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Greg Barron Listens to audio

Greg Barron is a Peabody award winning reporter who worked in the MPR newsroom in the early 1970s.

This Week in History

Former senator Margaret Chase Smith speaks about the six presidents in office during her career in Congress

1974
Nov 21, 1974 —

Margaret Chase Smith, Republican Senator from Maine from 1949 to 1972, was at Augustana College in Sioux Falls SD for series of lectures and meetings. She recalled the six presidents during her Congressional career. She says Roosevelt started programs many thought were impossible.

Former senator Margaret Chase Smith speaks about the six presidents in office during her career in Congress

1974
Nov 21, 1974 —

Margaret Chase Smith, Republican Senator from Maine from 1949 to 1972, was at Augustana College in Sioux Falls SD for series of lectures and meetings. In this speech, she recalls the six presidentsAmerican held during Smith's Congressional career.

The Menominee Warrior Society

1975
Nov 25, 1975 —

MPR's Kevin McKiernan's inside story on the Menominee Indian takeover of the Alexian Brothers monastery in Gresham, Wisconsin. McKiernan is the only reporter to have gotten in and out of the monastery during the occupation with useable recorded material.

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