Volume 4, Number 48: September 12, 1975 - September 19, 1975
- Harrisburg Independent Press

- Sep 19, 1975
- 4 min read
Updated: Nov 27
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from September 12, 1975 - September 19, 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
Renewal creates jobs -- for out of towners
by Christopher Sayer
page 1, page 2
keywords: demolition; Harrisburg Redevelopment; SAS Equiupment Company; North Bergen, N.J.; Cameron Street; Olympia Engineering; Tamaqua; small contractors; "performance bond"; black-owned businesses; Glenwood Trucking; Harristown Development Corporation;unemployment
Scotts will return to face contempt
by Jim Wiggins
page 2, page 13
keywords: Micki Scott; Martin S. Miller; contempt hearing; Judge R. Dixon Herman; Patricia Hearst; Jack Scott; William Kuntzler; grand jury; immunity; Symbionese Liberation Army; FBI; Catherine Hearst; Brandon Alvey
Senate bill would phase out property tax
by Jim Wiggins
page 2, page 14
keywords: Harrisburg area school systems; public education; General Assembly; Sen. John Stauffer; statewide taxes; Sen. Robert Myers; low income persons; personal income tax; business taxes; home ownership; occupational privilege taxes; social security; pension; Judge William Caldwell
Audit the Federal Reserve
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: In the Public Interest; congressional audit; Federal Reserve System; House of Representatives; General Accounting Office; money supply; interest rates; Boenig; Congressman Wright Patman; Arthur Burns; American Bankers Association; inflation; unemployment; home buying; consumer credit
Montage
page 3
keywords: rent subsidies; Housing and Urban Development; abortion; married woman; husband; consent; Planned Parenthood; Clergy Consultation Service; corporations; executives; Braniff International Corporation; Ashland Oil; Goodyear Tire and Rubber; Harrisburg Public Safety Director; James Straub; prostition; jail; New Hampshire; Governor Meldrin Thomson; National Guard; nuclear weapons; New York City; Budget Director Melvin Lechner; bonds; payroll; Municipal Assistance Corp.; censorship; Portugese Revolutionary Council; press; military reports; Martin Sostre; possession of narcotics; New York State; Amnesty International; political prisoners; Sasquatch; Army Corps of Engineers; Washington Environmental Atlas; shark attacks; Naval undersea center; men; hormone
Letters To the Editor
page 4
keywords: Vincente Franzia; blind woman; seeing eye dog; Michelle O'Byer; working people; unions; social justice; Beth Coppinger
Did a lie detector come between you and a job?
page 4
keywords: lie detector tests; American Civil Liberties Union; President Thomas Schmidt; fast food franchise; jewelry store chain; clothing store chain; record store; beauty shop chain; Pennsylvania law
Few try for amnesty, fewer still make it
page 4
keywords: Vietnam War resisters; Pennsylvania Selective Service System; Maj. Kenneth Moore; draft resisters; military deserters; Presidential Clemency Board; less than honorable discharge; alternative service; Undesirable Discharge; National Urban League; President Ford; Richard Nixon; Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.; conscientious objector
In Reply to Philip Berrigan
The Lessons of Vietnam
by Rodger Martin
page 5, page 11
keywords: abscence of consciousness; Readers Forum; morality; self-interest; capitalism; socialism; profit; Chile; Salvador Allende; Portugal; revolution; violence; prices; layoffs; shortages
Timothy Leary jumps the gun
by Pacific News Service
page 5
keywords: federal grand jury; San Francisco; prison; Weather Underground; marijuana; FBI; secret code; Michael Horowitz; Leary archives; escape; John Milano
A volunteer teaches and learns with refugees
by Robert Rafsky
page 6
keywords: Fort Indiantown Gap; Vietnamese refugees; "Under the Trees"; Pennsylvania Education Department; English; South Vietnamese armed forces; middle finger; bullshit; pictures; sponsorship; immigration; redemption
