October 29, 1974 - Bob Bergland, 7th District Congressman at Minn. Association of Cooperatives: As I travel around and talk with my kids I get the feeling that there are some among us are turned off about politics. For a variety of reasons some have chosen not to vote in this election or to participate in the political process. My friends this is a cop out. If you are in disagreement about things in this country don?t sit back and criticize, get involved. If you don?t get a piece of the action, the actions going to get a piece of you.
November 4, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on civil rights & political activist Jesse Jackson’s visit to the Twin Cities for a groundbreaking on an inner city shopping complex, one of first in country conceived and developed by minorities. Jackson is president of group called PUSH (People United to Save Humanity), which encourages minority business ownership.
November 4, 1974 - Frank Jones (position and title unknown) says the U.S. is a very efficient grower of feed grains. He supports exporting grain to other countries, ensuring the dollar's value and lowering prices for imported products.
November 4, 1974 - Dr. Hank Pittman of the Atomic Energy Commission, says plutonian must be kept for hundreds of thousands of years before it becomes nonharmful to humans. How to dispose of such nuclear waste presents great challenges. Pittman recommends storing waste in deep geological salt formations. Carlsbad, New Mexico, has such formations. The nuclear waste would be transported there in containers designed to withstand fire, water and impact.
November 4, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on Reverend Jesse Jackson’s visit to the Twin Cities. In a speech, Jackson says local inner city shopping complex project is evidence of what can be done when people want something bad enough.
November 4, 1974 - St. Louis County, Minnesota, is voting on a referendum to determine if they want to hire a county manager, a new position. University of Minnesota Duluth Professor M. Harry Lease headed a study group to determine if the a referendum was needed. Commissioner Floyd Anderson says that position would have too much power and he's not in favor of it.
November 5, 1974 - Floridation amounts to "forced medicine" according to Jack Graham, the city of Brainerd's attorney on floridation issues. Dr. Keknober of Minnesota Board of Health supports floridation and says it's not harmful. Brainerd is fighting a state mandate to floridate all public water.
November 5, 1974 - The choice between two or more HMOs gives employees wider choice in doctors. In 1972 there was one HMO, now there are 6 in the Twin Cities area, 8 in the entire state, making Minnesota second in the nation in numbers.
November 5, 1974 - A proposed law states that any employer employing 25 or more employees should be offered membership in an HMO in the employees' geographic area as long as it's a federally qualified HMO. Presently there are none.
November 5, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eicthen talks with Phil Getts, deputy director of the Minnesota Energy Agency, about heating prices going up due to potential coal shortage. Getz states that utility companies will have to switch over to oil as a coal strike looms on the horizon.