April 25, 1974 - An interview with Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam, who talks about how toxicity and imperialism in the executive branch perpetuated the Vietnam War. Halberstam says Secretary of State Robert McNamara based war decisions on faulty statistics.
February 28, 1974 - Mott, North Dakota proposal to build a coal gasification plant in western North Dakota. Interview with a man who opposes, Ron Swindler, Plainsmen Association president. Opposed because values environment and way of life. Population would increase by 300,000 to 500,000. Farmers, ranchers and businessmen need help now and can't find people, plant development is excuse to import a large popoulation. Don't want to see urban area, likes to see neighbor across a field, not next to him. American Natural Gas Company should hold off building until get more answers about if the land can be reclaimed. North Dakota already has over 7,000 acres of strip mining, reclaim those first. Underground water problems with shallow wells, underlying coal important to aquifer makeup. Generating plants being moved to North Dakota, why can't coal be shipped to existing generators. Cheaper to strip land, coal companies shutting down more expensive deep mines. Deep coal is better quality coal. Companies move factories because pollution movement from uban areas. Need to educate people, watch coal company activities.
February 27, 1974 - Dwaine Hoberg, Moorehead mayor, speaks about the need to develop a positive attitude. He states that, "the mind works like a garden" and emphasizes the need to "plant positive seeds" in your mind.
February 27, 1974 - Dwaine Hoberg, Moorhead mayor, gives a pep talk at the Republican caucus. Watergate has had a negative impact on Republican party candidate chances for election, but Watergate has not completely eliminated the possibility of election for Republican candidates.
February 5, 1974 - Dennis Banks on Oglala Sioux and trial. Banks: We?re gong to remind the (jurors?), of course, of the call from the Oglala, we?re going to remind them of the responsibilities that this government has failed to live up to in the past, these many years since the treaty of 1868 was signed.
February 5, 1974 - Banks talks about lawyers for the trial. Banks: It was the Oglala Sioux who made the appeal on Feb 27 and no lawyer could make that kind of that opening statement, none of these lawyers at least, with exception of Ramone Robideau, could make an opening statement as an Indian person himself, and in this case, an Oglala person. I would feel that none of these attorneys can convey that kind of message to the jury.
January 16, 1974 - Former North Dakota Governor William Guy announces his intention to run for the U.S. Senate.
January 16, 1974 - Former North Dakota Governor William Guy announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on the Democratic ticket. Guy claims his background as a farmer is a plus.
October 16, 1973 - Ann O'Connor, Concordia student, is part of a group who thinks petitions and public opinion can force the North Vietnamese to reveal what they know about Americans missing in action (MIA). The group "Youth Concerned for the 1300 Missing in Action Inc." wants two million petitions and funds to raise public awareness. She says as a result of a 1969 letter writing campaign and petition torturing stopped in North Vietnam and men could write home to families, a great victory She wants the country to allow rescue teams in to search for missing men, gravesites, and crash sites.
August 25, 1973 - As part of KCCM's Home for the Weekend series, this program examines the American family, with a focus on couple relationships. Interviewed are married couple Mike and Alice Olson, who discuss definitions of roles in their relationship. Also includes musical segments, and readings.