April 26, 1979 - Marcia Gelpe, University of Minnesota Law Professor, speaking at Public and Private Land Use Rights Forum held at Wilmar Community College. Gelpe’s addressed the subject of eminent domain. This is an excerpt of speech.
April 26, 1979 - Leslie Green, head of the Minnesota Parole Board, talks with MPR’s Pat Kessler about the work of the board. Topics include his own personal criminal history and reflecting on what it’s like to be on both ends of the table of a parole board session.
April 26, 1979 - MPR’s Bob Potter reports on Minnesota State House Environment and Natural Resources Commitee hearing on bill to set up a BWCA Citizens Advisory Commitee. Before hearing could progress, the bill was laid over, followed by a walkout of Dave Battaglia and supporters.
April 27, 1979 - Former Minnesota governor Elmer L. Andersen reviews the book The Terrors of Justice: The Untold Side of Watergate by Maurice H. Stans.
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April 27, 1979 - Bill Owens, a flood operations officer, details efforts on dike support as the water crest passes along the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota.
April 27, 1979 - Bill Owens, a flood operations officer, shares his concerns of local residents taking a “return to normalcy” attitude as the Red River remains high in Fargo, North Dakota.
April 28, 1979 - On this special regional public affairs program, MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews Dale Simonson of the Mental Health Association of Minnesota; Judge Susanne Sedgwick of Hennepin County District Court, Family Division; and Reverend Jay Croft, director of the Minnesota State Council for the Handicapped, who discuss mental health resources in the community. Highlighted topics include a definition of mental health, child abuse, and coping with special frustrations of being handicapped.
April 30, 1979 - Sister Thomas More, professor of history at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, speaking on the history of women in agriculture.
May 1, 1979 - John Manning, a professor of reading instruction at the University of Minnesota, speaks at the Reading-Go-Round, a week-long series of seminars, workshops, and reading activities at the downtown Dayton's auditorium in Minneapolis. Manning discusses the importance of reading at home with children. This is a major portion of that talk.