Over the decades, MPR has presented the many different perspectives of Minnesota politics and politicians. This collection is home to a multitude speeches, interviews and debates on the issues of the day. Important topics of civil rights, environment, crime, budget, legislation, and campaigns are addressed.
Click on link to these well-known figures to see audio segments directly related to them: Michele Bachmann Arne Carlson Keith Ellison Hubert Humphrey Amy Klobuchar Eugene McCarthy Walter Mondale Tim Pawlenty R.T. Rybak Jesse Ventura Paul Wellstone
June 7, 1974 - On this program of Firing Line, William F. Buckley interviews Eugene McCarthy on how the post-Watergate presidency should look, and how the office might be revised so as to bring it back within republican discipline.
July 3, 1974 - Eugene McCarthy speaks on Richard Nixon, Watergate, and politics. Following speech is a Q&A with audience.
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September 18, 1974 - MPR’s Greg Barron reports on an injunction halting lumbering in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Cannoe Area was granted by Minnesota District Court Judge Miles Lord.
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 28, 1974 - MPR reporter Lee Mathis with U. S. Representative Al Quie, GOP-Minnesota at a state language conference in Rochester, Minnesota.
October 5, 1974 - MPR’s Worthington reporter Steve Monroe talks to U.S. Senator Walter Mondale who discusses the issues that will face the nation in the upcoming election.