Description: Mass. Council on the Arts and Humanities will receive no funding in next year's state budget as proposed by Richard Voke in Ways and Means Committee. Anne Hawley. Boxes of files, paperwork.
Description: Mass. Fair Share march in Boston to demand lower or flat electric rates, as proposed on ballot question 7. They protest overwhelming corporate contributions for publicity to defeat the referendum.
Description: Mass. General Hospital shows off new neuroscience center. One of its primary goals is study of mind - body link through collaboration of psychiatrists, surgeons, researchers. Brain disease. Lab workers.
Description: At airport press conference Bill Coleman introduces developer George Macomber to talk about Bird Island flats site of the Massachusetts Technology Center. Gov. Michael Dukakis and Massport executive director David Davis speak. GenRad president Bill Thurston, BRA director Robert Ryan. Groundbreaking with shiny shovels and hard hats. Fireboat sprays and sounds siren in harbor. Brief interview with East Boston community activist Anna DeFronzo.
Description: Interview with John Driscoll, chair Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, on toll increase and carpool program. Riding along turnpike inbound, through tunnel and under bridge, onto Allston Cambridge exit. Approach toll plaza. Exact change lanes. Sign posted about upcoming toll hike to 35¢.
Description: Michael Dukakis conducts press conference on establishment of MassBank to fund infrastructure improvements. Howard Foley, Jack McLaughlin, Frank Keefe, Arthur Osborn, James Segel, John Driscoll.
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.