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PAUL SAINTS, HE WAS SUCH A FUN GUEST.

THE HOUR IS NEARLY COMPLETE, SO THAT MEANS IT IS MINNESOTA HISTORY TIME.

THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE QUESTION FEATURES A FAMOUS MYSTERY PERSON WITH A CONNECTION TO MINNESOTA IN 1968.

A YEAR OF GREAT TURMOIL.

THE COUNTRY ENDURED ASSASSINATIONS, CONTINUED WAR IN VIETNAM AND WHAT IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT POLITICAL YEARS IN U.S.

HISTORY.

OUR MYSTERY PERSON WROTE IN THEIR AUTOBIOGRAPHY ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR VISIT TO OUR STATE, "I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW ELECTRIC THE SCENE WAS.

THE HOTEL WAS FILLED WITH CELEBRITIES."

WHO IS THIS MYSTERY PERSON AND WHAT HOTEL WERE THEY SPEAKING OF?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM JUDY DAM, GARLAND AVENUE, BOB LAKE, OR DYLAN LANE IN INDEPENDENCE, MINNESOTA.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL YOUR GUESSES RIGHT OR WRONG.

YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP US A NOTE TOO.

ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

COUPLE OF QUICK TUNE-IN REMINDERS FOR YOU.

EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION YOU CAN CATCH POLITICAL REPORTER MARY LAHAMMER ON "ALMANAC AT THE CAPITOL," 7:00 P.M.

ON THE STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL.

NEED A DAILY POLITICAL TV FIX?

WE HAVE IT FOR YA.

YOU CAN TUNE IN THAT SAME STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL ON A PBS STATION NEAR YOU EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING SESSION TO CATCH FLOOR ACTION, COMMITTEE ACTION AND MORE.

JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

THIS WEEK BACK IN 2013 THE CHORAL GROUP -- ONE OF MY FAVORITES -- CANTUS PAID US A VISIT.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

TAKE A LISTEN.

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