A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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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 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.
October 2, 1979 - MPR's special live coverage of Northern States Power Company press conference, where officials answer questions about the nuclear accident at its Prairie Island reactor near Red Wing, Minnesota.
October 3, 1979 - Rev. John Walker at the National Press Club. (Rev. J.J. Walker (?))
October 4, 1979 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews experts on what organic farming is and what its value is. The group includes Margery Peterson, principal author of a Minnesota Department of Agriculture publication on organic farming; Marilyn Larson of the Organic Growers and Buyers association; Lester Frohip, an organic farmer from Southwestern Minnesota; and Russell Adams, Jr., a soil biochemist at the University of Minnesota.
October 6, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, MPR’s Rich Dietman examines the history of St. Paul on the 125th birthday of the city. Dietman interviews Virginia Kunz, executive director of the Ramsey County Historical Society; and St. Paul architect Richard Faricy. Topics include “Pigs Eye” and architecture in the city.
October 9, 1979 - Documentary that explores the attempts by South Dakota Native Americans to win more complete sovereignty from state and federal governments. A collection of various interviews. Topics include Sun Dance ritual, treaties, and courts.
October 15, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan presents a sound portrait of the new Hennepin Center for the Arts, which is opening in downtown Minneapolis. Fushan interviews Carol Ann McKay, who is behind the renovation of building. The Hennepin Center for the Arts will hold ten arts organizations, including Cricket theatre and Minnesota Dance Theatre.
October 16, 1979 - MPR’s Claudia Hampston profiles Minnesota author Sigurd Olson as he receives honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Minnesota. Olson was honored for his environmental writing and efforts in protecting the wilderness of Minnesota.
October 20, 1979 - Pat Kane on Fitzgerald.Patricia Kane, professor of English at Macalester College, discusses the life and works of St. Paul author F. Scott Fitzgerald.