Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
October 17, 1975 - State Representative Fugina says the University of Minnesota Board of Regents tends to act on its own initiative without consulting the Legislature first. U. of M. President C. Peter McGraw disagrees. He says the appropriation process assures the Legislature sufficient control. A bill is in committee that would merge a Legislative "superboard" and the Board of Regents.
October 17, 1975 - Traditionally, schools have dealt with law breaking students with their own enforcement and punishments. However, students are still subject to criminal law, even on school property, so says Minneapolis Federation of Teachers legal counsel Mr.(no first name) Peterson.
October 18, 1975 - Unknown speaker says more Republican candidates would come forward if Hubert Humphrey weren't in the race.
October 30, 1975 - Minnesota grain elevator owners deal with increased yields of corn at harvest time. Lack of farmer owned storage and drying results in outdoor storage at commercial elevator sites.
October 30, 1975 - Pat Mack, ousted deputy commissioner of Stillwater prison discusses bureaucratic snafus in prison stabilization, and his mini-prison concept.
October 30, 1975 - Environmental Impact Statement discussed, relating to the Reserve Mining Company's Taconite Discharge site at Lake Superior and its need to be relocated to another locale. Tom Steward and Dick Daly discuss issues brought up by the report.
October 30, 1975 - Reserve Mining Company's hopes to relocate its taconite discharge site gets boost from environmental impact statement. Hearings to continue to determine best alternative, including Embarrass or Mile Seven.
October 30, 1975 - Task force shows that University of Minnesota Duluth and University of Wisconsin Superior faculty and staff desire to maintain voluntary and informal cooperative relationship between the schools, opting out of federation or merger. Discussion of misconceptions of schools also included.
October 30, 1975 - Randall Tigue, of the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, discusses unconstitutional nature of devising a scholarship, similar to the Williams Scholarship, at the University of Minnesota that would only be awarded to female student athletes.
October 30, 1975 - Stanley Kegler, vice president for Institutional Planning and Regulations at the University of Minnesota, discusses the issues of scholarships, and how funding a women's specific gift is difficult to put into place without a mechanism for funding.