November 11, 1989 -
November 11, 1989 -
November 11, 1989 -
November 11, 1989 -
November 11, 1989 -
November 13, 1989 - Bill Bradley, D-New Jersey U.S. senator and likely 1992 presidential candidate, speaking at Carlson Lecture Series held in Northrop Auditorium. Bradley’s address was titled "Thoughts on Hubert Humphrey's America.” Bradley talked about revitalizing citizen involvement at each level of political decision-making. Bradley, a Rhodes scholar, Olympic gold medalist and former professional basketball player, was elected to the Senate in 1979 at age 35. He received assignments to the Finance Committee, the Energy Committee and the Special Committee on Aging, and now chairs the Energy Committee's Water and Power Subcommittee and the Finance Committee's International Debt Subcommittee. In 1985 he became a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence.
November 13, 1989 - Earl Craig, Walt Dziedzic While a sergeant, Mike Sauro led the 1989 mistaken raid on the home of an elderly couple who were killed in a fire set off by the officers' use of a "flash bang" grenade - an incident that reinforced distrust of the police in the black community and led to the creation of the Civilian Police Review Authority (CRA). The victims were Lillian Weiss and Lloyd Smalley.
November 14, 1989 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles basketball star, Janet Karvonen, who has been inducted into the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame and has a local legacy within Minnesota. She is the first women to be inducted into the hall, and at the time, was the youngest inductee as well.
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