/03/1984
Description: Massachusetts offered three months of amnesty for delinquent state taxpayers. Should the IRS adopt a similar program to capture lost revenue? People line up to pay state. Paperwork being stamped. Sen. John Kerry. Ira Jackson. Exterior IRS Service Center.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1984
Description: Review of the first few years of court ordered desgregation, including explosion of racism and violence, and the heavy police patrol required to keep things under control. Garrity is still in charge of the Boston schools. Although things are more quiet, and certain programs are working , like magnet schools, a high percentage of Boston students are still significantly under the national average. The Boston school system is also still overwhelmingly made up of minority students. Black parents propose ‘freedom of choice’ plan. Interviews with Robert Peterkin, Robert Spillane, and other officials. Classroom scenes of the current school system,highlighting Mildred Reed and her daughter Kim. They are Jamaica Plain residents, and Kim is bused to Brighton High School. Interview with Kim, where she talks about the benefits of being bused. Scenes of Kim getting on the bus, the bus ride, and in school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/11/1984
Description: "The 30 Second President" from "A Walk Through the 20th Century" with Bill Moyers. TV campaign ads. Eisenhower, Nixon, Adlai Stevenson, Kennedy, Johnson, Goldwater, Humphrey, McGovern, Ford, Carter.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/11/1984