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May 30, 1997 - Midday examines the ways segregation is affecting life in the Twin Cities with guests George Latimer, former St. Paul mayor and former official with the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Vivian Jenkins Nelson, president and CEO of Inter-Race. Topics include Listeners call in with questions.
May 30, 1997 - INTRO: The changes wrought in the Catholic Church by Vatican II in the 1960's still meet with resistance by traditionalists. One area in particular is the use of latin in saying the mass. Latin IS allowed under certain circumstances, and a group dedicated to promoting the latin mass is holding its annual convention in the Twin Cities this weekend. Mary Stucky reports the latin mass brings a with it a certain style of worship.... centuries of musical heritage... and a lot of controversy.
May 30, 1997 - Leaders of St. Paul's Democratic-Farmer-Labor party will endorse a candidate for mayor at their city convention tomorrow. St. Paul's incumbent mayor, Norm Coleman, was elected as a DFLer four years ago but since then has switched his allegiance to the Republican party. DFL convention delegates will select either State Senator Sandy Pappas or City Council member Bobbi Megard to challenge Coleman. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports.
May 30, 1997 - The drug dealers and prostitutes are still in business, but some residents of the Philips neighborhood say they are now getting more help from city officials in combating crime. Philips is on the south edge of downtown Minneapolis. At the turn of the century it was one of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. Now it is one of the poorest and most crime-ridden. Residents have been trying every tactic they can think of to reverse the problems. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has more.
May 30, 1997 - 1997 happens to be the 100th anniversary of the publication of Emily Bronte's classic novel "Wuthering Heights." In honor of the novel's centennial year, an experimental theater company in Minneapolis called 15-HEAD, has brought the story to the stage. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports, the production lends itself more to the world of dreams than the world of theatrical adaptations of literary classics.
May 30, 1997 - Minnesota education officials say the results of a basic skills writing test offer no statewide insights because so few students participated. The Department of Children, Families and Learning today released scored from the voluntary practice test. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
June 2, 1997 - School officials in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks are trying to clean up, dry out and repair their school buildings in time for the start of classes in the fall. The school year abruptly ended in April for both districts when the flooding Red River forced residents to evacuate. Flood damage to schools is estimated at more than 40-million dollars in Grand Forks and at least 10-million dollars in East Grand Forks. Some of the schools might never reopen. Minnesota Public Radios Tim Pugmire reports... (Sound)
June 2, 1997 - In June Northern States Power and nine other utilities will apply for a federal license to store high-level nuclear waste in the Utah desert south of Salt Lake City. If the project goes ahead, the Skull Valley band of Goshute will receive millions of dollars for storing the spent fuel on their reservation, but opposition to the project is building. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports.
June 2, 1997 - The Minnesota Zoo's Discovery Bay exhibit opened yesterday in Apple Valley. The grand opening of Discovery Bay had been put on hold after six sharks died. Minnesota Public Radio's Jon Gordon reports.
June 2, 1997 - One of the losers in this year's Minnesota legislative session was the rent-to-own industry. Federal courts have found that rent-to-own stores overcharged customers and effectively crippled the industry in Minnesota. A bill that would have removed many restrictions on the industry failed. Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen reports that organized labor played a key role in stopping the bill.