May 2, 1980 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on arrival of Laotian refugee plane. The exhausted passengers exit plane and enter a new and overwhelming home.
May 3, 1980 - Brian Job, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, speaking at World Law Day observance sponsored by the United Nations Association of Minnesota, the Minnesota Council, Social Studies Teachers and other groups. Job’s topic was on controlling terrorism. This is an edited portion of speech.
May 5, 1980 - William Colby, former director of the CIA, speaking at Macalester College in St. Paul as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey Lecture Series. In address, Colby traces the evolution and need for American intelligence activities, how it is changed today, and the debate over what's appropriate and what techniques are responsible. Colby is the author of two books; "Intelligence Secrecy", and "Security in a Free Society", and "Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA."
May 7, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, lawyer Bob Struyk reviews The Twyborn Affair by Patrick White.
May 7, 1980 -
May 7, 1980 - The report estimates that Saint Paul now has 4,000 Indochinese refugees, about 80 percent of them the ethnic Hmong people from the mountain country of Laos.
May 8, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Donald Justice, who talks about writing poetry and reads some of his poems.
May 9, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, film critic Richard Peterson reviews When the Lights Go Down by Pauline Kael.
May 9, 1980 -
May 9, 1980 - MPR’s Tom Meersman interviews a Hmong refugee upon their arrival in Minnesota. Interviewee describes the life left behind and the uncertainty of what lies ahead for family in St. Paul.