Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
October 30, 1972 - Human growth week, Dr. Allan Drash, M.D. Director of the Clinical Studies Center of Children's Hospital at Pittsburgh and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh?s School of Medicine. Psychological problems tend to be more of a problem than physical functioning issues. Severe short stature can be a potential social problem; it can make it difficult to be hired for jobs. Some physical problems can be an inability to drive a car. The desks are too big in school, toilets too high.
October 30, 1972 - Indian Art opening at the Walker IDS center collection includes carved, elaborately painted masks, blankets, clothing, head dresses, pottery, bowls, dolls, large-scale carved figures, basketry, woodcarving, musical instruments and shields. The collection is being treated as art rather than anthological objects, says Walker curator. The collection includes artifacts from Indians throughout the United States including Alaskan Eskimos. Gary Hood, of Choctaw ancestry, discusses the exhibit.
October 30, 1972 - Montage of spirited debate about Nixon's policies by a group of elderly people. Opinions of Nixon, pre-Watergate.
October 30, 1972 - Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger speaks about Vietnam War and under what terms the US might end the war.
October 30, 1972 - Hearings around the state regarding the location power plants and the environmental implications of having a power plant in various locations.
October 30, 1972 - Senator Brock speaks about the cost of living, social security, revenue sharing and Nixon.
October 30, 1972 - Minnesota Institute of Philosophy, in St. Paul, hosts a conference sexuality. Child sexuality is an issue discussed. Madalyn Murray O'Hair states that sexual liberities belong to adult. O'Hair advocated in Playboy that sexual behavior begins in teen years and believes that humans should not be inhibited, which she believes leads to fridgitiy. states***"social animals, god damnit" and "was 22 when I first yeilded my maiden head". Promotes direct sexual education.
October 30, 1972 - Jan Troell, director of film The Emigrants, Mike Steel, Minneapolis Tribune reporter talks about his experience trying to write a story about the filming. Film is about the treatment of people once they reached the promised land. Lee Adey, Associate Professor of Theater at the University of Minnesota, discusses the U of M showboat chosen by a Swedish company for the film.
October 30, 1972 - John Paton Davies, Jr. spoke on China, past and present. Davis was asked about the likelihood of unifying North and South Vietnam. "Once we have gotten the Vietnamese monkey off our back...."
December 1, 1972 - December 1, 1972