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Blizzard second day

Description: Blizzard of '78. Snow falling and blowing. People digging out on Western Avenue. Plow on Storrow Drive. Chains on truck tires. Students and dogs on Harvard Square streets blanketed with snow. Cross-country skiers and people on snowshoes. Shots inside the news van, with radio reports on blizzard in the background. People trudge along Mt. Auburn St. and Mass. Avenue in Cambridge; some carry provisions on sleds. Massachusetts Avenue street sign. Man shovels out storefront. Deep snow banks. Tractor trailer jackknifed on Mass Ave. bridge over Charles River. People wait in line in front of White Hen Pantry.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1978

Car dealers, NOW accounts

Description: Libon Motors Volkswagen dealer on Western Avenue in Allston. New and used VWs on lot. Window sticker with itemized price. Inside showroom at Porter Chevrolet. “OK” used car lot near Fresh Pond, Cambridge. Coolidge Bank in Harvard Square. Cool-O-Mat automated teller machines (ATMs). Suffolk Franklin Bank. Boylston-Fairfield branch of Shawmut Bank in Back Bay. Sign for NOW checking account paying 5% interest at Home Savings Bank.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1978

Fresh Pond

Description: Environs of Fresh Pond reservation in Cambridge. Joggers, dogs, and bicyclists share perimeter path. People relax on grass. Distant view of three high-rise buildings of Rindge Towers public housing. Pan of parking lot. Cover of master plan. Rippling, sparkling surface of water. Police call box. Two boys on swings.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1978

MIT astronomy lab

Description: MIT astronomy lab environs. Racks of big reels of computer data. LED display on Heathkit unit. Students at keyboards with CRT monitors. Plotter printer. Equations on chalkboard. Shelves of round disk packs with clear plastic covers; student removes one from drive. Oscilloscope. Computer commands being typed out on printer. Handwritten charts on wall. Observations notebooks titled “Worldwide X-ray burst watch.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1978

Otis Hospital strike

Description: Massachusetts Hospital Workers union local 880 of SEIU/AFL-CIO on strike. Workers march, chant, picket outside Otis Hospital chronic care facility in East Cambridge. Hanging effigies of three hospital executives. Several police officers stand by.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1978

Skateboarders

Description: Indoor skateboard rink in Cambridge. Teen and younger boys practice maneuvers on ramps, slides, tubes and half-pipes. Caution signs advise on technique and warn about injuries. Boys wear helmets, gloves, elbow and knee pads.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1978