This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from April 26, 1974 - May 3, 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.
Article Index
Uptown residents charge police brutality
by Peter Kaplan
page 1, page 2, page 10
keywords: firemen; police; police conduct; Penn St.; Philip Hicks; Gary Weiss; Kenneth Deavers; Captain C.V. Fasasuli; Patrolman Ronald Parrish; aggravated assault and battery; mace; Firefighter John Brindle
Saving Harrisburg housing
by Stan Luxenberg
page 2, page 10
keywords: Community Development Forum; "redlined"; federal government; local banks; code enforcement; non-profit housing corporation; Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; City Council; Bruce Martin; city planner
Hiding conctraceptives in New York
by LNS
page 2
keywords: pharmacy shelves; New York State Assembly; promiscuity; Assemblywoman Constance E. Cook; bill
How to beat City Hall
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: Citizens Action Program; Chicago; reform; scandals; corruptions; business; government; U.S. Steel; Consolidated Edison; property tax; 'redlining'; mass transit; judges; fuel prices; drug prices; boarded-up houses; Studs Terkel
Montage
page 3
keywords: Quote; Senator Edward Gurney; public office; hormones; expectant mothers; South Africa; IQ's; normal intelligence; Dr. Peter Baillie; chronionic; gonadatrophin; Marine Corps; high school graduates; Congress; U.S. Federal Judge Robert Merhige; General Electric; women employees; pregnancy; compensation; sick leave; class action suit; President; taxes; donations; silent majority; Victor DeCosta; cowboy; Paladin; Have Gun, Will Travel; CBS; U.S. Magistrate Jacob Hagopian; monetary settlement
Some Harrisburg veterans need amnesty
by Jim Zimmerman
page 2, page 6
keywords: Vietnam veteran; undesirable discharge; employment; drugs; heroin; less than honorable discharges; VA medical benefits; Discharge Review Board; Defense Secretary Melvin Laird; GI bill; Vietnam War; Jeff Wighaman; bad conduct discharge; dishonorable discharge; Edward Smith; deserters; Tom Glaspen; James Christopher; Vietnam Veterans Against the War; AWOL
Londonderry: putting a philosophy to the test
by Jean MacLachan
page 5
keywords: free school; teachers; behavior; parent/teachers; Meetings
Truce in Laos: the Pathet Lao take over
by John Everingham/PNS
page 6
keywords: Vientiane, Laos; coalition government; Prince Souphannouvong; Prince Souvanna Phouma; nationalism; Buddhism; South Vietnam; Cambodia; China; Royalists
March to Impeach Nixon
page 8
keywords: Washington, DC; Repression; Democratic Rights; Capitol; Impeachment Committee of Greater Harrisburg; Dave Dellinger; Phil Ochs; Congressman Parren Mitchell; Delores Huerta; Beulah Saunders
Wounded Knee judge accuses FBI of misconduct
by LNS
page 9
keywords: Judge Fred Nichol; Dennis Banks; Russell Means; American Indian Movement; evidentiary hearing; Attica; Mark Lane; Sioux Falls, S.D.; illegal search or seizure; Wesley Bad Heart Bull; Custer, S.D.; Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee
Harrisburg All-Artists Union
page 9
keywords: performing arts; visual arts; communicative arts; crafts; National Arts Union; benefits; funds; workshops; cooperatives; dance; drama; choral group; HAAU Mural Collective; Sheron Ahment; James Calvin; Penny Hord; Gene Suchma; Lance Ulen; Tony Truesdale
French immigrants strike to win jobs
by LNS
page 10
keywords: Paris; workers; hunger strike; unemployment; fair wages; job security; housing; residence permits; discrimination; meetings; leaflets; Pakistani; Moroccan; Tunisian; Mauratian; wok force
Theater: HCT's Last of the Red Hot Lovers
LTM's Wait Until Dark
by Dick Sassaman
page 11
keywords: Review; Harrisburg Community Theater; Little Theater of Mechanicsburg; Jerome Giddings; Frederick Knott; Neil Simon; Barney Cashman; W. Ronald Kresge; fish restaurant; romantic affair; Elaine; Ann Sandnes Landis; Bobbi; Jeannine McGoldrick; Shirley Disend; Jeanette Fisher; sexual revolution; blind woman; small girl; heroin; Susy; Darlene Crawford; Sam; Jim Lynch; Gloria; Patricia Campbell; Josh Hoffman; Jim Welshans; Bob Crawford; attempted murder
Artwork
by Gene Suchma
page 1, page 9
keywords: Kitsch Kitsch; kissathon; Henry Kissinger; streaking
Photos
by John Serbell
page 2
by Van Vorhees
page 2
by Jamison
page 5
by LNS
page 6, page 10
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