Volume 3, Number 48: September 13, 1974 - September 20, 1974
- Harrisburg Independent Press
- Jul 31, 2023
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Updated: Apr 13
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from September 13, 1974 - September 20, 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
Students, teachers sound off about schools
by John Serbell
page 1, page 2, page 6
Keywords: Harrisburg High; William Penn campus; "shakedowns"; Superintendent Benjamin Turner; principal; William Wilhelm; non-students; team teaching; Principal Frank Korkuch; John Harris Campus; pot
President Jerry visits Philadelphia
by Jim Zimmerman
page 2
keywords: Gerald Ford; First Continental Congress; inflation; Governor Milton Shapp; Vietnam Veterans Against the War; universal, unconditional amnesty; demonstration
Third Street prostition: the customer's always right
by Jim Wiggins
page 2
keywords: Dauphin County Court; Ed Finklestein; male clients; equal protection; Judge Richard Wickersham; motion; "Jane Doe" warrants
What's Sawhill up to?
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: energy gouge; John Sawhill; Federal Energy Administration; oil industry; Exxon; Cost of Living Council; conservation; fuel economy standards; waste prevention; federal subsidies; well casings; drilling pipes; "independent" oil producers; natural gas; nuclear power; strip mining; consumer protection; Texaco; Mobil; Gulf
Attica brothers remember Rocky
by Haywood Burns
page 3, page 6
keywords: Nelson A. Rockefeller; rebellion; Vice-Presidency; nomination; Attica Brothers Legal Defense; military assault; Geneva Convention; Special Prosecutor; Statewide Organized Crime Task Force; indictments; grand jury; racism; confirmation hearings; rally; Niagara Square
Montage
page 3
keywords: land use; Environmental Resource Department; Thomas McClosky; Governor's Land Policy Committee; Governor Shapp; environmentalists; general public; N.Y. State Motor Vehicles Department; license plates; blacklisted; S-E-X; deodorant soaps; anti-bacterial soaps; health hazard; Food and Drug Administration; Hexachlorophene; Tribrinal; Judge Sam Lord; Philadelphia; Dr. Pablo Chan; Medicare fraud; Smokey the Bear; Elliott Barker; forest fire prevention; forest conversation; New Mexico; Congressional resolution; federal government
West Shore senator says abortion law unconstitutional
page 4
keywords: Robert Myers III; state senator; Governor Shapp; veto; husband; parent; Attorney General Israel Packel; Senator Jeanette Reibman; advertising; First Amendment; state subsidies; elective abortions; viability of the fetus; physicians
The price you pay at 9 area supermarkets
page 5
keywords: grocery items; city suburbs; Tomato soup; mayonaisse; cheese slices; light tuna; apple juice; sharp cheese; butter; eggs; cereal; coffee; A&P; Weis; Pantry Pride; Acme; Giant; Pathmark; Superthrift; Warehouse Food Mart
For adults: learn karate or get a diploma
page 5
keywords: Adult Learning Center; General Educational Development; high school diploma; technical training; Opportunities Industrialization Center; office practices; Harrisburg Area Community College; photography; University Center; Dickinsen College; Elizabethtown College; Penn State University
Feuilleton
by Dick Sassaman
page 6
keywords: Richard Nixon; amnesty; draft resisters; "My fellow Americans"; VFW convention; Brave New World; Mike Royko; individual liberties; minority groups; abuses of power
Schools as we know them should be dissolved
by Carl Oblinger
page 9
keywords: Readers' forum; Penna. Historical and Museum Commission; discipline; authority; personal dignity; specialized abilities; individuals; grading; record keeping; educational system; educators; Reference Services; specific skills; peer groups; resources
Back to school fashions High style for small change
by Chris Fleming/Jim Wiggins
page 10
keywords: clothes prices; shopping malls; wardrobes; New World Headquarters; recycled clothing; denims; counterculture; Goodwill Industries; shirts; dresses; suits; jeans; Volunteers of America; United Brethren Church of God; Gary Filkins; leather jackets; hats; sweaters
Rupert Holmes:
by Dick Sassaman
page 11
keywords: review; "The Favorite National Pastime"; National Anthem; songwriter; sex; drinking song; Widescreen; Terminal; keyboards; Psycho Drama; Peter Lorre; Sydney Greenstreet; James Mason; Second Saxophone
Movies The Last Detail
by Dick Sassaman
page 11
keywords: Hill Theater; Darryl Ponicsan; sailors; naval prison; kleptomaniac; bars; whorehouse; last supper; Jack Nicholson; Bruce Lee; Return of the Dragon; Colonial; kung-fu; Sam Peckinpah; Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia; UA Camp Hill; California Split; Eric II; George Segal; Elliott Gould; Robert Altman; Charles Bronson; Death Wish; Andy Warhol; Frankenstein; Uptown Saturday Night; Union Deposit; Trans-Lux; Cosby; Poitier; Belafonte
Photos
by Serbell
page 2, page 10
by Jim Flanagan
page 2
by Delaney/LIP
page 8
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