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Ten O'Clock News; Coast Guard funding

05/04/1988

David Boeri reports that Senator Edward Kennedy took a cruise on a Coast Guard boat to Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. Little Brewster Island is the site of a lighthouse that was repaired with funds procured by Kennedy from the federal government. Funding for the Coast Guard has been cut by the federal government, resulting in closed facilities and fewer patrols. Interview with Robert Johanson, Rear Admiral of the US Coast Guard, about the budget cuts. Kennedy and Jesse Jackson have called for a restoration of funds to the Coast Guard. Coast Guard patrols can stem the flow of drugs into the US. Jackson talks about the Coast Guard. Kennedy on Little Brewster Island.


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Series
Ten O'Clock News
Title

Coast Guard funding

Series Description

NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.

(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976

Duration

00:02:25

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Drug traffic
United States. Coast Guard
Legislators -- United States
Federal government
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
African American politicians
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Locations
Boston Harbor (Mass.)
Genres
News Report
Topics
News
Contributors
Boeri, David (Reporter)
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 (Interviewee)
Citation
Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Coast Guard funding,” 05/04/1988, GBH Archives, accessed November 12, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C8C500A4636B45BBAC3ACB1602389EAB.
MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Coast Guard funding.” 05/04/1988. GBH Archives. Web. November 12, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C8C500A4636B45BBAC3ACB1602389EAB>.
APA: Ten O'Clock News; Coast Guard funding. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C8C500A4636B45BBAC3ACB1602389EAB
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