Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
December 19, 1972 - December 19, 1972
February 5, 1973 - Excerpt of debate in Minnesota senate over the state’s ratification of Equal Rights Amendment. Professor Alan Speer of the University of Minnesota, declares his desire to see the Minnesota State Senate put debate and research aside to vote on, and pass, ratification for the Equal Rights Amendment. His view is countered by Senator William Kirchner, who feels that recent research calls for more study.
February 5, 1973 - Excerpt of The Minnesota state senate debate on whether or not to ratify the highly controversial Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the United States Constitution.
February 5, 1973 - Student lobbyists rally against increased tuition. They recommend low-cost, quality education. Also, they are pulling for more financial aide. They currently feel that the budget is anti-education. The group calls themselves the sons and daughters of Minnesota farmers and working men.
February 5, 1973 - Famous and influential lawyers and law professors are named as jurists to the proposed article. However, the article had to be written before 1964 and some of those named were no longer living at the time of it's writing.
February 5, 1973 - Wilber Mills, Ways and Means Committee, testifies that the loopholes favor the upper tax bracket and they don't work like they were intended to. Nonetheless, Mills still feels there is potential in the reform. Sam Gibbons, Ways and Means Committee, hopes to encourage the public to accept the tax reform bill.
February 5, 1973 - News commentary on Vietnam. The negociation of the peace agreement is discussed. Agreement on a certain number of points have been made.
February 5, 1973 - Debate at Minnesota State Legislature over the Equal Rights Amendment. Includes various male speakers for and against.
February 6, 1973 - While many felt the need to leave the country rather than fight in what they thought was an unjust and unnecessary war, others saw their desertion as a marked lack of respect on the part of those who did serve. President Gerald Ford is heard here, detailing his take on what desertion meant to the country in time of conflict.
February 6, 1973 - While other cities of similar size have looked to a certain formula for determining mass transit needs, the Twin Cities, according to the speaker here, is a unique situation, and must be handled accordingly.