Description: Commuter boat between Hingham and Boston offers an alternative to traffic jams. Parking is a problem at both ends.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/17/1988
Description: Microchip's 30th birthday is marked at Computer Museum. Huge transistor boards, technological ancestor of the chip. Examples of common use of the ubiquitous chip - appliances, toys, etc.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/12/1988
Description: MIT computer users discover virus which infiltrated programs, rapidly propagating itself but not damaging files. It spread through electronic mail and was found at institutions throughout the country.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/04/1988
Description: Boston City Council passes condo control bill to promote preservation of affordable housing. David Scondras, Raymond Flynn.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/29/1988
Description: Greater Boston Real Estate Board sees condo glut as opportunity for first time home ownership. Ray Flynn opposes conversion because it removes affordable units from the housing market.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/18/1988
Description: Newly elected Congressional representatives attend orientation at Kennedy School, concentrating on solving the federal deficit problem.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/09/1988
Description: Michael Dukakis garners decisive margin of victory in Connecticut primary. He declines to take on Jesse Jackson directly. Jackson with group of children.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/29/1988
Description: Boston real estate boom creates thousands of jobs in building trades. Unions disagree over quota of apprentices because of salary and safety. Hard hat workers. Many construction shots. Steve Tocco in hard hat, Joe Nigro.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/12/1988
Description: EPA issues findings on contaminated seafood from Boston Harbor and Quincy Bay. Diseased fish and shellfish include clams, lobsters, flounder with viruses, tumors and PCBs. Rep. Brian Donnelly.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/20/1988
Description: Not all legislators are fully familiar with contents of health care bill (lack of time to digest voluminous details) although they have strong enough opinions to vote on it. Reps. Tucker, Galvin, MacGovern, Connolly.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/01/1988