June 28, 2000 - Striking hotel workers and management have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end the almost two-week old walkout. Seven downtown Minneapolis and Bloomington hotels had been hit by the job action. City officials have feared the union would disrupt the meeting of 50,000 alcoholics anonymous members.. starting tomorrow. The two sides emerged at 1:30 this morning with a settlement. More than 14-hundred Union members are expected to vote on the deal this afternoon. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
June 28, 2000 - Hotel managers and the union representing striking workers reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday that would end a strike that has been going for nearly two weeks. The tentative settlement comes on the eve of the International Alcoholics Anonymous convention which starts tomorrow. Area Hotel managers and the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 17 reached the agreement around 1:30 this morning. Jaye Rykunyk, head of Local 17, said she thinks union members will ratify the agreement. "I think the settlement is very fair, and it rewards the workers well for their hard work," she told WCCO-TV. Michael Colloton, the attorney representing the hotels in the negotiations talked about the details of the agreement with Minnesota Public Radio's Carl Goldstein.
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November 11, 1999 - Today, in a special Veterans Day program at Fort Snelling, University of Michigan History Professor Gerald Linderman will speak about combat and moral responsibility. A new book about a Minnesota man deals with that subject as well. "Reflections of Courage on D-Day and the Days that Followed" is the story of Charles "Ace" Parker of the elite infantry unit known as the Rangers. The book was put together by Parker's nieces, Marcia Moen and Margo Heinen. Moen says she knew virtually nothing about her uncle's war experiences until she started working on the book. Charles Parker lives in Anoka now. As part of the Rangers Fifth Battalion he fought in many battles in World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on D-Day and the days that followed. He spoke with Minnesota Public Radio's Jim Bickal about what it was like the night before the D-Day invasion.
November 9, 1999 - In a few hours, it will be Wednesday morning in Japan, the day Governor Ventura returns to Minnesota. Ventura spent the last day and half finising up business in Tokyo, then riding the Bullet Train to the industrial city of Osaka for an overnight visit on his way home. As Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports, the Governor seems to be very satisfied with the way his Japan trip has gone.
November 8, 1999 - Governor Ventura visited a model Tokyo High School early this morning, and, as usual, he was a big hit with the kids. His philosophy of smaller class sizes was also popular among the students, who say Japan might have something to learn from the U.S. when it comes to giving children individualized attention.
July 15, 1999 - The Grand Opening of the new Science Museum of Minnesota adjacent to the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul is just five months away. Construction crews and museum employees are busy finishing the building and installing exhibits. Members of the media got a chance, yesterday, to see inside the building.
May 28, 1999 - Six hundred people packed the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California yesterday to hear Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura talk about politics and his new autobiography, I Aint Got Time to Bleed. The crowd cheered for Ventura's political successes, laughed at his jokes and bought hundreds of books at 20 bucks apiece.