October 30, 1972 - Indian Art opening at the Walker IDS center collection includes carved, elaborately painted masks, blankets, clothing, head dresses, pottery, bowls, dolls, large-scale carved figures, basketry, woodcarving, musical instruments and shields. The collection is being treated as art rather than anthological objects, says Walker curator. The collection includes artifacts from Indians throughout the United States including Alaskan Eskimos. Gary Hood, of Choctaw ancestry, discusses the exhibit.
October 30, 1972 - An interview with British Oceanographer Dr. Cooper about power plants in areas such as Lake Superior, and how it may affect temperate climate of water.
February 6, 1973 - A Congressional member of an appropriations committee outlines his desires to keep spending in check in most areas, including defense, since the conflict in Vietnam is no longer a concern to the legislature.
March 13, 1973 - Need to build Henderson electrical plant questioned. Environment, farmland, energy, power plant, electricity,
March 13, 1973 - Electrical plant proposal in Henderson, Minnesota is controversal. The state needs to establish an energy program but the plant will displace residents and farmers.
March 23, 1973 - Sherry Chenoweth talks about a bill that would require octane rating to be disclosed to consumers. This would give consumers information about the minimum quality of gas required by a car, and would be actual factual information rather than meaningless descriptions such as ?regular, premium, super premium? that even the oil companies can?t agree about. She says Chicago is the only city in the nation where stations must post gas octane ratings. The city council there passed the ordinance despite strong opposition from car manufacturers and oil companies claiming this couldn?t be done. She said an FTC study finds average consumer overbuys gas which is too rich for car by $50 a year, which doesn?t do anything to increase car functioning, thus wasting that money. She answered a question about a connection with the rising price of gas saying if we know what we?re buying maybe we can buy lower grade and save money. She said the consumer today really does not know anything about the gasoline he is buying for his automobile.
March 27, 1973 - A farmer
March 27, 1973 - A hundred people in the Lake Minnetonka area have formed a club to supply their basic food needs. It?s an alternative to a supermarket. Jenny Eastburn says she wants wholesome natural foods, and describes how the group was formed and how the club sells the food. Food is sold one day a week, on the honor system, and chores are handled by volunteers. She talks about how she shops at health food stores as well, and that household food expenses are comparable to a regular supermarket if you cut out high priced junk food and use healthy substitutes. She says she?s not affected by increasing food prices, and says we?ve been consuming more than we need to be, we?ve had everything we wanted and didn?t appreciate it, it's time to take a second look.
March 29, 1973 - Speaker: What will happen if you adopt this particular amendment is that you will be back here next year and you are going to change it to eighteen. What you are saying to young adults in the metro area near adjacent states is that you cannot drink here; you get in your car and you drive. What eighteen year old will not have it available to them in Minnesota? People came before the committee and said it is easier to obtain drugs in Minnesota than alcohol. I did not start out as a crusader to lower this particular age, I served on a subcommittee and I did not have the answers. But I think this is the answer, it is a big step. I want you to take it with me and vote down Mr. Kempe's amendment.
March 29, 1973 - Unknown speaker: What makes you believe that by allowing 18 years olds to drink intoxicating beverages they can cope with this when many mature grown men and women cannot? We have a rapidly increasing number of divorces, one of the main reasons for divorce is alcoholism. Increased juvenile delinquency and adult crime are also byproducts of the alcoholic parent or parents. It?s ironic to me that we build alcoholic detoxification centers on the one hand, and on the other we are now encouraging 18 year olds to have the right to drink alcoholic intoxicating beverages. We have on our highways an ever increasing amount of traffic fatalities, are you going to provide the catalyst that will increase the carnage on our highways? Members you have in your hands by your vote the lives of individuals. Giving 18 year olds the right to drink they will infringe on our rights to use the roads and highways and make a menace to use them.