August 10, 1979 -
August 10, 1979 -
August 10, 1979 -
August 11, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, C. Donald Peterson, Minnesota State Supreme Court justice; John Finnegan, executive editor at St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch; and Marshall Tannick, Minneapolis attorney and former journalist, discuss a number of 1979 court decisions affecting first amendment press rights including freedom of the press, the right to privacy, and the people's right to know.
August 11, 1979 - MPR’s Dale Connelly visits Metropolitan Stadium during a Minnesota Twins ballgame to get fan reactions to the idea of seeing MLB baseball in the future dome stadium. Like the strike zone, opinions are all over the place.
August 13, 1979 - Bill Angell, extension housing specialist at University of Minnesota; and Richard Sweere, vice president of construction for Stuart Construction Company in Minneapolis, discuss the availability of mortgage money, the cost of housing, and some guidelines for rehabilitation of the home. Angell and Sweere also answer listener questions.
August 13, 1979 - Midday presents “The Way to 8-A,” a documentary sound portrait on the involuntary commitment to Hennepin County General Hospital's Ward 8-A, a psychiatric ward. Program looks at the people being committed, those doing the committing, the staff, and the entire process of involuntary commitment.
August 14, 1979 -
August 15, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Paul Anderson, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, reviews Everybody's Money Book by Jane Bryant Quinn.
August 16, 1979 -