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Volume 4, Number 23: March 14, 1975 - March 21, 1975

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from March 14, 1975 - March 21, 1975, had 16 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 23 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from March 14, 1975

Article Index


Do you want a nuke plant in your backyard?

by Herbert S. Denenberg

page 1, page 2, page 7

keywords: nuclear plant; kaboom; Public Utility Commission; nuclear power; Atomic Energy Commission; Price-Anderson Act; insurance industry; plutonium; Kerr-McGee; safety violations; Ralph Nader; radioactive waste; Hans Alfven; decommissing


People clusters: a response to unemployment

by Art Kern

page 1

keywords: Brotherhood Beat; security; seniority; "family"; confidential; concern


Joblessness: 8.4 percent

page 1

keywords: Pennsylvania; unemployment; unemployment compensation; Labor and Industry Secretary Paul Smith; welfare


State office helps vets upgrade bad discharges

by Jim Zimmerman

page 1, page 2, page 8

keywords: Department of Military Affairs; Clifford Hill; Veteran Action Centers; educational benefits; on the job training; loans; medical benefits; insurance; Vietnam-era veterans; prisons; briefing; less than honorable discharge; Army Discharge Review Board; employers; Vietnam Veterans Against the War; single discharge; 'clemency' discharge; minorities


Harrisburg housing director blames tenant grievances on Nixon budget cuts

by Jim Zimmerman

page 2

keywords: Harrisburg Housing Authority; Executive Director William Phillips; Hall Manor; public housing residents; locks; Concerned Citizens of Hall Manor; maintenance; security; porch lightd; HUD; sodium vapor street lights


Letters To the Editor

page 3

keywords: Janet Cooper; Shippensburg State College; homosexuality; Kay MacFarland: College Librarian; racial intolerance; collective bargaining unit; grievance; graduate assisstant; tenure committee; racism; anti-communism; U.S. Labor Party; democracy; Communist Party; United Farmworkers Union; fascist; Wes Johnson; Liz Hrenda; Theo Eaddy; Tony Ulen; Frank Smith; Eleanor Fry; Jack M. Powell; Young Workers Liberation League


Montage

page 3

keywords: Martha Tranquilli; federal prison; taxes; Vietnam War; Mississippi; Sunshine Act; Guy Kistler; Marvin Miller; government meetings; public sentiment; Public Utility Commission; Steve Reed; rental assistance rebates; senior citizens; rent hike; CIA; assassinations; Trujillo; Lumumba; Diem; Allende; Daniel Schorr; Colby; President Ford; Bugle American; Milwaukee; arsonists; explosion; fire


Capitol Insider

by Jim Wiggins

page 4, page 8

keywords: Gov. Shapp; budget; taxes; Sen. Richard Frame; school subsidy payments; Budget Secretary Charles McIntosh; general fund; income taxes; sales tax; welfate grants; SSI benefits; rural mass transportation; medical care; mental health programs; maximum security prison; state colleges; Bureau of Drug Control; marijuana; Lt. Gov. Ernie Kline


Ford on natural gas

by Ralph Nader

page 4

keywords: In the Public Interest; oil companies; energy prices; Federal Power Commission; deregulation; off-shore gas reserves; federal leases; Department of the Interior; national security; Chevron; Gulf; Exxon; Texaco; Shell; Sen. James Abourezk; Sen. Adlai Stevenson; federal corporation


Phone phreaks bust Bell code

by LNS

page 4

keywords: Takeover; Madison, Wisconsin; operators; telephone; credit card code; pay phone; phone company


How Pathmark compares with the mini-markets

page 5

keywords: HIP consumer; Food Rite group; bread prices; Paul S, Parise; Karn's; Allen's; Evans; Pathmark; salt; Miracle Whip; V8 juice; ketchup; Syrup; evaporated milk; tuna; peanut butter; tomato soup; cocoa; mustard; white vinegar; Mr. Clean; Ajax; tomato sauce; pork and beans; french dressing; natural cereal; Crisco oil


Millet: birds chew it, here's how to stew it

page 5

keywords: birdseed; China; African nations; grain; protein; cornmeal; oat waffles; breakfast cereal; pilaf; corn tamale pie; stuffed peppers


Can Joann Little get a fair trial in Carolina?

by Lorraine Cross

page 6

keywords: Durham, North Carolina; Joann Little defense committee; Lou Paul; Jerry Paul; rape; Beaufort County Jail; Clarence Alligood; attorney; change of venue; jury of peers; Harrisburg YWCA; prison reform


International Women's Day on the road

by Dick Sassaman

page 7

keywords: basketball; Hershey Arena; District 3 championships; Central Dauphin; Lancaster Catholic; Kelly Cromer; Judith Patton; Patriot News; Mary Fleig; Donna Fisher; Pat Banghart; Immaculata; AIAW; Cathy Rush; women's college basketball; Cheyney State College; Federal City College; Mary Scharff; Marianne Crawford


New courses offered in journalism, pottery

page 8

keywords: Riverside Center for the Arts; Broadcast Journalism; Harrisburg School District; diploma; Elizabethtown College; Department of Art; Anne Umlauf


Movies Lenny

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Review; Lenny Bruce; comedian; Arthur Godfrey Talent Show; shosetsu; Julian Barry; Bob Fosse; Dustin Hoffman; Twin Eric 2 Cinema; Valerie Perrine; Jan Miner; Stanley Beck; jacket off bit; police; 'talking dirty'; movie soundtrack; Ralph Burns; Miles Davis


Johnny Cash

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Columbia Records; Clive Davis; Hershey Park Arena; June Carter Cash; Carl Perkins; I Walk the Line; A Boy Named Sue; Diamonds In the Rough; trains; Folsom Prison Blues; Orange Blossom Special; kindness


Photos

by John Serbell

page 2


by Fred Prouser

page 4, 9


by Armand Magnelli

page 7, 9








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