Volume 4, Number 49: September 19, 1975 - September 26, 1975
- Harrisburg Independent Press

- Sep 26, 1975
- 4 min read
Updated: Dec 2, 2025
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from September 19, 1975 - September 26, 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
The ten most powerful men in Harrisburg
by Jim Wiggins/HIP staff
page 5, page 6, apge 7, page 13
keywords: Profile; power elite; economic resources; chief executives; Joseph T. Simpson; HARSCO; Cleve Fredericksen; Joseph Brenner; AMP; Harold S. Mohler; Hershey Foods; multinational corporations; Wilson Lewis; John C. Tuten; George L. Morrison Jr.; bankers; Dauphin Deposit Trust; Tuesday Club; philanthropy; means of production; Presbyterian; George F. Dixon, Jr.; Carlisle Corp.; tires; Wilson D. Lewis; Polyclinic Hospital; Frank E. Masland III; Masland and Sons; carpet; John Birch Society; Hershey Foods Corp.; Milton Hershey School; Commonwealth National Bank; Robert M. Mumma; Pennsy Supply; Kimbob; Secretary of Commerce; land development; Republican politics; Richard Nixon; howitzer; Pennsylvania Power and Light; National Central Bank; Federal Reserve Bank; Americans for the Competitive Enterprise System; Harrisburg Hospital; Kline Foundation; Penna. Manufacturers Association Insurance
City is uncommitted on dirty drinking water
by Jim Zimmerman
page 2, page 11
keywords: Harrisburg water; Department of Environmental Resources; Terry Fabian; bacteriological contamination; filtration; water testing lab; Mayor Harold Swenson; Susquehanna River; Harrisburg City Council; chlorination; Dehart Dam; Ganett, Fleming, Corddry and Carpenter
Charlie Day is his own boss
by Richard Lieby
page 2, page 11
keywords: trucking; Freightliner; independent; steel; inflation; long distance driving; Tulsa
ACLU will push bail reform bill
page 2, page 14
keywords: "Pre-trial Release Act"; American Friends Service Committee; Representative Joseph Rhodes; nominal bail; money bail; probation; parole; American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania
Oceans of wealth
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: In the Public Interest; fishery firms; world hunger; Alaskan pollock; brand name fish; shrimp; government subsidies; producer cooperatives; underfished species; foreign markets
Montage
page 3
keywords: bacteria; biodegradable plastics; G.J.L. Griffin; Dr. Ananda L. Chakrabarty; genetic engineering; anthracite miner; black lung disease; black lung claims; Congressman Daniel J. Flood; benefit program; Bogota, Columbia; Container Corporation of America; B.F. Goodrich; prison inmates; Equal Rights Amendment; insurance companies; health insurance; Mutual of Omaha; Mayor Frank Rizzo; Philadelphia; "dream house"; Linda Salcedo; California Teen Pageant; talent; dynamite; U.S. Capitol; National Enquirer; reporter; backwater capital city; Abe Beame; Hearst hunt; 'New Times'; police officers; white people; black people; Los Angeles; Chief Ed Davis
Letters To the Editor
page 4
keywords: drunkenness; epilepsy; stroke; handicapped people; law enforcement officials; Elisabeth Ellenbogen; Stephen R. Reed; school taxes; school district budgets; poverty school districts; Chester-Upland; Dennis Boyer; cooperative socialism; corporate fascism
Accross the Bar
by Christopher Sayer
page 4
keywords: property taxes; schools; consumers; local taxes; low-income families; land speculators; state control
The parts they left out of the Paxton Herald
by Richard Hower
page 1, page 7
keywords: Bozo Herald; Bulwark of Barter; review; Boenig B-17; for sale; artichoke peeler; for rent; hippies; queers; Perry Como; Frank Lloyd Wright; electric guitar; Giant Tap Dancing Duck; Studebaker; electric train set; robot; cathedral pipe organ; space vehicle; tunnel
Electronic flea market draws downtown crowd
by Jean McLaughlin
page 8
keywords: downtown Harrisburg; transistors; condensers; resisters; Park-N-Shop; Robert L. Marzari; Central Pa. Repeaters Assoc.; hamfests; professional dealors
Sports Help send Alvin to L.A.
by J. Morris/ B. Jackson
page 8
keywords: Alvin Cook; karate world championship; United States Karate Team; Amateur Athletic Union; Walter Dobson; Youth Urban Services; Harrisburg High School; Dobson Golden Dragon Isshinryu Karate Club
Never invade a cougar's den
page 8
keywords: Wyoming Valley West Spartans; Harrisburg High Cougars; Brad Jackson; Terry Plummer; Mike Summers; Kevin Diggs; Willie Reeves; Tony "Bosco" Thompson; Galen Allen; Gary Byrd; Tom Speaks; fumbles
Local Notes
by Skinny Luke
page 9
keywords: Coventry; No Cigar; Silent Way; Radiants; Everyday People; Free and Easy; Ray Eiker; Nickel Plated Rose; 21st Century; Stillborn; Dave Fishel; Greg Kendig; Dennis Hopper; Third Stream; American Standard; Hot Ice; Ed Wambach; Aerosmith; Pa. Blue Grass Festival; Frank Zappa
These recipes are a real peach
page 13
keywords: canning; freezing; drying; peaches; Rochester; Late Glo; Eden; Golden jubilee; Wisconsin; Hale; Ranger; Fuzzless Gold; Polly; Elberta; dried peaches; Vitamin C; Baked Peach Whip; Frozen Fruit Dessert; syrup; peach butter; peach ice cream; recipe
Things to do this fall
compiled by Beth Coppinger
page 14
keywords: HACC; University Center; Harrisburg School District; Art; Doshi Academy; painting; drawing; Art Association of Harrisburg; phography; wood carving; Dance and Drama; Harrisburg Performing Arts Studio; ballet; slimnastics; Harrisburg Community Theater; YMCA; swim classes; delf-defense; YWCA; Karate; Gymnastics; Tennis; The Harrisburg Craftsman; pottery; weaving; guitar; Jesua ben Josef School of Religion; neuropsychology; spiritual expression; Marriage and Communication
Bail fund meeting set
page 14
keywords: Dauphin County Bail program; John Anderson; Lehigh Valley Bail Fund; Harrisburg Uptown Neighbors Together; money bail; incarceration; bondspersons; United Church of Christ; collateral; pretrial release
Books: The 30- year war of Lt. Onoda
by Dick Sassaman
page 16
keywords: No Surrender, My Thirty Year War, a Memoir; Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda; time travellers; soldiers; Japanese Imperial Army; Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi; Guam; Philippines; commando training; guerilla warfare; Kinshichi Kosuka; Norio Suzuki; Major Yoshimi Taniguchi; Tenuo Nakamura
Photos
by Fred Prouser
page 2
by Levy
page 2
by Norio Suzuki
page 16
Artwork
by R.M Schreiber
page 4




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