Ten O'Clock News; Fahey testifies to City Council

05/20/1976

Sound dropout in the beginning of the video. Boston City Council meeting on the Boston School budget. City Councilor reads communications from Mayor White to the City Council. Boston schools superintendent Marion Fahey testifies to City Council about school budget deficit. Accompanying Fahey are Paul Kennedy, Associate Superintendant in charge of personnel and John McGran, member of the superintendent's office on budgetary matters. Councilors Louise Day Hicks, Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, Larry DiCara are among those on the panel questioning Fahey. Mayor White and Superintendent Fahey both address the effect of Judge Arthur Garrity's 1975 court order on the Boston School Department budget. Video goes black in the middle for a few second, but audio continues.

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Series

Ten O'Clock News

Title

Fahey testifies to City Council

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

00:21:19

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects

O'Neil, Albert L., 1920-2007

Budget

Hicks, Louise Day, 1916-2003

Boston (Mass.). City Council

DiCara, Lawrence, 1949-

City councils

School superintendents

Locations

Genres

Topics

Contributors

Fahey, Marion (Speaker)

Citation

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APA: Ten O'Clock News; Fahey testifies to City Council. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F195BAB2F5FF45DF9AA8718AA7496CC8

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Ten O'Clock News; Fahey testifies to City Council