A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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December 13, 1974 - Richard S. Salant, president of CBS News, engaged in a question and answer session sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Minnesota. MPR reporter Connie Goldman attended the informal discussion of network news operation and prepared this report. Ron Handberg of WCCO-TV, a CBS affiliate, introduced Richard Salant.
December 13, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman talks to art dealer Hildegard Bachert at Dayton's eighth floor display, “Grandma Moses - Christmas in the Country.”
December 15, 1974 - MPR’s Greg Barron produces “In Search of a Better Life,” a documentary which explores the origin, life and challenges of Mexican American community in Minnesota. The community of St. Paul’s West Side neighborhood is highlighted.
December 17, 1974 - John Boland, state legislator and chairman of the Metropolitan Council, talks about the state of the region to the Citizens League annual meeting.
December 17, 1974 - Karen Klein, professor at Brandeis University, delivers luncheon address on the feminism and the family in literature at a meeting of the Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter of the Brandeis Women. MPR’s Connie Goldman attended the event and recorded Dr. Klein's discussion.
December 30, 1974 - Anthropologist and author Margaret Mead speaks at American Museum of Natural History conference on aging.
January 7, 1975 - As part of a daylong conference sponsored by the University of Minnesota entitled, "China and the World Community", various panelists discuss China's role in the world from her own perspective as well as how other nations view China. Michel Oksenberg, an associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan, gave a speech titled "China and the Model for Developing Nations."
January 7, 1975 - As part of a daylong conference sponsored by the University of Minnesota entitled, "China and the World Community", various panelists discuss China's role in the world from her own perspective as well as how other nations view China. Stanley Karnow, an associate editor of The New Republic magazine, gave a speech titled " China and the International Organizations."
January 14, 1975 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews a man who visited novitiate after Menominee Warrior Society takeover. Interviewee talks about who comprises novitiate occupiers, describes an Indian Grand Jury held to determine the complaints people had on the reservation, discusses how Menominee land lost for taxes and then sold, and an explanation of the Menominee tribe’s situation compared with other tribes in a white-dominated society.
January 17, 1975 - Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey holds a press conference on January, 10 1975 in the Twin Cities. He talks about the United States in international matters, the energy crisis, and the economy.