Kipona finally comes off, with controvery
by Jim Zimmerman
page 1, page 7
keywords: postponements; ski show; Kathy McCaughin; Tony and Mae Margio; Jere Engle; Department of Parks and Recreation; Gary Pflugfelder; Harrisburg Seaplane Base; inboard engine boats; outboard engine boats; powder puff race; protest; drivers' meeting; Fish Commission; rules; Susquehanna; race results
Cougars take Lancaster
page 7
keywords: Harrisburg High Cougars; Tornadoes; defensive unit; Marcellus Moore; Jim "Mad Dog" Harrison; Tony "Bosco" Thompson; Tom Speaks; offense; Kevin Diggs; Brad Jackson; Willie Reeves; Terry Plummer
No meal can be posh without summer squash
page 8
keywords: refrigerator crisper; markets; zucchini; scallop; pattypan; yellow crookneck; yellow straightneck; cocozelle; wok; zucchini patties; zucchini with cheese; dilled zuchini-corn combo; kidney bean-zucchini salad; cream of squash-corn soup; zucchini casserole with sour cream; canning; freezing
Local Notes
by Skinny Luke
page 9
keywords: Bond Street; New Jazz Quartet; Crystal; Coventry; Sheriff Jones; Moon; Denny Wade; Third Stream; Nebula; Music Tonight; Greg Kendig; Dave Fishel; Craig Stauffer; American Standard; Sly; Hank Imhoff; Latent Image; Randy Landau; Ed Wambach; 3rd Annual Pa. Bluegrass Festival; Aerosmith; Rod Stewart; Allman Brothers; Earl Scruggs; Doobie Bros.; McEndree Spring
Ebony Fashion Fair
pages 9-10
keywords: Harrisburg Forum
Search is on for Weimer relatives
page 11
keywords: Tucson; Fred H. Weimer; Lykens, Pennsylvania; heirs; Gordon L. Cox; genealogist
I am the prison
by Richard Lorne Hunt
page 11
keywords: Arizona State Prison; lonliness; letters; visitors
Comments on the great potty seat raid
by Richard Hower
page 13
keywords: marijuana; Evening News; toilet seats; Salt Lake Police; "Marijuana Menagerie"; Richard McDonough; Deputy Ralph Tolman; Police Chemist
Women At Work celebrates the everyday
by Sara Greenwald
page 14
keywords: Betty Medsger; Harrisburg YWCA; photography; meat packing; wheat farming; fishing; teaching; nursing; exhibit; physical strength; Konica Autoreflex T3
Two men who love the movies
Richard J. Anobile's Film Classics Library
by Dick Sassaman
page 15
keywords: screen comedians; W.C. Fields; Abbott and Costello; The Marx Brothers; books; film history; Film Classics Library; The Maltese Falcon; Casablanca; Psycho; Ingrid Bergman; Humphrey Bogart; Claude Rains; Peter Lorre; Sidney Greenstreet; Mary Astor; John Huston; Janet Leigh; Frankenstein; Robert Bloch; Bonnie and Clyde
Two men who loved the movies
Alan Warner's Age of the Hollywood Musical
by Dick Sassaman
page 15
keywords: Depression; George Raft; Busby Berkeley; We're In the Money; record albums; Presenting the Golder Age of the Hollywood Musical; Hooray for Hollywood; Gold Diggers of 1933; Dames; Ruby Keeler; Warner Baxter; Shuffle Off To Buffalo; 42nd Street; All's Fair In Love and War; James Cagney; Joan Blondell; Winifred Shaw; Judy Canova; Una Merkel
Music in Central Pennsylvania
Edgar Winter On Record
by Dick Sassaman
page 16
keywords: Hershey Arena; Rick Derringer; Still Alive and Well; Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo; All American Boy; Spring Fever; John Siomos; John Siegler; Chick Corea; The McCoys; Walking the Dog; Dan Hartman; Rock and Roll Woman; Shock Treatment; Frankenstein; Jasmine Nightdreams; White Trash; Roadwork
Music in Central Pennsylvania
The Doobie Brothers at the Farm Show
by Chuck Betti
page 16
keywords: The Outlaws; Southern rock; Tom Johnston; acoustic; electric guitar; John Hartman; Keith Knudsen; Tiran Porter; Pat Simmons; Jeff "Skunk" Baxter; Mike McDonald; Jesus Is Just Alright; Stampede; China Grove; Listen To the Music
Jazz for September
page 16
keywords: Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds; Avery Fisher Hall; Maynard Ferguson; Count Basie; Frank Sinatra; Ella Fitzgerald
Photos
by Fred Prouser
page 1, page 2, page 7, page 14, page 16




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