Mark Hotels Corp. signed a contract for a new $2 million, six-story high-rise Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge facility to be built at the Boston Street exit of the Southeast Expressway in downtown Boston.

Shown (from left, standing) are: Robert Curtis, treasurer, Mark Hotels Corp.; Norman Barrett, president, Charlestown Savings Bank; and Robert Parks, executive vice president, Howard D. Johnson Co. Shown (from left, seated) are: Boston mayor John Collins; and Richard Jones, president, Mark Hotels Corp.