A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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September 19, 1974 - Attorney Rebecca Knittles discusses District Court Judge Miles Lord makes a ruling in an aMinnesotaesty case that the defendent has been given a sentence, there for he is exempt from serving alternative service.
September 19, 1974 - Judge Lord says Reserve Mining should cease operations at Peter Mitchell pit and begin taking ore from a different mine not containing taconite.
September 21, 1974 - Kevin McKiernan presents highlights of his long, fastidious, coverage of the Wounded Knee controversy.
September 21, 1974 - Media artist Robert Whitman put together a "call-in" new program for the common man, and the "event" had a fascinating appeal.
September 28, 1974 - MPR reporter Lee Mathis with U. S. Representative Al Quie, GOP-Minnesota at a state language conference in Rochester, Minnesota.
September 29, 1974 - A radio dramatization and discussion of the controversy over the conviction and execution of the Rosenbergs for giving atomic secrets to Soviets.
October 3, 1974 - Graham Watt, director of the Federal Office of Revenue Sharing, discusses possible, yet at the time unknown, cuts and/or reduction of expenditures to 1975 or 1976 federal budgets to alleviate concerns of inflation. Concerns from local and state governments regarding federal moneys and potential losses to revenue sharing are also discussed.
October 4, 1974 - Tel Med, a telephone based, anonymously accessed health and disease information system available in the Twin Cities metropolitan area has been a popular development. People from all over the area can call up and access information on a number of diseases, medical questions, and doctor referrals. Discussion included as to benefits of system with Dr. Robert Gumnet of St. Paul Ramsey Hospital.
October 4, 1974 - Mulford Q. Sibley, professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, speaks on the immense political, social, economic, religious, and physical toll of Vietnam war. The topic is not limited to South or North division, but all parties involved, including the United States.
October 5, 1974 - Alex Haley, author of Roots, speaks at Macalester College in St. Paul about his experience in a foreign crowd.