Volume 1, Number 33: May 26 - June 1, 1972
- Jun 1, 1972
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Updated: Jul 12
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from May 26 - June 1, 1972, had 16 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
Are High School Dress Codes Wearing Out?
by John Serbell
page 1, page 11 (7d)
keywords: student dress codes; safety hazard; principal; George Mitchell; John Grove; sleveless knit shirts; hats; bras; Central Dauphin School District; Central Dauphin principal Joe Brightbill; Bishop McDevitt High School; Harrisburg District; jeans; sandals; long hair; beards
West Shore Keeps Code, Hits Some Not Others
by Peggy Barnes
page 1, page 9 (7b)
keywords: school dress code; West Shore School District; T shirts; tank tops; New Cumberland Jr. High; Lemoyne Jr. High; Red Land; Cedar Cliff; bras; hair code
Citizens Rap Council
page 1, page 9 (7b), page 16 (12)
keywords: City Council; Harrisburg Center for Peace and Justice; Vietnam War; anti-war resolution; Fr. James LaCroce; Fred Solowey; Council President Paul E. Doutrich; Stanley R. Lawson; Miriam Menaker; Mayor Harold Swenson; Fire Fighters Local 428; fast; recreation; drag-racing; free clinic
Rock Festival Draws 25,000
by Jim Wiggins
page 1, page 5
keywords: Harrisburg Rock Festival; Penn State's Capitol Campus; Fred Solowey; Harrisburg Peace Center; Harrisburg Free Clinic; Head Shop; Mike Bauer
Matrix
by R.C. Filburn
page 2
keywords: Richard Nixon; prayer breakfasts; Senator William E. Duffield; North Vietnam; Senator Henry C. Messinger; Rep. James P. Ritter; public assistance; income tax; Frank C. Hilton; veteran's preference; employment discrimination; Public Personnel Association; Commonwealth Court; women; minorities
Washington Merry-Go-Round
by Jack Anderson/United Feature Syndicate
page 2
keywords: George Wallace; assassination; bodyguards; John Connally; President Nixon; George McGovern; Spiro Agnew; Secretary of State; war planes; carriers; China; Albania; mining; Haiphong harbor; tanks; South Vietnam; Jordan; Foreugn Minister; Abdullah Salah; King Hussein
"Bird" Firebombed
page 2
keywords: arsonist; The Great Speckled Bird; Atlanta; underground newspaper; slumlords; Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell; U.S. Post Office; Julian Bond; federal suit; abortion referral
Legislators Make Welfare Political Football
by Jim Wiggins
page 3
keywords: Welfare Department; appropriation; D. Elmer Hawbaker; Welfare rights Organization; William E. Duffield; Milton Shapp
Senate Stalls on Equal Rights Amendment
by Susan Jameson
page 3
keywords: discrimination; Pennsylvania Senate; Sen. Majority Leader Thomas Lamb; Governor's Commission on the Status of Women; Arline Lotman; referendum; Sen. William Lentz; Sen. Stanley Stroup; Kathryn Bard; abortion; American Civil Liberties Union
Defense Opens in Angela Davis Case
by Liberation News Service
page 3, page 5
keywords: Judge Arnason; Prosecutor Albert Harris; Jonathan Jackson; murder; conspiracy; kidnapping; Marin County Courthouse; Judge Harold Haley; Soledad Brothers; Ruchell Magee; James McClain; William Christmas; George Jackson
May 8 Speech -- How Nixon Rewrote History
by Fred Branfman
page 4
keywords: Project Air War; Opposition: Air War; North Vietnam; South Vietnam; Geneva Accords; Colonel Edward Lansdale; Pentagon Papers; Viet Minh; refugees; Phoenix program; Thieu regime; POWs; blockade; Haiphong harbor; Domino Theory; national reconciliation
Feuilleton
by Dick Sassaman
page 5
keywords: Tiny Tim; Joe Cocker; Fraternal Order of Police Benefit; Forum; Roy Radin Vaudeville Revue; M.C. Norman Brooks; Ken Sherburne; Great Scalzo; Ink Spots; J. Fred Muggs; ventriloquist; vaudeville; 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips'
Poor Graduates Editorial
by Mary Walsh
page 6
keywords: Harrisburg High School; Zembo Mosque; activities fee; suburban high schools; athletic programs; prom; yearbook; school district
Welfare Debacle
page 6
keywords: deficiency appropriation; public assistance; mental health; hospital; day care; nursing home; Senate Majority Leader Thomas Lamb; welfare reform; executive powers
Letters to the Editor
page 6
keywords: welfare recipients; Harrisburg hospitals; Stephen R. Rbyeed; Dauphin County Board of Assistance
What Do You Do If You're 15 and Pregnant?
