Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Program: Evening Compass broadcast
Date: 1975-09-10
Subject: Catholic Church; Mass media; School faculty; Busing for school integration - Catholic Church; Patrol; Busing for school integration - School faculty; Lee Elementary School; Busing for school integration - School buildings and classrooms; Busing for school integration - School attendance; Busing for school integration - Mass media; Busing for school integration - Police

Clip Description
Evening Compass newscast covering day three of Phase II desegregation of Boston schools. Ed Baumeister summarizes the day's events and school attendance figures: Peter Meade (Mayor's Office) and Lawrence Carpenter (MDC Police Superintendent) respond to questions about a reduction in police presence; Robert Donahue (Boston School Department) reports on discipline in schools. Pam Bullard reports that attendance figures show white students to be in the minority: Peter Meade (Mayor's Office) comments on racial makeup of the school system; Cardinal Medeiros (Archdiocese of Boston) comments on influx of Boston students to parochial schools to avoid busing.Donovan Moore reports on efforts to coordinate state, MDC and Boston police forces: George Landry (Boston Police Department) talks about operations at the police department's communications center. Gary Griffith reports on charges of police brutality in South BostonGary Griffith reports on alleged police brutality by the Tactical Patrol Force in South Boston. The report features still photos of Nancy Yotts (South Boston Information Center), Michael Coakley and Warren Zanaboni (South Boston Marshals). Coakley says that he was beaten by police. Paul deGive reports on police presence in Charlestown and Charlestown residents' resentment of media presence. Joseph Jordan (Superintendent, Boston Police Department) talks about police patrols; Gloria Conway (Editor, Charlestown Patriot) and Dennis Kearney (State Representative) say that the TPF is not needed in Charlestown. Pam Bullard reports on busing and integration at the Joseph Lee elementary school in Dorchester: Frances Kelley (Principal, Joseph Lee School) talks about the opening day at the school.

Program Description
Evening Compass newscast covering day three of Phase II desegregation of Boston schools. Ed Baumeister summarizes the day's events and school attendance figures: Peter Meade (Mayor's Office) and Lawrence Carpenter (MDC Police Superintendent) respond to questions about a reduction in police presence; Robert Donahue (Boston School Department) reports on discipline in schools. Pam Bullard reports that attendance figures show white students to be in the minority: Peter Meade (Mayor's Office) comments on racial makeup of the school system; Cardinal Medeiros (Archdiocese of Boston) comments on influx of Boston students to parochial schools to avoid busing.Donovan Moore reports on efforts to coordinate state, MDC and Boston police forces: George Landry (Boston Police Department) talks about operations at the police department's communications center. Gary Griffith reports on charges of police brutality in South BostonGary Griffith reports on alleged police brutality by the Tactical Patrol Force in South Boston. The report features still photos of Nancy Yotts (South Boston Information Center), Michael Coakley and Warren Zanaboni (South Boston Marshals). Coakley says that he was beaten by police. Paul deGive reports on police presence in Charlestown and Charlestown residents' resentment of media presence. Joseph Jordan (Superintendent, Boston Police Department) talks about police patrols; Gloria Conway (Editor, Charlestown Patriot) and Dennis Kearney (State Representative) say that the TPF is not needed in Charlestown. Pam Bullard reports on busing and integration at the Joseph Lee elementary school in Dorchester: Frances Kelley (Principal, Joseph Lee School) talks about the opening day at the school.

Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/ton/programs/1474_02