Volume 1, Number 18: February 10 - February 16, 1972
- Feb 16, 1972
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Updated: Mar 14
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from February 10 - February 16, 1972, had 12 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
Trial Jury Picked, '7' Seek 'Fair Ear'
by Edward Zuckerman
page 1, page 4
keywords: jury selection; peremptory challenges; Eqbal Ahmed; Elizabeth McAlister; Judge R. Dixon Herman; Vietnam War; Tony Scoblick; William Lynch; J. Thomas Menaker; Dennis Heefner; racial balance
Local Bail Bondsmen: How Rich is the Gravy?
by Anita Harris
page 1, page 6
keywords: bail system; House Majority Leader K. Leroy Irvis; skip rate; bail reform bill; traffic violations; public service
Draft Board Youth Has Short Career
by Chris Davis
page 1
keywords: Warren B. Lassin; State Selective Service Director Robert D. Ford; dismissal; draft board member; Gen. Eli Plaskew; Curtis Tarr; Governor Shapp; national Selective Service Director
Matrix
by R.C. Filburn
page 2
keywords: defensive driving course; state vehicles; travel expenses; Bureau of Traffic Safety; older drivers; shoulder harnesses; outdoor toilets
Washington Merry-Go-Round
by Jack Anderson
page 2
keywords: POW; Henry Kissinger; North Vietnamese; Cyrus Eaton; Russia; China; Foy Kohler; arms; medical supplies; Alaskan oil pipeline; environmental impact; fishing grounds; pollutants; Interior Dept.; salmon spawning ground
Flo Kennedy: Blueprints for Feminist Revolution
Interview by Cookie Cirillo
page 3
keywords: Florence Kennedy; civil rights attorney; Penn State Capitol Campus; Catholic Church; boycott; war contractors; Dan and Phil Berrigan; picket lines; sexist movies; guerilla theater
Feuilleton
by Dick Sassaman
page 4
keywords: famous people; literature; recordings; Richard Harris; Michael Parks; Archie Bunker; Allen Ginsburg; Abbie Hoffman; Rod McKuen; psychological warfare; Weed, California; Mayor Frank Rizzo; marijuana; Abner Weed; The Price of Fame
The Harrisburg 12 - The Jury
page 4
keywords: Pauline Portzline; June Jackson; Nance Leidy; Harold Sheets; Vera Thompson; Robert Foresman; Kathryn Schwartz; Lawrence Evans; Ann Burnett; Frances Yaklich; Jo-An Stanovich; Patricia Shafer
Clergymen, Prisoners Back Harrisburg 7
by Edward Zuckerman and Chris Davis
page 5
keywords: religious leaders; political prisoners; Rabbi Harold I. Saperstein; Bishop Walter Schoenherr; Dr. Cynthia Wedell; National Council of Churches; Rev. Frank Bonnike; Dr. Rosemary Reuther; Rev. J. Metz Rollins, Jr.; Vietnam; Rev. Raymond Hopkins; Jane Kennedy; Frank Callahan; Jane Myerding
Kunstler Here
page 5
keywords: William Kunstler; defense lawyer; "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine"; draft files; Fr. Daniel Berrigan; defendants; Catholic peace activists
Defense Challenges Government on Finances
page 5
keywords: Harrisburg Defense Committee; financial record; legal expenses; mail solicitations; Vietnam War; donations; government's costs; prospective jurors; government surveillance; Boyd Douglas; Sen. Edward Kennedy
State Group Moves For Bail Reform
page 6
keywords: Governor's Justice Commission; Philadelphia Court Bail Agency; Pittsburgh plan; bail bondsmen; Release on Own Recognizance
Letter to the Editors
page 6
keywords: E.A. Bales; violence; criminal actions; George Wallace; polls; good government; Lou Casimir; draft files; college-educated professionals; Barry Bondhus; working-class folks; Ramsey Clark
Books Books Books Books
by Jody Raphael
page 7
keywords: The Difference Between a Man and a Woman; Theo Lang; Women's Liberation; child care; biochemical affinity; anatomy; biology; "Natural Theory"
Current Cinema
by Ross Care
page 8
keywords: "Fellini Satyricon"; science fiction; bestiality; pagan world; Fanfulla; Christianity; Romans; faces; Bernardino Zapponi; Encolpius; Martin Potter; Ascyltus; Hiram Keller; Giton; Max Born; Danito Danoti; Nino Rota
Food for Living
by Jane and Tom Plastino
page 8
keywords: soybean croquettes
ShortShortsShortShortsShortShorts
page 9
keywords: air war; South Vietnam; B-52 bombers; lumber industry; shrapnel; United States government; North Vietnam; expenditure; toy industry; war toys; California; Assemblyman John Burton; Proudhon; laws
Blind Sweet Willie Tishman's Guitar Lesson
page 9
keywords: Memphis; Howlin' Wolf; Muddy Waters; Elmore James; John Lee Hooker; Little Walter; Smokestack Lightnin'; Creedence Clearwater Revival
Smile! You May Well Be On Police TV
by Robert Barkan/Pacific News Service/Liberation News Service
page 10
keywords: Pacific Studies Center; surveillance devices; Vietnam; Attorney General John Mitchell; Ho Chi Minh Trail; Sylvania Electronic Systems; Border Patrol; prrisons; utilities; Land Warfare Laboratory; police; night vision; television surveillance; Nixon administration; altruism
Ah, Vanity, Vanity!
page 10
keywords: Lancaster County Republican Party; registrant
If They Want to Stay Cuckoo, It's OK With Us
by Good Times/Liberation News Service
page 11
keywords: psychiatric prison center; Vacaville mental health facility; "adversion therapy"; violent inmate; lobotomies; Department of Corrections; Medical Committee for Human Rights; maximum security; anti-testosterone injections; Anectine
Rights Leader Says Blacks Losing
by Lamar Hoover
page 11
keywords: Rev. Hosea Williams; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Afro-American Festival; Franklin and Marshall; civil rights; integration; urban renewal; economic system; militant Blacks; China
Judge Exacts Niggling Fine From Oil Spill Offenders
page 11
keywords: crude oil; Santa Barbara Channel; oil spills; Union Oil; Mobil; Texaco; Gulf
Movies
page 12
keywords: "The Seven Samurai"; Dirty Harry; Straw Dogs; North Country; The Owl and the Pussycat; Glass Houses; Happy Birthday, Wanda June; My Old Man's Place; Something Big
Artwork
by Robert Phipps
page 1, page 4
keywords: U.S. Judge R. Dixon Herman; jurors
by Gene Suchma
page 1
keyword: bail; collateral
page 7
page 11
keyword: Grapes
Photos
by John Serbell
page 5
keywords: Fr. Phil Linden




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