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AFSCME rally

Description: AFSCME members (state workers) march in front of State House chanting “no pay, no work” to protest legislature's failure to pass the budget. Crowd amasses on State House steps. Union leaders address rally. Voice of Joseph Bonavita. People ascend steps, some shot at foot level, to confront legislators inside. Police stand to the side. Reporter standup refers to Rep. Ray Flynn's anti- abortion stance impeding budget process.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/05/1978

Alcatraz

Description: Alcatraz.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/14/1978

Alice Rivlin

Description: Interview with Alice Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Exteriors of the Treasury Department and the Council on Environmental Quality.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/03/1978

Brock Adams on southwest corridor

Description: Outdoor press conference with Brock Adams, US Secretary of Transportation, flanked by Sens. Edward Brooke and Edward Kennedy, on southwest corridor mass transit project. Fred Salvucci stands behind them. $669 million in federal funds approved. An additional $1 billion will be invested through public/private initiatives for urban development contingent with relocation of the orange line. Kennedy and Brooke make grateful remarks. Reps. Mary Good and James Craven. Mel King appears (in t-shirt and baseball cap) to acknowledge the efforts of community activists. This very large scale public works project will create jobs and keep the neighborhoods from being physically divided along racial lines. Adams answers question on air traffic congestion expected at large airports.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1978

Computer Mart in Waltham

Description: Inside Computer Mart in Waltham. Customer tries out Sorcerer program. Employee in back room tinkers with electronic components. Stands display personal computing magazines and manuals. Altair 8800 CPU. Printer types left to right and right to left. Strip mall storefront with 'for lease' sign. Interview with proprietor about outgrowing the location because personal computer business has multiplied rapidly. He sells systems to hobbyists and small businesses in cost range of $1,000 to $20,000.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1978

Conflict alert system

Description: Interview at Logan Airport about air traffic control conflict alert system in which radar scope shows planes flying too close in airspace. Also about runway 22L approach.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/26/1978

Cryogenic tank trucks

Description: Process Engineering in Plaistow, NH, where cryogenic tank trucks are manufactured to transport fuel, especially liquefied methane (LNG). Long freight train passes on adjacent railroad. Men constructing interior of a tank. Welding. Truck beds, tank components. Rear of finished truck opened up to show many valves and gauges.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/20/1978

Distrigas

Description: Interview with Mr. DeVito on benefit of Distrigas to Everett; danger and safety issues of transporting LNG, especially in light of recent accidents in Mexico and Spain involving liquefied gases other than methane. Says the industry is well regulated. Tanks, storage facilities, ship. Edison plant and six smokestacks on waterfront. Wide of entire Mystic River (Tobin) Bridge. Variety of warning signs at Distrigas plant: “no trespassing,” “razor wire,” “beware attack dog,” “no smoking,” “private road.” Barbed wire atop chain link fence. Indianhead Gas truck.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/18/1978

Electric car / fuel efficiency

Description: Experimental prototype of electric General Motors car “Electrovette.” Batteries in open section behind seats. Dashboard gauge indicating charge level. Electrical connections under hood. Amp meter. DC plug. Interview with GM official about improving fuel efficiency. He says it costs $1 billion for every half mile improvement in gas mileage for fleet average. Talks about complying with government regulations on emissions standards. Does not foresee the demise of the personal automobile due to dwindling oil supply; quotes Walter Reuther on car ownership as “our fifth freedom.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/27/1978

Electronic tune-up

Description: Interview with Marshall Paisner, originator of electronic tune-up business. Offers fixed price oil and lubrication service. He also established Scrub-A-Dub car wash. His success derives from standardization and uniformity to keep costs down. Inside Tuner-Up shop in Natick, mechanic connects sensor cables and probes in engine compartment to diagnose adjustments needed. Readings are printed out.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/08/1978