Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
July 16, 1975 - A discussion of witness testimony regarding the validity of steelworkers' strike and whether or not workers were justified in ignoring judicial order to cease picketing in the face of questioned job transfers. Description of testimony from spokespeople for U.S. Steel included.
July 16, 1975 - State Auditor's report shows a vast number of discrepancies in construction, bidding, and use of funds related to the construction of a government center in Hennepin county.
July 16, 1975 - MPR’s Greg Barron reports on differences between men and women in insurance industry policies. Betty Howard, director of Women's Division of Minnesota Department of Human Rights, discusses the disparity between women and men in terms of obtaining insurance, particulary in the case of the newly divorced.
July 16, 1975 - An audio clip of Betty Howard, director of Women's Division of Minnesota Department of Human Rights, on the disparity in coverage and access to insurance between women and men.
July 16, 1975 - Artist Melisande Charles discusses the need to get better communication channels between local governments as well as other 'powers that be' and arts institutions of every shape and size.
July 16, 1975 - Melisande Charles, the new head of the Minneapolis City Arts Commission discusses the importance of art and the need to bring in funding.
July 16, 1975 - Bill Siemering interviews Roy Bennett on events in his life and what it's like to be 79 and retired. Issues discussed are retirement and lonliness. Bennett emphasizes the importance of living where one has acquaintances.
July 16, 1975 - William Kunstler, lawyer and Civil Rights activist, states that the Pine Ridge murder trial's lastest prevailing story is that the two FBI agents were killed with a 45 caliber grease gun. Kunstler claims earlier stories on the topic are completely false, and discusses some of the details of the events and trial, which was held in St. Paul.
July 16, 1975 - William Kunstler discusses what he thinks may happen at the Pine Ridge murder trial.
July 16, 1975 - Prisoners are let out one at a time from their cells. Whenever a prisoner is let out, two or three guards watch them. Riot plans have been put in place. Seahouse is the heart of the fortress prison that legislators are trying to shut down.