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 Judd Urban Forum - The Changing Urban World at Augsburg College with a 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.
April 29, 1974 - A hearing on alleged government misconduct in prosecuting the so-called nonleadership cases of the Wounded Knee occupation continues in Souix Falls Federal Court. Judge Warren Urbom is the presiding judge.
April 29, 1974 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Mulford Q. Sibley, University of Minnesota political science professor, about President Nixon and impeachment. Sibley states Vietnam has caused a culture of deception in American politics, and that impeachment of President Nixon should include Vietnam war crimes as well.
May 7, 1974 - During a peace rally at the University of Minnesota in May, 1974, Mulford Q. Sibley speaks about the anti-war movement.
May 13, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman profiles newly formed organization Minnesota Committee for Gay Rights. Report includes comments from visiting guests and Allan Spear, a co-chair of group, about purpose and goals of organization.
May 13, 1974 - State Senator Spear talks about the formation of the Minnesota Committee for Gay Rights, a broad-based movement for gay rights in Minnesota, to bring gay rights into the mainstream of the human rights movement. The goal is to achieve full equality for gay people and rights in Minnesota, change the law, public attitude, educate people, politicize, and create a better life in Minnesota for gay people.