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Description:
Video starts with people speaking over color bars. B-roll of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority advisory board meeting. Interview with Robert Foster, chair of MBTA. He is requesting a larger operating budget. He discusses the work done by the MBTA and their attempts develop a better relationship with the advisory board. He speaks of plans for transportation demands during Pope John Paul II's visit. They shoot cutaways. Interview with Ed Novakoff, advisory board representative from Brookline, who complains about green line LRVs, and does not support giving the MBTA a larger operating budget. Several takes of reporter standup in the MBTA lot, with buses in the background.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/21/1979
Description:
Murder hotline established at Roxbury YMCA to gather tips to capture killer(s) of nine black women. Interview with Sgt. Murphy about community reaction. Rotary dial telephone.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/03/1979
Description:
End of interview with Fred Salvucci at MIT on Central Artery depression and Gov. Ed King's opposition to it. “Stop I-95 People Before Highways” graffiti on wall at intersection of New Heath Street and Columbus Avenue. Traffic approaching Leverett Circle at end of Storrow Drive in rain. Overhead signs to Mystic Bridge, Charlestown, Callahan Tunnel.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/03/1979
Description:
Children play in Wainwright Park in St. Mark's parish neighborhood of Dorchester. Younger boys ride bicycles and older youth congregate. Driving past multifamily houses on Welles Avenue and vicinity. Row of triple deckers facing vacant lot.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/04/1979
Description:
Mounds of ground beef placed on styrofoam trays on conveyor belt to be wrapped in plastic. Hamburger meat in supermarket. Cut fish parts packaged on trays. Seafood department at Star Market. Prime beef sign. Pan butcher case.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/16/1979
Description:
Interview about illegal chemical waste disposal at The Liquidator, Inc. in Dorchester. Lot of Liquidator enclosed by chain link fence around trailer, shipping containers, scrap metal and tire heaps, corroded barrels. Closure posting from Boston Board of Health. “Hazardous building” sign.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
06/28/1979
Description:
Joseph Timilty campaigns in East Boston in mayoral race. B-roll of support signs for Kevin White and Joseph Timilty. An East Boston man denounces Kevin White for mayor. Timilty greets supporters at Maverick Square outside T station. Talks about his campaign strategy. Says main issues for the East Boston neighborhood are water and sewer costs.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/19/1979
Description:
Wainwright Park in Dorchester. Boys play basketball. Ashmont red line T station. Interview with brothers James and Pat Hart and friend Terry Deady about racial conflict in the neighborhood. They accuse black youth from Codman Square of throwing bottles and trying to take over their basketball court. They talk about "rocking" (stoning) houses in retaliation.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
08/14/1979
