Description: Footage includes shots of several different art projects, children explaining or standing by their project, and adults looking at the projects. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Exhibit and program coinciding with the groundbreaking for the JFK library."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/12/1977...06/13/1977
Description: Diana Ross rehearses at Music Hall. She wears a "Boston Loves Diana Ross" T-shirt. She answers questions from reporters at the edge of the stage. She talks about playing Dorothy in the Wiz and her inspirations. She talks about having children.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/10/1977
Description: Reporter voice over track followed by an interview with Elaine Bosler. B-roll footage of Elaine and friends going crossing the street. Bosler was the dog officer in Princeton and instead of destroying animals she brought them home to care for until they could be adopted. She was in court because the town claimed that she had too many animals in her residence. Sound. This the first half of a story. Reel 1 of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/25/1977
Description: Footage of the Worcester courthouse and then of Elaine Bosler coming out of the building. Followed by a voice over wrapup by the reporter. Bosler is being taken to court for having too many dogs and cats in her home. She was the dog officer in Princeton and instead of destroying animals after, she brought them home to care for until they could be adopted. This the second half of a story. Reel 2 of 2. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/25/1977
Description: Michael Dukakis and Kevin Harrington
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/05/1977
Description: Early intervention preschool in Cambridge for children with developmental and muscular disabilities such as mental retardation and cerebral palsy. They learn gross motor skills, coordination, and play so that they can stay out of institutions and avoid paralysis. Commissioner for mental retardation visits with the children.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/29/1977
Description: Federal Aviation Administration. East Boston residents sing a song protesting incursion of airport into their neighborhood (Neptune Rd. East Boston). David Davis, Tom O'Neill, Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Fred Salvucci all seen. Interview with a woman about plane noise and eminent domain. She feels that the people in the neighborhood are being uprooted. Interview with a man on noise abatement and eminent domain for Logan expansion. Residents would like to prevent the destruction of their neighborhood. Interview with other longtime residents complaining about Massport.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/22/1977
Description: Solid waste treatment facility in East Bridgewater. Front-end loader moves municipal trash. Large and metallic items separated from garbage. Rest is sorted, shredded, moved on conveyor belt to rotating drum for conversion to “eco-fuel.” Oversize pieces successively screened and reduced. Salvaged metal is sold as scrap. Plant operator describes the whole recycling process. Sand and glass removed to go to landfill. Control room with switches, monitors, gauges, failure lights. tape 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977
Description: Explanation of “eco-fuel” process from control room of East Bridgewater trash facility. End product in barrel is brown granular powder that does not absorb water. Brockton garbage truck empties load onto receiving area heaped high with raw materials. Eco II tank truck. Interview with Kathy about recycling garbage to generate electricity. Process produces a clean burning, cheaper alternative to imported oil. Remainder is buried as landfill. Local towns use this method to alleviate waste disposal burden. tape 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977
Description: Interview with Edson de Castro, founder and president of Data General, about assessing property tax differentially based on use (residential, business, industrial, agricultural). Explains why he moved some operations from Massachusetts to NH. Talks about comparative wages, benefits, labor pools, taxation, industrial environments in the two states; which factors influence the location decision for a business. Corporate welfare. “Welcome to New Hampshire - live free or die” sign on highway. reel 1 of 4.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/09/1977