October 8, 1974 -
October 9, 1974 - Documentary on Southwestern Minnesota tour of ‘Minnesota Poetry Out Loud’ - a week-long caravan of Minnesota poets operating out of Camden State Park, south of Marshall, giving formal and informal readings at the end of July 1974.
October 9, 1974 - U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy reacts to speech by President Gerald Ford in his own short speech on office of U.S. presidency and American democracy.
October 9, 1974 -
October 19, 1974 - D. Smith presents a profile of Black poet Ramona Austin. Feature includes reading by Austin at opening and close of segment. There is also a short interview, where she discusses her thoughts on poetry and how race plays into her writing.
October 21, 1974 - During on-air intermission of the Dedication Concert of the new Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis, MPR’s Dennis Rooney presents a recorded interview with Cyril M. Harris, the acoustic engineer involved in the design of hall. Harris discusses the importance of acoustics and avoiding the multi-use concept. Despite it’s contemporary feeling, he states Orchestra Hall is quite traditional.
October 24, 1974 - Copper nickel, State Planning Agency report; MPR News Feature
October 26, 1974 - Editorial roundup, copper mining; MPR News Feature
November 6, 1974 - The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra returns to Minnesota from a four-week tour of Europe. In a brief interview at airport, Conductor Dennis Russell Davies said audiences were very receptive.
November 7, 1974 - Three year debate over whether or not to install new coal terminal on Mississippi river at Pig's Eye Lake was ended with the report from D.D. Wozniak, an officer with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, who stated that the planned facility would result in an unhealthy amount of environmental degradation.