A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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June 5, 1982 - This is LIVE coverage includes the acceptance speech of gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Warren Spannaus.
June 5, 1982 - Former Governor and Senator Wendell Anderson takes calls from listeners from the DFL Convention in Duluth. Live broadcast.
June 7, 1982 - Richard Snelling, Republican Governor of Vermont, speaking to the Humphrey institute at the University of Minnesota. Snelling spoke on a framework for a workable government, on the “New Federalism,” and how to make government work. Snelling was first elected Governor of Vermont in 1976, and he won re-election by a wide margin in 1978, and an unprecedented third term in 1980. He had served previously in his state legislature, serving as majority leader in the House. Since becoming a chief executive, he has assumed a larger role in national affairs, working among other things as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He founded a hardware and ski manufacturing firm in 1959.
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June 8, 1982 - About Books and Writers host Robert Cromie talks about books with the people who write them.
June 9, 1982 - Audio clip of former Minnesota U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy stating why he is running for U.S. Senate seat again.
June 9, 1982 - Dale Connelly speaks with three graduating seniors from St. Paul's Highland Park Senior High School on their graduation day, their plans, hopes and fears.
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June 12, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt wonders how “city folk” fleeing to the countryside to escape nuclear attack will play out for “farm folk.”