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Environmental issues compilation

Description: Compilation of environmental issues stories. Bottle bill. Nuclear free Cambridge, Draper Lab. State auto emissions and safety inspection to meet federal air quality standards. Acid rain damage, Lt. Governor John Kerry. Boston Harbor pollution, Nut Island and Deer Island sewage treatment plants. Sale of oil and gas exploration rights on Georges Bank. (1983-84)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News

Hicks, Mrs. [Louise Day]

Description: Sign for the "Clerk of the House of Representative." Louise Day Hicks enters office, files bill to repeal racial imbalance with man, leaves office.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 09/18/1969

Sen. Edward Kennedy on Health Security Plan proposal, Part 1

Description: Interview with Sen. Edward Kennedy on his Health Security Plan proposal, especially in light of the new, more Democratic, Congress and White House in Washington. He is excited to work with Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, and others, to come up with a comprehensive universal healthcare system. He describes the process that Congress will go through over the next year to find the most effective system. He compares his proposed system to the Social Security system. He talks about Medicare. He explains why he favors a health insurance system, which includes private companies, rather than a national health service. He talks about preventive medicine. He defends against claims that people would abuse the system. He hopes the American people will have access to the quality health care that members of Congress have access to for virtually free.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/31/1977

Sen. Edward Kennedy on Health Security Plan proposal, Part 2

Description: Continuation of interview with Sen. Edward Kennedy on Health Security Plan proposal. He talks about the particularities of his proposed universal health care system, including some of the limitations of dental and mental health services. He advocates for quality healthcare access for all people, not just people who can afford it. While they shoot cutaways, Kennedy talks about the role of smoking and the tobacco industry in the health care discussion. He also talks about the struggle between the lobbies and the public's desire for accessible health care. Reporter reasks questions. B-roll of the office, including shots of John F. Kennedy's Boston Office desk.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/31/1977

Symphony Road arson

Description: B-roll of bulldozer clearing debris from Symphony Road fire. Exteriors of buildings with broken and boarded up windows and smoke stains. Interview with David Scondras of Symphony Tenants Organizing Project. He talks about why the rash of 29 fires in three years is suspected as arson: absentee landlords, high vacancy rate, poor condition of structures, lodging houses, lapsed mortgages. He adds that there is nothing the city can do about the problem and explains why. He hopes that State legislators will back his organization's bill which removes the financial motivation for landlords to burn down houses in poor condition. He discusses the number of people affected while they shoot cutaways. Reporter reasks question for editing purposes. Exteriors of a Red Cross Disaster Service Center. Several takes of reporter standup.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/23/1977

Edward King

Description: Video and audio drop out in the beginning. Governor Ed King enters room, sits at desk. Press takes pictures. King makes a statement on the Tax Cap bill. He signs the bill, with President of the Senate William Bulger and Speaker of the House Thomas McGee at his side, and hands out the pens. He holds up the signed bill. He ends the press conference. Press packs up their gear. Thomas McGee talks to a group of people. Reporter from another station does standup off camera and then asks McGee for his statement on the bill, which WGBH camera operator also tapes. Other reporters, including WGBH's Janet Wu, taking notes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/14/1979

Bottle Bill

Description: Bottle Bill passed in State House.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/10/1981

Tregor Bill at Boston City Hall

Description: Interiors of Boston City Hall. Kevin White holds press conference on the Tregor Bill. Exteriors of Boston City Hall from several angles. Kevin White answers questions from the press. He specifically talks about the role of the fire department union in the Tregor Bill negotiations. Interview with man answering further questions on the legal and staffing issues concerning the Tregor Bill.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1981

TREGOR BILL

Description: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL TIERNEY ON TREGOR BILL, PAYLESS PAYDAYS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/06/1982

Tregor bill signing

Description: Gov. Edward King's press conference for signing of Tregor Boston bailout bill. City councillors plus Boston delegation to state legislature present including William Bulger, Ray Flynn, Tom Gallagher, William Galvin, Sal DiMasi, Fred Langone. Large group of politicians lined up across platform laugh heartily in self-congratulations. Bill provides for rehiring laid off police and firefighters, expanding Hynes Auditorium to convention center. Camera clicks. Jody King. Mayor is absent.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/29/1982