January 17, 1974 - GOP's reacts to Governor Anderson's request for a separate Department of Energy. GOP spokesperson says the department is unnecessary.
January 17, 1974 - A bill, introduced by Minnesota Senator Harold Krieger, would use a sales and gas taxes, not bonds, to build and maintain Minnesota roads.
January 17, 1974 - U.S. Senator Walter Mondale is contemplating a run for U.S. president. Fundraising has begun, says Mr. French, a Mondale supporter and spokesperson.
January 17, 1974 - Minnesota U.S. Senator Walter Mondale says if he makes a presidential run, he will not allow his campaign to interfere with his senatorial obligations to Minnesota.
January 17, 1974 - The Human Resources Committee of the Metropolitan Council voted to recommend to the Council that a continuation of the University of Minnesota's Certification of Need for the building of two health services buildings not be granted. At stake are $14 million dollars in state funds. David Graven, chairman of the Human Resources Committee says the University can "not fund off of us."
January 18, 1974 - Polykarp Kusch, winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize for Physics, speaking at Nobel Conference X: The Quest for Peace held at Gustavus Adolphus College. Kusch's speech was titled “Is Enduring Peace a Realistic Hope?”
January 18, 1974 - State Representative William "Bill" Ojala defends himself against income tax return charges. He hints that conspiracies against him by the IRS and Justice departments are in retaliation for his political outspokeness.
January 18, 1974 - Judge Nichol instructed 30 prospective Wounded Knee jurors not to read or listen to news on the trial, nor talk to anyone about it. Russell Means and Dennis Banks are charged with breaking and entering, stealing guns and a car, obstructing justice, blocking roads and firing guns at federal agents. They are also charged with conspiracy to break the law.
January 19, 1974 - Dick Gregory, author and human rights activist, talks in Fargo-Moorhead on the Concordia campus.
January 19, 1974 - Human Rights activist Dick Gregory, speaking in Fargo-Moorehead, talks about his support of the American Indian Movement, its parallels with the black Civil Rights movement, unhealthy conditions on the reservation, and his hopes for a fair trial for Wounded Knee defendants. He also discusses campus unrest around the country.