Volume 1, Number 43: August 4 - August 11, 1972
Updated: Oct 9
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from August 4 - August 11, 1972, had 8 pages, filled with independent local, regional, and national news. Six months for $5, one year for $8. Download the .pdf at the bottom of the page.
Article Index
Peace groups plan blockade of AMF bomb plant in York
page 1
keywords: railroad tracks; MK 82 bomb casings; "people's blockade"
Special Report In Asia, AMF means bombs
by Jim Wiggins
page 1, page 4
keywords: bowling equipment; American Machine & Foundry Co.; Defense Department; Vietnam; missles; York plant; MK82; anti-personnel shrapnel; mortars; electronic weapons systems; factory
18-year-olds can vote, but they still can't drink
by Elaine Herscher
page 1, page 4
keywords: voting age; State legislature; taxation; residency; students; voting residency; prisons; alcohol; Rep. Mitchell W. Melton; Rep. James D. Barber; Rep. Percy G. Foor; Constitutional Amendment
Washington Merry-Go-Round
by Jack Anderson/United Feature Syndicate
page 2
keywords: Vietnam; President Thieu; cease-fire; coalition government; air war; Congressman K. Gunn McKay; fly first-class; floods; Wilkes College; President Nixon; re-election; small businesses; SBA; Clark MacGregor; ITT; taxes; U.S. Department of Transportation; Ralph Nader; Corvair
Coke is not the real thing
by Ralph Nader
page 2
keywords: soft drink industry; water; consumers; nutritious beverages; sugar; health problems
Fisher brings chess into international consciousness
by Paul D. Lawrence, Jr.
page 2, page 3
keywords: World Chess Championship; Boby Fischer; World Chess Federation; Boris Spassky; Candidates Tournament; Icelandic Chess Federation
Editorials Miami scenario
page 3
keywords: Miami Beach; Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew; convention; Expose 72-A Peoples' World's Fair; Vietnamese culture; "March Against Murder"
Editorials The Eagleton Affair
page 3
keywords: Thomas Eafleton; mental disorders; Harry Barnard; Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt; Woodrow Wilson; George Washington
Nobel Peace Prize Contest
page 3
keywords: Richard Nixon
Poet's Corner
page 3
keywords: Harrisburg; Michael Greene
Voter registration called slow
page 5
keywords: George McGovern; Dr. Harold Hurst; Dauphin County Registration Bureau; League of Women Voters
HIP Consumer When the TV breaks...
by Linda Sachs
page 5
keywords: T.V. repairman; high humidity
Film review
Recommended: A fight for love and glory
by Dick Sassaman
page 6
keywords: Woody Allen; Play It Again Sam; Trans-Lux Theater; Humphrey Bogart; Diane Keaton; Tony Roberts; Jerry Lacy; Herbert Ross; San Francisco
Movies Movies Movies
page 7
keywords: Now You See Him, Now You Don't; The Biscuit Eater; C.C. and Company; The Graduate; A Clockwork Orange; Nickolas and Alexandra; What's Up Doc; The Godfather; Skyjacked; Plan It Again, Sam; The Cowboys; The Legend of Nigger Charley; Goodbye Columbus; The Omega Man; Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Record Reviews
Loggins meets son of Poco
by Dick Sassaman
page 7
keywords: Sittin' In; Kenny Loggins; Jim Messina; Lester Garth; Jon Clarke; Larry Sims; Michael Omartian; Merel Brigante; Milt Holland; Leon Russell; Carny; circus; 'Me and Baby Jane'
Grassroots, Jim and Jesse to appear
page 7
keywords: Farm Show Arena; Warren Entner; Dennis Provisor; Rob Grill; Rich Coonce; Shanghai; Grand Ole Opry Show; Carol Johnson and the Virginia Boys; Lower Dauphin High School; Hummelstown Fire Co.
Capsule record Reviews
page 7, page 8
keywords: Saint Dominic's Preview; Van Morrison; 'Jackie Wilson Said'; Never a Dull Moment; Rod Stewart; Ron Wood; Mick Waller; Harry Nilsson; Son of Schmillsson; Nicky Hopkins; Klaus Voorman; Bobby Keys; John Nitzinger; Full Circle; The Doors; Summer Breeze; Seals and Crofts; Jim Seals; Dash Crofts; folk album
Earth News
page 8
keywords: Nixon; economic program; wage increases; profits; shellfish; oil contamination; clams; oysters; scallops; Dr. Leslie A. Fielder; New York; court of appeals; marijuana
Artwork
by Toni Truesdale
page 1
keywords: AMF bomb plant; blockade
by Gene Suchma
page 1
keywords: 18-year-olds; alcohol
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