April 25, 1974 - An interview with Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam, who talks about how toxicity and imperialism in the executive branch perpetuated the Vietnam War. Halberstam says Secretary of State Robert McNamara based war decisions on faulty statistics.
April 25, 1974 - St. Cloud celebrations continue with music written to commemorate its new designation as an All American City.
April 25, 1974 - St. Cloud dignitaries celebrate the city becoming an "All American City," a designation from the National Civic League.
April 26, 1974 - Hooks says too often blacks move out of poverty and forget the brothers and sisters still living where there?s too little. We have to stay together, believe in each other, rid ourselves of self-hate. Hooks, the only black on the FCC, criticized broadcasters and warned them to get their act together, affirmative action and equality is the law of the land and all he wants them to do is to obey the law. Wants to make communications media more responsible. They distort the news, present imbalanced image of black life. Blacks not only able to play basketball, football or sing, they have distinguished scholars, doctors, lawyers and people trying to make things better. Network TV ignores major black events like NAACP awards, but when black crime occurs networks spend two minutes to cover that. We?re tired of that kind of distortion and imagery.
April 26, 1974 - Minnesota Republican Congressman Bill Frenzel says Watergate has had an adverse effect on five special elections for Congress. Only one Republican won. Frenzel says his colleagues feel President Nixon's delay in submitting Watergate tapes is "uncooperative." He also talked about campaign finance reform.
April 26, 1974 - Economist John Kenneth Galbraith says President Nixon is spending most of him time ensuring his own survival. He criticizes Nixon's economic policies as causing inflation.
April 26, 1974 - Economist John Kenneth Galbraith criticizes the U.S. Secretary of Treasury George Schultz's economic policy.
April 26, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with Minnesota Sierra Club's Bob Wagner and Bill Cunningham about the New Earth Revival, an exposition on environmental preservation and reducing consumerism. Wagner and Cunningham provide details on activities at event and the general philosophy behind efforts to lessen consumption.
April 29, 1974 - Robert Theobald, future planner and editor of Futures Conditional, opens the Judd Urban Forum - The Changing Urban World, held at Augsburg College. Theobald’s one-hour address entitled, "How is the World Changing? Options and Preferences."
April 29, 1974 - Model Cities was created by the 1966 Model Cities Grant passed during the Johnson Administration. In 1968 Minneapolis began their Model Cities project planning to improve a designated neighborhood. In 1973 President Nixon attempted to phase out Model Cities. However, the federals courts ordered President Nixon to spend the money Congress allocated for the program.