July 20, 1978 - MPR’s John Merli interviews state official on non-mandatory guidelines in opening various state positions to women.
July 29, 1978 - On this Saturday Public Affairs program, a broadcast of poet John Beecher delivering a commencement address at Worthington Community College. Program also includes Kim Hodgson interviewing Beecher.
August 3, 1978 - MPR’s Alan Searle reports on press conference by Minneosta U.S. Senator Wendell Anderson regarding latest, and what he considered, final BWCA compromise bill. The Dayton-Walls proposal looks to protect both wilderness and user interests.
August 5, 1978 - MPR’s Alan Searle reports on Boundary Waters Canoe Area blockade initiated by Boundary Waters Conservation Alliance as an act of protest to the pending Dayton-Walls BWCA agreement going through Congress. Report includes various interviews with alliance members blocking BWCA entry points.
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August 16, 1978 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Susan B. Anthony the second, grandniece of Susan B. Anthony. Anthony discusses the history of the women's movement in the country along with personal recollections of her great aunt.
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August 24, 1978 - MPR’s Dale Connelly visits the Minnesota State Fair on opening day. He records the sounds and voices that make up the ‘Minnesota Great Get Together.’
August 24, 1978 - Author James Michener speaks before the National Press Club, discussing the state of the novel and talks extensively about many contemporary American writers.