A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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September 20, 1979 -
September 22, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, MPR’s Rich Dietman examines the history of Minneapolis. Dietman interviews Tom Trow, archeologist for the Minnesota Historical Society; Larry Ingalls, genealogist at Church of Latter-Day Saints; Father Alan Moss, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes; and Marcella Trujillo, Chicano studies professor at University of Minnesota.
September 24, 1979 - Robert Dole at the National Town Meeting discussing problems associated with refugees. At the National Town Meeting, the topic of refugees and what should be done with them is discussed by Republican Senator Bob Dole of Kansas; Ambassador Dick Clark, United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs and Dale de Haan, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.
September 26, 1979 - Hobart Mitchell, NAACP, Donna Folstad, Albert Hofstede, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Bruce Brockway, Positively Gay, Ron Edwards, Minneapolis Urban League, Donald Dwyer, Citizens Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, Larry Aitken
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September 28, 1979 - MPR's Alan Searle interviews Michael Sherbourne, who has worked as a full-time volunteer since 1969 and is considered the main conduit of information between Soviet dissidents and the western world. Sherbourne discusses his over five thousand telephone calls to friends and relatives of Soviet dissidents and other denied exit visas from the Soviet Union. Sherbourne was interviewed in the Twin Cities before travelling to Washington to speak at a conference on the fate of the dissidents.
September 28, 1979 - Gail Levy reviews the William Goldman novel Tinsel.