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 Evening Compass broadcast Original Airdate: 12/12/1974 Length: 00:26:58 Item Type: newstape - aircheck Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Ed Baumeister introduces the newscast. Louis Lyons reads the news headlines. Judy Stoia reports on the stabbing of a white student at South Boston High School. Stoia reports that Louise Day Hicks tried to calm the gathered crowd which threatened the safety of the African American students inside the school. Greg Pilkington reports on the atmosphere at the Bayside Mall in Dorchester, where buses delivered African American students who were trapped in South Boston High School. Report includes footage of angry students and parents addressing the camera. Peggy Murrell reports on the reactions of Thomas Atkins (President, NAACP) and Mel King (State Representative) to the violence at South Boston High School. Atkins and King say that schools should be shut down if the safety of African American students cannot be assured. Pam Bullard analyzes school desegration at South Boston High School from the beginning of the school year up to the present. Stoia reports on the atmosphere at Hyde Park High School following the previous day's stabbing at South Boston High School. Stoia notes that one hundred students staged a walk-out at Hyde Park High School to protest the stabbing at South Boston High School; that the atmosphere at Hyde Park High School is less tense than the atmosphere at South Boston High School. Bullard reports on a special hearing before Judge Arthur Garrity to discuss measures to control violence at South Boston High School. Bullard notes that the Boston School Committee is due to file in court a desegregation plan for the next school year; that the School Committee risks being held in contempt of court if a plan is not filed. Bullard's report includes footage of John Coakley (Boston School Department) discussing school programs under next year's school desegregation plan. Baumeiseter comments on the lack of a response from either Kevin White (Mayor, City of Boston) or Frank Sargent (Governor, State of Massachusetts) to the previous day's violence at South Boston High School. Contributor : Host Ed Baumeister Pam Bullard Louis Lyons Peggy Murrell Greg Pilkington Judy Stoia
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - African Americans and Busing for school integration - Law and legislation Busing for school integration - Police patrol Busing for school integration - Protest Busing for school integration - School safety Busing for school integration - Students Busing for school integration - Violence Hyde Park High School Police - Arrests Police patrol Race relations South Boston High School Subject : Personal Names Atkins, Thomas Baumeister, Ed Bulger, William Bullard, Pam Coakley, John Garrity, W. Arthur, Jr. Hicks, Louise Day King, Mel Leary, William Lyons, Louis Murrell, Peggy Owens, William Sargent, Frank Sheehy, Virginia Stoia, Judy Van Loon, Eric White, Kevin Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston School Committee Massachusetts State Police Department MDC (Metropolitan District Commission) Police Department South Boston Home and School Association Tactical Patrol Force (TPF) Subject : Geographic Locations Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.) South Boston (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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