Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
January 17, 1974 - U.S. Senator Walter Mondale is contemplating a run for U.S. president. Fundraising has begun, says Mr. French, a Mondale supporter and spokesperson.
January 17, 1974 - Minnesota U.S. Senator Walter Mondale says if he makes a presidential run, he will not allow his campaign to interfere with his senatorial obligations to Minnesota.
January 17, 1974 - The Human Resources Committee of the Metropolitan Council voted to recommend to the Council that a continuation of the University of Minnesota's Certification of Need for the building of two health services buildings not be granted. At stake are $14 million dollars in state funds. David Graven, chairman of the Human Resources Committee says the University can "not fund off of us."
January 17, 1974 - "No Fault" insurance means that in the event of an accident, each driver collects from his own insurance company, no matter who's at fault. In the Senate bill introduced last year that included property damage. In the House version, No Fault insurance would not include property damage, instead, subrogation (arbitration with defendent driver's insurance company)would apply.
January 17, 1974 - Dr. Paul Ellwood chairman of the HMO study group, InterStudy, says HMOs don't need to be subsidized by government. He said this in response to a comment made by AMA President Russell Roth, who said HMOs shouldn't receive federal funding. Ellwood says the HMO model is not accepted yet by the medical community because it's new and unproven. Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin is an example of how an HMO can serve a rural area.
January 18, 1974 - State Representative William "Bill" Ojala defends himself against income tax return charges. He hints that conspiracies against him by the IRS and Justice departments are in retaliation for his political outspokeness.
January 18, 1974 - Minnesota Senator Harold Krieger objects to borrowing money for state roads, instead, he proposes a new sales and gas tax. GOP legislators are also opposed to creating a separate Department of Energy. Aubrey Dirlum speaks out for them. A new committee to coordinate campaign strategies is naming itself the Republican Coordinating Council.
January 18, 1974 - U.S. Labor Secretary Peter Brennan talks to construction workers about how the Energy Crisis will affect the construction industry.
January 18, 1974 - Judge Nichol instructed 30 prospective Wounded Knee jurors not to read or listen to news on the trial, nor talk to anyone about it. Russell Means and Dennis Banks are charged with breaking and entering, stealing guns and a car, obstructing justice, blocking roads and firing guns at federal agents. They are also charged with conspiracy to break the law.
January 19, 1974 - Dick Gregory, author and human rights activist, talks in Fargo-Moorhead on the Concordia campus.