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Volume 4, Number 1: October 4, 1974 - October 11, 1974

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from October 4, 1974 - October 11, 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 4, Number 1 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from October 4, 1974

Article Index


City cop says patrolmen use dumdum bullets

by John Serbell

page 1, page 2, page 10

keywords: international warfare; hollow-point; State Police; Governor Shapp; 2nd Hague Conference; last resort; Public Information Officer; James Cox; Harrisburg police chief; Paul King; Public Safety Director; James Straub; Penna. Chiefs of Police Association


Parents protest incidents between teachers, students

by Jim Wiggins

page 2

keywords: Black community; Harrisburg Involved Citizens; George Kolaric; James Musmanno; investigation; physical abuse; Harrisburg School Board; hiring; William Washington; Black teachers; evaluation; John Harris High School


Register to vote deadline Oct. 7

page 2, page 10

keywords: general election; Census Bureau; Dauphin County; apathy; protest; Stephen Reed; Voter's Guide; state legislature


Those Southern Senators

by Ralph Nader

page 3, page 9

keywords: In the Public Interest; corporate lobbyists; cunsumer ratings; prices; health; safety; Ernest Hollings; Lawton Chiles; Russell Long; Atlanta Constitution; General Motors; Ford Motor Company; John Sparkman; Jesse Helms; Consumer Federation of America


Letters To the Editor

page 3

keywords: Public Safety Director; James Straub; Uptown harrisburg; attempted rape; Detective Division; investigation; Harrisburg Police Department; understaffing; violent crime; poverty; racism; unemployment; prevention


Montage

page 3

keywords: Lt. William Calley; murder charges; My Lai; federal narc; Lloyd Clifton; Rolling Stone; Dirk Dickenson; drug dealer; Drug Enforcement Administration; Judge Sam Conti; House Ways and Means Committee; living expenses; Congressmen; inflation adjustment; LA Times; White Collar Crime; Congressman Claude Pepper; New York symposium; Mississippi; Food Research Action Center; food stamps; Choctaw County; suit; "Flood Disaster Prevention Act"; Pennsylvania Builder's Association; Rep. George Gekas; Agnes


Federal and state prison officials ban HIP

by Jim Zimmerman

page 4

keywords: inflammatory writings; violence; State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon; ban; prison concert; Barbara Dane; Vietnam Vetrans Against the War; Michael Sheridan; United States District Court; unconstitutional; censorship; Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg; United States Bureau of Prisons; federal lawsuit; Superintendent Lowell Hewitt


Attention Readers

page 4

keywords: underemployment; college graduates


HIP consumer compares prices of store brand items

page 5

keywords: supermarkets; A&P; Weis; Pantry Pride; Acme; Pathmark; Giant; fabric softener; cleanser; peas; coffee; peanut butter; orange juice; spaghetti; apple juice; creamed corn; pork and beans; butter; Reench dressing; aluminum foil; sugar; honey


Youth Information Center moves Uptown

by Carol Chromicky

page 5

keywords: housing; runaways; YMCA; YWCA; John Thomas; schools; OUTREACH program; drug programs; Yvonne McLamb; Youth Urban Services; juvenile offenders; Haven House; group home


The price tag of Nixon's Presidency

by Hannah Leavitt

page 6

keywords: pension; security arrangements; Allen Damon; helicopters; personal expenses; planes; Watergate; resignation; President Ford


Israel Philharmonic plays Harrisburg

page 7

keywords: Daniel Barenboim; guest conductor; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Forum


Feuilleton

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: book; Bridges: The Span of North America; David Plowden; American bridges; Harrisburg; Rockville Bridge; Market Street Bridge; Walnut Street Bridge; Spinning Wheel; magazine; antiques; typewriter; printing; Eastern Airlines; reservation system; macaws; parrots; phones


Camp Hill Women's Club Schedules Fall clothes sale

page 9

keywords: Wormleysburg; community projects; contributions; United Fund


A Very Natural Thing

by J. T. Daley

page 10

keywords: Harrisburg Gay Information Service; human relationships; gay world; Robert Joel; Curt Gareth; Christopher Larkin; Gay Liberation Day parade; Bo White; Deborah Trowbri; love story


Television and Music Cat Stevens' Moon

by Dick Sassaman

page 11

keywords: reviews; Bonnie and Clyde; Warren Beatty; Faye Dunaway; Moon and Star; Linda Ronstadt; Dr. John; Alun Davies; Foreigner; music


Television and Music Tribute to Robert Stolz

by Dick Sassaman

page 11

keywords: cable TV; A. J. Moulfair; Opera Showcase; composer; Brahms; Johann Strauss; Austria; songs; operettas; The Golden Age of Viennese Music; A Night In Gay Vienna; Charles Schulz; Harrisburg Opera Company; singers


Movies Animal Crackers

by Dick Sassaman

page 11

keywords: Marx brothers; Hill Theater; romantic couple; Hooray for Captain Spaulding; Margaret Dumont; reviews








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