Description: Universal health care in jeopardy because funding once promised to hospitals has been rescinded from state budget. Montage of hospital file. Steven Pierce, Kenneth Lemanski, William Nagle.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/20/1989
Description: Because of state's revenue problem, universal health care plan will suffer loss of $214 million formerly promised as compensation to hospitals. James Hooley, medical security commissioner.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/26/1989
Description: Parts of a series of interviews with John Updike. First interview is about his interest in visual art and his experience drawing. He comments on cartoons and modernism. After a long pause in footage, there is a discussion between Updike and Lydon, while the cutaways are being shot. The second interview is about Eastern European writers, during which he mentions Danilo Kis, Bruno Schulz, and Milan Kundera. Tape ends with an extended shot of Updike's book "Just Looking." part 1 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1989
Description: Studio interview with John Updike about Eastern European writers. He recommends Yugoslav writer Danilo Kis, although it might be hard to find in bookstores. He also talks about a Polish writers including Bruno Schulz. He compares Polish poets and prose writer. He talks about the work of Milan Kundera. He describes Eastern Europeans writers' situation and their often surreal styles sometimes resulting in "magical realism."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1989
Description: State announces it will enforce law for proper disposal of used motor oil. Oil being poured into engine, cases on retail display. Daniel Greenbaum, John DeVillars.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/24/1989
Description: g>VOT/SOTs 12/28/88 - 11/10/89. John Sununu, Willie Brown, Thomas Glynn, Harold Raynolds, Larry Kessler, Joe Kennedy, Newman Flanagan, MWRA, Don Muhammad, Carol Stuart memorial service, more on log…
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/21/1989
Description: Reaction to governor's line item vetoes in FY90 budget. Rep. Charles Flaherty, Steven Pierce, John McDonough.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/11/1989
Description: Profile of Videosmith founder Marshall Smith. “Batman” clip.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/27/1989
Description: Reporter's journal on life in Vietnam 15 years after the US left. People bicycling in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Water buffalo. Elderly man practicing tai chi. Rice paddy. River in Mekong Delta with brown water and shabby boats. Destitute families sleeping in street in Saigon. Historical novelist Anthony Gray. Comment from Vietnamese man about new freedom of expression in press and government. Comments on the forgiving attitude toward Americans; they see the war as history and move forward without animosity. Faces of smiling children en masse. Amerasian children. Market with bins of beans and bananas. Da Nang Hospital exterior and primitive ward; doctor tells of dire lack of medical equipment and antibiotics.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/19/1989
Description: Excerpt from documentary "Vietnam Present Tense" on the state of the country 15 years after the U.S. left and the attitude toward Americans and the war. 1 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/31/1989