Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
October 5, 1974 - Actor and anti-war activist Jane Fonda speaking at anti-war rally held at Augsburg University.
October 6, 1974 - Dr. Philip McNairy, the head bishop of the Minnesota Episcopal Diocese, discusses the role of the Episcopal church in the aftermath of the Wounded Knee incident. Dr. McNairy also discusses relations between Native Americans and non-native populations in both the rural and urban areas of the Dakotas and Minnesota.
October 8, 1974 - Environmental Quality Commission meeting - Rudy Esahla, former director of Arrowhead Region Development Commission, Doug Johnson, State Rep. Cook, Robert Hearst, commissioner DNR; MPR News Feature
October 8, 1974 - Environmental Quality Commission meeting, copper-nickel; MPR News Feature
October 24, 1974 - Copper nickel, State Planning Agency report; MPR News Feature
October 26, 1974 - Editorial roundup, copper mining; MPR News Feature
October 29, 1974 - Bob Bergland, 7th District Congressman at Minn. Association of Cooperatives: As I travel around and talk with my kids I get the feeling that there are some among us are turned off about politics. For a variety of reasons some have chosen not to vote in this election or to participate in the political process. My friends this is a cop out. If you are in disagreement about things in this country don?t sit back and criticize, get involved. If you don?t get a piece of the action, the actions going to get a piece of you.
November 4, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on civil rights & political activist Jesse Jackson’s visit to the Twin Cities for a groundbreaking on an inner city shopping complex, one of first in country conceived and developed by minorities. Jackson is president of group called PUSH (People United to Save Humanity), which encourages minority business ownership.
November 4, 1974 - Frank Jones (position and title unknown) says the U.S. is a very efficient grower of feed grains. He supports exporting grain to other countries, ensuring the dollar's value and lowering prices for imported products.
November 4, 1974 - Dr. Hank Pittman of the Atomic Energy Commission, says plutonian must be kept for hundreds of thousands of years before it becomes nonharmful to humans. How to dispose of such nuclear waste presents great challenges. Pittman recommends storing waste in deep geological salt formations. Carlsbad, New Mexico, has such formations. The nuclear waste would be transported there in containers designed to withstand fire, water and impact.