by Ginger Evans
page 7
keywords: Youth Information Center; one-to-one counseling; abortion; adoption; foster home; Birthright; Ginny Zuvich; Joan Bierd; Central Dauphin East High School; Central Dauphin High School; Cedar Cliff High School; birth control pills
Counselors Needed
page 7
keywords: Capital Area Association for Children with Learning Disabilities; day camp; Riverside Elementary School; Marlin M. Toser
Harrisburg State Hospital: A Letter
by Oliver Knighton
page 8 (7a)
keywords: slavery; Dr. S. Philip Laucks: Commonwealth Careers Program; hourly rate; vocational evaluation programs; Rehabilitation Counselor
Illinois Draft Boards Raided
page 8 (7a)
keywords: Planetary People's Liberation Front; Evanston; Selective Service System; conscientious objector; genocidal warfare; South East Asia
In D.C. the mood was anger and disillusionment
by Julie Nichol
page 11 (7d)
keywords: American bombing; demonstration; capitol; Indochina; Students for a Democratic Society; Progressive Labor Party; Welfare Rights Organization; Attica Brigade; labor leaders; Victor Reuther; strike; Bella Abzug; impeachment; President Nixon
Movie Review "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis"
by Charles D. Leayman
page 12 (8)
keywords: Vittorio De Sica: "neo-realist"; Italian Fascism; Ferrara; Micol; Giorgio Bassani; Dominique Sanda; Helmut Berger; Lino Cappolichio; melancholy
Items of Interest from Congress
page 12 (8)
keywords: South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; NASA; tracking station; dual pay scale; Charles B. Rangel; Secretary of the Treasury; tax laws; corporate taxation; Congressman Charles A. Vanik
Food for Living
by Jane and Tom Plastino
page 12 (8)
keywords: oatmeal pancakes; apple cinnamon; eggs
Commemoration of a Chilean Factory's Nationalization
by Marc Cooper and Heather Dashner/Liberation News Service
page 13 (9)
keywords: textile company; Ex-Yarur; Central Labor Union of Chile; ITT; theatre company; cultural activities; Committee of Production; day care service; medical and dental clinic
Pennsylvania Gets New Drug Law
by a University of Pittsburgh law student/Pittsburgh Fair Witness
page 13 (9)
keywords: The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act; narcotic; marijuana; delivery; possession with intent to deliver; manufacture; controlled substances; LSD; amphetamine; heroin; trafficking
217 Arrested at Monday's Pentagon Blockade
by Lamar Hoover
page 14 (10)
keywords: People's Coalition for Peace and Justice; People's Blockade; Medical Committee for Human Rights; Dave Dellinger; rally; pepper gas; arraignment; Vietnam Veterans Against the War; Vietnam War; free speech; assembly
Police Offer Their Mayday Film for Sale
by LNS
page 14 (10)
keywords: Police Chief Magazine; The Whole World Is Watching; Washingon D.C. Metropolitan Police; civil disobedience; mass demonstrations; International Association of Chiefs of Police
Book Review: Strip Mining in Eastern Kentucky
by Phil Primack/Mountain Eagle
page 15 (11)
keywords: "My Land Is Dying"; Harry Caudill; The Mountain Eagle: Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People; Dan Gibson; Gov. Ned Breathitt; terracide; Citizens' Committee to Protect Surface Rights
Movies Movies
page 16 (12)
keywords: The Legend of Nigger Charley; Joy In the Morning; Mary Queen of Scots; The French Connection; Fiddler On the Roof; The Godfather
Arts Festival
page 16 (12)
keywords: Harrisburg Symphont Orchestra; Community Theater; Civic Opera Association; HACC 98 drama group; State Museum; candle-dipping; African dancing; ethnic foods; rock music
Artwork
by Gene Suchma
page 1
keywords: student dress codes
by The Movement/LNS
page 13 (9)
keywords: Chilean factory
Photos
by John Serbell
page 1, page 5
keywords: Harrisburg Rock Festival
page 7
keywords: unwanted pregnancies
page 8
keywords: Harrisburg State Hospital
by LNS
page 4
keywords: Project Air War
page 11 (7d)
keywords: National Peace Action Coalition
by Mountain Eagle
page 15 (11)
keywords: strip mining




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