April 29, 1985 - John Walsh, a special consultant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, speaking to a group of pediatricians from around the country meeting in Rochester. Walsh addresses the problem of missing and exploited children in this country. Walsh is perhaps best-known as the father of the little boy named Adam, who back in 1981 was abducted and murdered. Since then, Mr. Walsh has been lobbying legislators around the country for better child protection laws. He was instrumental in the passage of the Missing Children Act back in 1982. Last year, President Reagan appointed John Walsh to serve as a special consultant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In that capacity, Walsh has been traveling around the country stressing the need for better laws to protect children as well as reforms in the criminal justice system to facilitate the reporting and location of missing children.
April 29, 1985 - MPR Journal host Gary Eichten presents a collection of reports and news items for Monday, April 29th, 1985. This was the first broadcast as MPR Journal, with Minnesota Journal program series being renamed.
May 17, 1985 - Robert Townsend, author and business executive, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Townsend’s address was on the topic, "What to do When the Wheels Fall Off." Following speech, Townsend answered audience questions. Townsend’s books are "Up the Organization" and "Further Up the Organization". He is the former chief executive of Avis Rent-A-Car and has served as a consultant for such firms as Twentieth Century Fox and Dun & Bradstreet. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
May 28, 1985 - Morris Abram, the past chairman of the first Presidential Commission on the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and current vice chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Abram’s address was titled "A Matter of Life and Death: Biomedical Ethics.” Abram discusses how the 11-member commission looked into many ethical problems that have arisen with the advance of medicine's ability to keep people alive. Abram says he learned a lot about biomedical ethics personally in 1973, when he successfully conquered leukemia. He has written a book about the experience entitled, "The Day is Short". The moderator was Harlan Cleveland of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
June 7, 1985 - Author Betty Bao Lord speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Lord shares her personal reflections on China. After address, Lord answers audience questions. Lord serves on several national councils where the focus is Asia generally and China specifically. She is the author of "Spring Moon: A novel of China" and the children's book "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson." Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
June 24, 1985 - George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, speaking at Carlson Lecture Series in Northrop Auditorium. Will's address was titled, "A Conservative Looks at the Reagan Years." Following speech, Will answered audience questions. Program begins with MPR’s Dan Olson reporting from event and discussing news items with MPR’s Paula Schroeder. The Carlson Lecture Series was established by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
July 25, 1985 - Bruce Gardner, professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, speaking at Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture Series at St. Cloud State University. The theme of debate was “Resolved: The Fate of Farming Should Be Determined in the Marketplace.” Dr. Gardner spoke in favor of market influences controlling farm policy.
July 25, 1985 - Harold Breimyer, extension economist emeritus at the University of Missouri, speaking at Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture Series at St. Cloud State University. The theme of debate was “Resolved: The Fate of Farming Should Be Determined in the Marketplace.” Breimyer argued that agricultural prices are an appropriate subject for public policy.
July 25, 1985 - Harold Breimyer, extension economist emeritus at the University of Missouri; and Bruce Gardner, professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, provide closing statements at Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture Series at St. Cloud State University. They both participated in debate titled “Resolved: The Fate of Farming Should Be Determined in the Marketplace.”
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.