Description: Fuel assistance applicant worried about affording heat. ABCD official says Persian Gulf crisis & state funds reduction worsen situation.Machine processing letters.Beautiful Boston skyline at sunset & at night. Blinking light atop old John Hancock building.
Description: Fuel tank trucks, chemical and solvent truck, Exxon, Old Colony, liquefied methane (LNG) trucks marked “flammable gas,” on the highway. Entrance ramp to Route 93 in Somerville. Following Virginia Pipe Line Company tanker. Road sign “Fuel Truck Route.” White Fuel truck on Southeast Expressway.
Description: Philip Johnston and Amy Anthony defend state's homelessness funding which has increased dramatically in six years. Tour of Kingston House shelter, ministry to Boston's homeless people.
Description: State funding for community residences for mentally retarded persons is jeopardized by budget cuts. Interior and exterior of group home. Ray Flynn, Philip Johnston, William Bulger.
Description: Sen. John Kerry announces federal funds for track improvement eventually enabling high-speed train from Boston to New York. Passengers inside train. Amtrak train pulling out at South Station, conductor waves.
Description: Funeral at Forest Hill Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, MA for unidentified man of Turkish ancestry. Large crowd, police presence, heavy security.