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March 14, 1987 -
March 14, 1987 -
March 15, 1987 - Bruce Watson, consulting meteorologist in the Twin Cities, discusses various topics, including tornados, weather patterns, and meteors. Watson also answered listener questions.
March 16, 1987 - The controversial bill allowing for the release of $24 million from the 2002 Fund for economic development on the Iron Range was recalled from the House during Senate session. News of an FBI probe of Endotronics, Inc., that surfaced after the Senate had voted final passage on the measure, prompted Majority Leader Roger Moe to make the motion for recall. The recall motion prevailed on a 51-15 roll call vote.
March 26, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on Broadway opening of the August Wilson play, Fences.
March 27, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend presents an interview with James Earl Jones about his role as Troy Maxson in August Wilson's Fences.
April 4, 1987 - On this Sportfolio program, Bowie Kuhn, former MLB commissioner, discusses baseball and memoir, “Hardball: The Education of a Baseball Commissioner.” Kuhn also answers listener questions.
April 4, 1987 - Weekend presents an interview with Eugene McCarthy, who comments on people in politics that have made an impression on him over the years. McCarthy talks about Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Rayburn, Humphrey, and Mondale. He also tells us his view of the press and the state of politics today.