Description: Annual autumnal ritual of leaf removal in Brookline, where raking into curbside piles and burning are illegal. Tons of leaves taken to leaf dump. landfill.
Description: Interviews with three clergy members on the Persian Gulf war, covering a range of opinions. Rev. Peter Gomes of Harvard University, supports U.S. intervention in the Middle East. Father Jack Seery, a pacifist, completely opposed the war. Rabbi Emily Lipof, believes in peace, but does think that U.S. has done the right thing by stopping a madman in order to bring about peace.
Description: Cast iron water main gives way to age (117 years) creating sinkhole & flooding Cleveland Circle streets and businesses. MWRA will implement leak detection program. Pipes. B-roll of flood, night and day.
Description: Robert Quirk vouches for his lawyer William Bulger, saying that he indeed rendered services and was due a huge fee…apparent vindication for now, in question of extortion and Harold Brown.
Description: Hope Kelly piece on the closing of the Boston office of the US Commission on Civil Rights. Interview with head of the office, Jacob Schlitt. History of the Commission, and discussion of it's current state and future under the Reagan Administration, including Reagan's appointment of ultraconservative Clarence Pendleton. Scenes from the farewell party held for the office, and remarks by many New England civil rights activists on the closing of the office, including long time office worker David Harris. Discussion of the role the office played and the reports it produced.
Description: Emerson Hospital switches from disposable to reusable cloth diapers. Crying baby is changed. Newborns in nursery. Piles of laundered diapers at Dydee Service.