October 8, 1973 - Architect and theorist Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller speaks on the discovery of the eternal pattern operative in the universe. Address was given at University of Minnesota’s Northup Auditorium.
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 13, 1973 - At NAACP banquet, probably in St. Paul, an unknown speaker comments on the small numbers of Black members in fire and police departmants.
October 15, 1973 - Connie Goldman report of a day-long seminar on the elimination of sex bias in education.
October 17, 1973 - Part one of MPR’s Paul Gruchow interview with author Murray Bookchin. The social theorist explains his views on environmentalism versus and ecology. Bookchin compares the nuclear family and its isolation to communal settings, a preferable model.
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 18, 1973 - Part two of MPR’s Paul Gruchow interview with author Murray Bookchin. The social theorist discusses the need for more communal lifestyles. 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.
October 18, 1973 - A plaza may surround the Minnesota Orchestra Concert Hall building now being built. The Peavey company is giving money towards this project, which will be eventually be called the Peavey Park Plaza. The concert hall will finish being constructed first, and is scheduled to open in October 1974. Donald P. Engle, President of the Minnesota Orchestral Association, says he can see possibilities for presenting summer concerts in this space.