October 10, 1979 -
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 - Patricia Kane, professor of English at Macalester College, discusses the life and works of St. Paul author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
October 24, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with writer William Burroughs, whose credited by some as the father of the beat generation. Segment also includes Burroughs reading his work.
October 26, 1979 -
October 30, 1979 -
October 30, 1979 -
October 30, 1979 - Thai-Cambodian Hmong camp. Al Quie describes dysentery and malaria. Muddy floors in leaking tents. 50 people buried in one day. Minnesota sent 46 volunteer doctors and technicians to help.
October 30, 1979 -
October 30, 1979 - Human rights activist Joan Baez speaks before the National Press Club on the plight of the refugees of Kampuchea.