Description: BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL HEADMASTER MICHAEL CONTOMPASIS TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/21/1986
Description: Hotel workers union Local 26 is not being permitted to protest against Boston Marathon sponsor and Back Bay Hilton owner, John Hancock, during the race. Start of the Boston Marathon. Interview with union leader Domenic Bozzotto. Hearing on the protesting. Several union protests. Footage from a John Hancock Boston Marathon commercial.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/16/1987
Description: SPECTATOR “PARTICIPATION” at Boston MARATHON. FILE OF RACE. WHEELCHAIR COMPETITORS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/20/1987
Description: Amateur baseball players exhibit their dedication to the Boston Park League. Game in progress. Spectators on bleachers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/16/1990
Description: BPL director Arthur Curley and Globe publisher William Taylor explain importance of keeping up BPL. Exteriors and interiors of library. Books.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/28/1986
Description: Three-part series updating the state of the Boston Public Schools since court ordered desegregation. First part on changes in racial and socioeconomic composition of student body. White enrollment has declined and more children come from poor and single-parent households. Second part on the dilapidated conditions of school buildings and the difficult decision of which schools should be closed. Exteriors of closed schools, some boarded up. Third part on the evolution of curriculum planning to enhance flexibility and keep up with standards. Interviews with John Coakley, School Department; Robert Dentler, expert on court order; Ellen Guiney, Citywide Education Coalition; Leon Nelson, Freedom House. Superintendent Robert Spillane attends School Committee meeting.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/20/1985
Description: BU NURSING SCHOOL LIKELY TO CLOSE FOR LACK OF FUNDS, LOW ENROLLMENT
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/13/1987
Description: U.S. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge opens the new Boston World Trade Center. Discussion of Massachusetts as an export state, and local industry's competition with imported goods. Michael Dukakis and Baldridge speak at the opening ceremony, and mention new trade legislation on the floor in Congress. Interview with Dukakis on his differing opinions on the legislation. Exteriors of the Trade Center and scenes of the Boston Harbor and waterfront. Following the edited story is b-roll of the ceremony, a helicopter taking off, the world trade center building from multiple angles, and photographs and aerials of the surrounding area.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1986
Description: Mayor Ray Flynn presents new jobs program in cooperation with developers and businesses. Door-to-door canvassing to publicize opportunities.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/12/1988
Description: Robert Guiney, head of Boston Police Patrolman's Association, convenes his union to endorse candidacy of George Bush, who accepts in person. Dukakis & Cuomo hold State House PC to decry drug trafficking.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1988