June 19, 1979 - MPR’s Dick Daly examines the controversy over the designation of public land in Northern Wisconsin, as part of the Roadless Area Review and Evaluations (RARE II). Reports contains various interviews and diverging viewpoints.
June 19, 1979 - KCCM's Brigid Shea and the Fargo-Moorhead branch of Amnesty International make calls attempting to verify the imprisonment of Yugoslavian Fatmir Salihu in a Bosnian jail.
June 19, 1979 - Roy Aune, assistant director of Emergency Services for Minnesota, states that there is enough fallout capacity but it is not where the people are located. He also warns that the state lacks staff and money to complete civil defense preparations.
June 19, 1979 - ‘Polka Power,’ a report and poetic response to the polka festival subculture in the Upper Midwest with local poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
June 21, 1979 - Dr. Robert Bonner, University of Minnesota Department of Medicine; and Dawn Laine, president of the Minnesota Dietetic Association, talk with Dan Olson about the effects of sugar on human bodies. Bonner takes Dan Olson on a tour of the University's Clinical Research Center. He and other scientists at the center have performed several studies in recent years on sugar.
June 23, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, John Welckle and Craig Stoneberg, social studies teachers from Burnsville High School, discuss a future studies course at their school. They are joined by students Mark Thompson and Eric Thompson, who have completed the course.
June 28, 1979 - MPR reporter Shiua Brigid talks with opposing sides of the SALT II agreement. Pro: Sanford Gottlieb, Americans for SALT / Con: Paul Nitze, former arms negotiator. Gottlieb and Nitze share their perspectives and provide various data and information to support their view.
June 29, 1979 - MPR’s Tom Meersman interviews Lee Botts, chairman of the Great Lakes Basin Commission. She discusses the present and future status of the Great Lakes. Topics include phosphorus and algae problems, the definition of “dead lakes,” and pollution.
June 30, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, Charles Weaver, new chairman of the Metropolitan Council, discusses the Metropolitan Council and urban development. He also shares his thoughts on Neal Peirce speech to the Committee on Urban Environment.
July 7, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, MPR’s Rich Dietman presents highlights from Hispanic festival on the West Side of St. Paul. This was the first El Midwest Canto Al Pueblo (aka - Song to the People). Program includes interviews with artists, music breaks, poetry reading, and other sounds from and about the festival.