November 9, 1974 - Republican Arlen Erdahl, Minnesota Secretary of State and former Minnesota state representative, discusses recent shifts in power in state legislature, resulting in a Democratic majority. Erdahl outlines what Republicans need to do to return to prominence.
November 10, 1974 - Bernadette Devlin talks about Northern Ireland, British Imperialism, religious sectarianism and British domination of the country. Three consecutive clips.
November 10, 1974 - MPR’s Dulcie Lawrence interview Janet Clark, DFL endorsed candidate for legislative office in 1974; and Beatrice Blair, vice-chair of Women's Lobby Inc. of Washington, DC.
November 11, 1974 - A member of group supporting POWs states they are going to Washington to honor all veteran's on Veteran's Day and would like President Ford to be honest regarding the return of POWs.
November 11, 1974 - A member of group supporting POWs states since January 1973, when the cease-fire was put into effect, they've been told time and time again that the government would do everything possible to account for everyone…but, nothing has been done. The U.S. government has only searched 5% of the crash sites, mainly because U.S. is not allowed into the areas. Interviewee says world leaders have to get behind efforts of group so that together they can pressure the North Vietnamese for some accounting on the signed agreement to have the POWs and American bodies returned.
November 11, 1974 - In interview, a member of group supporting POWs comments on 1300 missing men in Vietnam, that there are still men MIA from the Korean war, and probably still men missing from WWII. Interviewee says group knows that they couldn't possibly find all the men, but states in this situation, there are at least 80 men that group has photos of who were held by the communists and that the U.S. government should do something about it.
November 11, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten presents news items of an untraditional Veteran's Day celebration address by St. Paul Mayor Larry Cohen, comments from Reverend Russell Krambeck, and a protest demonstration in Twin Cities.
November 12, 1974 - Alfred Jenkins, American diplomat, helped plan missions to China. Overall, Kissinger's policies have been achieved by knowing what he's doing. He's a fast-study and a tremendous plus for our nation. Many folks believe that his negative traits are the tendency of those around him to lean too much on him for guidance. When aging Chinese leaders, such as Mao, passes on, there may be collective leadership. However, no one is certain what the leadership will be.
November 15, 1974 - Dr. David Ward, professor of criminal justice at University of Minnesota, speaking on possible techniques to standardize and equalize the now very arbitrary process of parole. Speech was given at a quarterly meeting of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, where Ward was the keynote speaker.
November 17, 1974 - Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand speaking at Ford Hall Forum. Rand’s address was titled “Egalitarianism and Inflation.”