September 19, 1974 - Clyde Bellecourt states that AIM says U.S. government has criminally failed in its mission to protect Indian rights. The conduct of the Department of Justice has left little reason for Indians to trust that agency ever. The AIM will launch its greatest effort ever to expose a dual system of justice in South Dakota.
September 19, 1974 - Poet Nikki Giovanni, one of the leading voices in the black artist movement, talks about current affairs on the third anniversary of the Attica uprising. She was in Moorhead for a poetry reading on the Concordia College campus.
September 19, 1974 - An Amnesty mother speaks out on President Ford's new policy for returning "draft dodgers."
September 19, 1974 - Attorney Rebecca Knittles discusses District Court Judge Miles Lord makes a ruling in an amnesty case that the defendent has been given a sentence, there for he is exempt from serving alternative service.
September 19, 1974 - MPR’s Claudia Hampston interviews member of The Coalition of Labor Union Women, who states group wants childcare facilities, maternity benefits, equal pay and apprenticeship opportunities for its female members.
September 19, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on comments from Bruce McLaury, president of the Brookings institution, who makes suggestions to combat inflation at an economic summit meeting during the Ford Administration.
September 19, 1974 - New University of Minnesota President C. Peter McGraw addresses a Minnesota Legislature subcommittee on the benefits of continuing education for adults, both nontraditional learners and professionals.
September 19, 1974 - Macalaster's president has scheduled another meeting with students who are occupying the student union in protest against program cuts. An amnesty agreement will protect occupying students during negotiations.
September 19, 1974 - Reserve Mining has hired five engineering consulting firms to evaluate propsals for alteration of the present tailings disposal method (dumping the tailings directly into Lake Superior). Land methods will be examined.
September 19, 1974 - Taconite tailings have been dumped into Silver Bay by Reserve Mining since the 1950s. The company claims it is an environmentally sound method. However, in 1970 Reserve was taken to court by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Minnesota District Court Judge Luther Eckman sided with Reserve, but ordered them to modify their dumping methods.