Volume 3, Number 43: August 2, 1974 - August 9, 1974
- Harrisburg Independent Press
- Jul 31, 2023
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Updated: Mar 31
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from August 2, 1974 - August 9, 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
McCord: The spy who was kicked into the cold
by Jim Wiggins
page 1, page 4
keywords: James McCord, Jr.; "A Piece of Tape"; Democratic National Headquarters; Senate Watergate Committee; Judge John Sirica; impeachment; obstruction of justice; bribes; bombing of Cambodia; CIA; burglary; wiretapping; JFK assassination; John Dean; Jeb Magruder; Nixon
County welfare office shuffles black supervisor
by Jim Zimmerman
page 2, page 9
keywords: Robert Brookin; Income Maintenance Manager; Intake Unit; petition; racism; Charles Allison; George Taylor; Norm Evans; Jacob Miller; Executive Director; Department of Public Welfare Compliance Office; Stephen Reed; Chairman of the Board
Human Relations Council investigates Hain Wolf
by Peter Kaplan
page 2, page 10
keywords: Bill Thompson; machine operator; Bob Krehling; Executive Vice President; racism; counter manufacturing firm
Buying votes in Congress
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: In the Public Interest; big business lobbyists; consumer protection agency; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; filibuster; Grocery Manufacturers Association; trade associations; inflation; price gouging; health and safety hazards; Senate; "White Collar Crime"
Montage
page 3, page 9
keywords: Quote; free enterprise system; Thomas R. Ottenstein; Gettysburg observation tower; Patriot-News; Col. Oran Henderson; My Lai massacre; Lt. William Calley; Ku Klux Klan rally; Pinchot State Park; Albert Lentz; Independent Klan of York; sicle cell anemia; interracial marriage; Jews; racial integration; Jerry Green; Grand Dragon; National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws; felony arrests; Committee To Re-elect the President; Allenwood Prison Farm; Jeb Stuart Magruder; Watergate; rape; Supreme Court; Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski; Rep. Lawrence Hogan; impeachment; Nixon; tapes; Henry Kissinger; Cyprus; Archbishop Makarios; Greek coup; Turkish invasion; Christian Science Monitor
House votes this week on 1975 aid to Thieu
page 4
keywords: military aid; South Vietnam; House of Representatives; John Flynt; Robert Giaimo; Nixon administration; black market; Rep. Les Aspin; House Armed Services Committee
Kentucky miners rally to protest police violence
by LNS
page 5
keywords: Harlan, Ky.; United Mine Workers of America; strikers; picketlines; Brookside Mine; Eastover Mining Company; Arnold Miller; Southern Labor Union; state troopers; violence; Mickey Messer; National Labor Relations Board; Duke Power; Governor Wendell Ford; company-owned homes; black lung disease; safety laws
Feuilleton
by Dick Sassaman
page 5
keywords: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Sherlock Holmes; The Case of the Myopic Parsee; Masterpiece Theater; Nigel Davenport; George Edalji; Dreyfus Affair; animal mutilation; law student; court of criminal appeal; Pierre Nordon; Gaylord and Jim Perry; Cleveland Indians; 396 major league victories; Cy Young; brothers; State Library; Julian Symons; The Detective Story in Britain; Poe; C. Auguste Dupin; Dickens; Inspector Bucket in Bleak House; Willke Collins; The Moonstone; McDonnell Bodkin; Dora Myrl; detective history
White House chopper marauder goes on trial
by Jim Zimmerman
page 6
keywords: Bob Preston; United States Army; helicopter; White House; psychiatric evaluation; Article 32 investigation; Post Commander; military judge; Lt. Col. Kenneth Howard; general court martial; special court martial; Captain Herbert Monceir; maximum security; harassment
Asian women strike Litton Inc. subsidiary
by LNS
page 6
keywords: Leicester, England; Imperial Typewriter; walkout; sex discrimination; bonuses; Transport and General Workers' Union; picket lines; Litton Industries; East Africa; race; elections
Letters To the Editor
page 9
keywords: John Marshall Andrews; Governor Shapp; no-fault insurance; accident victims; trucking firms; "loss of use"; replacement vehicle
U.S. authorities extradite New York political activist
by LNS
page 9
keywords: Raul Estremera; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; immigration inquiry; deportation order; political asylum; FBI; New York Police Department; Black Liberation Party; cop killer; armed robbery; Bernard Mergler; Montreal; solitary confinement; Lower East Side; Community Action Against Narcotics for Youth; Puerto Rican youth; medical care; drug-treatment program; education; community work; Father Powis
FDA approves contraceptive despite threat
by LNS
page 10
keywords: Depo-Provera; Upjohn; prescription; infertility; breast tumors; FDA commissioner; Dr. Michael Popkin; advisory committees; Advisory Committee on Obstetrics and Gynecology; uterine cancer; cervical cancer; limited use; mentally retarded women
Feds indict another Nixon crony
by LNS
page 10
keywords: C. Arnholdt Smith; federal indictment; fraud charges; San Diego; Philip A. Toft; banks; Westgate California; United States National Bank; conspiracy; bank funds; Nixon election campaign; tax fraud; civil case
Books The Saturday Night Special
by Dick Sassaman
page 11
keywords: review; Robert Sherrill; gun control; National Rifle Association; Richard Kluger; Senator Thomas Dodd; gun control bills; Remington; Colt; Winchester; Gun Control Act of 1968; blacks
Movies The Parallax View
by Dick Sassaman
page 11
keywords: review; Warren Beatty; political assassinations; Alan J. Pakula; murder; conspiracy; Paula Prentiss; government officials
TV
page 11
keywords: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Sherlock Holmes; Masterpiece Theater; Nigel Davenport
Photos
by John Serbell
page 1, page 2
by LNS
page 4, page 5, page 6
Artwork
by LNS
page 3, page 10
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