September 19, 1974 - New University of Minnesota President C. Peter McGraw addresses a Minnesota Legislature subcommittee on the benefits of continuing education for adults, both nontraditional learners and professionals.
September 19, 1974 - Attorney Rebecca Knittles discusses District Court Judge Miles Lord makes a ruling in an amnesty case that the defendent has been given a sentence, there for he is exempt from serving alternative service.
September 19, 1974 - Amnesty mother says that if Amnesty men become Canadian citizens they should be able to return to the U.S. without proscecution. Also, felony records should be expunged for those who've served their time.
September 19, 1974 - An Amnesty mother speaks out on President Ford's new policy for returning "draft dodgers."
August 4, 1974 - MPR’s Steve Monroe reports on Poetry Out Loud caravan in Minnesota. Caroline Vogel and poets from around the state speak to the strength of the poetry communities in Minnesota.
July 15, 1974 - MPR’s Tom Stewart explores Sauk Centre in this audio montage, as the town celebrates Sinclair Lewis Days in honor of the hometown author’s contributions to American literature and his 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature (the first American writer to receive award).
June 6, 1974 - Dechant (unknown first name, unknown title) says there's enough crop land to feed the world. Government isn't doing all it can to feed the hungry. The Green Revolution displaced many farm laborers as they were replaced by technology. He advocates a full employment program for the U.S. to erradicate hunger.
June 6, 1974 - Midwest Hunger Conference speaker, (unknown name)Shapiro says supermarket chains pull out of the inner city and rebuild in the suburbs. Transportation makes it difficult for residents to get out to those stores. Shoplifting is just as rampant in the suburbs. Believe the city being referenced was Detroit.
May 24, 1974 - A discussion concerning open-pit and underground copper-nickel mining operations which International Nickel has proposed to begin near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and the Town of Ely, Minnesota. Panel members include John Herman, Sierra Club attorney; Victor Arnold, State Planning Agency; William Bryce, Department of Natural Resources-Division of Mines; Miron Heinselman, US Forest Service; and Dean Ramstad, of International Nickel.
May 24, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten reports on a Minnesota Supreme Court case decision involving Lawrence International Salon. The ruling states that women hairstylists can now cut men's hair (as opposed to men going to barbers only).