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Volume 4, Number 17: January 31, 1975 - February 7, 1975

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from January 31, 1975 - February 7, 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.


Screenshot of Volume 4, Number 17 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from January 31, 1975

Article Index


Whatever happened to Spiro Agnew department

by Milton J. Shapp

page 1

keywords: President; real estate; Arabs; Mount Victory Coal Company; oil; coal mines; Saudi Arabia; energy resources


State plans review of pot possession laws

by Jim Wiggins

page 1, page 4

keywords: Marijuana; decriminalization; Oregon; Gov. Raymond Shafer; commission; Richard Horman; Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse; personal use; Sen. Jacob Javits; NORML; Anita Kelly; Louis Coppersmith


Decriminalization: what the politicians say

page 4

keywords: Sen. Hugh Scott; federal crime code; Sen. Richard Schweiker; hearings; Rep. Herman T. Schneebeli; State Senator William Lentz; State Rep. Stephen Reed; legalization


Low level radiation: how much is too much?

by Hannah Leavitt

page 2, page 8

keywords: nuclear power; Citizens For a Safe Environment; Sister Rosalie Bertell; Roswell Institute; cancer; leukemia; x-ray; premature births; moratorium; alternative energy sources; Three Mile Island plant; nuclear plant


Two sides of the issue on Middletown curfew flap

by John Serbell

page 2, page 7

keywords: U.S. District Court; lawsuit; Mayor Harold Judy; protection; safety; juveniles; fines; constitutional rights; Central Pennsylvania; Middletown police; Boro council; Andrew Schneider; Shaw Bykosfsky; Chris Lautz; vandalism


Free health tests available to public at Messiah church

by Lorraine Cross

page 2, page 8

keywords: Department of Health; advertise; Messiah Lutheran Church; Multiple Health Tests; health surveys; lung capacity; EKG; blood; screening center; preventie medicine; Red Cross; Kidney Foundation; Lung Association; John Taylor; Dr. Alex B. Rakow


Private police for utilities

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: In the Public Interest; Virginia Electric & Power Company; nuclear power plants; Atomic Energy Commission; sabotage; theft; Price-Anderson Act; insurance premium; invasions of privacy; civil liberties; solar; geothermal energy; Atomic Industrial Forum; security protection


Montage

page 3

keywords: Rear Admiral Gene Laroque; secrecy; Center for Defense Information; capitalistic system; State Assemblyman Jack Seltzer; legislative process; Greater Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce; poison gas; Geneva treaty; tear gas; herbicides; food stamps; suit; Washington District Court; Ford administration; arms dealers; arms sales; Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; U.S.; China; USSR; NATO; Warsaw Pact; food riots; L.A. police; civil disturbance; training; Public Utility Commission; Met Ed; rate increase


Letters to the Editors

page 3, page 7

keywords: prisoners; racism; Dauphin County judicial system; Rockview; resident; drug cases; due process; equal protection; Inmates; Jack V. Jones; Victor O'Connor; Alexander Rainey; Edward Jones


Comparative prices on non-prescription drugs

page 5

keywords: HIP consumer; K Mart; Hills; Revco Discount Drugs; Pantry Pride; pathmark; Rea & Derick; Giant; toothpaste; Milk of Magnesia; Pepto Bismol; Excedrin; Bayer Aspirin; Scope; Brioschi; Alka Seltzer; Gillette foamy; Vaseline petroleum jelly; Absorbine Jr.; Vicks Formula 44; Ben-Gay; Listerine


Aunt Jemima never made 'em like this

page 5

keywords: wheat germ pancakes; buckwheat pancakes; oatmeal pancakes; sour cream pancakes; flour; honey coconut spread; honey butter; honey sauce


Vietnam symposium in D.C. focuses on Congress

by Jim Zimmerman

page 6, page 12

keywords: Assembly To Save the Peace Agreement; Coalition To Stop Funding the War; United Campaign for Peace in Indochina; imperialism; General Thieu; Senator George McGovern; South Vietnam; 'Hearts and Minds'; 'Convocation for Peace'; lobbying; Hugh Scott; Richard Schweiker; Representative Herman T. Schneebeli; amnesty; Vietnam war resisters; Representative Bella Abzug; Holly Near; Joan Baez; Pete Seeger; Jeff Langley


Governor to sign gay rights order

page 6

keywords: Gov. Shapp; executive order; Gay Task Force; Philadelphia City Council; discrimination; employment; housing; investigation; credit bureaus; insurance; loans; Insurance Department; Terry Dellmuth


Here's how to counter future shock

page 6

keywords: 'Future Shock'; books; University Center; course; Futurism; technology; government; lifestyles; environment; religion; education; scenario writing; Phil Bartown


Feuilleton

by Dick Sassaman

page 7

keywords: Super Bowl IX; prediction; Pittsburgh Steelers; Minnesota Vikings; Joe Namath; Pittsburgh Pirates; World Series; celebrations; arrests; injuries; policemen; Michael Real; Annenburg School of Communications Journal; football action; commercials; statistics; May Day protestors; damages; jury verdict; illegally detained


Jamie Brockett, in town with Ed Wambach

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: review; music; Capitol Campus; coffee house; Middletown; dulcimer; kalimba; Dylan; Larry Green; Randy Landau; tambourine


P. F. M. Hall & Oates Dave Mason

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: concert; preview; Farm Show Arena; Premiata Forneria Marconi; rock quartet; Pete Sinfield; Photos of Ghosts; Italian album; The World Became the World; P.F.M. Cook; North American tour; Daryl Hall; John Oates; Philadelphia; Whole Oats; Abandoned Luncheonette; War Babies; Alone Together; Headkeeper; It's Like You Never Left; Graham Nash; Stevie Wonder; George Harrison; Every Woman


Photos

by John Serbell

page 2, page 4


by Fred S. Prouser

page 9


page 11

keywords: Dave Mason








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