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Jimmy Hat

Description: Campaign based on rap song "Jimmy Hat" advises teens to use condoms to protect against AIDS. Deborah Prothrow-Stith. ABCD wants the public service ads on the T. Trolley doors close.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/31/1989

Koop and alcohol ads

Description: Surgeon General Everett Koop condemns alcohol endorsements by rock stars & celebrities. He calls for ban on sponsorship of athletic events and alcohol advertising aimed at youth. Beer tv ads, billboards.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1989

Mental health commissioner Tomes

Description: Newly appointed mental health commissioner Henry Tomes addresses need for funding and proclaims his commitment to improving services. Lobbyists wary of budget priorities in legislature.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/16/1989

Mental health services in Boston

Description: Community mental health services are jeopardized by state budget cuts. Boston administrator Gerry Morrissey pleads for $$$ for the many patients who will suffer. Beds in night shelter for mentally ill.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1989

Methadone van

Description: Addicts in Boston visit methadone van to help themselves withdraw from heroin use and limit spread of AIDS. Mobile clinic.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/27/1989

Pilgrim cancer study in question

Description: Department of Public Health study of elevated cancer rates around Pilgrim nuclear plant is still in progress. Boston Edison claims bias against them. Plymouth residents claim undue delay of findings.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/11/1989

Protest against mental health cuts

Description: Silent procession up State House steps to protest massive funding cuts in mental health programs. Mock funeral in St. Paul's Cathedral for endangered human services.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/28/1989

Quincy shipyard and asbestos diseases

Description: Former General Dynamics worker at Quincy Shipyard suffers from asbestos induced lung disease. Visuals of asbestos covered pipes. Welding and sheet metal work. File cabinets.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/03/1989

Risk to Pilgrim neighbors

Description: Pilgrim nuclear power station manager claims unequivocally that incidence of cancer is not attributable to radiation from plant. Plymouth man whose mother died of leukemia questions cause of her disease.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/10/1989