April 11, 1973 - Speaker talks about accountability in construction of public buildings and cost escalation. The purpose and role of a construction manager is discussed. Instead of designing a building and handing it off to a builder, owner can look to one team to get him his building. If something goes wrong he knows who?s responsible.
April 11, 1973 - Speaker says cable industry has claimed the bill is superfluous on one hand, while detrimental to the industry on the other hand. He says cable industry?s purpose is to kill the bill.
April 11, 1973 - cable bill could cover whole state or just metro area. What is a workable approach?
April 16, 1973 - Proposed school aid formula bill would cost $14 million above Gov. Anderson?s budget recommendation. Senate counsel Rick Sands explains the bill, saying it would provide additional dollars to AFDC and transportation. Sen. Gerald Anderson talks about what this would mean for the taxpayers and thinks will bill have support on both sides. Bill on moratorium of construction of fission nuclear power plants in Minnesota for the next 6 years. Moratorium would not affect current operations at Monticello or Prairie Island; would not ban fusion. Harvard economist Henry Kendall testifies in favor of bill, talks about accidents that could happen in this kind of plant. He describes failure scenario, including reactor core melting in a matter of minutes into an intensely radioactive blob, and releasing quantities of radioactivity in an accident of unparalleled size and scale in this society. This kind of accident cannot be allowed to happen, not ever. Opponents stress growing shortage of fossil fuels and increased dependency on foreign product.
April 20, 1973 - Migrant conference to be held. Discussion about how many might attend the conference, expectations. Interviewees talk about events that will take place at conference, a forum for migrants and response from legislators. Expect State Sen. Jerry Hughes from Education Committee, John Bowen from Maplewood. They hope 400 to 600 migrants would attend the conference, around ten percent of the 7,000 to 8,000 estimated to be working in the fields for American Crystal Sugar. For migrant workers taking a Sunday off to go to a conference is a considerable sacrifice in income. Most migrants work half a day Sunday, and go to church then work for the next five or six days. Reporter MFG.
April 20, 1973 - An interview with unknown party about size of the UFW, Teamsters unions, and the money held by the Teamsters. Includes commentary on how the national AFL-CIO took a stand and contributed $1.6 million to strike benefits for United Farm Workers, eliciting a commitment from George Meaney.
May 14, 1973 - MPR’s Connie Goldman visits Al’s Breakfast in Dinkytown. Goldman interviews customers about why they like to eat at restaurant, and owner Al Bergstrom about the changes over the twenty years he's had the restaurant.
June 3, 1973 - Part five of the MER documentary series, A Sense of Place. Program is titled “Mining, Music and Much Ado about Sports”, exploring the relationship between a miner and the giant corporation he works for.
June 25, 1973 - Migrants in Action held conference in Moorhead on Sunday to discuss problems of migrant workers in Minnesota. Roberto Trevino talks about Mexicans being a proud people and the only way to accomplish what they want is to get involved. No American is better than the Mexican migrants. Talks about fighting for their rights, white people in power need to help them.
July 2, 1973 - A discussion relating to the political and legal opinions of potential new FCC commissioner Glen Robinson, particularly his stand on the fairness doctrine and how it relates to private ownership of broadcast outlets.