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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

Dapper O'Neil interview

Description: Interview with Albert "Dapper" O'Neil during his run for Suffolk County sheriff. He accuses his oppenent of corruption and complains that no Boston newspapers will report the negative allegations he has made against his opponent. He discusses his plan to make the sheriff's department more visible and says "I'm a law and order man." He discusses his plan for the Charles St. Jail. He defends the office of the sheriff in the face of claims that the state should take over its responsibilities. He accuses the current sheriff of patronage and speaks against it in his campaign. He expresses his conservatism against the liberalism of the current sheriff., which includes his position against furloughs and halfway houses. He explains how he got the nickname "Dapper." He explains why he thinks former mayor and governor James Curley is the greatest man that ever lived. Video dropout in the middle of the video.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1978

Dapper O'Neil photos

Description: Photos of Albert Dapper O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1978

Dedham jail

Description: Dedham jail exterior. Norfolk County House of Correction. Burnt section of roof. 1850 drawing of ground plan signed by architect Gridley J.F. Bryant.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/06/1978

Directory assistance

Description: '411' information operators at New England Telephone answer on headsets “What city please?” and flip through voluminous phone books to give listings quickly. Most operators are middle-aged or older women. Interview with Joanna Reardon describing abuses of directory assistance service (people with odd non-telephone questions). Interview with Peter Cronin about necessity of charging for directory assistance at 20¢ per call to save almost $20 million.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/20/1978

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

Dorchester housing

Description: Dorchester residential environs. Brick house, large Victorians in a row, triple deckers with chain link fences, colonials, multifamily and single family houses on several streets without people or traffic. Seized house with sign "Building secured by tax and rent payers of Boston. No trespassing."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/25/1978

Dukakis after primary defeat

Description: Michael Dukakis speaks at State House after upset defeat by Edward King in gubernatorial primary. Kitty, Frank Keefe, Barbara Ackermann, Evelyn Murphy.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1978

Durgin Park

Description: Durgin Park restaurant next to Faneuil Hall. People wait in line for seats. Steam table. Plate of corn bread. Waitresses in white uniforms. Families crowded at tables with red and white checkered cloths. Fish plates with corn. Big roast beef meal. Boston baked beans sign. More signs for fresh strawberries, swordfish, oysters. “Specialty of the house - prime rib $9.” “Lobster platter $7.50.” Menu with prices. Interview with notorious waitress Dotti “the witch.” Pressed tin ceiling. Flapping banner outside. View from window onto Quincy Market. Interview with owner about differences with BRA and developer James Rouse over desire to keep Durgin Park as a pristine Boston institution amidst neighboring commercial revitalization.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/21/1978