November 3, 1975 - Ed Finklea, of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, discusses the potential impact of Representative Jim Oberstar's plan to change the status of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from a wildnerness designation to a recreation one. Also discussed is private mining rights and related court cases in regards to the same area.
November 3, 1975 - With Donald Rumsfeld taking over the Defense Department from James Schlesinger, and the election cycle for 1976 beginning, a discussion takes place regarding President Ford and his need to work with a new look Congress on defense budgets, as well as fractures in his own party. Features Enid Shuttle and Robert Forsythe.
November 15, 1975 - A network MPR Special call-in program on the history and scope of the energy crisis, both nationally and in Minnesota. KSJN guests in St. Paul are John Millhone, director of the Minnesota Energy Agency; Michael Murphy, project manager for The Future Choices: Energy Program at the Upper Midwest Council; and Gary Moore, architect at Bergstedt, Wahlberg, Bergquist and Rohkohl. KCCM guest in Moorhead is Dr. Duane Dahlberg, associate professor of physics at Concordia College. WSCD guests in Duluth are Vice President for Corporate Planning of Minnesota Power and Light Company; and Gordon Levine, geographer from the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
November 28, 1975 - John Millhone, Minnesota Energy Director, speaking to the Minnesota Farmers Union on energy and agriculture. In speech, Millhone suggests new techniques which farmers might use to conserve energy, saying that present farming techniques are reaching a point of diminishing returns due to energy crisis.
November 28, 1975 - Congressman Bill Frenzel speaking on the Tax Reform Act of 1975 at the 21st annual Tax Conference in Minneapolis.
December 1, 1975 - Rick Baker, chairman of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Chippewa Indians; Eugene Savage, Duluth Action Council; and Ray Murdock, Duluth Indian activist discuss hunting and fishing rights of Indians in relationship with treaties.
December 14, 1975 - Hubert H. Humphrey speaks at DFL feminist caucus on the ERA Amendment and need to educate those who are needed for its ratification.
December 14, 1975 - Hubert H Humphrey speaks at DFL feminist caucus, saying law calling for equal pay for equal work isn't enforced. He talks about how much women earn compared to men.
December 15, 1975 - Non-candidate Hubert Humphrey intros friend Fred Harris. Harris: Office of president can move the country. Tells joke. Says privilege is a Bicentennial issue, quotes Jefferson. We have miseducated a generation that unemployment is good for us. No person should be out of work. More costly in unemployment, govt aid programs, crime, admissions to prisons, alcoholism; privilege keeps foreign policy on side of multi-nationals and side of status quo. Not many people are happy with the status quo. Harris says he likes MN, has friends here. Says Humphrey has said he won't run for president.
December 15, 1975 - Non-candidate Hubert Humphrey introduces Fred Harris.