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Dukakis campaigns in Cambridge

Description: Michael Dukakis campaigns in Cambridge and Mass. politicians stump for him … Tom O'Neill, William Bulger, Joe Kennedy, Evelyn Murphy, Charles Flaherty, so as not to repeat presumptuous folly of 1978.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/01/1988

Dukakis: a closer look (part 1)

Description: Four colleagues of Michael Dukakis from his early political career discuss his hometown roots. Brookline environs. Young Dukakis visuals from early campaigns. '65 legislature photos Dukakis and Bulger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/08/1988

Finnerty - Brown settlement

Description: Attorneys for Thomas Finnerty and Harold Brown settle out of court over 75 State Street development deal and alleged extortion, in effect eliminating William Bulger from implication and scrutiny.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/29/1988

Gay rights clash

Description: Gay rights supporters shout, clap, chant outside Senate chambers of President of the Senate William Bulger, urging a vote on gay rights bill. Footage of police with sitting protester whom has handcuffed himself to the Senate balcony. Courtroom officer stomps on stomach of demonstrator laying on floor. Protestors give opinions on protest and gay rights bill. Footage of demonstrators holding hands, chanting. Reporter mentions Governor Michael Dukakis as a long-time proponent of the bill. Interview with Sen. Royal Bolling Sr., who gives input on bill. Police officers wearing gloves to protect from AIDS. Clips of Senate sign above door to chamber in which bill is being discussed. Story is followed by b-roll of protesters chanting; obstructing door to chambers. Police and Senate officials interact with protesters.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/04/1988

Holt's state senate campaign

Description: Stephen Holt runs his state senate campaign against Bulger from the back room of his Dorchester bookstore. Potential voters do not know his name. He shakes hands outside supermarket.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/12/1988

Inquiry into Bulger's ethics

Description: State Ethics Commission needs to know circumstances behind $250,000 loan/fee received by William Bulger, not fully explained on his financial disclosure statement. Extortion. Harold Brown.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/16/1988

Last-minute legislation

Description: Chaos on final day of legislative session, trying to pass bills at last minute. Bulger on convention center authority. David Locke and Saundra Graham deplore short shrift given to serious matters.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/05/1988

Open enrollment & parochial students

Description: William Bulger intends that parochial school students be eligible for Boston open enrollment plan, although he had not heretofore mentioned this aspect of the proposal.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/14/1988

Political influence vs. extortion

Description: Paul Garrity explains fine line between political influence peddling and extortion in context of William Bulger's dealings with Thomas Finnerty and real estate developer Harold Brown over 75 State Street.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/09/1988

Robert Crane's birthday party

Description: Treasurer Robert Crane honored at birthday party, introduced by William Bulger. Politicians speculate and joke about Crane's eventual retirement.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/21/1988