Description: Roxbury has few bank branches so residents use check-cashing stores for convenience even though large service fee is deducted. Blue Hill Avenue and Dudley Street signs. Rep. James Brett.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/05/1989
Description: Chelsea Mayor John Brennan Jr. is faced with serious fiscal problem and will have to lay off many city employees and cut services. City Hall, library, fire department, municipal offices.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/08/1989
Description: Judge Paul Liacos is nominated Chief Justice of state Supreme Judicial Court. He is applauded for attention to overcrowded jails and decrepit courthouses. Robert Rufo.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/14/1989
Description: Superior Court Chief Justice Robert Steadman explains that case backlog burdens state judicial system. Rows of files, paperwork stacked in offices, clerk and judge in courtroom.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1989
Description: China Information Center serves as clearinghouse for information on the Beijing student democracy movement. Its spokespersons become sought by the media.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/28/1989
Description: Chinese student participant in Beijing democracy demonstrations returned to US, where he describes and decries massacre at Tiananmen Square. Shen Tong.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/30/1989
Description: Chinese student at Harvard Medical School is concerned about expiration of his visa (in wake of Beijing uprising), though federal program extends his stay for at least another year.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/07/1989
Description: Chinese students at BU send a petition to their native country, allying themselves with the demonstrations for democracy at home.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/05/1989
Description: Chinese students in US use communications high technology to send home information and messages of support and influence during Beijing demonstrations for democracy. Fax machine.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/25/1989
Description: Chinese students at BU express concern for their families at home and disgust for the government actions in Beijing during demonstrations for democracy.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1989