Description: 1) Human services secretary Charles Mahoney speaks to advocates about increasing accountability and facing cutbacks; Hubie Jones rebuts. 2) Utah Gov. Scott Matheson speaks to Congressional committee on presumed radiation danger from nuclear fallout, comparing power plant reactor accidents and leaks to atom bomb tests. 3) Citizens group questions safety of Pilgrim I plant in Plymouth and requests shutdown and independent monitoring. 4) Michael Wheeler on public opinion about government regulation. 5) Massachusetts legal drinking age is raised to 20 while adjacent states are at 18; New Hampshire state liquor store; Sen. Sharon Pollard; neighboring alcohol sellers see boon to business. 6) R.D. Rosen visits New Age Exposition; counterculture accoutrements and tofu tasting. Anchor Lydon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/19/1979
Description: 1) Interview with Everett Mendelsohn describing what he saw in Beirut after Israeli bombardment. 2) Brief on corruption in state revenue department and suicide of John Coady. 3) Dukakis campaign strategy against Ed King on taxes and corruption. 4) Human services advocates oppose repeal of 7.5% surtax on state income tax; David Bartley, secretary of administration and finance, Sen. George Bachrach. 5) AIDS symptoms, infections, high death rate, lack of response to treatment, preponderance of cases among gay men and concern about moral backlash; Dr. Matthew Hirsch, MGH virologist. 6) Blue Hill Avenue used as drag strip - high accident rate and unsafe for pedestrians; Sen. Bill Owens, Deputy Supt. William Celester, Minister Don Straughter (aka Muhammad). 7) Brief on Leo Beranek's $1 million gift to Boston Symphony Orchestra. Anchor Lydon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1982
Description: Brief on state senators making hateful comments about gays. Mayor White's liaison to gay community releases report on discrimination against gays. Mental health commissioner James Callahan on opening of group home in Jamaica Plain for deinstitutionalized patients. Brief on Wang Labs computer system for businesses to store records electronically, replacing paper documents. Profile of “liberal” Boston - part two of “Five Bostons” series looking at ethnic and political divisions of the city. Interview with Dennis Kearney, candidate for Boston mayor. Anchors Lydon and Harris.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1983
Description: Ten O'Clock News broadcast. Anchors Christopher Lydon and Gail Harris. David Williams reports on gubernatorial political campaigns of Michael Dukakis and Greg Hyatt. Marcus Jones reports on Healthy Start program providing better maternal health services to poorer women. Interviews with Dr. Juliette Tuakli-Williams, Sen. Jack Backman, Joan Tighe, Rep. Patricia Fiero, and Kathy O'Donnell. "Today on Wall Street" segment. Gail Harris reports on 1987 federal budget and tax reform bills. Christopher Lydon reports on Reagan Administration and Tip O'Neill's views on US aid to Nicaraguan Contras. On-set interview with Noam Chomsky and John Silber on contra aid. Silber argues for and Chomsky argues against US aid to the Contras. The two guests interrupt each other and talk over each other. Gail Harris reports on employee strikes in several business. Christy George reports on the development of Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through history. Interview with Charles Sullivan, Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. Interview with Kevin Crane, attorney for a developer, on the development plans along Mass Ave. Interview with Kate Mattes, local business owner of Kate's Mystery Books. Interview with author Robert Parker. Interview with Betty Desrosiers on the effect of the Red Line extention on Mass. Ave development plans. Interview with Cambridge resident Joel Bard. Interview with developer Peter Wasserman. Weather and Sports reports. Lydon reports on Chilean human rights violations and South African funerals. Harris reports on a Soviet launch of a manned space craft and Haley's Comet.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/13/1986
Description: STATE REPS COMMENT ON TRANSPORTATION BILLS. AMTRAK AND T STATIONS. Mary Jeanette Murray, Henri Rauschenbach, Robert McKernan, William Golden, Harold Malone.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1985
Description: Gay rights activists consider revealing names of gay legislators if they do not vote for gay rights bill. David Scondras, Arline Isaacson.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/12/1989
Description: Task force on state fiscal crisis recommends increased sales tax with broader base, and gasoline tax dedicated to infrastructure improvement.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/18/1989
Description: ESSEX COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEVIN BURKE ON EDWARD KING TAX DEPARTMENT PROBE. REVENUE
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/06/1983
Description: Massachusetts offered three months of amnesty for delinquent state taxpayers. Should the IRS adopt a similar program to capture lost revenue? People line up to pay state. Paperwork being stamped. Sen. John Kerry. Ira Jackson. Exterior IRS Service Center.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1984
Description: Opponents to state tax cap mount constitutional challenge to prevent rebate to taxpayers from excess revenues. Barbara Anderson.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/25/1987