Volume 4, Number 44: August 8, 1975 - August 15, 1975

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from August 8, 1975 - August 15, 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

The issue is housing

page 1

keywords: Uptown Community Campaign; burnt-out houses; Richard Kinane; Paul Casner; demolition; City Councilwoman Miriam Menaker; clean-up campaign; vacant houses

Harrisburg leads state in population drop

page 2, page 11

keywords: U.S. Census Bureau; Hurricane Agnes; suburban housing; shopping centers; mortgages; Mayor Harold Swenson; transient population; Herbert Goldstein; decent housing; school district; crime; Stephen Reed; George Gekas; 'white flight'; James Evans; Harristown Development Corporation; Wendell Banks; busing; city government

Social services union charges use of unfair labor practices

by Jim Zimmertman

page 2, page 11

keywords: Pennsylvania Social Services Union; unfair labor practices; Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board; public assistance; AFSCME; Kim Fellner; Lieutenant Governor Ernest Kline; Gerald McEntee; strike; 'preservation of bargaining unit'; Harrisburg Housing Authority; Philadelphia chapter; caseload size; health and safety; Greg O'Bienre

The county tax assessment: is there a better way?

by Sara Greenwald

page 2, page 11

keywords: County Commissioner Earl Hoffman; Cole, Layer, and Trumble; Special Citizen Taxation review Committee; re-assessment; property values; Dauphin County; 'market value'; assessed value; Board of Assessors; sheriff's sale; property improvement; 10 years

A consumer yellow pages

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: In the Public Interest; local services; consumer report; Consumers Union; Robert M. Krughoff; Washington Center for the Study of Services; Washington Consumer's Checkbook

Attention all sisters

page 3

keywords: A Woman's Community Planning Conference; YWCA; York Haven; feminist communications network; health care; child care; education; law; defense; sports; music; day care; women's suffrage

They burn horses, don't they?

by Robert J. MacInnes III

page 3

keywords: Penn National Race Track; William Taylor; arsonist; Barn B; Donald Robert Douglas; Dauphin County Prison; Lt. Herman Faiola; State Police; Readers Forum

Montage

page 3

keywords: tax resisters; Spiro Agnew; Coors Beer; Texas; Joseph Coors; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; President Ford; nomination; Declaration of Independence; Philadelphia; Bicentennial; National Archives; Historical Society of Philadelphia; Drug Abuse Council; pot; Democrats; Republicans; independents; Pittsburgh Mayor Peter Flaherty; KQV; radio personality; Daniel Ellsburg; Pentagon Papers; Major General Edward Lansdale; Fidel Castro; Robert Kennedy; CIA; South Vietnamese President Diem; Allende; Che Guevara

The Harris brand of bluegrass and politics

page 4

keywords: Fred Harris; state capitol; public utility system; populism; banks; insurance companies; elecreic rates; automatic fuel adjustment; rural cooperatives; income taxes; 'wheat deal'; Americans for Indian Opportunity; LaDonna Harris

Joseph Rhodes plans bid for Auditor General

page 4

keywords: Robert Casey; Commission on Campus Unrest; Spiro Agnew; Al Benedict; Harvey Thieman; state lottery; organized gambling; Gov. Shapp

CONSUMERSCOPE FTC investigates gas companies; liquor to rise

page 5

keywords: petroleum companies; natural gas reserves; UGI; Governor's Energy Council; Pennsylvania State Stores; liquor prices; LCB; IUD; pelvid disease; fallopian tubes; food budget; store coupons; name brand goods; store brand; Blue Cross; Blue Shield; rate schedules; cost controls; AMC; price increases; Gremlin; Matadors; Pacers; Hornets

TV cops break the law

by LNS

page 5

keywords: television dramas; television police; illegal searches and seizures; due process; right of counsel; 4th, 5th or 6th Amendments

Jobs in alternative radio

page 5

keywords: WBAI; News Director; Reporter; local stories; interviews; live coverage

Local Notes

by Skinny Luke

page 7

keywords: Third Stream; Nightwing; Back Door Frost; The Radiants; Jack and Jeff; Scott Stoner; American Standard; Hot Ice; Freeflight; ZZ Top; The New Show Revue; Graham Central Station; Rufus; Queen; Arlo Guthrie; Bonnie Raitt; Ramsey Lewis; Todd Rundgren; Linda Ronstadt; Leo Kottke; Beach Boys; Melanie; Great American Music Fair

Revolution brews in US-dominated Phillipine

page 9

keywords: martial law; President Ferdinand Marcos; police state; counterinsurgency; corruption; U.S. military bases; multi-national corporations; Ambassador William Sullivan; C.I.A.; Green Beret

Fat Boy visits the Capitol

by LNS

page 9

keywords: nuclear bombs; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; nuclear proliferation; demonstrations; nuclear weapons; nuclear war; Baltimore-Washington Peace Coalition; World War II

In the muck and the mire the mushroom blooms

page 10

keywords: Vitamin B; niacin; pantothenic acid; tossed salads; mushroom and cottage cheese salad; sour cream coleslaw; mushroom stroganoff; mushroom supreme; cod crumble; mushroom deviled eggs; wild mushrooms; "Some Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Pennsylvania

The refugee concert: relief or rip-off?

by John Serbell

page 12

keywords: Hersheypark stadium; Vietnamese refugees; promoters; "Spectacular New Show Revue of 1975"; Tara productions; Red Cross Relief Fund; Ellen Scupholm; John Lennon; Sid Bernstein; Solid State; Kokomo; Steve Satten; Harvey Ziskis; Artful Dodger; Larry Jon Wilson

Midnight at the Hill Theater

by Dick Sassaman

page 12

keywords: Review; midnight movies; rock films; The Midnight Special; Rolling Stones; WKBO; WFEC; Popcorn; The Beatles; Jimi Hendrix; Neil Young; Bee Gees; Vanilla Fudge; Jean-Luc Godard; Sympathy For the Devil; Let It Be; revolution; sex; rock and roll; Nicky Hopkins

Which one of these men is president of the United States?

page 12

keywords: HIP photo quiz; Gerald Ford; rock and roll artist; Harry Harrison; Billy Preston; George Harrison; Ravi Shankar; Tom Scott; Jack

Photos

by Fred Prouser

page 4

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