October 16, 1973 - A free arts and music festival was held in Smith Park in downtown St. Paul to celebrate life and bid farewell to summer. Many people commented on how they were enjoying themselves, as well as the feeling of community.
October 17, 1973 - Speaker reads a statement about 3M admitting to wrongdoing and paying the price, which goes beyond the penalty imposed by the court. The company is re-examining its procedures for company contributions to ensure no improper use of company funds.
October 17, 1973 - Social theorist Bookchin explains his views on environmentalism versus and ecology. Environmentalists attempt to control nature to benefit man, while ecologists view nature as a living organism of which humans are a part. He disagrees with Marshall McLuhan on the nature of communication, saying the world is not a global village. While the means of communications may put people in contact with each other that doesn?t mean they are communicating, and he comments on the function of television. Finally Bookchin compares the nuclear family and its isolation to communal settings, a preferable model.
October 17, 1973 - In several sound clips an unknown speaker talks about Social Security, the food stamp program, and eligibility changes. An amendment to the program is needed for seniors to remain eligible. The program allows purchase of more nutritious food, thus helping seniors to stay healthy in their homes. People are eligible for food stamps but don?t know about available services.
October 17, 1973 - Anderson details steps to deal with the energy crisis and fuel shortage in Minnesota and the nation. He says conservation measures and sacrifices are needed, as well as national leadership for state cooperation. He talks about labor unions vs. environmentalists, citing Reserve Mining as an example of resolved conflict. Finally he discusses women?s role in politics, discrimination, and says a larger pool of women with law training is needed.
October 17, 1973 - Israeli artist Dan Rubenstein is inspired from the city of Jerusalem, its people and history. He says it?s a city where many different groups can live together and tolerate each other, an island of peace in the Middle East.
October 17, 1973 - Manned space flights to distant planets in the solar system will require some sort of suspended animation to help conserve food and oxygen on the journey. Scientists in Northern Australia are doing research into suspended animation using salt water crocodiles, who have the ability to control their heart rate voluntarily, down to one beat every three minutes. Professor Harry Metzel of the University of Sydney describes the process of catching them and attaching radio transmitters to monitor them after they?re released. The scientists have to build these transmitters; the atest type of transmitter is microwave and uses solar cells in a small package with a small antenna. They hope it will last ten to fifteen years.
October 18, 1973 - Murray Bookchin discusses the need for more communal lifestyles. He traces societal evolution from the blood ties of clans, tribes and families to a social society based on common interests. The trend of people dropping out of the workplace to become farmers and craftsmen is a sign this is no longer a youth culture but a counter culture. People are questioning relationships, consumerism, conventional lifestyles, and work. There?s a sea change in their values. They are not prepared any longer to accept the predatory attitude of ?compete, advance, climb the ladder, step over bodies.? He hopes for a change in public thinking and eventually institutions.
October 18, 1973 - Clyde Bellecourt talks about the federal government conspiracy to assassinate the leadership of the AIM. He says the government is blatantly trying to silence voices of oppressed, such as the Black Panther leaders, the May Day 1971 crowds, and the Indians indicted for Wounded Knee. Bellecourt states that Oglala Nation and AIM accept the challenge of BIA.
October 18, 1973 - MPR’s Dulcie Lawrence interviews violinist Charles Treger, who talks about competition, Polish audiences, playing with Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and the difficulty of Joachim’s Violin Concerto in D minor.