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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Program: Evening Compass broadcast
Date: 1975-09-05
Subject: South Boston High School; Busing for school integration - Students; Busing for school integration - Police; Busing for school integration - Boycotts
Clip Description
Evening Compass newscast. Police officers prepare to enforce court-ordered school desegregation in 1975Paul Solman reports on police training at the Boston Police Academy in preparation for phase II desegregation: the story features Bill MacDonald (Boston Police Department), John Dow (Boston Police Department), and James Feeney (Boston Police Department); Frederick Conley (Boston Police Department) comments on training films of an antiwar protest at BU and an anti-busing demonstration at South Boston High in 1974. Judy Stoia interviews Eileen Sweeney (student, South Boston High School) on her decision not to boycott school this year. Gary Griffith analyzes the campaign ads of mayoral candidate Joseph Timilty. David Wilson (columnist, Boston Globe) comments on the assassination attempt on Gerald Ford. James Goodsell (Latin American correspondent, Christian Science Monitor) comments on the political situations in Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina. Nancy Pomerene gives a humorous commentary on the similar names of Boston political candidates. End credits reflect personnel working on all Evening Compass shows for the week.
Program Description
Evening Compass newscast. Police officers prepare to enforce court-ordered school desegregation in 1975Paul Solman reports on police training at the Boston Police Academy in preparation for phase II desegregation: the story features Bill MacDonald (Boston Police Department), John Dow (Boston Police Department), and James Feeney (Boston Police Department); Frederick Conley (Boston Police Department) comments on training films of an antiwar protest at BU and an anti-busing demonstration at South Boston High in 1974. Judy Stoia interviews Eileen Sweeney (student, South Boston High School) on her decision not to boycott school this year. Gary Griffith analyzes the campaign ads of mayoral candidate Joseph Timilty. David Wilson (columnist, Boston Globe) comments on the assassination attempt on Gerald Ford. James Goodsell (Latin American correspondent, Christian Science Monitor) comments on the political situations in Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina. Nancy Pomerene gives a humorous commentary on the similar names of Boston political candidates. End credits reflect personnel working on all Evening Compass shows for the week.
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.
