Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
September 2, 1973 - John Gardner, former secretary of HEW and founder/president of Common Cause speaks to the Rural Electric Co-Operative on the decline of confidence in government.
September 2, 1973 - Third week of testimony in Reserve Mining trial. Judge Miles Lord presiding. Testifying for the state, Dr. Robert Dill says that taconite dumping in Lake Superior is affecting area drinking water. Expert witness Dr. Gary Glass concurs.
September 2, 1973 - Proponent speech on how the proposed Equal Rights Amendment will affect women's political power / Speech on Pussycat League backlash.
September 2, 1973 - Discussion with MTC and Met Council representative on interfacing modes of transportation (car, bus, rail)between agencies in the Twin Cities. Also a discussion of operating costs for the different systems.
September 2, 1973 - Gretchen Kreuter, president of Women Historians of the Midwest, and others discuss the organization’s support in women who teach history and want to advance status of women in history professions and also expand public perception of women's role in history.
September 2, 1973 - Dr. Alvin Thompson, author of a paper on the U.S. health care system's effect on the working poor, (especially African Americans), is interviewed.
September 4, 1973 - The FBI stakeout car's license plate was recorded by two legal workers who were subsequently arrested. Action was taken against the FBI for false arrest. There are currently 54 FBI agents in South Dakota; usually there are five. 48 are stationed in Rapid City. Mark Lane, attorney representing AIM, talks about FBI harassment in South Dakota. He comments on John Dean's (at the Watergate hearings) remarks on taping the activities of American Indians, FBI agents' testimonies, guns removed from agents in court, government conspiracy against American Indians, and goon squads that resulted with a little girl shot in eye.
September 4, 1973 - MPR’s Dulcie Lawrence interviews labor movement leaders Myrtle Harris, Nellie Stone Johnson, and Ann Lewis. The three talk about changes unions have brought about for women in the American workplace.
September 4, 1973 - MPR’s Stewart Stonick reports on court testimony from Dr. William Nicholson of the Environment Sciences Lab of Mt. Sinai Hospital. Nicholson is the 14th expert witness to testify against Reserve Mining's taconite dumping practices.
September 4, 1973 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan interviews unknown responder to AIM attorney Mark Lane’s accusation of FBI agents harassing his office.