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Silber's ideas for healing the economy

Description: Speaking at Biogen, John Silber says service cuts not the solution to state budget; wants to streamline workforce instead, and change corporate and capital gains taxes to encourage business.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/05/1990

Small business tax status

Description: Small business classification under Subchapter S of state revenue code is revoked. Advantage is lost by many start-up entrepreneurs who had changed status to qualify for 5% tax rate. Stephen Kidder.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/26/1988

Small plane landing fees

Description: MassPort plans to raise landing fees at Logan, posing a burden on small aircraft. Business lobbyists fight proposal. Ray Flynn & area residents happy about improved safety.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/22/1988

Solar power

Description: Interview with Solar Power Corp. president John Wurmser about Exxon owned local solar power company. As startup business in new industry, not yet profitable or cost-effective, but investment in future. Solar array, volt meter, silicon disk, propeller. Photovoltaics.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/03/1979

South End environs

Description: Storefronts on Massachusetts Avenue, Columbus Avenue and Tremont Street in South End. Charlie's Sandwich Shop, Jerry's Mini-Mart, Skippy White's Records, Uncle Ned's Money to Loan, Jack's Men's Shop, Big John's Shanty Lounge. Looking down line of traffic driving underneath elevated orange line structure. Man lying in dilapidated doorway. Pass by boarded up brownstones. Beauty salon, liquor stores, laundry, travel agency. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Boston office. Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (RUDAT) group on rooftop surveys expanse of South End buildings to make planning recommendations.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/09/1980

Southeast Asian store

Description: Southeast Asian variety store interior in Brighton. Sells ethnic foods, fabric, and other supplies. Cambodian customer, black customer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/18/1983

Star Market

Description: Barcode scanners at Star Market, grocery store shots. .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/15/1982

Steve Herrell's Ice Cream, Northampton

Description: Northampton business district, storefronts, traffic. Steve Herrell's Ice Cream entrance on Old South Street. Inside people of all ages eat cones and cup servings. Player piano keys move up and down, roller rewinds. Children lick spoons. Hanging basket of bananas. Customers wait in line. Servers scoop from five-gallon containers. Close-up on surface of pink flecked ice cream. Ice cream being squished with “mix-ins.” Steve Herrell shows inside of walk-in freezer with fresh batches lining shelves.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/30/1982

Steve's Ice Cream, Somerville

Description: The original Steve's Ice Cream in Davis Square Somerville. Menu board. Old fashioned ice cream machine in window, churning with ice cubes, dasher scraped down with spatula. Steve Herrell, owner, peels bananas and purees them. Customer places order. Ice cream is squished with “mix-ins.” Interview with Herrell on FDA labeling regulation to list natural and artificial ingredients. Comments on using only pure ingredients and non-fat dry milk instead of casein substitute. Label on quart container.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1977

Summer jobs

Description: Marcus Jones reports on the lack of summer jobs for urban youth. Many teenagers try to find summer jobs through the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. Interview with director Laurence Jones, who says that many teenagers are not working this summer because there are not enough jobs. He adds that many kids may turn to drugs and crime in order to make money to supplement their families' incomes. He talks about the importance of summer jobs for teenagers, which can help teenagers break out of the cycle of poverty. Marcus Jones reports that the private sector has not provided as many summer jobs this year as in previous years. He adds that the city has increased funding, but that there are not enough jobs to go around. Laurence Jones believes that the city will see long-term benefits from providing summer jobs to teenagers. Marcus Jones' report is accompanied by footage of African American kids and teenagers participating in activities at the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. Young people play in a gymnasium and work on computers. Marcus Jones' report also features footage of Laurence Jones speaking to teenagers in his office at the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. Following the edited story is additional b-roll of African American youth playing in the gymnasium at the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. Also, teens playing games on computers and closeups of the screens as they play.
0:59:58: Visual: Footage of an African American boy in the gymnasium of the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. The boy is running part of a relay race with other kids. An older teenager supervises the kids. Shots of African American young people working on a computer at the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. Marcus Jones reports the the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club provides access to a wide range of activities to Roxbury youth; that many teenagers try to find summer jobs through the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. V: Shot of Laurence Jones (Director, Roxbury Boys and Girls Club) entering an office in the Club. Laurence Jones shakes hands with a young African American male teenager. Shot of the teenage boy. Marcus Jones reports that Laurence Jones says that he was only able to place a dozen teenagers in summer jobs this year; that Laurence Jones says that many more teenagers are seeking employment. V: Footage of Laurence Jones being interviewed by Marcus Jones. Laurence Jones says that there are several thousand kids in the Roxbury community; that there are only a couple of hundred jobs. Laurence Jones says that many teenagers are not working. Shot of Jones speaking to an African American teenage boy in the lobby of the Boys and Girls Club; of two African American teenage girls sitting in the lobby of the Boys and Girls Club. Shot of Laurence Jones speaking to a young African American woman in the office of the Boys and Girls Club. An African American man stands in the doorway. Marcus Jones reports that the private sector has not come through with as many jobs this year as in previous years; that federal funding has been cut; that state funds are limited. Jones notes that the city of Boston has increased funding for summer jobs by $4 million; that the increase in funding is not enough. V: Footage of Laurence Jones being interviewed by Marcus Jones. Laurence Jones says that there is a lot of gang activity in Roxbury; that some teenagers are turning to drugs and crime in order to make money. Laurence Jones says that some of these kids are supplementing their families' incomes. Marcus Jones reports that Laurence Jones believes that the city must do more to provide summer jobs for teenagers; that Laurence Jones believes that the city will suffer later on if the issue is ignored. V: Footage of Laurence Jones being interviewed by Marcus Jones. Laurence Jones says that teenagers must be given the opportunity to grow and to develop a good work ethic. Laurence Jones says that teenagers must be given work experience before the age of twenty; that teenagers must learn how to hold down a job and to manage money. Laurence Jones says that summer jobs can help teenagers break out of the cycle of poverty. Shot of Laurence Jones talking to a group of African American kids at the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1990