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May 6, 1997 - The gas tax debate traditionally pits rural legislators against metro lawmakers and this year was no different. The bulk of the Senate floor debate yesterday centered on an attempt by New Brighton Senator Steve Novak who wanted more of the gas tax money earmarked for metropolitan areas. Here's an edited sample of yesterday's debate.
May 6, 1997 - Grand Forks' only hospital is slowly beginning to provide care again. United Hospital was completely shut down for two weeks during the height of the Red River flooding. Minnesota Public Radio's Lorna Benson visited the emergency room today (TUESDAY) which is the first area of the hospital to begin seeing patients again. JOY: "I have a sore throat so I'm gonna see the doctor. Joy Jordheim sits patiently with her mother Pat, while she waits for medicine to cure a possible case of strep throat. Joy has been sick for five days, but her mother didn't take her to the doctor right away because it has been a major hassle getting medical care in Grand Forks:
May 6, 1997 - It's a problem most parents can attest to: how to keep their children active and entertained, without resorting to plopping them in front of the television set. One Minnesota mom not only came up with some good activities for her energetic son, she got them published. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports.
May 7, 1997 - Midday presents a special "Voices of Minnesota" program featuring the accounts of three Minnesotans during the Holocaust of World War Two. MPR reporter Dan Olson's conversations include the experience of Lucy Smith of St. Paul, who spent her childhood hiding from Nazis in Poland; the recollections of Reider Dittman, who was sent to a concentration camp; and a description of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp by Twin Cities architect Leonard Parker.
May 8, 1997 - MPR’s John Rabe talks with Larry Schoenberg, son of composer son of composer Arnold Schoenberg. The two discuss Arnold Schoenberg’s evolving compositions and The Minnesota Orchestra performance of Schoenberg’s piece “Guerre-Lieder.”
May 8, 1997 - As flood clean-up continues in Grand Forks, a group of specialists has moved in to try to save part of area history. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson reports. Sun 28-MAY 19:40:15 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
May 8, 1997 - With less than two weeks to go in the 1997 legislative session the proposed stadium for the Minnesota Twins is in deep trouble -- in part because the project's cost seems to have escalated precipitously. The latest figures from the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission put the price tag at $506-million dollars -- up more than $150-million dollars from February estimates. Commission officials say they didn't miscalculate. Rather...they say changes to the deal keep adding new expenses. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Wareham reports: Back in February stadium supporters were pitching a $350-million dollar ballpark for the Twins. Last week the figure was $439-mil
May 8, 1997 - A Minneapolis-based, for-profit, education management company is expanding the private elementary school it opened 10 years ago in Eagan. Education Alternatives Incorporated plans to add an 11-classroom wing to its Tesseract (TESS-er-act) School and expand its program to seventh and eighth grades. The company's success with this suburban private school has been overshadowed by well-documented failures in urban public schools. Despite that troubled history, E-A-I officials say the company has a place in public education. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports... Education Alternatives Incorporated opened its first private preschool and elemenetary school with 42 students in September 1987. Enrollment a
May 8, 1997 - This week, Govenor Carlson signed into law, a 21-million dollar flood relief bill for the state. It's in ADDITION to three-million set aside by lawmakers this past winter when severe storms stretched local government dollars for such things as snow removal. But as the legislative session winds down, many agree this funding will only provide IMMEDIATE state relief...and lawmakers expect to reconvene to appropriate additional money. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports: --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 1114 | TIME: 4:00 | OUTCUE: "...soc." --------------------------------------------------------- The Governor has hinted at the probability of a special session later this year. Once officials know the total cost of the recovery, a session COULD be called for either late July or early August. The Bill Carlson sig
May 8, 1997 - Two years ago, then twelve-year-old Craig Kielberger was sitting in his Thornhill Ontario home reading the comics when an article caught his eye. It showed a picture of a 12-year-old Pakistani boy who had been assassinated for exposing the horrible conditions children face working in the nation's carpet industry. As Kielberger read on, he learned that the boy had been sold into bondage when he was four, and forced to work 12-hour days six days a week as a carpet weaver until he escaped at the age of ten. Kielberger was so moved he and other classmates formed "Free the Children," an organization devoted to stopping child labor around the world. Kielberger has since traveled to Asia and South America to see firsthand what child laborers face. He has met with the Canadian Prime Minister, addressed Canadian labor meetings and United Nations conferences, and has testified before Congress on the issue. There are now "Free the Children" chapters across North America