Description: Retarded workers in assembly line jobs, packing toothbrushes at Colgate-Hoyt plant in Canton. Supervisors speak highly of the reliability of these employees, despite lower productivity.
Description: Harvard study indicates federal efforts in drug war are misdirected; more money should be spent at local and state levels. Marijuana being cut in field, smoking joint.
Description: Employment retraining becomes necessary in the slumping Massachusetts economy. Former Amstar worker learns to repair appliances at lower starting wage.
Description: Charleston, South Carolina police chief Reuben Greenberg explains his tactics for lowering the crime rate in his city, including "flying squad" of officers who run after criminals.
Description: Residential property assessments have increased in Boston neighborhoods through revaluation. Real estate agent Margaret MacMillan. Assessing commissioner William Coughlin. Examples of houses that gained value through successive sale prices.