Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
January 27, 1997 - THE FOX NETWORK SAYS 30 ADVERTISERS PAID AN AVERAGE OF ONE-POINT-TWO (M) MILLION DOLLARS FOR 30 SECONDS OF COMMERCIAL TIME IN SUPER BOWL THIRTY-ONE. AND -- AS USUAL -- ADVERTISERS TRIED SOME TRICK PLAYS ON THE YEAR'S BIGGEST T-V AUDIENCE. ONE AD SHOWED WHY THE CHICKEN CROSSED THE ROAD -- TO GET TO A BUDWEISER. THE 4TH-QUARTER AD FROM HOLIDAY INN WILL ALMOST SURELY BE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S JON GORDON SPOKE WITH A MINNEAPOLIS AD EXECUTIVE WHO SUPERVISED THAT SPOT. (back announce) The Holiday Inn ad came in twelth place on the USA Today Ad Meter. For the fourth straight year a Pepsi ad was at the top of the list. Sun 28-MAY 20:57:10 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
January 27, 1997 - *For Monday 1/27* For most of this century juvenile court proceedings in Minnesota and most of the nation have been private and confidential. That tradition is based on the idea that juvenile court is geared towards rehabilitation rather than punishment...and that a child who makes a mistake should not be publicly branded an offender. But in the past several years, many states have started opening juvenile courts to the public. Now, Minnesota's legislature is expected to take up that issue during this session. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports: (sfx of people yammerin' etc)
January 27, 1997 - Failed State Senate candidate John Derus asked a Senate panel today (Mon) for a second chance. Derus says the Star Tribune purposefully maligned his reputation during the Senate primary last fall, and he wants the election should be re-run. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: John Derus says when the Star Tribune printed his photo as part of an unrelated story about charity fraud on primary day last September, he assumed it was just a mistake. Now he believes it was an intentional act by what he calls a "rogue organization".
January 27, 1997 - Minnesota is looking at an idea to have men register their sexual liaisons. Then, if a baby is produced, a record would exist so men could claim their parental rights. Under the legislation, potential fathers would have from the time of the sexual encounter until 30-days after a child is born to register. Any adoption would then have to have the permission of both the mother and father. DFL State Senator Linda Berglin will sponsor the bill. She says is intended to help prevent the kind of bitter custody battles that have ensued when a birth father comes forward after an adoption has already taken place: | D-CART ITEM: 4174
January 27, 1997 - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to increase the cost of a fishing license. The DNR says the quality of fishing in Minnesota is at stake. but the chairman of a key legislative committee and some fishing groups says if the DNR wants to raise fees it must agree to be more accountable. Minnesota Public Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports.
January 27, 1997 - State lawmakers are getting involved in snowmobile safety issues after the deaths of more than two dozen people this winter. A House Committee has heard testimony from D-N-R officials and leaders of the Minnesota United Snowmobile Association who say driver safety and trail QUALITY are two inextricably linked issues. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports from the capitol. Officials say the deaths this year are not an anomoly, but are part of a rising toll among snowmobilers over the last ten years. WHY? there are a handful of reasons. First, there's been a 35-percent increase in ridership since 1990 alone. New technology and design has led to bigger, faster and BE
January 27, 1997 - THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES'S MONOPOLY INTERNET PROVIDER HAS LAUNCHED A SERVICE ON TO CENSOR SITES THAT BREACH 'LOCAL MORAL VALUES AND TRADITIONS.' THE MOVE FOLLOWS REPEATED CALLS TO REGULATE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET IN THE CONSERVATIVE GULF REGION, WHERE MOST WOMEN ARE VEILED, MAGAZINE PICTURES REVEALING CLEAVAGE OR BARE LEGS ARE BLACKED OUT AND QUE
January 27, 1997 - Mainstreet Radio's Catherine Winter reports from Embarrass, where several dozen people spend time in sleeping in snow shelters to test everything from sleeping bags to cell phones. Temperatures in northern Minnesota provide perfect weather for camping…if you want to find out how your camping gear performs in the bitter cold.
January 27, 1997 - VOICES OF MINNESOTA interview with Rick Stafford for Monday, Jan 27, l997. Stafford says he is a political peon - willing to take on any task for his party. His willingness won him the job of chair of the DFL party in l993 - a job he held for over two years. The openly gay Stafford has the AIDS virus and health problems caused him to leave the job in l995. Today on our Voices of Minnesota interview we will will hear from the 44-year-old political activist. Stafford grew up in the southern Minnesota town of New Richland, and graduated from Mankato State University. For ten years he owned the West Concord newspaper. Stafford told Minnesota Public Radio's Karen Louise Boothe a childhood physical disability and the death of his father when Stafford was six taught him lifelong lessons.
January 27, 1997 - Could the placement of the furnishings in your home or the color of the wallpaper in your workplace be effecting your life? Practitioners of Feng Shui (FUNG-SHWAY).... an ancient Asian practice becoming popular in the U.S. .... believe the physical structures that surround us do make a difference. They will come to your house or business to make suggestions on how to fill these spaces with positive "chi" (chee), or life energy. The suggestions could involve painting a wall a different color or removing an object filled with negative "chi." In this morning's "Odd Jobs" segment, Minnesota Public Radio's Gretchen Lehmann (lay-mun) introduces us to Erin Rafael (Rah-fy-EL) a Feng Shui (FUNG-SHWAY) practitioner who trained in California and now practices in St. Cloud. | D-CART ITEM: 1011 | TIME: 3:26 | OUTCUE: "nat-chimes ringing"