Volume 4, Number 27: April 11, 1975 - April 18, 1975

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from April 11, 1975 - April 18, 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

Mechanicsburg water controversy: Rates go up without public hearing

by Devon Michael Christensen

page 1, page 2, page 6, page 8

keywords: PUC; Mechanicsburg Water Company; rate increase; Herbert Denenberg; Louis Carter; Northside Residents' Committee; contamination; sinkhole; Gary Turpening; Department of Environmental Regulation; Jim Fletcher; pumping station; storm water; poisining; water companies; chemical pollution; bacteriological tests; Wade Fenstemaker; John Hetzel

Harrisburg Food Day set for April 17

page 2, page 6

keywords: Harrisburg Food Day Committee; Gaudenzia Community Center; food crisis; agribusiness companies; family farmer; canning; consumer; gardening; food preparation; National Farmers Organization; cooperative; Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; Pennsylvania Department of Health; Harrisburg Center for Peace and Justice; Harrisburg Independent Press; Cornucopia Food Cooperative; Pennsylvania Consumer Congress

Turning refugees into propaganda

by Ed Block

page 2, page 8

keywords: Thieu regime; South Vietnam; Saigon; Provisional Revolutionary Government; Communists; Quang Ngai; Ban Me Thout; air bombardment; A.I.D.; humanitarian aid; U.S.; air forces

Montage

page 3

keywords: Vatican; Pope Paul VI; Father Giovanni Franzoni; left-wing causes; Vietnam war prorests; conscientious objection; priesthood; divorce statute; de-frocking; excommunication; Tommy Rettig; "Lassie"; California; cocaine-smuggling; TV series; aerolol cans; ozone layer; ultraviolet rays; aircraft; Robert Albanalp; National Academy of Sciences; stratosphere; Congressman Fred Rooney; TWA; Bethlehem Steel; conflict of interest; House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee; Jack Anderson; state legislators; lobbyists; PepsiCo; Richard Nixon; quota system; Russia contract; multiproduct; Howard Hughes; Vietnam War; helicopters; business losses; Las Vegas Sun; Maheu

Rockefeller cover-up

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: In the Public Interest; Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller; IBEC corporation; House Judiciary Committee; Chairman Rodino; freedom of information; nomination; campaign finance; Congressman Don Edwards; information coverup

Death for sale, made in USA

by Jim Zimmerman

page 3, page 6

keywords: United States; Soviet Union; Arab-Israeli conflict; Colonel William Fifer; Army War College; Days of Awareness; Harrisburg Area Community College; Southeast Asia; Middle East; Bob Chenoweth; ex-POW; North Vietnam; military aid; Thieu government; Dr. Paul Allen; communism; James Zogby; Palestinians; American Indians; Zionism; Nimrod Novik; war; Henry Kissinger; oil; Ned Murphy; Jonah House; preparation for war; alternatives

Letters To the Editor

page 3

keywords: Beth Andrews; Quakers; hats; school; "superiors"

Susan Saxe's lover urges silence, solidarity

by Janet Cooper

page 1, page 4, page 6

keywords: FBI; "Ten Most Wanted List"; bank robberies; Byrna Aronson; lesbian; feminist; arrest; Kathy Ann Power; Jane Alpert; grand jury testimony; Philadelphia gay community; Massachusetts National Guard armory; anti-war communities

Federal narcotics agents shoot activist in alleged drug bust

by Jim Zimmerman

page 4, page 8

keywords: Scott Camil; Gainesville 8 conspiracy; sale of cocaine; assaulting a federal officer; Michael Oliver; Vietnam Veterans Against the War; assassination; Drug Enforcement Administration; Danny Joiner; government informers; Emerson Poe; damage suit; Larry Turner

How to cool it, and cook like an Italian mama

page 5

keywords: Italian cooking; protein; sauce; spaghetti sauce; eggplant spaghetti; lasagna; cheese; noodles; spinach; macaroni; whole wheat noodles; pizza; pizza sauce

Here's a source of consumer information

page 5

keywords: Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection; pamphlets; "Strech Your Dollar"; "Door to Door Sales"; "How To Sue in District Justice Court"; cost calculator; HIP consumer; "Be an Open-Eyed Consumer"; security deposit; phony sales; moving; credit card liability; PUC

Pa. Power Cost Rose $1 Billion in 1974

by Christopher Sayer

page 6

keywords: Pennsylvania consumers; electric utilities; Library of Congress; U.S. Senate Committee on Government Operations; investor owned; fuel adjustment cost; service surcharge; Pennsylvania AFL-CIO; Mike Johnson; Public Utility Commission; Federal energy Administration; fuel suppliers; independent auditors; Pennsylvania Power and Light; Metropolitan Edison

Quotable quote

page 6

keywords: Eugene McCarthy; presidential candidate; Southeast Asia; deficit spending; Republicans; Democrats; inflationary spiral; Vietnam; Cambodia; FBI; Congress; campaign finance

Feuilleton

by Dick Sassaman

page 7

keywords: Academy Awards; Bob Hope; Ingrid Bergman; Jean Renoir; Best Picture; Best Supporting Actor; Robert DeNiro; Godfather Two; Al Pacino; Fred Astaire; The Towering Inferno; Best Supporting Actress; Murder On the Orient Express; Best Actor; Jack Nicholson; Dustin Hoffman; Art Carney; Harry and Tonto; Gene Hackman; The Conversation; Best Director; Francis Ford Coppola; Best Picture; Phantom of the Paradise; Blazing Saddles; Hearts and Minds; Chinatown; Best Original Screenplay; Robert Towne; Roman Polanski; Hill Theater; Trans-Lux; Watergate morality

Theaters An area potpourri

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Little Theater of Mechanicsburg; Never Too Late; Phyllis Twitchell; Bart Hayward; Bill Osborne; Marr Nealon; All In the Family; Army colonel; Sleuth; Anthony Shaffer; Allenberry; Edgar; Tony; Best Play; Once Upon a Mattress; Harrisburg Community Theater; Ibsen; A Doll's House; Repertory Theater Ensemble; Pinter's the Dumbwaiter; Lanford Wilson; Ludlow Fair; Nowell Coward; Private Lives; Arthur Miller; The Price; Workshop 98; The Glass Menagerie; Tennessee Williams; Ionesco; The Bald Soprano; A.J. Moulfair; Family Portrait; Jesus; Toni Simmons; Charles A. Schulz; Bob Walker; David Marks; Mary McGonegal; Clayton Benton; Lee Simmers; Julie Goodrich; Nazareth; Rabbi Samuel

Art Galleries

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Bob Bissett; Dog-Eared in Tasmania; Gallery Doshi; Thomas Wise; Paul Long; William Ris Gallery; George Waricher; Tim Gallucci; pottery; Art Association of Harrisburg; Michael Rocco; Tangerine Gallery; Charles A. Schulz; State Theater; Joni Shearer

Movies

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Jack Nicholson; Roman Polanski; Chinatown

HersheyPark concerts

by Dick Sassaman

page 9

keywords: Seals and Crofts; Walter Heath; country and western concert; Porter Waggoner; Freddie Hart; Barbara Mandrell; Johnny Paycheck

Photos

by Devon Christensen

page 1, page 2

Artwork

by Kathe Kollwitz/LNS

keywords: woodcut

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