A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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June 26, 1992 - U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone comments on the congressional battle over what to do with nuclear waste in the United States.
June 29, 1992 - Larry Buboltz, mayor of Detroit Lakes, shares on-going dialog of a possible buyer of turkey plant that closed down in city earlier in 1992.
June 30, 1992 - On this special live Midday broadcast, MPR’s Dan Olson shares the latest on a Burlington Northern freight train derailment causing three tank cars to plunge into the Nemadji River. One of them ruptured, causing chemicals to spill into the river and subsequently into Lake Superior. Accident lead to Duluth residents being evacuated.
July 1, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews clinical professor Rick Kingston on the health concerns revolving around the train derailment in Duluth-Superior, in which benzine and other chemicals spilled into the Nemadji River and created a toxic gas cloud.
July 3, 1992 - Local sports commentator Howard Sinker provides an optimistic assessment of the Minnesota Twins as the 1992 MLB season sets to enter the second half.
July 3, 1992 - Businesswoman Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, speaks about "Profit with Principles" at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She says that corporations must make it a priority to act responsibly and be global-minded.
July 6, 1992 - Hank Todd, director of tourism for the State of Minnesota, discusses tourism in Minnesota, one of the largest business sectors of the Minnesota economy. Todd answers listener questions.
July 6, 1992 - Robert Astrup, president of the Minnesota Education Association (MEA), provides his thoughts on hiring men and minorities into lower grade teaching roles and about the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
July 6, 1992 - Former Vice President Walter Mondale details what he sees as the importance of selecting a VP candidate in a presidential contest.
July 9, 1992 - Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Clinton announces his selection of Tennessee Senator Al Gore for his vice-presidential running mate at noon today, in front of the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas. NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Brian Naylor provided analysis, NPR’s Nina Totenberg prepared a background profile of Senator Gore. Following Clinton announcement, program presents an extended excerpt of the late Eric Sevareid's "farewell address" to the National Press Club, recorded back in 1977. The CBS newsman died on this day at the age of 79. Sevareid was born in North Dakota, and during the 1920's his family moved to Minneapolis, where he graduated from the University of Minnesota. His first job as a reporter was at the old "Minneapolis Journal" when he was only 18 years old. He also worked for the Paris Herald and the United Press. On his first assignment for CBS News in 1940, he got the scoop that France was about to surrender to the Germans. Sevareid worked with legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and served as the network's chief correspondent. He retired from CBS in 1977.