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Ten O'Clock News; Towing lot
04/26/1977
Boston police car marked “towing enforcement.” Sign at tow lot on Albany Street listing charges of $12 plus hourly storage fees. Interview on creation of Parking Violations Bureau to consolidate enforcement and collection of fines. Cost of unpaid ticket will double after 21 days. Denver boot used to immobilize cars of scofflaws. Police commissioner Joseph Jordan announces clamp down on illegal parking in city. Cavalcade of police tow trucks enter lot carrying vehicles.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Towing lot
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:22:41
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Jordan, Joseph M.
- Police
- Law enforcement
- Automobiles
- Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.
- Locations
- Boston (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Giger, Karin (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Towing lot,” 04/26/1977, GBH Archives, accessed December 3, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9A190DFA30D84CB0AD742A6F3A5F3851.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Towing lot.” 04/26/1977. GBH Archives. Web. December 3, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9A190DFA30D84CB0AD742A6F3A5F3851>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Towing lot. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9A190DFA30D84CB0AD742A6F3A5F3851