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Volume 3, Number 27: April 12, 1974 - April 19, 1974

Updated: Feb 21

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from April 12, 1974 - April 19, 1974, 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 3, Number 27 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from April 12, 1974

Article Index


A union victory at Resistance Products

by Stan Luxenberg

page 1, page 2, page 9

keywords: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America; chemicals; electrical resisters: skin disease; safety regulations; pension plan; grievance procedure; National Labor Relations Board


New rules put restrictions on welfare recipients

by Jim Zimmerman

page 2, page 10

keywords: caseworker; privacy; financial resources; County Assistance office; bank accounts; employment; fraud; welfare cheaters; rent; policy change


In praise of Denenberg

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: In the Public Interest; Herbert Denenberg; Insurance Commissioner; Shoppers' Guides; health insurance; insurance companies; consumer protection; Blue Cross; nuclear power plants; consumer fraud


Montage

page 3

keywords: Quote; Kennedy; U.S. Ambassador; South Vietnam; Henry Kissinger; Central Intelligence Agency; "national security"; The CIA: The Cult of Intelligence; Victor Marchetti; book; Senator James Abourezk; Atomic Energy Commission; solar energy; oil companies; scientific data; U.S. auto industry; car sales; Veterans Administration; Donald Johnson; Senator Allen Cranston; politics; favortism; vaginal sprays; Food and Drug Administration


SCCP aids community-school ties

by Peter Kaplan

page 4

keywords: Harrisburg School District; grievances; neighborhood schools; desegregation; School Community Communications Project; Human Relations Council; psychological evaluations; learning problems; suspensions; parents; student bill of rights; sensitivity training; Tova Tive; Kay Pickering; Assistant Superintendent Ben Turner; drop out


Conspiracy chickens come home to roost

by Jim Wiggins

page 5

keywords: Review; book; The Offenses of Richard M. Nixon; "A Guide for the People of the United States"; impeachment; New York Times; Omnibus Crime Act; John Mitchell; organized crime; Lucky Luciano; dairy industry; IT&T; Pentagon Papers; campaign contributions; Dovrovir; Gebhardt; Buffone; Oakes


When will Park's Korean regime collapse?

by Jim StenzelPNS

page 6

keywords: South Korean government; Kim Dae Jung; Korean Central Intelligence Agency; student movement; Park Chung Hee; Seoul National University; free speech; academic freedom; informers; free press; media; political repression; arrests; protests


Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee

page 8


Celebrating Vietnam veterans day

by LNS

page 9

keywords: March 29; "Honoring Vietnam Veterans Day"; Bonus Army; President Nixon; Senate hearing; education benefits; Vietnam-era veterans; Senator Vance Hartke; GI bill


HMO's: A cure for the health care system

by Judy Carnoy/Linda Koo/PNS

page 10

keywords: Health Maintenance Organization Act; Kaiser Industries; health care organization; monthly premiums; drop-in clinics; consumers; physicians; comprehensive services


Conrack

by Dick Sassaman

page 11

keywords: Movie Review; The Water Is Wide; Pat Conroy; teacher; South Carolina; Martin Ritt; Sounder; Jon Voight; Serpico; education; Skeffington; Marge Sinclair; Blazing Saddles; The Great Gatsby; black children


Artwork

by Gene Suchma

page 1

keywords: Rabbit Run; chicken; Easter bunny; tradition


by LNS

page 10


Photos

by LNS

page 9








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