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Volume 4, Number 10: December 6, 1974 - December 13, 1974

Updated: Jun 1

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from December 6, 1974 - December 13, 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 10 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from December 6, 1974

Article Index


Grassroots urban renewal works on the Hill

by Hannah Leavitt

page 1, page 2, page 7

keywords: Economic Developers of Greater Harrisburg; Allison Hill; Clara Frye Sloane; banks; Marianne Faust; Historic Harrisburg Association; Royal Terrace; Linden Street; rehabilitation; COSMO; Wes Plummer; contractors


Recent college grads find meaningful work scarce

by Carol Chromicky

page 2, page 7

keywords: Dennis Harenza; underemployment; collective living; teaching position; engineering; journalism


'It's very, sick, very sick'

by Gore Vidal

page 3

keywords: journalism; Nelson Rockefeller; Pentagon; war; megalomanic


Voluntary inflation programs

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: wage-price controls; anti-monopoly; oil industry; auto industry; consumers; business; government; President Ford; Consumer Federation of America; voluntary efforts


Montage

page 3

keywords: Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz; Pope Paul; birth control; Congressman Wilbur Mills; stripper; Fanne Foxe; Boston; House Ways and Means Committee; homosexuality; Baptist minister; Lynn Mays; home economics; boys; Berlin; Army regulations; American soldiers; strike; assault and battery charges; pies; Chief Warrant Officer; "chemistry set"; Pipedream Products; drug testing; marijuana; Wampanoag Indian tribe; Mayflower; Gay Head Wampanoag Tribal Council; suit; land; Beatrice Gentry


New York doctor found mysteriously dead

Was pioneer in accupuncture for heroin addicts

page 4, page 8

keywords: Dr. Richard Taft; Lincoln Hospital Detoxification Program; New York City; Medical Examiner; overdose; Homicide Squad; U.S. Labor Party; CIA; methadone maintenance; Merck Index; detoxification; morphine; Eli Lilly and Co.; Mallinckrodt Chemical Workers; White Lightning; black market; barbiturates; amphetamines; House Crime Committee; Addiction Services Agency; Rockefeller Institute


Food stamp info in grocery stores

page 4

keywords: food stamp outreach program; Dauphin County Board of Assistance; unemployment; inflation; cost of living; eligibility


Feuilleton

by Dick Sassaman

page 5

keywords: Hunter S. Thompson; Playboy interview; political aspirant; Fear and Loathing; Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; lunatics; criminals; palindrome; Ms. Kascsak; Mark Kram; "Madam, I'm Adam"; Elba; live; C.C. Bombaugh; Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature; St. Martin; Lucifer; Roger Angell


Jury acquits fed prisoner after hearing of 'the hole'

by HIP Wire Services

page 5

keywords: solitary confinement; Leavenworth; Wichita, Kansas; Armando Miramon; kidnapping; assault; prisoner rebellion; isolation; temporary insanity; inciting to riot; Leavenworth Brothers; Warden Loren Daggett; communication; prison conditions; food boycotts; work stoppages; Leavenworth Brothers Offense/Defense Committee


Indians face starvation this winter

by LNS

page 5

keywords: Joint Strategy and Action Committee; reservations; truck farms; harvesting; leasing; drought; inflation; heating fuel; surplus commodities; Bureau of Indian Affairs


Doshi: A place of beauty that's here to stay

by Beth Coppinger

page 6

keywords: Gallery Doshi; Maya Schock; teacher; paintings; contemporary artists; non-profit corporation; Pa. Council On the Arts; crafts; pottery; jewelry; blankets; clothing; tea room; Judie McNamera; classes; art students; Rick Salzman; art school; brotherhood


Tips on cooking more tasty, healthful vegetables

page 6

keywords: spinach; green beans; corn; nutrition; water; soup stocks; steam; string beans; baked squash; vegetable stew


Military Madness

page 7

keywords: Women's Army Corps; West Germany; combat training; 'Stars and Stripes'; weappons; prisoner of war camps; Junior ROTC; Georgia; high school; conscientious objector; Sapp V. Renfroe; religious belief; personal beliefs; graduation


Music: The Beach Boys

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Millersville; The Raspberries; Starting Over; Eric Carmen; Holland; Endless Summer; Pet Sounds; Friends; Smiley Smile; nostalgia; Surfer Girl


Music: Asleep at the Wheel

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Western swing; West Virginia; septet; Comin' Right At Ya; Chris O'Connell; Ray Benson


Music: Billy Preston

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: The Kids and Me; Nothing From Nothing; Ray Charles; The Beatles; Rolling Stones; St. Elmo Village; arts and crafts center; instrumentals


Theater: Plaza Suite

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Review; The Repertory Theater Ensemble; Allenberry Dinner Theater; Boiling Springs; Neil Simon; Ed Aldridge; Betty Endrizzi; James Lockhart; marriage; Karen Nash; Sam Nash; Mimsey; Jesse Kiplinger; Footlight Ranch; Vaughn Patterson; The Imaginary Invalid; Waiting for Godot; No Exit; classes; acting; Randall Disend


Attention persons arrested Mayday 71

by LNS

page 11

keywords: American Civil Liberties Union; court order; antiwar demonstrations; Washington, D.C.; records; Florence Isbell; destruction


Artwork

by Gene Suchma

page 1

keywords: A Christmas Story for the Global Village; Marsha McLuhan; eviction notice; bill; pink slip; 'cat's cradle'


Photos

by Serbell

page 1, page 2


by LNS

page 4








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