April 1, 1986 - MPR’s Jim Bickal profiles Mike Atkinson, a Minnetonka police detective…AND serious collector of all things Twins. Atkinson describes some of his harder to find bat acquisitions.
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April 8, 1986 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports that Minnesota Stata Auditor Arne Carlson is dropping out of gubernatorial race. Issues raising money and a crowded field of possible candidates, including Dave Jennings, played into Carlson’s decision.
April 9, 1986 - Human Rights Police Community Relations Task Force, Citizen Police Review Panel
April 11, 1986 - MPR Journal’s Gary Eichten catches up with MPR reporter Mike Mulcahy on the status at Austin Hormel plant after a day of brief violence between strikers and police. A demonstration blocking the road to plant devolved into a conflict between strikers, workers, and local police.
April 24, 1986 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on the decrease in Hmong resettlement within the Twin Cities. Meersman interviews several political and refugee officials about distinction of family unification and the Hmong community’s emphasis towards education as they adapt to new home.
April 28, 1986 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks Twins baseball with Minneapolis Star & Tribune sports commentator Howard Sinker. The two discuss the Metrodome roof sinking in during the 8th inning of April 27th game, the poor performance of the relief pitchers, and various other Twins players.
May 1, 1986 - Poet, author and farmer Wendell Berry speaks at the College of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph. The speech is entitled, "In Defense of the Family Farm."
May 8, 1986 - The late John Ciardi delivers an address called "Why Read?" and reads some of his poetry: The Collectors; The Glory; Happiness; For Myra, John L. and Benn; Mutterings; Obsolescence; Habitat; Perversity.
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