February 18, 1974 - Rev. Morton Hill says the quality of life is being affected by this material throughout the United States. You get an adult bookstore or movie in a town, with it comes prostitution and drugs, and the whole tone of the community is lowered, this is happening across the country. The court says proof of cause and crime isn?t needed. The laws are based on common morality of the community.
February 20, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman interviews Lowell Gomrood, president of The Minnesota-Vietnam Association for Bi-National Adoption, discusses establishing an office here and in Vietnam to look for children in orphanages who need to be adopted. These children would then be sent to adoptive parents in Minnesota.
February 20, 1974 - MPR’s Bob Potter reports on Clyde Bellecourt speech on Indian reform policy. Bellecourt wants a treaty making commission to re-examine existing treaties with the U.S. and make new ones if necessary. He also wants Congress to create a commission to re-examine the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934; to give government back to the Indian people and allow them to govern themselves.
February 21, 1974 - AIM leader Dennis Banks speaks out about Patty Hearst kidnapping, stating that AIM takes an immediate position of totally condemning the act of kidnapping.
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 22, 1974 - Hubert H. Humphrey says he's giving Mondale his support in a national race. He thinks Mondale should run in the primary whether Ted Kennedy runs or not, saying we need good competition. Humphrey adds there's no better way to get known or to grow and know the country other than traveling around and seeing it.
February 22, 1974 - Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, speaks about the increasing secrecy in government and the role of the press. Graham states that while there are legitimate cases for presidents and advisors to have confidential communication, the executive branch can’t expect the press, which has have a different obligation, to keep its secrets for it.
February 22, 1974 - U.S. Senator Walter Mondale speaks about his proposed child abuse bill’s main purpose, which is to support demonstration programs to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse. He states many agencies can apply for funding and the programs could be broad or specific.
February 26, 1974 - Roy Wilkins disputes the Black Panther's claim that power comes out of a barrel of a gun and states that power really comes from a ballot.
February 27, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on caucus results in relation to abortion rights debate.