March 29, 1986 -
March 29, 1986 - Dan McNeil on Weekend answers listener questions about how to buy art, what to look for in gallery services, etc.
April 1, 1986 - Sandra Batie, professor of agricultural economics at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, speaking at a Twin Cites conference on the rural economic crisis. Batie addressed agriculture and the environment. Batie has consulted about agriculture's effects on the environment to the USDA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Conservation Foundation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Army Corps of Engineers.
April 1, 1986 - William Norris, retired chairman of Control Data Corporation, speaking at the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce about reviving the rural economy. Norris’s address was titled "Comprehensive Rural Economic Development and Job Creation in Minnesota." Norris called on his colleagues in the business community to pitch in and help revive the rural economy. Norris said the family farm was a viable economic unit which had suffered from bad farm policy and misapplied technology, but that the family farm could survive if the business and public sector cooperated on coming up with ideas.
April 1, 1986 - MPR’s Euan Kerr profile on a new scientific development that may have significant implications on fishing…fish herding. A very Minnesotan celebration of April Fools’ Day.
April 1, 1986 - MPR’s Jim Bickal profiles Mike Atkinson, a Minnetonka police detective…AND serious collector of all things Twins. Atkinson describes some of his harder to find bat acquisitions.
April 4, 1986 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Minnesota writer and performer Kevin Kling. Segment includes an interview with Kling about his plays and on pushing stage boundaries.
April 4, 1986 - George Dixon, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Bank System, who is also the chairman of the Minnesota Business Partnership, answers listener questions about the Minnesota business climate.
April 5, 1986 -
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.