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 17, 1986 - Reporter Bruce MacDonald debrief about Honeywell protest, protestors, arrests. The usual annual demonstration, no surprises. MTC buses to take away those arrested. Protests hope to raise public awareness about Honeywell defense contracts, also this year include South Africa apartheid in cause. Bruce MacDonald part of Minnesota News Network. Info from log sheet: Bruce MacDonald takes in Honeywell demo. q/a 4:02, LO (host), ME
April 24, 1986 - Norman J. Ornstein, author and American political scientist, speaking at the College of Saint Thomas. Ornstein’s address was on the Reagan presidency. After speech, Ornstein answered audience questions.
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.
May 12, 1986 - Father Robert Drinan, a lawyer, author and former congressman who has long been active in the anti-nuclear movement, gave an address in Minneapolis in honor of World Law Day. Speech was titled "Possibilities for Peace in the Nuclear Age." Father Drinan’s appearance was co-sponsored by the World Federalist Association of Minnesota, the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control and the United Nations Association of Minnesota. He was introduced by Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser.
June 4, 1986 - Max Kampelman, the head of the United States delegation to the current negotiations on nuclear and space arms in Geneva, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Kampelman’s address was on the topic "Negotiating in a Nuclear Age." After speech, Kampelman answered audience questions, including one on Chernobyl disaster aftermath. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
June 14, 1986 - MPR’s Jerry Cassidy reports on speech given by U.S. Senator Joe Biden at the 1986 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) Convention. Report includes excerpts form Biden’s keynote address.
July 2, 1986 - Dusko Doder, author and sovietologist, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Doder’s address was on Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev's chances for success in achieving the social and economic transformation for the Soviet system. After speech, Doder answered audience questions. Doder is a Yugoslavian native, was educated in the United States, and served as Moscow correspondent for UPI and the Washington Post, and a Wilson Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of "Shadows and Whispers: Power Politics Inside the Kremlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev." Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
July 10, 1986 - James Oberstar, Minnesota U.S. congressman (DFL), discusses his legislative concerns: aircraft safety, economic development, and trade. Oberstar also answers listener questions.
August 9, 1986 - On this Weekend program, Roger Ledding, chief State Patrol officer, discusses the new seat belt law, where all front seat passengers must wear seatbelt. Other topics include safe driving, highway traffic enforcement, and DWI. Colonel Ledding also answers listener questions.