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Volume 1, Number 37: June 24 - July 1, 1972

  • Jul 1, 1972
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Updated: Aug 8

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from June 24 - July 1, 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.


Screenshot of Volume 1, Number 37 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from June 24, 1972

Article Index


Putting a price on the pusher

by John Serbell

page 1, page 6

keywords: Jaycees; TIP; "Turn In a Pusher"; Life Magazine; Tom Lavin; Ron Smith; District Attorney Leroy Zimmerman; Sgt. Orvel Ulrich; Harrisburg; bounty hunting


Black coalition demands airtime

page 1, page 7

keywords: radio and television programming; Ad-hoc Coalition on Broadcasting in Harrisburg; Daniel Howard; WTPA; WHP; WFEC; Federal Communications Commission; Fairness Doctrine; black programming; equal opportunity employment; Robert B. Liebeman; Gaines Rowland Jr.


Lead poison hits home

by Jim Wiggins

page 1, page 7

keywords: lead poisoning; black residents; Stuart Branam; code enforcement; brain damage; Hamilton Health Center; State Health Department; Dr. Walter R. Kirker; Dr. Joseph Garfunkle; City Council; Melvin Washington; Federal Housing Authority; home improvement


Hershey strikes

by Lamar Hoover

page 1, page 10, page 11

keywords: Hershey Foods; wildcat strike; American Bakery and Confection Workers' Union; James M. Golden; shift system; Judge Michael H, Sheridan; injunction; grievance procedure


Miami Beach: Scum in the sun?

by Edward Zuckerman

page 1, page 5

keywords: Miami Convention Center; protestors; Mayor Chuck Hall; "Operation Backbone"; Ellis Rubin; Jerry Rubin; Youth International Party; Democratic Convention; Republican Convention; campsite; Chuck Lamont; National Coalition of Gay Organizations


Oldsters organize 'My nephew is a zippie...'

page 1, page 5

keywords: Lummus Park; South Beach; Yippies; Zippies; demonstrations; political conventions; American Federation of Senior Citizens; Rose Berek; organizer Stew Albert; Dave Taub; Jewish


Matrix

by R.C. Filburn

page 2

keywords: Ernie Kline; Lieutenant Governor; symposium on Criminal Justice; Bureau of Corrections; pre-release program; Pardons Board; Bill Nagel; community treatment; furloughs


Washington Merry-Go-Round

by Jack Anderson/United Features Syndicate

page 2

keywords: George McGovern; Governor Endicott Peabody; vice president; presidential candidate; Henry Kissinger; North Vietnam; Mai Van Bo; secret talks; Gray Ghosts; South Vietnamese commandos; Meo tribesmen; Ho Chi Minh trail; MACSOG teams; Arab extremists; intelligence reports; Air Force; Voice of America; propaganda leaflets


Lawyer Decision Nader: Rights versus Reality

by Ralph Nader/New Republic Feature Syndicate

page 2, page 4

keywords: right-to-lawyer; Supreme Court; legal insurance programs; labor union; Robert W. Meserve; American Bar Association; small claims court; neighborhood arbitration; Federal Trade Commission; regulatory agencies


House defeats abortion bill

by Anita Harris

page 3

keywords: State House; Abortion Law Commission; Rep. Gerald Kauffman; rape; incest; voter referendum; Martin Mullen; capital punishment; Eugene Gelfand; Health and Welfare Committee


Flagging freedoms

page 3, page 4

keywords: freedom of speech; contempt of court; flag desecration charges; Judge John Dowling; Donald D. Carney; California State College; Telford Taylor; Nurenberg; Arthur L. Berger; political demonstration; California College President George H. Roadman; character witnesses


Something old, something blue

by Dick Sassaman

page 4

keywords: The Capitol Jazz Classics Series; Miles Davis; "Birth of the Cool"; Stan Kenton Orchestra; Art Tatum; Gerry Mulligan tentette; Serge Chaloff; King Cole Trio; Woody Herman Orchestra; Billie Holliday; Al Casey; Dave Brubeck; Charlene Peterson; St. Johns Assembly chorus; New Heavenly Blue; Last Set at Newport; Alan Dawson; Jack Six; "Take Five"


Editorial Catch-22

by Jim Wiggins

page 6

keywords: General John D. Lavelle; blanket bombing; North Vietnam; Laos; Nixon Administration; air war; CALC; NARMIC; Todd Richards


Letters To the Editor

page 6

keywords: prostitution; fines; imprisonment; pimp; houses of prostitution; health regulations; robberies; Sweet Marie


US Troops in Thailand Rival Number in Vietnam

by Michael Morrow/DNSI

page 8

keywords: Takhli; Air Force; Marine Phantom squadron; Korat Air Base; Nakorn Phanom base; foreign investment


Some Saigon Residents Quietly Root for 'The Liberation People'

by DNSI

page 8

keywords: radio Hanoi; Liberation front; imperialism; consumerism; communism


433 Miners Die In Mine Owned by South African Corporation

by Liberation News Service

page 9

keywords: coal mine; explosion; Zimbabwe; Anglo-American Corporation; DeBeers group; diamond sales; newspapers; Argus group; African Explosives and Chemical Industries; South African armaments; Wankie Collieries; Ian Smith; Zimbabwe; miners; nickel mining; copper mines; coal


Former SNCC Leader Released on Bail

by LNS

page 9

keywords: U.S. District Judge Carl O. Bue; black activist; Leo Otis Johnson; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; fair trial


Food Prices Continue Rising, No Immediate Relief in Sight

by David Brewster/Dispatch News Service International

page 9, page 11

keywords: Department of Agriculture; meat costs; farmers; fruits; vegetables; dairy products; dispoable income


"People's Navy" Returns to Leonardo

by Anne Shumway

page 10

keywords: Leonardo, New Jersey; war protestors; ammunition ships; Brad Lyttle; Earle Ammunition Depot; Freeport Correctional Institution; activist George Lakey; "peace navy"


Food for Living

by Sally Hoover

page 10

keywords: cold cereal; granola; rice polishings; soy lecithin


Current Cinema

by Ross Care

page 11

keywords: "101 Dalmatians"; Disney; animation; United Productions of America; Mr. Magoo; Dodie Smith; Cruella de Vill; villainess; "Twilight Bark"; Pomgo; Colonel; Sergeant Tibs; Lucy the Goose; "Swiss Family Robinson


Movies Movies Movies

page 12

keywords: A Clockwork Orange; Stanley Kubrick; One Is a Lonely Number; The French Connection; The Last Picture Show; The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight; Buck and the Preacher; Fiddler On the Roof; The Godfather; Bedknobs and Broomsticks; Modern Times; Classic Shorts II


Photos

by John Serbell

page 1

keywords: lead poisoning


by Anita Harris

page 3

keywords: flag desecration


by LNS

page 9

keywords: coal mine explosion


by R. Janett/WIN Magazine

page 10

keywords: "peace navy"


by Walt Disney Productions

page 11

keywords: "101 Dalmations"



Artwork

by Gene Suchma

page 3

keywords: McGovern; candidate








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