Description: EDWARD KING SIGNS DEATH PENALTY BILL INTO LAW, LAST DAYS IN OFFICE. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1982
Description: At Park Plaza press conference before inauguration, Michael Dukakis announces appointments of Fred Salvucci as transportation secretary and Margaret Xifaras as special assistant to the governor. Dukakis answers question about carrying out capital punishment though he opposes death penalty.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1982
Description: SHOPPERS AT LECHMERE. GERALD D'AVOLIO INTERVIEW ON BLUE LAW BILL. ROLL CALL TOTEBOARD FOR HOUSE VOTE. STATE HOUSE.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1982
Description: Audio goes in and out. Some video deterioration. MBTA southwest corridor construction site for orange line relocation. Urban Mass Transportation Project sign. Gov. Edward King gets out of car, shakes hands with bystanders. Secretary of Transportation James Carlin introduces King who talks about economic vitality created by largest construction project in Boston history. Signs bill transferring land from MDC. Governor King responds to question on extending Logan runways, and the actions of the board of the Massachusetts Port Authority and the executive director of Logan International Airport.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/13/1982
Description: Massachusetts Governor Ed King's State of the State Address. Discusses welfare statistics: case reduction, office reduction; improvement of services and poverty situation. King states that he was elected as a businessman, not a politician. Following speech is footage of applauding cabinet and legislators; King smiling and waving. King exits assembly hall led by Sergeant-at-Arms. Reel 2 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1982