October 5, 1976 - In a special press conference, Governor Wendell Anderson proposed that taconite production taxes be increased to finance up to 670 million of the cost of an on-land disposal site for Reserve Mining Co. In remarks prepared for a Capitol news conference, the governor recommended that the 75-cent-per-ton production tax paid by all taconite companies be boosted to SI per ton. The 25-cent increase, which would raise about 612 million in 1977, would go into a special long-range environmental protection fund which would help finance solutions to taconite mining-related environmental problems.
February 6, 1976 - "Give Hubert Hell" - A roast for Hubert Humphrey from the Minnesota Press Club.
November 3, 1975 - Government officials, including Governor Anderson, and DNR leaders meet and speak with leaders of Amax, Inc., regarding that company's new exploratory mining shaft near Babbitt which will determine the economic validity of the state's Copper and Nickel resources.
July 15, 1975 - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaking at the Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, followed by a question and answer period. Speech was titled "The Moral Foundations of Foreign Policy". Event sponsored by the Upper Midwest Council. Opening remarks and introduction by Senator Hubert Humphrey and Governor Wendell Anderson. Outside protests and an inside heckler can be heard occasionally throughout recording.
November 29, 1974 - Governor Anderson says he thinks we're moving into period of austerity, as we look at the unemployment figures and our revenue projections, it's clear for the next two years will be tough to honor requests for additional employees.
November 29, 1974 - Anderson on qualifications of the appointee who served as city councilman in St. Paul, and as number two man in the highway department during difficult days of highway expansion. Today he is being appointed commissioner of highways.
November 29, 1974 - In his announcement Gov. Anderson talks about Arlen Erdahl?s qualifications for the Public Service Commission, and that he expects him to grant requests when proper even when opposition exists, to stand up to utilities and to support a company with public opposition.
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 - 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 - 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.