Description: Shelter operators sue Mental Health Department to take responsibility for mentally ill homeless people. Ray Flynn, Richard Ring, Henry Tomes. Homeless people lie near heat vent outside BPL, line up for food.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/03/1990
Description: Film director Oliver Stone and Sen. John Kerry visit Boston veterans' shelter. File of homeless men on bench, in doorway, in group on street. Clip from "Platoon." PSA for shelter. 2 vets refurbishing room.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/09/1990
Description: Profiles of five people who will make a difference in the 90s. 1) Nurse Connie Hagerty runs Boston City Hospital adult AIDS program. 2) Marco Kaltofen, lab director of National Toxics Campaign, identifies industrial polluters and seeks remediation and prosecution. 3) Tina Gaudette, advocate for homeless children at Crossroads Family Shelter. 4) Rep. Kevin Fitzgerald of Mission Hill, dedicated to serving his neighborhood. 5) Marshall Smith, founder of Paperback Booksmith and Videosmith.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/01/1990