Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
April 26, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with Minnesota Sierra Club's Bob Wagner and Bill Cunningham about the New Earth Revival, an exposition on environmental preservation and reducing consumerism. Wagner and Cunningham provide details on activities at event and the general philosophy behind efforts to lessen consumption.
April 28, 1974 - Excerpt of Julian Bond speaking at Macalester College in St. Paul. He comments on the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst.
April 29, 1974 - Model Cities was created by the 1966 Model Cities Grant passed during the Johnson Administration. In 1968 Minneapolis began their Model Cities project planning to improve a designated neighborhood. In 1973 President Nixon attempted to phase out Model Cities. However, the federals courts ordered President Nixon to spend the money Congress allocated for the program.
April 29, 1974 - A hearing on alleged government misconduct in prosecuting the so-called nonleadership cases of the Wounded Knee occupation continues in Souix Falls Federal Court. Judge Warren Urbom is the presiding judge.
May 13, 1974 - State Senator Spear talks about the formation of the Minnesota Committee for Gay Rights, a broad-based movement for gay rights in Minnesota, to bring gay rights into the mainstream of the human rights movement. The goal is to achieve full equality for gay people and rights in Minnesota, change the law, public attitude, educate people, politicize, and create a better life in Minnesota for gay people.
May 18, 1974 - Minnesota's senior citizens air their grievances before a panel of senators and representatives.
May 23, 1974 - A neutering ordinance is discussed in a heated townhall meeting moderated by Minneapolis Alderman John Derris. Veterinarian Dr. James Crockett says mandatory neutering will not work because of the sheer number of animals.
May 23, 1974 - Attorney William Kunstler says Symbionese Liberation Army members were murdered by authorities without trial, referring to the death of six SLA who died in a house fire/ shootout.
May 23, 1974 - Princeton economist Burton Malkiel says market pessimism is unwarranted.
May 23, 1974 - Ralph Nader says Exon is the entity telling America it has an energy shortage. Nader posits that three things are needed to "orchestrate" a shortage: oil company monopolies, White House co-operation, and a cover--in this case,the Arab oil embargo. To counter this inbalance, the public should educate themselves and fight back.