August 10, 1985 - It's a frustrating feeling, the whole town going through nervous breakdown, affects anyone who earns any money anywehere, people lose secureity and their futures, they've paid a constulant for a corporate campaign, if they had the union leadership they were entitled to this wouldn't have happened. Austin has had labor peace for over 50 years, are people prepared for a strike? Hormel has a reputation for being fair with employees, people try to get into plant. The women intervied does not work for Hormel, is self-employed, she doesn't like the the union has been doing, many people are afreaid to spead out, they're afraid of the union. People are afraid of losing their jobs, people need business form Hormel exectuives and labor. Effect on Austin from a long strike will be tragic. It?s a long time before will be able to lure any kind of indtury into thie town.
August 15, 1985 - In marking the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of the second World War, a rebroadcast of a program entitled Hiroshima Countdown, which traces the development of the atomic bomb. Documentary includes commentary by Studs Terkel, author of The Good War.
August 16, 1985 -
August 22, 1985 - MPR’s Suzanne Strickland interviews Gale Frost about Minnesota State Fair History Museum. Frost shares a few artifact highlights and his affection for the Minnesota State Fair. Frost created the Minnesota State Fair History Museum in 1976 and serves as its curator.
August 29, 1985 -
September 2, 1985 - MPR’s Mark Heistad presents "The Strike is On!," an oral history of the early labor movement in Minnesota, with emphasis on the struggle to organize Iron Range workers, Austin’s Hormel strike, the Minneapolis truckers strike of 1934, and more.
September 4, 1985 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on Arne Carlson’s announcement in bid for governor’s office in 1986. Carlson, Minnesota’s state auditor and longtime Republican, is known for his perceived centrist views and tough temperament.
September 7, 1985 -
September 7, 1985 -
September 14, 1985 - Mall of America, Rudy Perpich, Jim Lindau, Ghermezian, Triple Five