October 7, 1973 - Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward speaking at Ford Hall Forum. Title of address was “Watergate: A National Crisis.”
October 8, 1973 - Architect and theorist Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller speaks on the discovery of the eternal pattern operative in the universe.
October 9, 1973 - Laura Nader, American anthropologist, speaking at Macalester College. Nader’s address was on the topic of community understanding, or lack thereof, law.
October 9, 1973 - Dr. Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist and writer, speaks at the National Press Club. Topic of Mead’s speech is “The State of the Sexes.”
October 11, 1973 - Murray Bookchin, a noted socialist libertarian and ecologist discusses our relatively recent desire as humans to dominate nature.
October 11, 1973 - Noted ecologist, Dr. Murray Bookchin, continues his speech discussing materialist goals and how said goals are destroying the environment.
October 11, 1973 - In light of recent criminal charges against Vice President Agnew, Dr. Harold Chase leads a discussion on the necessity of the 25th amendment, which further defined the process of succession in cases of presidential incapacitation or removal from office, as well as how to determine succession for the Vice President.
October 11, 1973 - Minnesota State Senators meet in committee to disucss a bill, in its early stages, that will provide new rules on state campaign financing. Limits on spending and transparency on donors are included. Debate feature here focuses on the idea of public funds for campaigns, with the DFL supporting a voluntary one dollar 'check box' on tax forms, while the Republicans support a tax credit system.
October 11, 1973 - Noha Ismael, a Palestinian living in the Twin Cities, discusses her desire to see her home nation's culture more properly displayed and featured in and around Minneapolis. She discusses the exhibit featured at Dayton's, and all the rigamarole she endured -- including a failed bid to feature during the Aquatennial -- to help portray Palestine and its people in a more positive light.
October 11, 1973 - While the Minnesota legislature takes a recess, committees and subcommittees continue to meet to discuss specific items to be voted on when both the House and Senate return to work. Included are descriptions of subcommittee meetings to work out issues such as prison funding, state administered pension plans for small businesses, and whether or not Minnesota would benefit from the establishment of a Department of Transportation.