May 28, 1992 - A Midday broadcast of economist and author Sylvia Ann Hewlett speaking at Westminster Town Hall Forum. The theme of address is about her book, When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children.
June 2, 1992 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, deposed president of Haiti, speaking at Minnesota Meeting in downtown Minneapolis. Aristide’s address is on the topic of current events and humanitarian concerns in his country. Following speech, Aristide answered audience questions. Aristide was elected with 70 percent of the vote in Haiti's first free election in December 1990 and was ousted in a military coup last September. He is a Catholic priest. 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 3, 1992 - David Morris, co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in Washington, speaking at St. John's University. Morris’s address was titled "A Global Village and a Globe of Villages: Environmentally Sound Economic Development." A resident of St. Paul, Morris is a syndicated columnist with Knight Ridder News Service and has been an economic development consultant for 15 years.
June 4, 1992 - Midday broadcasts American writer and activist Betty Freidan speaking at the College of Saint Benedict. Freidan’s address is entitled, Feminism Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
June 5, 1992 - Midmorning live reporting from the DFL Convention in Duluth, which includes interviews and commentary from Duluthians. Segment ends with writer Barton Sutter reading his essay on Duluth, Dull and Out of It.
June 20, 1992 - Midday presents Minnesota writer Paul Gruchow giving a talk in Southwestern Minnesota as part of “The Fulda Project: Old Stories and New Meanings" lecture series.
June 30, 1992 - On this special live Midday broadcast, MPR’s Dan Olson shares the latest on a Burlington Northern freight train derailment causing three tank cars to plunge into the Nemadji River. One of them ruptured, causing chemicals to spill into the river and subsequently into Lake Superior. Accident lead to Duluth residents being evacuated.
July 3, 1992 - Businesswoman Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, speaks about "Profit with Principles" at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She says that corporations must make it a priority to act responsibly and be global-minded.
July 9, 1992 - Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Clinton announces his selection of Tennessee Senator Al Gore for his vice-presidential running mate at noon today, in front of the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas. NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Brian Naylor provided analysis, NPR’s Nina Totenberg prepared a background profile of Senator Gore. Following Clinton announcement, program presents an extended excerpt of the late Eric Sevareid's "farewell address" to the National Press Club, recorded back in 1977. The CBS newsman died on this day at the age of 79. Sevareid was born in North Dakota, and during the 1920's his family moved to Minneapolis, where he graduated from the University of Minnesota. His first job as a reporter was at the old "Minneapolis Journal" when he was only 18 years old. He also worked for the Paris Herald and the United Press. On his first assignment for CBS News in 1940, he got the scoop that France was about to surrender to the Germans. Sevareid worked with legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and served as the network's chief correspondent. He retired from CBS in 1977.
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