A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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October 19, 1990 - St. Paul writer David Morris speaking in Minneapolis on the savings and loan crisis.
October 22, 1990 - Dr. Abbas Mehdi, native of Iraq and current Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. Cloud State University, broke media anonymity in speaking at St. Cloud State University event. Mehdi’s address was titled, "Saddam Hussein and the Gulf Crisis: Past, Present and Future". Before coming to the United States to study and teach, he worked for seven years in the public sector in Iraq. Until he gave this speech at St. Cloud State, Abbas Mehdi had answered questions from the media only if his anonymity was maintained.
October 23, 1990 - MPR presents a Minnesota Senate debate with Rudy Boschwitz, U.S. Minnesota Senator (I-R); and Paul Wellstone, DFL challenger. The candidates participate in a wide-ranging discussion of the issues. Debate was moderated by MPR’s Bob Potter.
October 23, 1990 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Arne Carlson about his renewed gubernatorial candidacy. Despite losing in the Republican primary earlier in year to Jon Grunseth, Carlson has chosen to still run for governor.
October 23, 1990 - Debate between the candidates for United States Senate: Rudy Boschwitz and Paul Wellstone. Boschwitz and Wellstone will participate in a wide-ranging discussion of the issues, moderated by Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Potter.
October 24, 1990 - Madeline Kunin, Vermont governor; and Dr. Dean Abrahamson, of the University of Minnesota, speaking at a conference on global warming sponsored by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Kunin (a Democrat) is the chair of various Committees of the National Governors Association on energy, the environment and global climate change.
October 25, 1990 - Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Edelman's address was titled, "Investing in Children: An Agenda for Public and Private Action."
October 29, 1990 - On this Mainstreet Radio program, MPR’s Leif Enger reports on the attempts for a truce on the border of the BWCA since the 1978 Boundary Waters Wilderness Act.
October 30, 1990 - Political debate between Arlan Stangeland, 7th District I-R Congressman; and challenger Collin Peterson, DFL challenger, have political debate in television studio of Concordia College. Peterson has challenged Stangeland twice before. Topics of debate included budget, taxes, agricultural, controversy over personal phone calls by Stangeland. The 7th District covers the entire northwestern quarter of the state, from Saint Cloud to Moorhead, and all the way up to the Canadian border.
October 31, 1990 - MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports on a Minnesota “Spook- Zone.” Every year, the Halbert family transforms their yard into an outdoor haunted house of sorts to provide a safe and fun space for kids during Halloween.