Description: Janet Wu interviews two social service professionals, John York and Dr. Mary Jane England, on the high number of uncovered cases of child welfare. York states that the Department of Public Welfare and the Office of Social Services have always been understaffed. He explains that there are approximately 200 new social services positions in the budget for 1980. Dr. England speaks on the current state of the social services programs in the Commonwealth.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1979
Description: Mass at Pope John the 23rd Chapel.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/09/1979
Description: Library of Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Victory Garden book with Jim Crockett on cover. Magazine and journal rack. Trophy case. Botanical illustrations and vintage seed catalog cover. Etching and photograph of Horticultural Hall. Gold framed portraits of patrons and founders. Boston Shakespeare Company Theater sign in the hall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1979
Description: Office of MOB (Mayor's Older Bostonians) senior citizens support services. Framed photo of Kevin White. Shuttle provides transportation for elderly citizens. Van leaves Allston Brighton Little City Hall, rides along streets. Elderly man pulls grocery cart. Interview with Mr. Nissenbaum who is happy with Mayor White's senior services. Interview with Anne Nissenbaum also endorses White. Interview with Joseph Rothfarb, unhappy that "White has overstaffed his pet projects." Another man says too much crime.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/16/1979
Description: Silent footage of firemen entering a house on fire and a person on a stretcher. Interview with Fire division chief about the money that was found in the house. Silent footage of men loading bags of money into the back of a truck. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Fire last week in a Medford house. One million dollars in cash was found among the rubble."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/12/1979
Description: Architectural scale model of Boston theater district showing proximity of Shubert, Charles Playhouse, Wilbur, Music Hall, Colonial, Essex, State, and Boston Repertory Theaters, NEMC, C-4 development parcel, Park Plaza Hotel, Stuart Street.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1979
Description: Boston College's 103rd commencement. Walter Mondale speaks to press on strategic arms reduction, before addressing Boston College commencement. He states the need to ratify the recently concluded strategic arms agreement with the Soviet Union. Graduates of the class of 1979 file onto field while band plays. Views of crowd, graduates. Speech welcoming friends and family.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/21/1979
Description: Moonies chant, picket, march on Western Avenue in front of WGBH to protest what they call biased coverage of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Unification Church. Interview with Michael Smith, Eastern US director of CARP (Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles). Says "Channel 2 is contributing to religious intolerance."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1979
Description: Saginaw Avenue on Cambridge Somerville line near Elm Street behind Porter Square shopping center. Mural on back of Star Market on Davenport Street. Mural on brick side of Inman Square fire station. Entrance to The Proposition improvisation theater with silhouettes mural. Mural of horse-drawn wagon. Rowboat mural in Central Square. Colorful totem-like painted bricks. Cartoonish musicians painted on brick wall. Large stylized mural of Victorian house near Orson Welles Cinema. Interview with woman at Cambridge Arts Council about placement of public murals and environmental art installations; how they match artists' proposals with community interests.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/23/1979
Description: Semifinal playoff in NCAA 'Final Four' basketball championship. Indiana State, featuring Larry Bird, versus DePaul University, featuring Mark Aguirre. First half game action. Bryant Gumbel.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1979