Volume 2, Number 43: August 3 - August 10, 1973
- Harrisburg Independent Press
- Jul 28, 2023
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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.

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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