January 17, 1974 - Lutheran Church executive, Paul Boe, says 100 AIM members are awaiting trial in jail in South Dakota. Their incarceration is related to the occupation of Wounded Knee. He asks for the public's support in seeing that they receive justice.
January 17, 1974 - Speech excerpt of Lutheran Church executive Paul Boe defending his actions at Wounded Knee.
January 17, 1974 - A spokesperson says Lutheran Church executive, Dr. Paul Boe, refuses to testify at Wounded Knee trial.
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 17, 1974 - Dr. Paul Ellwood chairman of the HMO study group, InterStudy, says HMOs don't need to be subsidized by government. He said this in response to a comment made by AMA President Russell Roth, who said HMOs shouldn't receive federal funding. Ellwood says the HMO model is not accepted yet by the medical community because it's new and unproven. Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin is an example of how an HMO can serve a rural area.
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?”