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 [Christopher Lydon compilation tape] Original Airdate: 11/1/1981 Length: 00:30:42 Item Type: newstape - compilation Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Christopher Lydon interviews Bill Lee (pitcher, Montreal Expos) at Fenway Park. Lee discusses the possibility of a baseball strike. Lee talks about unions and his feelings about baseball. Lee says that he is no longer "addicted" to baseball. This compilation tape has three essays by Robert J. Lurtsema about the coming of summer, the coming of fall and barnacles. Lydon reports on the upcoming preliminary elections for the Boston City Council. Lydon analyzes voting patterns in various districts and the political networks of some candidates. Lydon notes that there has been little voter interest in the campaign. The report includes interviews with and profiles of candidates Maureen Craven Slade, Craig Lankhorst, and Stephen Michaels. Lydon reports from the Boston Celtics' practice court in Brookline. Lydon interviews Ernie DiGregorio (basketball player) and Nate "Tiny" Archibald for the report. Lydon's second report on the upcoming preliminary elections for Boston City Council includes footage from interviews with several candidates including Maura Hennigan, James Kelly, David Scondras, Charles Yancey, Ed McNamara, and Michael McCormack. The candidates talk about voter anger and apathy, the city's fiscal crisis, the need for better city services and the policies of Kevin White (Mayor of Boston). Lydon interviews Donald Woods (South African journalist) about South Africa. Woods criticizes the US veto of the United Nations condemnation of the South African invasion of Angola. Woods says that the white minority in South Africa must negotiate with the black majority in order to avoid a civil war. Woods compares the political situations in South Africa to that of Northern Ireland.
Subject : Keywords Apartheid Baseball Basketball Electioneering (Political campaigns) Elections Journalists Poets Sports Subject : Personal Names Archibald, Nate "Tiny" DiGregorio, Ernie Flynn, Raymond Hennigan, Maura Kelly, James Lankhorst, Craig Lee, Bill Lurtsema, Robert J. Lydon, Christopher McCormack, Michael McNamara, Ed Michaels, Stephen Scondras, David Slade, Maureen Craven White, Kevin Woods, Donald Yancey, Charles Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston Celtics Boston City Council Subject : Geographic Locations South Africa Type : Genre News - Television |
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