Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
October 6, 1972 - Project Newgate helps reintegrate paroled convicted felons and offers opportunity to complete a college degree. All candidates favor prison reform. Phyllis Kahn, (DFL), believes that the auto review offenders every six months. Prisoners even think prison is necessary. There is a place for incarceration in our society, but that people hit a pinnacle in their sentence and reform and guidance is needed. Earl Fish, graduate of project Newgate, speaks for the project and the need for training and to be in the community.
October 6, 1972 - Gregory Kohler speaks about daycare costs and the potential of the revenue sharing legislation for low income parents. Minnesota Delegation impacton Headstart and other programs.
October 6, 1972 - Who should pay for extra capacity of sewers? Service availability charge or SAC is opposed by the mayor of Plymoth, Al Hilde. Robert Hoffmann, committee member, agrees with Al Hilde.
October 6, 1972 - Excerpt of Kate Millett speaking at Macalester College on discrimination against women professionals, and about women academics at Columbia appealing to HEW for fair treatment.
October 13, 1972 - Property taxes mayor city services allocation to public safety division. Council to meet with tax board. Plan to spend federal funding and ease taxation.
October 13, 1972 - How democrates and republican parties fundraise. Richard Moe, Minnesota Democratic Chairman, talks about fundraising. Republicans claiming that they don't have enough money and the democrats are saying that they are doing well financially. Minnesota republican chairman David Krogseng speaks to the republican need to raise more funding. The democrats state they are proud of the amount of small contributions that they have.
October 13, 1972 - Film directors Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin speak about their film 'Tout Va Bien' and how they collaborate. Director says **Bullshit**
October 13, 1972 - Walter Mondale speaks about bill to preserve the St. Croix River (the federal Lower St. Croix River Act of 1972).
October 13, 1972 - Periodic discharges spurting from local manholes. Sewer working cleaning up foam in the streets from sewer back-up. Manholes covers are blown off the manhole. The color of the foam and discharged is described. The city claims that the man hole covers haven't actually blown off.
October 13, 1972 - Informational interview detailing how voters get registered, at the last minute. Minority groups haven't been targeted. Elderly have difficulty getting registered at the last minute, as they have to make a trip to a particular location. Minnesota did not have mail in registration in 1972. Voters were required to take an oath swearing they had been in Minnesota for at least 30 days prior to the election.