Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
February 3, 1975 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan reports on announcement of settlement after a month long Alexian monastery occupation. Early Sunday evening, Brother Maurice Wilson read statement of agreement to end novitiate occupation. Alexians will convey title of novitiate to Menominee Indian tribe in an attempt to prevent further violence. Deed will be transferred to new tribal government.
February 4, 1975 - MPR host Gary Eichten talks with MPR reporter Kevin McKiernan about the end of occupation with Gresham abbey occupiers taken to jail by local authorities. 39 people were booked at the jail and charged with criminal trespassing to a dwelling, which is a misdemeanor, however some may be charged with felonies. Immunity from prosecution was not part of the agreement that the Native group reached with Alexian Brothers.
February 5, 1975 - Description of events regarding Gresham evacuation. When the novitiate was surrendered last night 39 people were arrested, the rest of the Indians had escaped. Four dozen squad cars waited at the jail, supporters of arrestees chanted and beat drums. Each arrestee had been handcuffed to a state trooper at one point. Indians filed out from school bus into jail building. Soon from inside came whoops and door rattling. Marlon Brando and Father James Groppi had been in novitiate but were not arrested. They held impromptu news conference. Brando says the US government has been at war with the Indians for over 200 years. Talks about self determination, and that Indians should be treated as prisoners of war. Shonno County district attorney talks about arraignments, charges and lawyer access. National Guard roadblocks are still in position; the novitiate is being swept for booby traps.
March 31, 1975 - This bill has had almost universal support from civil rights and humanist organizations. In fact the only voice raised in lukewarm opposition was John Markin, attorney from the Minnesota Catholic Conference.
April 11, 1975 - A special report on the life, history and problems of the Mexican-American in Minnesota.
May 5, 1975 - Clay county farmers talk about when they need to get their crops in the ground. Production cut-backs are a strategy to increase prices, which is happening in Clay county. Beet growers need to increase revenue due to losses in wheat and barley. Red River Valley planting would be helped with a few weeks of sun. Second half of story has high frequency pitch.
May 5, 1975 - Senate approved mammoth spending bill setting the amount of aid per-pupil unit at $890 in 1975 and 1976 and $970 in 1976 and 1977, which is $20 lower than the house figure and Governor Anderson's recommendation. AFDC aid proposal was defeated. Gerald Nelson defends the AFDC formula.
May 5, 1975 - Owner-occupied residents get two kinds of tax breaks. First, the percentage of market value subject to tax is less for a home than it is for some other kinds of property, which is called the homestead exemption. The second break is the homestead credit, in which the state pays 45 percent of the home-owner's tax bill up to a maximum of $325. People who rent are eligible for a 10 percent credit of their rent, up to a maximum of $120. The new circuit breaker proposal would replace the homestead and rent credits with a scheme tying state tax relief to household income. John Haynes, Governor Anderson's tax assistant, explains the theory.
May 6, 1975 - A meeting is convened to determine the scope of the changing relationship between the United States and Canada. Specifically, is Canadian nationalism on the rise? Is the border "more visible?"
May 6, 1975 - Members of St. Louis county Heritage and Arts Center board face roadblocks in securing federal loan funds to build new performing arts center. Reasons include spending program changes and, possibly, backlash due to presidents of said board having media ties that criticized government figures and policy.