Volume 1, Number 44: August 11 - August 18, 1972
Updated: Oct 15
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from August 11 - August 18, 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
Can Pa. teachers be gay?
by Jim Wiggins
page 1, page 4
keywords: homosexual; teacher certification; State Education Secretary John Pittenger; Joseph Acanfora; Homophiles of Penn State; John W. Oswald; court battle; discrimination; Judge R. Paul Campbell
DA's report leaves unanswered questions
by Elaine Herscher
page 1, page 4
keywords: Leroy Zimmerman; Deborah Smith; Dauphin County Prison; Obstructing an Officer; Herbert Goldstein; Assistant District Attorney Robert Knupp; Judge Warren Morgan; "death by asphyxiation"; Darvon; Valium; autopsy; Dauphin County Jail
Blockade AMF August 12
page 1
keywords: People's Blockade; AMF bomb plant; MK82 bombs; leafletting; Southeast Asia; demonstrators
Matrix
by R.C. Filburn
page 2
keywords: George McGovern; General Assembly; pay hike; abortion; oficial hypocrisy; independent judiciary; equal protection; disadvantaged citizens
In the Public Interest
Making the FTC responsive
by Ralph Nader/Republic Feature Syndicate
page 2
keywords: General Accounting Office; Federal Trade Commission; consumers; health and safety; legal services; advertising; Firestone
Democracy, Thieu style
by Earth News
page 2
keywords: S. Vietnam; National Police; prisons; political arrests
Anti-warriors begin 'fast for life'
page 2
keywords: New York City; Vietnam War; David Dellinger; Ted Glick; U.S. bombing; resistance; Chicago 8
Editorials
The gay myth goes on
by Jim Flanagan
page 3
keywords: Joseph Acanfora; Teacher Certification Council; A.W. VandeerMeer; students
Editorials
Nixon's car, Heidi's snake
by Dick Sassaman
page 3
keywords: limousine; Heidi the Exotic Dancer; flood damages; Small Business Administration; tank
Open letter to D.A. Zimmerman
by Elaine Herscher
page 3
keywords: Deborah Smith; Dauphin County Prison; autopsy; asphyxiated; summary report
Poster campaign elicits response
page 4
keywords: Mesa Workshop; "Who killed Debbie Smith"; Dauphin County Jail; poster campaign; Red Guard
Constable Ed Watson: good guy or bad guy?
page 5
keywords: law enforcement; Dauphin County Constable; black community; Theodore Lamont Palmer; eviction
Burning shit in Vietnam
by Jim Flanagan
page 6, page 7
keywords: Army Commendation Medal; sanitation specialist; body count; urinate; Sgt. Doberman
FCC investigates 'blackout' at WFEC, WKBO
by Jim Wiggins
page 8
keywords: Harrisburg black community; Coalition on Broadcasting in Harrisburg; Dan Howard; rock music; cultural events; J. Albert Dame; Herbert Scott; Michael M. Rea; Ralph S. Hartman
Concert set, maybe
page 8
keywords: Penn State University; Benefit Relief Concert; Hurricane Agnes; Beaver Stadium
HIP Consumer Consumer Consumer
Attention book addicts: a guide to local dealers
by Peggy Barnes
page 9
keywords: The Book Shop; Penn Book Shop; Executive Books; News Center West; Colonial Park News Center; Giant Book and Card Shop; Walden; Black Books and Things; Duane Johnson Books; The Best of Duane Johnson; House of Old Books; Odd Shop; rare book; AAUW; West Shore Public Library; Jr. League Bargain Box; ACLU; New Cumberland Library
Books of current interest
page 9
keywords: new books; A Happy Death; The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing; The Disappearance of Odile; Spring Snow; The Car Thief; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Who's watching the Airways?; Dove; Pippa's Challenge; George S. Kauffman-An Intimate Portrait; A Time To Speak, A Time To Act; Papers On the War; McGovern; Julian Bond; Daniel Ellsburg
Film Review The gags just make you gag
by Jim Berger
page 10
keywords: "What's Up, Doc?"; Barbra Streisand; Ryan O'Neill; comedy; Madeline Kahn; slapstick; Austin Pendleton
Movies Movies Movies
page 10, page 11
keywords: What's Up, Doc; The Cowboys; Play It Again, Sam; The Godfather; The Kansas City Bomber; Conquest of the Planet of the Apes; The Culpepper Cattle Co.; The War Between Men and Women; Puppet on a Chain; Butterflies Are Free; Snow White and the Three Stooges; The House That Screamed; Cisco Pike; Easy Rider; Ben; Swiss Family Robinson; 101 Dalmatians
Bluegrass in the green grass
by Dick Sassaman
page 11, page 12
keywords: Shindig at Cripple Creek; J. Harold Burkhart; outdoor concerts; Mac O Chee Valley Folks; Jim Greer; Jim and Jesse McReynolds; Lower Dauphin High School; Jim and Jesse Show; Virginia Boys Show Band; Carol Johnson; Dee Lee; Vic Jordan
A rundown of current releases
page 11
keywords: Road; Jim Hendrix; Noel Redding; Rod Richards; Leslie Sampson; Mark Radice; Shuggie Otis; Argent; All Together Now; Rod Argent; Heavy Feather; Ace of Hearts; rock quartet; Tom Paxton; Peace Will Come; Danny Thompson; folksinger; Rick Springfield
Photos
by Jim Flanagan
page 1
keywords: Debbie Smith; District Attorney Leroy Zimmerman
page 10
keywords: Grassroots; Farm Show Arena; guitar player
Artwork
by Gene Suchma
page 1
keywords: AMF; bombing
page 3
keywords: McGovern; consessions
page 4
keywords: homosexual teacher
by Danny Flanagan
page 6
keywords: artillery; fecal matter
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