January 15, 1974 -
January 15, 1974 -
January 15, 1974 -
January 16, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on Minnesota Governor Wendell Anderson’s State of the State address, with the "energy crisis" being Anderson’s highest priority and support for a separate Department of Energy to address this issue. He also supports the federal 55 MPH bill to save on gasoline usage and Campaign finance reform.
February 6, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on Minnesota State Senate vote against the “Ban the Can” bill. In debate before the vote, bill author Win Borden stated he wants an environmental rights bill to address jobs lost due to environmental protection measures; Senator Arnie Ulland claimed the bill is discriminatory as it doesn’t mention wine or whiskey bottlers or out-of-state suppliers; and Senator Robert North remarked that despite talk about cleaning up the environment and saving natural resources, no action is taken and all we get is rhetoric.
February 18, 1974 - Kevin McKiernan on the Pine Ridge election and aftermath. Part of the Wounded Knee Reports.
February 21, 1974 - North Dakota has created a reclamation plan for land mined for coal, for gasification. Environmentalists are concerned about the impact. Dr. Donald Scoby, environmental biologist at North Dakota State University, talks about problems with reclamation, including disruption of aquifers and loss of biodiversity in the topsoil. Many environmentalists think we should be paying the true cost instead of passing it on to future generations.
February 27, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on caucus results in relation to abortion rights debate.
February 27, 1974 - One year after Wounded Knee Occupation, MPR’s Kevin McKiernan presents audio excerpts that provide a powerful aural experience from inside the South Dakota village during the Wounded Knee Occupation on the day of Buddy Lamont’s death. A journalistic rarity of this impactful moment.
March 1, 1974 - With the U.S. Supreme Court Miller v. California decision leaving communities to determine what is and is not obscene, MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on the Minnesota Supreme Court decision on obscenity standards, guidelines, and how this will affect pornography business.