Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
November 8, 1974 - MPR’s Dick Daly reports a hearing on lake water use held in Duluth. All the Great Lakes have had too much water in recent years and high water and strong winds have eroded shorelines and caused flooding. Lake Superior water levels are held artificially high by the IJC, a US joint commission with Canada.
November 9, 1974 - Father James Groppi discusses former colleagues in his activist causes and how some are forced or choose to become more mainstream.
November 9, 1974 - Discussion of positive returns on state of Minnesota investment portfolio, both in long term and short term investments.
November 9, 1974 - Republican Arlen Erdahl, Minnesota Secretary of State and former Minnesota state representative, discusses recent shifts in power in state legislature, resulting in a Democratic majority. Erdahl outlines what Republicans need to do to return to prominence.
November 10, 1974 - Dr. Archie Silver, Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University medical center. Dr. Silver focuses on issues and remedys for students unable to read. Dr. Silver discusses the percentage of people unable to read. Some sixth graders read no higher than a second grade level. Major interests are in the prevention of reading disabilities. They believe that reading should begin no later than kindergarten. Perhaps 10 percent have neuralogical signs that create delayed abilities. Programs for the detection of disabilities and programs to help teach those children to read are being set up all over the New York area.
November 10, 1974 - Bernadette Devlin talks about Northern Ireland, British Imperialism, religious sectarianism and British domination of the country. Three consecutive clips.
November 10, 1974 - MPR’s Dulcie Lawrence interview Janet Clark, DFL endorsed candidate for legislative office in 1974; and Beatrice Blair, vice-chair of Women's Lobby Inc. of Washington, DC.
November 11, 1974 - A member of group supporting POWs states they are going to Washington to honor all veteran's on Veteran's Day and would like President Ford to be honest regarding the return of POWs.
November 11, 1974 - A member of group supporting POWs states since January 1973, when the cease-fire was put into effect, they've been told time and time again that the government would do everything possible to account for everyone…but, nothing has been done. The U.S. government has only searched 5% of the crash sites, mainly because U.S. is not allowed into the areas. Interviewee says world leaders have to get behind efforts of group so that together they can pressure the North Vietnamese for some accounting on the signed agreement to have the POWs and American bodies returned.
November 11, 1974 - In interview, a member of group supporting POWs comments on 1300 missing men in Vietnam, that there are still men MIA from the Korean war, and probably still men missing from WWII. Interviewee says group knows that they couldn't possibly find all the men, but states in this situation, there are at least 80 men that group has photos of who were held by the communists and that the U.S. government should do something about it.