January 24, 1980 -
January 25, 1980 -
January 26, 1980 - Dr. Gerry Webers, a geology professor from Macalester College in Saint Paul, led a scientific expedition of over 150 researchers to the in the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. There, using Camp Macalester as a base of operations, the scientists gathered information on the continents weather, magnetic structure and past life. Webers and others believe that Antarctica was once a part of Africa. And, to support their belief, they have found fossils of animals and plants that could only have lived in a climate much warmer than that of the South Pole's. For about the next 18 minutes, we hear a portion of a tape journal that Webers sent back from the Antarctic.
January 26, 1980 - William Driver of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Arts Alliance talks about a recent major study on arts and their effects on the urban economy done by the Alliance as part of a nationwide study.
January 28, 1980 -
January 30, 1980 - Experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs spoke with MPR reporter Nancy Fushan commenting on his description of filmmaking as a salvage business.
January 31, 1980 - Minnesota House of Representative Majority Caucus Leader Irv Anderson presents a DFL response to Governor Al Quie's State of the State address.
January 31, 1980 - Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Nicholas Coleman presents a DFL response to Governor Al Quie's State of the State address.
February 1, 1980 -
February 2, 1980 - Donald Fraser delivers his first state of the city address as mayor of Minneapolis before the city council and other elected officials.