November 30, 1967 - Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy announces he will challenge President Lyndon B. Johnson for the 1968 Democratic nomination for president.
July 1, 1968 - Taking a break from his campaign for the presidency, Eugene McCarthy reads his own poetry to a group of students at a Minnesota university (possibly St. Johns).
July 11, 1968 - A conversation with Eugene McCarthy at St. Johns, in Collegeville. Gary Eichten and Pat Smith asked McCarthy questions as he was taking a break from his presidential campaign.
August 1, 1969 - Bill Kling, KSJR-FM general manager; and Father Colman Barry, Order of Saint Benedict and cofounder of Minnesota Public Radio, speak as part of Weyerhaeuser studios dedication ceremony at KSJR-FM.
October 13, 1969 - Events, Issues and Ideas program, with news reporting on Richard Nixon's response to protesting and demonstrations, Bill Tilton and student protests, amongst other news topics.
April 14, 1970 - Garrison Keillor hosts The Morning Program with skits on lawn care and sex tips. The newscast includes the Apollo 13 moon expedition news, which had a problem explosion and includes Mission Control actualities, including the famous "Houston, we've had a problem."
May 11, 1972 - A news feature of the "Eight Days in May" - anti-war demonstrations known as the Dinkytown riot. McCarthy is sympathetic to the protests.
June 12, 1972 - Various speakers nominate, testify in support of Mondale at Minnesota DFL state convention. This is followed by Mondale speech excerpts.
June 12, 1972 - MPR reporter Dulcie Lawrence summarizes events at the DFL state convention.
September 27, 1972 - MPR’s Paul Gruchow reports on Minnesota AFL-CIO meeting, and if group will endorse Senator George McGovern for President of the United States. Reports includes excerpt of speech at AFL-CIO convention from Hubert H. Humphrey in support of McGovern.