Volume 4, Number 16: January 24, 1975 - January 31, 1975
- Harrisburg Independent Press
- Aug 1, 2023
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Updated: Jun 28
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from January 24, 1975 - January 31, 1975, 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
Here and elsewhere, Ford's amnesty a bust
by Jim Zimmerman
page 1, page 2, page 7
keywords: "earned re-entry"; Pennsylvania Selective Servie Director; alternative service; draft resisters; military deserters; Clemency Board; "clemency" discharge; less than honorable discharges; American Civil Liberties Union; AWOL; Charles Goodell; universal, unconditional amnesty; Philip Alford
Are Lebanon schools sexist?
by Lorraine Cross
page 1, page 2, page 11
keywords: National Organization for Women; North Lebanon School District; discrimination; Department of Justice; hiring practices; athletic programs; women's history; school board meeting; Lebanon Daily News; sexism; vocational classes; parents; students; administration
Keeping watch on bodily functions in Lancaster
page 2
keywords: suit; U.S. District Court; city police; surveillance; public restrooms; Long Park; railroad station; peepholes; homosexual activity; illegal drugs
Learning about food
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: In the Public Interest; Russian grain deal; nutrition; consumers; additives; price; quality; food cooperatives; Center for Science In the Public Interest; Food Day; world famine
Letters
page 3
keywords: Joel Roth; alternative newspaper; international stories; "holier than thou"; "red herring"
Capitol Insider
by Jim Wiggins
page 3
keywords: Governor Shapp; inauguration; Sen. Frank Mazzei; Lt. Gov. Ernie Kline; kickbacks; convicted felon; Sec. Frank Hilton; Department of Property and Supplies; Reserve Insurance Company; insurance broker; Atty. Gen. Robert Kane; corruption; automobiles
The economy at a glance
page 3
keywords: corporate profits; workers' wages
Montage
page 4
keywords: Mayday 1971; Capitol steps; U.S. District Court; civil suit; damages; American Civil Liberties Union; SSI benefits; Pennsylvania Association of Older Persons; cost of living; inflation; Patriot Evening News; Governor's Justice Commission; NAACP: racial inequality; justice; Dauphin County; Dalkon Shield; interuterine contraceptive devices; A. H. Robbins Company; abortions; U.S. Agency for International Development; FDA; vaginal deodorant sprays; National Organization for Women; advertising; Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Pennsylvania Department of Welfare; abortions; migrant worker; housing; public hearings; prescription drug abuse; nursing homes; tranquilizers; kickbacks; Senate Special Committee on Aging
Not just another pretty face
page 4
keywords: Miss America; Shirley Cothran; billboards; outdoor advertising; Institute of Outdoor Advertisers
Warmed-over recommendations for more minority police
by John Serbell
page 4, page 11
keywords: Harrisburg Human Relations Commission; hiring practices; community relations officers; Mayor Harold Swenson; discriminatory; Public Safety Director Straub
Pictures from an inauguration
page 5
keywords: National Guard; bandleader; Gov. Shapp; ceremony
Comparative meat prices at 5 markets
page 5
keywords: Weis; Pantry Pride; Sav-Mor; Lenker's Beef; Pathmark; HIP consumer; pork; spare ribs; bacon; ham; pork chops; lamb; beef; sirloin; porterhouse; ; rib eye
Washington actions to focus on Indochina war
by Merrie Mangold
page 6
keywords: Vietnam War; "The Assembly To Save the Peace Agreement"; Paris Peace Accords; conference; demonstration; lobbying; White House; "Strategy To End the War"; "The Winning of Hearts and Minds"; National Council for Universal Unconditional Amnesty; Gold Star Parents for Amnesty
Proof that U.S. violates Paris Peace Agreement
by Richard Boyle/Pacific News Service
page 6
keywords: Cambodia; U.S. Air Force; Chuck Bernard; Operation SCOOT; CIA; journalists; cargo planes; Phantom jets
Feuilleton
by Dick Sassaman
page 7
keywords: Jorge Luis Borges; Nobel Prize in Literature; Swedish Academy; Formenter Prize; Samuel Beckett; Queen of England; P.J. Wodehouse; Roger Bannister; knighthood; German propaganda; Nazis; Foreign Minister Anthony Eden; treason; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Recycled paper loses to raw pulp
by Carol Chromicky
page 7
keywords: Capitol Area Recycling Committee; paper industry; Save Stony Creek Coalition; Department of Environmental Resources; Hershey Recycling Group; paper mills
Dismantling the VA
page 7
keywords: veterans benefits; social welfare system; pensions; wartime veterans; medical care; Social Security; less than honorable discharges
Movies The Front Page
by Dick Sassaman
page 9
keywords: Review; play; newspapering; Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur; Billy Wilder; Jack Lemon; Walter Matthau; Chicago Examiner; Black policeman; Susan Sarandon; cop killer; Earl Williams; 1928; movie
Music Ringo and John
by Dick Sassaman
page 9
keywords: review; Ringo Starr; Goodnight Vienna; John Lennon; Walls and Bridges; No No Song; Only You; Dr. John; Elton John; Nilsson; Billy Preston;
Roger Miller; Alan Toussaint; New York City
'Anatomy in Blue' a bore
by Betty Tulane
page 12
keywords: Telly Savales; cop show; documentary; thriller; Paul Baker; Dick Olsen; plot; crimes; Shim Lehrman; 'public apathy'
Artwork
by Gene Suchma
page 1
keywords: muckraking; Boston Globe; subscribtion4
page 8
keywords: Cheap Trix; "non-speech"; cheap trick; cartoonist; "non-cartoon"; catholic school band; American legion; cops and robbers; FBI
Photos
by John Serbell
page 5
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