April 26, 1974 - Economist John Kenneth Galbraith says former Secretary of Treasury William Simon will do a "good job" on Wall Street.
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 28, 1974 - Excerpt of Julian Bond speaking at Macalester College in St. Paul. He comments on the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst.
April 29, 1974 - Robert Theobald, future planner and editor of Futures Conditional, opens the Judd Urban Forum - The Changing Urban World, held at Augsburg College. Theobald’s 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 - Mulford Q. Sibley, a professor of political science at University of Minnesota, speaks about the anti-war movement during a campus peace rally in May, 1974.
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.