November 5, 1974 - The Third World does not have the large, mechanized farms that the U.S. does ... but a half dozen countries have managed to grow inpressive yields on small plots of land. Speaker unknown.
November 5, 1974 - Unknown speaker talks about population growth in the Third World as related to food production. He thinks slowing population growth isn't realistic until there's rural devolpment, education and nutrition in the Third World.Unknown
November 5, 1974 - Senator Hubert Humphrey says the multi-national oil "cartels" have a strangle hold on the Republican administration. They have removed price controls. John Sawhill's forced resignation from the Federal Energy Commission was because he wanted to change these conditions, says Senator Hubert Humphrey.
November 5, 1974 - Senator Hubert Humphrey talks about price fixing in U.S. industry. The grocery chains have had a 125 percent increase in profits. The Federal Trade Commission has not done anything.
November 5, 1974 - HMOs concentrate on doing more procedures outpatient, saving money which is then used to improve patient care, says Ruth Stack, director of the Twin Cities Citizen League's Health Care Development Project.
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 - 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.
October 29, 1974 - MPR’s Sam Ford reports on Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman boxing match held in Zaire, Africa. Ford visits Minneapolis Auditorium and interviews attendees present for a closed circuit viewing of fight hyped as “Fight of the Century.”
September 21, 1974 - Kevin McKiernan presents highlights of his long, fastidious, coverage of the Wounded Knee controversy.
September 19, 1974 - As The Council of American Witches hold their fourth convention in Minneapolis, MPR’s Sam Ford visits to get a better understanding of the participants. Chairman Carl Weschcke says witches are socially conscious people, wanting to save mankind from self-destruction.