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TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Boston TPF plainclothes patrolmen Dennis McKenna and Edward Holland involved in mistaken identity shooting death of James Bowden on Smith Street Roxbury while seeking suspect in Cambridge robbery. Phoenix reporter Dave O'Brien who was present gives his version. Police commissioner Joseph Jordan on internal investigation of incident. Attorney Lawrence O'Donnell says civilian review of police misconduct is necessary. 2) Brief on crackdown on gay solicitation in Boston Public Library bathroom. 3) Brief on Judge Walter Jay Skinner approving verdict that Wampanoags have no land claim in Mashpee. 4) Solman business report on closing of Kennedy's branch stores; cash value of US human life calculated at $280,000; J.P. Stevens boycott; price of diamonds. Anchor Lydon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1978

Ted Williams

Description: Ted Williams and others outside by a baseball field. Williams walks into a building. Interview with Williams about hitting in baseball. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

The Computer Store in Burlington

Description: The Computer Store in Burlington strip mall. Radio Shack TRS-80 personal computer. Customer tries out Data General computer. Monitor displaying computer game. Synthesized music (classical and Star Wars themes). Apple II. Chess match on screen.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/27/1978

Theater district

Description: Boston theater district exteriors. Marquees of Saxon (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) and Wilbur. Ornate architectural details on facades - sculpture, columns, windows, pilasters, muses/cherubs, medallions. Jacob Wirth restaurant on Stuart Street. Savoy theater. Paramount entrance boarded up. Logo of Paramount Pictures in bas relief. Modern Theatre.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/30/1978

Tip O'Neill interview

Description: Interview with Speaker Tip O'Neill in his Washington office about the relative and shifting powers of the Congress and the President.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/10/1978

Tobacco sales

Description: Women buy cigarettes from vending machine at 70¢ per pack. Numerous brands stacked high on shelves in tobacco store. Pipes on display. Loose tobacco in glass canisters. Wrapped cigars in open boxes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/10/1978

Traffic lights

Description: Traffic lights at Boston intersections (Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Charles Circle) in rain: red, yellow, green arrows, don't walk. POV through windshield wipers driving down Marlboro Street. White Fuel and Citgo signs. Shreve Crump & Low and Martini Carl stores on corner of Boylston and Arlington. Buzzy's Roast Beef.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/17/1978

Trash strike at BU

Description: Buildings and grounds workers strike at Boston University. AFL-CIO Local 254 picket signs. Trash has accumulated all over campus. Overflowing waste barrels, litter strewn on walkways. Custodial staff emerges from union meeting. Graffiti “Support the strike” and “No scabs.” Food debris spread on lawn. Garbage spilling out of dumpster. Trash bags piled around BFI receptacle.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/08/1978

U Mass Women Protest

Description: Women marching in a circle singing and carrying signs with anti-sexism slogans. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/01/1978

University of Massachusetts Homosexuals

Description: Slug reads, "UMass Homos." Exterior footage of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Shot of a hallway, cut to close up of men's room door. Interview with a gay student. Silent shot of a hallway. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "A letter to the school alleges male professors are harassing male students in men's room at Herter Hall."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/14/1978