Volume 4, Number 4: October 25, 1974 - November 1, 1974

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from October 25, 1974 - November 1, 1974, 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

Governor Shapp and the great rail conspiracy

by Jim Wiggins

page 1, page 2, page 6

keywords: "Victory Special"; train; Pete Flaherty; candidate; U.S. Senate; rail tour; whistlestop campaign; railroads; U.S. Railroad Association; "Pennsylvania"; U.S. Rail Reorganization Act; Rail Trust Fund

The high rise society of Harrisburg's old folks

by Jim Zimmerman

page 2, page 6

keywords: senior citizens; Morrison Towers; B'Nai B'rith; Presbyterian apartments; Jackson-Lick; segregation; medical care; Medicare; congregate feeding program; bingo; music; Lick Building Tenants Association; Harrisburg Housing Authority; William Phillips; Executive Director; Retired Seniors Volunteer Program

Letters To the Editor

page 3

keywords: Jim Murphy; Pennsylvania Black Observer; Reading; donations

Griffin vs consumer bill

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: In the Public Interest; Sen. Robert Griffin; filibuster; consumer protection bill; minority leader; Ford Motor Company; General Motors; auto industry; safety; pollution; President Ford; Michigan; labor management relations; inflation; momopolies; Sen. John Tower

Montage

page 3

keywords: Hershey Electric Company; Christmas lighting; Hershey Foods; Hershey Estates; Milton Hershey School; Women's Guide To Books; histories; novels; studies; pamphlets; People's College of Law; accreditation; California bar exam; low-income communities; Los Angeles; Third World students; 'moonlighing'; parttime; night jobs; LNS; U.S. Census Bureau; earning power; white families; black families; dependents

Feuilleton

by Dick Sassaman

page 4

keywords: The Terror In Robert Frost; William Stafford; poet; Elinor White; Dismal Swamp; Poe; Reluctance; University of Michigan; Circular; George Frazier; music critics; Melody Maker; The Gramophone; Down Beat; snob; big band; Wandering Jew; Quizzism and Its Key; Michob Ader; Paris; Jesus; Norweigan wisdom; Marty Peterson

Stephen Reed wants your vote, here's why

by Hannah Leavitt

page 5

keywords: Democratic candidate; representative; George Gekas; State House; Harrisburg; no-fault insurance; merit selection of judges; campaign spending reform; wage tax; inflation; per capita; occupational privilege taxes; state income tax; school district; construction; Common Cause; environmental issues; Bethlehem Steel; mass transit; bridge; unemployment; crime; housing; day care; welfare recipient; urban homesteading; housing; tax abatement

Fall apple recipes

page 8

keywords: you are what you eat; Broad Street Farmers Market; processing; flours; honey; apple crisp; applesauce; baby food; applesauce cake

Rockefeller family interests: 'colossal influence'

by LNS

page 9, page 10

keywords: Vice-President; Nelson Rockefeller; Rockefeller family; trust funds; David; John D.; Winthrop; Laurence; philanthropy; Chase Manhattan Bank; Standard Oil; Abby; Rockefeller Center; oil companies; commercial airlines; AT&T; Motorola; ITT; corporate power; Senate Rules Committee

Rocky the art lover

by The Militant

page 9

keywords: Nelson Rockefeller; art treasures; muralist; Diego Rivera; "New Frontiers"; Sermon on the Mount; fresco; Rockefeller Center; Lenin

Communal living: zoning can make it illegal

page 10

keywords: unrelated people; family; Supreme Court; William Douglas; Belle Terre; Hempstaed; white middle class; affordable housing; realtors; landlords; class struggle; Long Islanders for Residential Rights; racism; sexism

Records

by Dick Sassaman

page 11

keywords: Review; Randy Newman; Good Old Boys; Midnight Special; Huey P. Long; Rednecks; songwriter; John Sebastian; Tarzana Kid; Lovin' Spoonful; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; So Far; Anne Murray; Country; Snowbird; Emporers; Santana's Greatest Hits; John McLaughlin; Borboletta; Airto; Jose "Chepito" Areas; Carlos Santana

Artwork

by Gene Suchma

page 1

keywords: school buses; Negro children; President Kennedy; South Boston

Photos

by Joan Marcus

page 1, page 2

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