Description: Problem of electrical fires at One Post Office Square and other Boston high rises.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/10/1986
Description: Boston's high-rise developments and large building complexes account for huge electric demand and are inefficient, wasting heat and air conditioning. "Danger High Voltage" sign. Major power lines.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/07/1988
Description: Elizabeth Dole speaks in Boston on behalf of Robert Dole's presidential campaign. Regarding opponent George Bush, she takes softer approach than husband's sharp attacks. Political ads.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1988
Description: BENJAMIN ZANDER CONDUCTS NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY Youth Chamber Orchestra (YCO) featuring young violinist Elizabeth Larson. Jordan Hall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1986
Description: COLUMNIST ELLEN GOODMAN SUED FOR LIBEL BY MAN ACQUITTED OF RAPE. HOLBROOK 5.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1986
Description: President George Bush gives press conference to discuss difference between Vietnam War and Operation Desert Shield. Military Analyst Daniel Ellsberg draws parallels between the Operation and Vietnam War. Ellsberg states that end of Cold War holds the possibility of a new world order and alternatives to war for the future. Following edited story is silent clip of Ellsberg speaking at interview.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1990
Description: Meg Vaillancourt interviews Elma Lewis (Roxbury community leader) about the Roxbury neighborhood. Lewis says that Roxbury is portrayed as "unworthy" by the news media. Lewis criticizes media coverage, housing policy, and police performance in Roxbury. Lewis talks about the need for a community to set its own standards, saying that she complains about certain types of behavior on her block. Lewis says that she will not be driven from her home by the problems in the neighborhood. She talks about her obligation to work for improvements in the community. Vaillancourt's report is accompanied by footage of residents and police in the Roxbury area and a shot of a photograph of Darlene Tiffany Moore (Roxbury resident). This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following items: Teachers and parents are frustrated over new starting times for the Boston Public Schools for the coming school year Boston parents frustrated with Wilson and School Committee Charles Laquidara organizes a boycott against Shell Oil Company
1:00:21: Visual: Footage of Elma Lewis (Roxbury community leader) being interviewed by Meg Vaillancourt. Lewis says that the media portray Roxbury as "unworthy." Shot of a Boston Herald newspaper article with a photo of eleven -year-old Darlene Tiffany Moore (Roxbury resident). Vaillancourt reports that Lewis lives on the same block as Moore; that Moore was killed by a stray bullet in Roxbury last weekend. Vaillancourt reports that Lewis says that Roxbury is a better community than is portrayed in the media. V: Shots of stately houses on Homestead Street in Roxbury; of a camera man filming a man in a business suit on a street. Vaillancourt reports that drug dealers are not common in Roxbury. V: Shot of an African American woman pulling weeds from a crack in a sidewalk. A boy on a bicycle is with her. Shots of two white police officers patrolling a residential street in Roxbury. Shot of multi-family houses on a residential street in Roxbury. Vaillancourt reports that Lewis says that federal housing requirements create crowded and hostile conditions in Roxbury residences. V: Shots of houses in a new development in Roxbury. Footage of Lewis saying that section eight of the federal housing policy was designed to disseminate people over a large area; that the result of section eight has been new housing projects. Vaillancourt notes that Lewis has criticized the performance of the Boston Police Department in Roxbury. V: Shots of a police cruiser traveling down a Roxbury street; of a small group of African American kids on a street corner. Footage of Lewis saying that every child in Roxbury knows where the drugs are; that the police need to be reminded constantly of where the drugs are. Vaillancourt reports that Lewis is tough on her own community. V: Footage of Lewis saying that residents need to refuse to allow certain kinds of activity on their block. Lewis says that she will harass city authorities and those responsible for the activity until the behavior stops. Shots of African American women and children crossing a Roxbury street; of a police cruiser traveling down a residential street. Shots of people doing yard work outside of a new development of houses in Roxbury. Footage of Lewis saying that a community needs to set its own standards; that residents need to stop bad behavior before it gets out of control. Vaillancourt says that Lewis is optimistic about the people who live in Roxbury. V: Shot of African American children playing in front of a building in Roxbury. Footage of Lewis saying that she will not be driven from her home; that she will not get up and move every twenty years while others relax comfortably in the suburbs. Lewis says that she has an obligation to stay in the community and work for improvements.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/23/1988
Description: Elvis Presley impersonator from Newton pays tribute on 10th anniversary of Elvis' death.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1987
Description: Money for state police overtime and general relief is depleted. Legislative hearing considers supplemental budget for current fiscal year. Robert Wetmore, Edward Burke, Richard Voke, Ellen O'Connor
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1989
Description: Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy commends several Mass. employers who hire disabled people. Retarded and handicapped workers at Allen Pen Company.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/07/1989