A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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June 2, 1975 - James Reston, journalist and author, speaks at Colby College about the role of the news media, its responsibility, and where it is headed.
June 3, 1975 - Hubert Humphrey on unemployment, says maximum sustainable level is four percent
June 12, 1975 - John R. Silber, president of Boston University, addressing the 50th graduating class at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth.
June 12, 1975 - 7th District Congressman Bob Bergland visits with constituents in Detroit Lakes, Bemidji, Brainerd, and Alexandria. On this particular meeting, he speaks with high school teachers and administrators in Detroit Lakes.
June 12, 1975 - Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich says a third political party is in the making and there?s not much difference between the two parties on a national level. Washington is out of touch with spending decisions.
June 20, 1975 - Robert Trevino, Moorhead director of the Minnesota Migrant Council, says sooner or later, farmers will go to mechanical thinners.
June 25, 1975 - James Reston, poet and former director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, speaks about the poetry of Mao Tse Tung.
June 25, 1975 - MPR’s Debbie Gage reports on community public testimony regarding abuse accusations of Minneapolis police. Reports includes commentary from Willie Mae Jennings and and Spike Moss.
June 29, 1975 - Minnesota poet Robert Bly reads his poems and the works of others in a talk given at Saint John's University Forum. Bly also gives his viewpoints on life and his philosophical impressions.
July 1, 1975 - Forum re-broadcasts a speech by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The exiled Soviet author made his first major public address in the United States at a banquet in his honor given by the AFL-CIO. Solzhenitsyn ‘s address was titled “Words of Warning to the Western World (aka America: You Must Think About The World).”