February 4, 1974 - Truckers have a legitimate complaint over the price they have to pay for fuel oil. Governor Anderson says when he meets with other governors in Washington this will be a top priority item.
February 4, 1974 - Governor Anderson says he hasn't had a request at this point to call out the Guard. The situation is being monitored closely. If it's essential to protect property, to keep the highways open or for safety he would call on them.
February 4, 1974 - Anderson is concerned annual sessions of the legislature would decrease the number of members between 30 and 55 who have to work for a living, and would shift it back from a cross section and balance to pre-1962 days when it was comprised mostly of retired or financially independent members. One answer would be to reduce the size of legislature and increase pay, or reduce severely the length of the session.
February 4, 1974 - Anderson says no-fault makes sense for fender benders and property damage but he has a question when there?s serious injury. Then people should have a right to sue, but what is the threshold? Is it loss of life or limb, $10,000, where is the line drawn? He would like to try a lower threshold to start with.
February 4, 1974 - Mr. Crawford speaks at a press conference about the safety of truck drivers after incidents of violence including shootings and a couple of beatings. He says he will aid the trucking industry by keeping highways safe, and will ask the governor for help if necessary. His department has helped truckers out of truck stops where they?ve been marooned,
February 4, 1974 - The state?s gas allocation system is explained by James Ikehoff of the Civil Defense Office. Mandatory gas allocations affect how much gas suppliers have to sell. Gas stations could run short. The federal energy office has predicted a national gasoline shortage of 20 percent by summer. Right now the office handles more than 200 calls each day. Dixie Diehl says most callers are concerned with inadequate gas supplies. To compensate filling stations pump only two or three gallons of gas per customer to stay open.
February 4, 1974 - Unknown speaker says the problem of national health insurance can be split into two parts. One part is financing, the other is the delivery system. National health insurance only addresses the first problem: how to get dollars to people who need to buy care. The second problem concerns doctors and hospitals and their performance. The speaker talks about lessons to be learned from Medicare, which was instituted five years ago. Health services shifted from the middle class to the old and the poor, and prices for services escalated much more than anyone expected.
February 4, 1974 - Speaker James? Ikehoff says while there have been two incidents of trucker violence in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin no injuries have been reported.
February 4, 1974 - Voices from the Reservation (Part One). Differing viewpoints from Ogalala Sioux residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation who have been divided over the occupation of Wounded Knee in the Spring of 1973 are shared. Kevin McKiernan reports.
February 5, 1974 - This summary of today's agenda includes committee meetings focusing on supplemental security income, acquisition of parkland, liquor on campus, abolishing legal distinctions based on sex, and a number of bills concerning the right of individuals to keep information private, an important area in the age of data banks and the modern capability of computerizing everybody?s life.