July 28, 1983 - A Midday broadcast of National Press Club with author and professor Zbigniew Brzezinski on communism.
August 1, 1983 - I. F. Stone, a journalist, social critic, and editor-publisher of I. F. Stone's Weekly, speaks on "A Maverick's View of the World" at Ford Hall Forum.
September 2, 1983 - Peter Arnett, a CNN journalist, speaking to the 19th Annual Pulitzer Forum, sponsored by the World Press Institute, at Macalester College. Arnett’s address was titled "Bang-Bang and Other Stories: Vietnam's Legacy for Today's War Correspondent." Arnett wrote a 13-part television series on Vietnam called "The 10-Thousand Day War." After speech, Arnett answered audience questions. New Zealand-born, the 56-year-old Peter Arnett is no stranger to war. In 1966 he won the Pulitzer Prize tor International Reporting for his coverage of the Vietnam War. He covered that war, for 13 years, for the Associated Press. He was one of the few reporters to remain in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Arnett then went on to become one of the AP's five senior reporters. Among other major stories Arnett has covered are the Attica prison riot in 1971, the McGovern campaign, the Carter campaign, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, fighting in El Salvador, upheaval in Nicaragua, and the Iranian hostage crisis. He became a Cable News Network correspondent in 1981. Arnett spent two years as CNN's Moscow bureau chief before assuming his present job as a national / international correspondent in 1988.
September 19, 1983 - Walter Mondale, presidential candidate and former U.S. vice president, speech at annual Minnesota AFL-CIO meeting. Mondale speaks on free trade, strong unions, and his criticism of President Reagan’s economic policy. Minnesota AFL-CIO President David Roe introduces Mondale.
September 19, 1983 - MPR’s Pat Kessler reports on Walter Mondale, presidential candidate and former U.S. vice president, speaking to the Minnesota AFL-CIO. Mondale criticizes “Reaganomics,” and states his support for strong unions in the United States.
September 20, 1983 - Excerpt from Rudy Perpich speech, in which he calls for labor support for Walter Mondale’s presidential run.
October 7, 1983 - Charles Schultz talks about America's vanishing industry.
October 17, 1983 - A Midday broadcast of St. Paul city council debates, live from Town Square, sponsored by St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. Panelists for debate are Jon Grunseth, vice president for public affairs at Economics Laboratory; Kathleen McLaughlin, executive director of the National Association of Women Business Owners; and Al Classman, certified public accountant with the firm Boyum and Barenscheer.
October 18, 1983 - A Midday broadcast of St. Paul city council debates, live from Town Square, sponsored by St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. Panelists for debate are Anne Ford Nelson, assistant vice president at Commercial State Bank; Jon Grunseth, vice president for public affairs at Economics Laboratory; and Al Classman, certified public accountant with the firm Boyum and Barenscheer.
October 19, 1983 - A Midday broadcast of St. Paul city council debates, live from Town Square, sponsored by St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. Panelists for debate are Luci Fenner, owner of "First Daisy" and "Accent Minnesota"; Al Classman, certified public accountant with the firm Boyum and Barenscheer; and Jon Grunseth, vice president for public affairs at Economics Laboratory.