Senior Federation meeting held in Northern Minnesota
May 13, 1975 - Nearly 300 gather for the first annual Seven County Senior Federation meeting in Northern Minnesota. Senior citizen activism spreading across the state, outward from the Twin Cities. Clausen says older people have clout and they should use it at the Legislature to lobby for senior issues. Discount prescription drug program announced. Adolf Tobler speaks on seniors being pushed aside. Another speaker talks about how he got an itemized bill from hospital. The Gray Panthers, as they?re called in parts of the country, hope the six existing senior groups will expand into a powerful statewide orgainization.