Description: Dukakis' final State of the State address apologizes for grim conditions and appeals to legislators for conciliation. Reps. Clapprood, Flood, Sullivan. Evelyn Murphy.
Description: Ronald Reagan's State of the Union address on his 74th birthday. In chamber: George Bush, Tip O'Neill, Donald Regan, Howard Baker, George Shultz, David Stockman, Caspar Weinberger, Robert Michel. Joint session sings Happy Birthday to Reagan.
Description: Mostly women in clerical jobs at state office building 1 Ashburton Place. Gray metal desks, rotary dial phone. Civil servants, office workers, state employees. Tall file cabinets. Rows of shelves full of manila folders. Paperwork, bureaucracy, rubber stamping forms. In-baskets, manual typewriters.
Description: State is overdrawn at Bank of Boston by $190 million because of slow revenues. Frank Keefe and deputy state treasurer Patrick Sullivan explain. Rep. Robert Howarth predicts financial disaster.
Description: Dukakis has added thousands of state jobs. Frank Keefe defends expansion of payroll. Pension commissioner Carmen Elio says budget cannot support retirement system.