Description: Gloucester salt marshes and undeveloped land need stronger conservation protection than afforded by wetlands statute. Scenes of Gloucester water, boats, houses, open space.
Description: Michael Dukakis, James Hoyte, Paul Levy, Ray Flynn, Michael Deland mark official start of Boston Harbor cleanup. Dukakis shovels inaugural dirt at Deer Island groundbreaking and rides on bow of Metro Police boat.
Description: Conservation Law Foundation urges preparedness for risk of oil spill in Boston Harbor from tanker traffic. Pilot boat. File of Liberian tanker Pluto in fog.
Description: Ice floes off Nantucket. Coast Guard ice breaker cuts through water. Ship “Uncatena.” Lighthouse. A+P and Cumberland Farms trucks drive off ferry. Rep. George Keverian holds hearing on Cape Cod on redistricting effect on Barnstable and Dukes Counties. Rep. Richard Kendall. From Channel 3 Nantucket.
Description: At USS Constitution Museum press conference Henry Kissinger endorses Edward Brooke for reelection to US Senate. “Ed is a man of courage, integrity, character.” Former governor John Volpe.