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Volume 4, Number 11: December 13, 1974 - December 20, 1974

Updated: Jun 8

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from December 13, 1974 - December 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.


Screenshot of Volume 4, Number 11 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from December 13, 1974

Article Index


How Denenberg let jackals consume his flesh

by Jim Wiggins

page 1, page 6, page 8

keywords: cost of living; consumerism; Herb Denenberg; Ralph Nader; Insurance Commissioner; Blue Cross; Consumer's Guide To Lawyers; Consumer's Guide To Doctors; insurance industry; no-fault insurance; Otis Littleton; "high risk areas"; urban residents; Gateway Insurance Company; Miami; Commissioner Sheppard; campaign contributions; Safeguard Mutual Insurance Company; Empire Mutual Insurance Company


Women crash 'stag night' at suburban stores

by Jim Zimmerman

page 2

keywords: Pomeroy's; Bowman's; National Organization for Women; sex discrimination; men shoppers; champagne; models; fashion show; suburban stores; Human Relations Commission


Schmidt loses his marbles, Murdoch keeps the job

by Hal German

page 2

keywords: City Councilman Albert Schmidt; Crawford Murdoch; G.O.P. Chairman; fair market value; Bellevue Park; reassessment


Today Harrisburg, tomorrow..........?

page 2

keywords: Gov. Shapp; China; organized labor; labor coalition; "Today" show; "Tomorrow" show; revenue sharing; Presidential fever


Makosky should go

page 3

keywords: black resident; uptown Harrisburg; high school sports; Harrisburg High School; football team; blocking; tackling; fundamentals; Joe Makosky; racial slurs; head coach; Community Forum


Consumer protection bill

by Ralph Nader

page 3, page 11

keywords: In the Public Interest; Sen. Robert Griffin; Senate minority whip; filibuster; General Motors; Ford Motor Co.; President Ford; anti-inflation program; Sen. Robert Dole; prices; quality; safety; Sen. Hugh Scott


Montage

page 3

keywords: divorce; do-it-yourself; attorney; "in forma pauperis"; Army; Europe; haircuts; Congressman Les Aspin; unrest; command harassment; court-martial; State Insurance Commissioner; William Sheppard; insurance companies; "dirty tricks"; Unfair Insurance Practices Act; license revocation; fines; dum-dum bullets; Lower Allen Township; township commissioners; police force; .357 magnum pistols; undercover cops; narcs; Los Angeles; high schools; arrests; drug use; pushers; American Civil Liberties Union


Should Harrisburg schools spare the rod?

page 4

keywords: corporal punishment; Committee on Discipline; Dr. Peter Flynn; school board members; parents; students; administrative staff; teachers; superintendent Ben Turner; State Department of Education; Student Rights and Responsibilities


Prison art show at East Mall

page 4

keywords: Clients of the Judicial System; inmate; ex-offender; "From Behind the Wall"; wooden items; leather; ceramics; lamps; paintings; artistic abilities; Christmas gifts; transportation service


Mohawk Indians seize New York tract

page 4

keywords: Eagle Bay, New York; New York State Police; Ganiengeh; Jimmy Little Turtle; Mohawk ways; 'Akwesasne Notes'


Comparartive prices of staples at 5 markets

page 5

keywords: Weis; Broad St. Farmer's Market; A&P; Ralph's Grocery; Sav-Mor; Quaker oats; eggs; lettuce ; oranges; celery; carrots; bananas; tomato paste; sugar; ground chuck; pork chops; chicken liver; chicken legs; chicken


Use your imagination to jazz-up the salad

page 5

keywords: nuts; fruits; vegetables; salad greens; pesticides; organic; herbs; croutons; hard boiled egg; Vinaigrette dressing; creamy tomato dressing; avacado dressing; olive oil; apple juice


3 good bets for Christmas shoppers

by Beth Coppinger and Carol Chromicky

page 7

keywords: Panama Shop; gifts; Christmas; international; clothing; jewelry; Ed Stoddart; Capricorner; crafts co-operative; Trindle Road; pottery; Eric Schwartz; candles; baskets; Haiti; Rosemary Shop; Mechanicsburg; Mrs. Byron Reppert; herbs; cards; crafts; culinary tools


Way too much about JAZZ or, no white space

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Review; Cedric Lawson; Dante's Downstairs; Miles Davis; Berkley School of Music; Art Blakey; Third Stream; Footprints; jazz albums; pianists; Chick Corea; McCoy Tyner; Where Have I Known You Before; Asante; Come To the Meadow; Sun Ra; Bob James; Flutists; Herbie Mann; Reggae; Hubert Laws; Weather Report; Mahavishnu Orchestra; Modern Jazz Quartet; Larry Coryell; Passport; Monk Montgomery; Ron Carter; Billy Cobham; Power of Soul; Alphonze Mouzon; trumpets; Lee Morgan; Freddie Hubbard; Clifford Brown; saxophonists; Lou Donaldson; Paul Desmond; Wayne Shorter; Moacir Santos; Gato Barbieri; bass; drums


Feuilleton

by Dick Sassaman

page 11

keywords: Christmas; Sears; Snoopy; electric toothbrush; American Dental Association; Christmas cards; A Spy In the House of Love; Cold Cuts; morgue; spy-hunter; Ladislas Farago; Nazi; Martin Bormann; Aftermath, Martin Bormann and the Fourth Reich; beauty queen


Photos

by Flanagan

page 2


by Serbell

page 7









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