Description: Stone Zoo needs $20 million to raise it to state of the art. Animals now do not have simulated natural habitats. Dr. Mark Goldstein. Lion, tiger. File of Bronx Zoo. African tropical forest pavilion at Franklin Park.
Description: Poor prospects for bill to bail out financially ailing Suffolk Downs race track. Sen. Thomas Norton wants to create state racing authority. Thoroughbred horses out of starting gates. Rep. William Galvin. Spectators, binoculars, men reading racing form, betting windows.
Description: Candidates in the district attorneys' races in Suffolk and Middlesex counties. Interviews with Lloyd MacDonald, Ed Gargiulo, and Scott Harshbarger. John Droney and John Kerry, Droney's aide at the time, at a campaign event. Newman Flanagan, Guy Carbone, Paul Cavanaugh.
Description: Ellen Guiney, Lloyd King, Ted Landsmark tell what is lacking in Boston school reform after Mayor Flynn requests appointed school board. They say parent involvement, diversity, accountability are needed.
Description: Self-immolation of war protester Gregory Levey in Amherst brings responses from students, professor, resident, and member of nearby Buddhist community. Memorial flowers on town common at site of fire.
Description: Mental health advocates sue state for confining mentally retarded people in Metropolitan and Taunton State Hospitals. Commissioner Henry Tomes says state lacks funds for group homes.b-roll of hospitals