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Volume 2, Number 43: August 3 - August 10, 1973

Updated: Dec 19, 2024

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from August 3 - August 10, 1973, 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 2, Number 43 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from August 3, 1973

Article Index


Father La Croce suspended because of Berrigan ties

by Jim Flanagan

page 1, page 4, page 5

keywords: Father James La Croce; Bishop Joseph T. Daley; Fr. Phillip Berrigan; Sr. Elizabeth McAlister; eucharist; civil disobedience; anti-war activities; bombing of Cambodia


The American Revolution is being brought to you by...

by People's Bicentennial Commission

page 1

keywords: corporate America; White House; Molly Pitcher; Tom Paine; second American Revolution


20 serving sentences for grass to be released

by Jim White

page 2, page 8

keywords: Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act; marijuana; Representative William Yohn; addiction; Representative Joseph Rhodes; National Institute of Mental Health; medical uses of marijuana; misdemeanor


Someone's robbing the cabs

by Stan Luxenberg

page 2, page 4

keywords: Yellow Cab; Penn Harris; Keith Fale; Medallion cabs; bullet proof shields; floor safes; cab drivers; Mayday; robberies


Montage

by Peter Pero

page 3

keywords: Frank Rizzo; Shapp administration; state budget; Watkins Glen; festival; rock fans; festival promoters; Central Pennsylvania; migrant farm workers; working conditions; John Wayne; "America, Why I Love Her"


Bar exams harm law schools

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: property questions; criminal law; negligence; multistate bar exam; National Conference of Bar Examiners; multiple-choice questions


Army agents try to disrupt GI resistance

by Rita Act/LNS

page 5

keywords: GI activists; West Germany; Operation Penguin Monk; Army surveillance; Military Intelligence; GI deserters; Mainz, W. Germany; Grossner Mission; underground papers


Greece and the CIA

page 5

keywords: The Observer; military coup; Premier George Papadopoulos


Property taxes lead to urban decay

by Ambrose Klain

page 6, page 7, page 8

keywords: urban and environmental crisis; public education; assessed value; discrimination; Serrano vs. Priest; "equal protection under the law"; Supreme Court; homeowner; "Equality of Educational Opportunity"; American municipalities; National Education Trust Fund; state property tax; "tax pool"; land value taxation


Farm workers battle courts and Teamsters

by LNS

page 7

keywords: San Joaquin Valley; Cesar Chavez; United Farm Workers Union; court injunctions; strike; grape growers; Teamsters Union; table grapes; lettuce; Gallo wines; boycott; Calif.


Vietnam: new Miami Beach

by LNS

page 7

keywords: political prisoners; Vietnam Investment Service Center; foreign investors; taxes; food processing; agricultural products; tourism; Saigon


Grand Funk in town, M. Mull, Aretha & Sun Ra

by Dick Sassaman

page 9, page 11

keywords: Grand Funk; We're An American Band; Phoenix House; Harrisburg Farm Show Arena; Todd Rundgren; Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture In Your Living Room; 'Dueling Tubas'; The Great Aretha Franklin/The First Twelve Sides; Today I Sing the Blues; Sun Ra; Atlantis; Solar Sound Organ


Books

page 9

keywords: summer reading for children; The Blue Bird; Fiona French; A Wind in the Door; Madelaine L'Engle; A Wrinkle in Time; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Brothers Grimm; Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors; Remy Charlip; Burton Supree; Seven Magic Orders; Shan Mui; Y. T. Mui;


Movies

page 10

keywords: Scarecrow; Gene Hackman; Al Pacino; Paper Moon; Tatum O'Neill; Ryan O'Neill; Jesus Christ Superstar; Carl Anderson; Ted Neeley; Godspell; Christian teachings; Let the Good Times Roll; Rock and Roll Revivals; Last Tango in Paris; Marlon Brando; Maria Schneider; The Chinese Connection; Bruce Lee


Records

page 8

keywords: Holly Near; Hang In There


Photos

by Jim Flanagan

page 1

by White

page 2, page 4, page 9, page 11

courtesy of El Marcriado

page 7


Artwork

by Suchma

page 3

by LNS

page 5








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