July 6, 1992 - Robert Astrup, president of the Minnesota Education Association (MEA), provides his thoughts on hiring men and minorities into lower grade teaching roles and about the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
July 8, 1992 - Erin Hart reviews Ordway stage production of The Secret Garden, adapted from the 1911 children's classic by Frances Hodgson.
July 9, 1992 - Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Clinton announces his selection of Tennessee Senator Al Gore for his vice-presidential running mate at noon today, in front of the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas. NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Brian Naylor provided analysis, NPR’s Nina Totenberg prepared a background profile of Senator Gore. Following Clinton announcement, program presents an extended excerpt of the late Eric Sevareid's "farewell address" to the National Press Club, recorded back in 1977. The CBS newsman died on this day at the age of 79. Sevareid was born in North Dakota, and during the 1920's his family moved to Minneapolis, where he graduated from the University of Minnesota. His first job as a reporter was at the old "Minneapolis Journal" when he was only 18 years old. He also worked for the Paris Herald and the United Press. On his first assignment for CBS News in 1940, he got the scoop that France was about to surrender to the Germans. Sevareid worked with legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and served as the network's chief correspondent. He retired from CBS in 1977.
July 9, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews member of The Rupert’s Orchestra about the closing of Rupert’s Nightclub in Golden Valley.
July 9, 1992 - A Midmorning interview with writer Patricia Hampl, who is keynote speaker at the Betsy-Tacy Convention in Mankato, Minnesota. Hampl describes the importance of the book characters to her and many a childhood.
July 10, 1992 - Theater critic Erin Hart reviews House of Blue Leaves, a 1971 play John Guare being staged at Jungle Theater.
July 10, 1992 - MPR’s Lorna Benson reports on The Betsy-Tacy Convention, a celebration of Mankato author Maud Hart Lovelace, which offers fans of the series the chance to visit the fictional "Deep Valley Minnesota," based on Lovelace's hometown.
July 10, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews actors Douglas Sills and Kevin McGuire about their experience as part of national tour of Secret Garden play.
July 10, 1992 - Local playwright and author Beth Gilleland reads a story from her childhood about wardrobes and fashion.
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