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Mary Jane England

Description: Janet Wu interviews two social service professionals, John York and Dr. Mary Jane England, on the high number of uncovered cases of child welfare. York states that the Department of Public Welfare and the Office of Social Services have always been understaffed. He explains that there are approximately 200 new social services positions in the budget for 1980. Dr. England speaks on the current state of the social services programs in the Commonwealth.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1979

Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Description: Library of Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Victory Garden book with Jim Crockett on cover. Magazine and journal rack. Trophy case. Botanical illustrations and vintage seed catalog cover. Etching and photograph of Horticultural Hall. Gold framed portraits of patrons and founders. Boston Shakespeare Company Theater sign in the hall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1979

Mondale at Boston College graduation

Description: Boston College's 103rd commencement. Walter Mondale speaks to press on strategic arms reduction, before addressing Boston College commencement. He states the need to ratify the recently concluded strategic arms agreement with the Soviet Union. Graduates of the class of 1979 file onto field while band plays. Views of crowd, graduates. Speech welcoming friends and family.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/21/1979

North End and South End

Description: Whittier Place sign and high-rise buildings of Charles River Park. Brick buildings in North End. Laundry hangs from clothesline out window. Drago's Italian Bakery storefront and pizza sign. Prince building near waterfront. Environs near Commercial Street. Lobsters sign. All-day parking $2.25. Victorian houses on Ashmont Hill. Complex roof with eyebrow window, turret, balustrade on widow's walk. Mansards. Decrepit facades in Codman Square. Liquor store on Washington Street. “We Can” Neighborhood Improvement Association. Blackstone Park in South End. Housing project. Elevated orange line structure (no trains) runs down middle of street. Attached brick townhouses on Union Park. Rehabilitation in progress; building permit displayed in window. Ornate dormer, white iron balcony. St. Germain street sign. Gentrification, condominium development.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/14/1979

North Station

Description: Straight-on view of North Station / Boston Garden edifice. Causeway Street vicinity. Modern parking garage. Rapids Furniture. Fast food and Chinese restaurants. Steel structure of elevated trolley tracks from beneath. Taxis pull up to entrance with inscription "Boston and Maine Railroad." B&M commuter train moves slowly led by blue engine car. Tilt up/down Hotel Madison. Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus truck. Parking lot between rear of Garden and expressway.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/23/1979

Opera Fair

Description: Fair to raise money for Opera Company of Boston sponsored and broadcast by WCRB. Interview with young children who say they like opera. Male vocalist with piano accompaniment performs in lobby of Opera House. Sarah Caldwell talks about restoring theater with deeper stage, better acoustics, new seats for $6 million.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1979

Orr's number retired

Description: Bruins retire Bobby Orr's number 4 in center ice ceremony at Boston Garden. Raise number to rafters. Crowd cheers relentlessly. Johnny Bucyk helps make presentation. Bobby dons jersey and makes a thank-you and farewell speech.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/09/1979

Proposed Lynn container terminal

Description: Interview with Arthur Lane, president of Boston Shipping Association, on importance of having new container port serving Boston to maintain shipping industry. Proposes new facility in Lynn across Gen. Edwards Bridge because of accessibility and lack of conflicting use. Parsons Brinckerhoff estimates $132 million to build with five container cranes. Major dredging necessary. Japanese companies already threaten to stop shipping to port of Boston because it is too slow. Potential for 45,000 jobs in 15 years. Lane says Boston lacks foresight to develop shipping industry, is second class, and could become just a barge depot for Halifax and NYC. Boston money “too tied up in trust funds in financial district.” Map, aerial photo and artist's rendering.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/23/1979

Safdie's North Station plan

Description: Mayor Kevin White holds press conference in Boston Garden lobby to announce Moshe Safdie's plan to redevelop North Station area. Credits BRA director Robert Ryan, standing by, for inspiration. Safdie explains plan, pointing to massive architectural model. It involves creating an island in the Charles River, moving the elevated green line trolley, and either a new arena for Celtics and Bruins or a major renovation of the Garden.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/24/1979

Salvucci on Central Artery depression

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