April 1, 1998 - MPR’s Gretchen Lehmann profiles the historical impact of the “Willmar 8” and how it will be remembered by future generations. Lehmann interviews a member of the “Willmar 8” and two academics.
April 1, 1998 - In his new book Slaves in the Family Edward Ball tells a quintessentially American story. It begins in 1698 when Ball's ancestor, Elias Ball leftEngland for South Carolina to claim his inheiritance: a small rice plantation and twenty slaves. The author follows the story of the Ball family and the story of the Ball plantation slaves and their descendants. Ball started his research with records from his ancestor's plantation... and used them to track down the living kin of the slaves that worked the land. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Perry Finelli how the slave descendants reacted when he made contact with them.
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April 2, 1998 - Steven Schier, Carleton College political science professor, and employment lawyer/sexual harassment expert Ellen Sampson, of the Minneapolis law firm Leonard, Street and Deinard, discuss the implications of the Paula Jones lawsuit being thrown out of court. Schier and Sampson also answer listener questions.
April 2, 1998 - MPR’s Cara Hetland reports that the tornadoes in Comfrey and St. Peter has brought memories back for the residents of Chandler in southwest Minnesota. A tornado in 1992 wiped out nearly all of the town. They have rebuilt their town and gone one with their lives but the memories and emotions are still strong.
April 2, 1998 - A new government report shows that 43 percent of High School students smoke cigarettes, cigars or chew tobacco. In an effort to try and reduce those numbers there will be a nationwide anti-smoking crusade today. It's being called "Kick Butts Day." Minnesota Attorney General Skip Humphrey will be speaking with students at South High School in Minneapolis today. Yesterday, Minnesota Public Radio's Jim Bickal stopped by South High and talked with some students.
April 2, 1998 - At Mounds Park Academy in Saint Paul students will be handing out anti-tobacco literature today. Helen Nelson is a health teacher at Mounds Park. She says the way to reach kids is to be honest with them.
April 3, 1998 - The National Weather service issued a preliminary report indicating extraordinarily wide and long-running tornados were responsible for the damage in Comfrey, Le Center, and St. Peter on March 29, 1998. The review identified a total of seven seperate tornadoes which hit Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice, and Dakota counties. Two, or possibly three, of the tornadoes were especially destructive "multiple vortex" tornadoes.
April 3, 1998 - Chris talks with with Kevin Hennessey about the Twins game and his cybercast of the home opener.
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