September 20, 1972 - TV star, actress Marlo Thomas visits the VA Hospital and talks to patients. She?s visiting the Twin Cities to speak in support of Sen. George McGovern and to encourage people to register to vote. She says unless you get involved in politics, even in the simplest form, of voting, it will be taken over by private interests. She?ll be visiting a few campuses and doing media appearances. Thomas says some parts of this country look like East Pakistan, that we?re so involved in earning money we no longer have a conscience about what?s going on. She talks about celebrities campaigning for politicians. Thomas says this is the era of "power to the people" and that we have to get away from not being involved when we see something that?s going wrong. She says Nixon is ruining this country, and too many people are being squeezed and saying ?ouch? and no one is listening to them.
September 26, 1972 - MPR’s Paul Gruchow interviews David Roe, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, about politics, elections, and 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.
September 29, 1972 - Conrad Balfour, head of special projects for the Urban Coalition, offers counseling services to help start community programs and organize grassroots efforts. Daybreak rally offered as a way to get people together to try to find solutions for the community.
September 29, 1972 - Governor talk. Don Fraiser states that McGovern leads. Poll shows Nixon was leading but the next poll show McGovern leading
September 29, 1972 - Northwest airline mechanic talks about the effect of the strike on the staff, their inter-relationships and their licenses. "If they could put a man on the moon they could certainly have a computerized pilot fly a plane from New York to Minnesota and only have one or two pilots on board to land or in case of emergency." Interview ends with a breif discussion of retirement and pension benefits.
September 29, 1972 - Environmental bill of rights. Department of labor and industry. Pollution Control Agency Russell Doughty. Environmental bill of rights. Standards for the use of pesticides. Blackouts. Energy conservation. Reusable energy.
September 29, 1972 - Candidates for school board form a organization called CURE (Committee United for Responsible Education) to identify candidates, democrates, republicans, and even tea party members, who will uphold their standards of educational best practices.
October 2, 1972 - The merits of county government verses state government are debated.
October 2, 1972 - Airline recuperates as pilot strike ends. Pilots need to retest for license, as the pilots are required to requalify. Work towards starting up operations as normal, however, other staff are waiting to hear from management as to how many staff will be brought back. Speakers include a labor relations manager at Northwest airlines and an airline worker.