May 23, 1978 - Hollywood playwright Ring Lardner Jr. speaks about blacklisting at the University of North Dakota Writers Conference. Lardner Jr., a member of the "Hollywood Ten", was blacklisted from 1940s through the 1960s for being a member of the U.S. Communist Party.
May 25, 1978 - MPR’s Dale Connelly reports on enrollment numbers of women in post-secondary education.
May 26, 1978 - MPR’s Pat Kessler reports that 30 days after St. Paul gay rights ordinance repeal, there is a general attitude that the repeal has had no real effect on the lifestyles of homosexuals. Kessler talks with two individuals who fought on opposing sides of the rights issue.
May 27, 1978 - Dr. Robert Coles, noted child psychiatrist and instructor at Harvard, speaking at a conference on parenting held in Bloomington. In speech, Coles reflects on his time with Robert Kennedy.
May 30, 1978 - Eudora Welty, noted Southern novelist, talks about her unique style of writing, her early career as a photographer, and reads portions of her favorite short story. Program also presents an address by Welty at University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
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May 31, 1978 - MPR’s Greg Barron reports on a potential compromise BWCA bill put forth by Minnesota’s U.S. Representative Bruce Vento and California’s U.S. Representative Phillip Burton. Bill would allow motorized vehicles in the Boundary Waters, with a timed phase out over a number of years.
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June 1, 1978 - MPR’s Alan Searle reports on Boundary Waters Canoe Area Alliance reaction to U.S. Don Fraser’s amendment to Burton-Vento BWCA bill. Report includes commentary from Lenore Johnson, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Alliance’s president.
June 10, 1978 - MPR’s Kate Williams talks with Minneapolis poet Jerri Alexander, who shares poetry from her book Hurt Comes and Goes: Poetry of a Black American Woman.