Volume 4, Number 39: July 4, 1975 - July 11, 1975
- Harrisburg Independent Press

- Jul 11, 1975
- 4 min read
Updated: Oct 24, 2025
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from July 4, 1975 - July 11, 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.

Article Index
Sales taxes take more from those who have less
page 2, page 11
keywords: Pennsylvania; regressive tax system; midle class; poor people; 6% sales tax; consumer items; cigarette tax; liquor tax; gas tax; graduated income tax; Herbert Fineman; Steve Reed; Governor Shapp
Late Flashes From the Picket Line Violence erupts, Wanda busted!! Lt. Gov. gets woozy at briefing A paycheck for McEntee
by Jim Wiggins
page 1, page 2, page 13
keywords: strike; public employees; Jerry McEntee; AFCSME; Wanda Weaver; PennDOT; Pennsylvania Social Services Union; private sector; Gov. Shapp; "binding arbitration"; Lt. Gov. Ernest Kline; intensive care unit; state park; court injunctions; Judge James Bowman; state hospital system
Grow your own, let it rot
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: In the Public Interest; canning jar; gardening; grocery stores; home canning supplies; Ball Corp.; Kerr Glass Mfg. Corp.; lids; Office of Consumer Affairs; Bernardin Bottle Cap Co.; Gerald Ford; Federal Trade Commission; antitrust division
Montage
page 3
keywords: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; India; extortion; bribery; state of emergency; Ernest Patton; State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill; juveniles; Attorney General Robert Kane; Health Care Facilities Association of Pennsylvania; nursinghome; Medicaid patients; President's Advisory Committee on Refugees; Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees; sponsors; jobs; Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy; Secretary of State; Assistant to the President for National Security; Henry Kissinger; poorhouse; prisons; Eugene Debs; exploitation; world peace; representatives; Congress; House; Soviet Union; Arab nations; China; Israel
Drug Council seeks rockfest for City Island July 5
by Sara Greenwald
page 4
keywords: Dauphin County Executive Commission on Drugs and Alcohol; "Get It Together"; Violet Plantz; Fourth Estate; Hotel Bedbug; Showmasters; Bruce Desford; Youth Urban Services; Serenity House; Volunteers in Probation; Gaudenzia; police
Across the Bar
by Christopher Sayer
page 4
keywords: Cambridge Survey Research; 1974 elections; voters; Republican Louis Wyman; Democrat Joseph Durkin; New Hampshite; economy; energy; New Jersey; Gov. Brendan Byrne; corruption; Philadelphia; Special Prosecutor Walter Phillips; Frank Mazzei; party system; Gov. George Wallace
Beer for the beerless; where and how much
page 5
keywords: HIP consumer; cans; returnable bottles; Moeslein; Thrifty Beverage; Marlin Evans; Beverage Mart; Budweiser; Schmidts; Millers; Michelob; Coors; Schaefer; Rheingold; Piels; Strohs; Genesee Beer; Genesee Ale; Schlitz; Rolling Rock; Iron City; Stegmaier; Reading; Heinekin; Lowenbrau
Food for patriotic fervor: July 4 picnic dishes
page 6
keywords: raw vegetable appetizers; barbeque sauce; corn on the cob; deviled eggs; spinach salad; oatmeal bread; fruit punch; berry pie; carrots; celery; broccoli; cauliflower; avocado
A union of workers and decades of struggle
by Dennis Boyer
page 6
keywords: Them and Us: Struggles of a Rank-and-FIle Union; James L. Matles; James Higgins; Book Review; United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers; labor history; bureaucratic leadership; Senator McCarthy; AFL-CIO;progressive causes; antiwar movement; "class struggle"
How to tailor-make a basic dress pattern
by Marianne Kieda
page 8, page 12
keywords: Make Your Own Dress; shirt; dress; gown; sleeveless A-line blouse; side seams; alterations; ease; measurement list; pattern pieces; shoulder; front waist length; bust; shoulder to bust; waist; waist-to-hip measurement
Local Notes
by Skinny Luke
page 9
keywords: Linda Ronstadt; Alice Cooper; Harold Melvin & Blue-Notes; Beach Boys; Penna. Bluegrass Fest.; Phila. Folk Fest.; Rod Stewart; Earth, Wind and Fire; Weather Report; Isley Brothers; Yes; Joan Baez; Ten Years After
HIP Surveillance Sweepstakes
page 12
keywords: FBI; CIA; Freedom of Information Act; file
Record Albums Jazz Freddie Hubbard
by Dick Sassaman
page 15
keywords: Liquid Love; Just Jazz; Harry Franklin; Carl Burnett; Carl Randall Jr.; Buck Clark; George Cables; Kuntu; Donald Byrd; First Light; Red Clay; Blue Note; Silver 'N Brass; Alphonse Mouson; Mind Transplant; Tommy Bolin; Bobby Huycherson; Linger Lane; Ernie Watts; Chuck Rainey; Jean-Luc Ponty; On the Wings of Music; Billy Cobham; Shabazz; Eddie Harris; I Need Some Money; Chuck Mangione; Chase the Clouds Away; Esther Satterfield; Yusef Lateef; 10 Years Hence; Kenneth Barron; Bob Cunningham; Albert Heath; Michael Urbaniak; Fusion III; Anthony Jackson; Steve Gadd; Gerald Brown; Funk Factory; Urszula Dudziak; Modern Jazz Quarter; In Memoriam; The Last Concert; John Lewis; Milt Jackson; Percy Heath; Connie Kay; Rahsaan Roland Kirk; The Case of the 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color; The Vibration Society; Stan Getz; Captain Marvel; Albert Dailey; Chick Corea; Stanley Clarke; Airto; Tony Williams
Third Stream at Indiantown Gap
by Dick Sassaman
page 16
keywords: jazz group; Vietnamese refugees; Indiantown Gap Military Reservation; flatbed truck; Herb Alpert; Tijuana Brass; Tom Strohman; Bruce Whitcomb; Jim Miller; Rick Kline; Memphis Underground
Jazz for July
page 16
keywords: Third Stream; Latent Image; Stanley Turrentine; McCoy Tyner; Rahsaan Roland Kirk; Lionel Hampton; Earl Hines; Sonny Rollins; Gloria Lynne; Dizzy Gillespie; Richie Cole; Benny Goodman; Roy Ayers; Stan Kenton; Woody Herman; Maynard Ferguson; Art Blakey; Donald Byrd; Sarah Vaughan; Herbie Mann; Chick Corea; Count Basie; Ray Bryant; Ella Fitzgerald; Oscar Peterson; Grover Washington; The Dells; The Main Ingridient; Cecil Taylor; Elvin Jones; Cannonball Adderley; B.B. King; Cecil Taylor; Cleo Laine; John Dankworth; Blood Sweat and Tears; Weather Report; Earth, Wind and Fire; Preservation Hall Jazz Band; Les McCann; Al Haig Trio; Hod O'Brien Trio; Sonny Greer; Russell Procope; Brooks Kerr; Chet Baker; Rashied Ali Quartet; Roy Eldridge; Lee Konitz Trio; Joe Lee Wilson; Thad Jones; Mel Lewis; Ahmad Jamal Quintet
Photos
by Fred Prouser
page 1, page 2
by Dick Sassaman
page 16
Artwork
by Gene Suchma
page 7
keywords: Catfish; Cleveland, Ohio; urologist; malpractice suits; Catfish Hunter
by Suzette Olsen
page 8




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