March 21, 1998 -
March 21, 1998 -
March 23, 1998 - MPR movie maven Stephanie Curtis previews the 70th Academy Awards. Curtis makes predictions on nominations, including Titanic, L.A. Confidential, and Good Will Hunting, amongst others. Curtis also answers listener questions.
March 24, 1998 - MPR’s Euan Kerr interviews Minnesota poet Susan Carol Hauser about her book “Sugartime: The Hidden Pleasures of Making Maple Syrup with a Primer for the Novice Sugarer.”
March 24, 1998 - Minnesota Public Radio announced yesterday that it's selling its for-profit catalog company to the Dayton Hudson corporation for 120 million dollars. About 90 million dollars in proceeds from the sale are expected to go into MPR's endowment... which would make it the largest in all of public broadcasting. Tom Thomas is with the Station Resource Group, an Washington D.C.-based organization of public radio stations from around the country. He says endowments are a relatively new development in public radio.
March 24, 1998 - Congress is considering a bill that would require many health insurers to expand their coverage of alcohol and drug addiction programs. The bill is co-sponsored by Minnesota's Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad and Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone. It's intended to force insurers to treat addiction as they would any other disease. We talk to Congressman Ramstad.
March 26, 1998 - MPR’s Bob Collins reports on a Ramsey County judge considering whether to order the Minnesota Twins and Major League Baseball to submit over 30 years of documents to Attorney General Skip Humphrey, whose office is investigating whether a threatened move of the Minnesota Twins to North Carolina violates federal anti-trust laws.
March 28, 1998 -
March 28, 1998 -
March 30, 1998 - Midday presents a special report on the tornadoes that destroyed large parts of St. Peter and Comfrey. MPR’s reporters detail the massive destruction in the Minnesota towns and provide updates on aftermath. Program also includes various interviews and accounts from listeners.