Description: Sen. Bill Owens comments on dangerous traffic on Blue Hill Avenue. Problems: road used as drag strip, accidents involving stolen cars and drivers leaving scene, speeding, sideswiping, children in harm's way. Wants appropriate criminal category defined between manslaughter and vehicular homicide. Storefronts, youth crossing street. Minister Don Straughter (aka Muhammad) talks about Muslim mission in the community: teaching respect, eschewing alcohol, cleaning up empty lots.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/30/1982
Description: Press conference on repeal of Blue Laws in Massachusetts to allow retail sales on Sundays. Heads of Chambers of Commerce. Rep. Tim Bassett.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1982
Description: Wonderland Blue Line station in Revere. Train pulls up to platform, passengers get on. Walking tour of Central Square in Lynn, where transit station is proposed as necessary for much needed economic development. Comments from Urban Mass Transportation (UMTA) administrator Theodore Lutz about rapid transit extension.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/06/1980
Description: "Leader: "P1 Blue Note II #8315 5-22-74"; Silent footage of the Blue Nose II, a schooner from Nova Scotia"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1974
Description: Governor Edward King speaks on lifting blue laws to permit Sunday business. King signs bill that allows businesses to open Sundays, although the law prohibits forcing anyone to work Sundays. King states that this bill will increase job opportunities.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1982
Description: Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy presents Blueprint 2000, economic projections and goals for the next decade. It echoes Dukakis' social and employment policies.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/31/1989
Description: Rep. Peter Blute charges that employee has been embezzling receipts from Boston Common parking garage, run by Convention Center Authority. Entrance to garage with cars.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1990
Description: Leader: P1 Board of Education #8364 - 28 May 74; Silent footage of a Massachusetts State Board of Education press conference. State Education Commissioner Gregory Anrig answers questions from the press about the school budget, new regulations of student records, and the Governor's school integration plan.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1974
Description: Michael Dukakis vs. George Keverian on Regents conflict of interest bill re: James Howell.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/12/1986
Description: "Leader: "F1 Boat Race on The Charles - Chinese Dragon Boats, 6/22/74"; Footage of Chinese dragon boats driven by students racing on the river and arriving at the pier. Building with "University of Massachusetts" on the front."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/22/1974