Volume 4, Number 5: November 1, 1974 - November 8, 1974
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- Aug 1, 2023
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This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from November 1, 1974 - November 8, 1974, 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 Mothers: strange power and its lack wherewith
by Dick Sassaman
page 1, page 13
keywords: Frank Zappa; Gentle Giant; Three Friends; Octopus; The Power and the Glory; Farm Show; Montana; Apostrophe; Over-Nite Sensation; Zappa/Mothers Roxy and Elsewhere; freak show
Heroin: The legacy of war for Vietnam vets
by Jim Zimmerman
page 2, page 12
keywords: Simon Barbush; Vietnam veteran; addiction; marijuana; CIA; Air America; South Vietnamese officials; VA Regional Office; President Nixon; less than honorable discharges; undesirable discharge; purple heart
Police News
page 2
keywords: Harrisburg; loaf of bread; Sunbury; potato chips; town park; Arthur Badman; Legal Services; unconstitutional; ordinance; eating food
Letters To the Editor
page 3
keywords: welfare workers; social services; income maintenance; harassment; Welfare Department; Social Service Unit; Dauphin County Board of Assistance
Consumers need a strategy
by Ralph Nader
page 3, page 6
keywords: In the Public Interest; residential utility consumers; Residential Utility Consumer Action Group; nuclear power; energy policy; tax relief; fuel adjustment; Federal Energy Administrator; subsidies; check-off proposal
Montage
page 3
keywords: ACLU; draft evaders; legal aid; clemency program; Henry Schwarzchild; Rev. Barry Lynn; gay teacher; public schools; Penn State; Joseph Acanfora; State Education Secretary John Pittenger; teaching certificate; gay students; Rep. Wilbur Mills; champagne; Energy Research and Development Administration; clean energy sources; atomic power; weapons; solar energy; geothermal energy; Public Citizen; household pest exterminators; National Pest Control Association; poisons; Air Force; Agent Orange; dioxin; birth defects; South Vietnam; sale; Environmental Protection Agency
Tokyo man finds solution to noisy neighbors
by Douglas Lummis/PNS/New Asia News
page 4
keywords: murders; housing project; piano; knife; human setting; "economic miracle"; neighbors; development
The library's going broke
by Beth Coppinger
page 4
keywords: Harrisburg Public Library; Board of Trustees; branch libraries; Marilyn Kanenson; Uptown Friends of the Library; Joan Leopold; state; funds; County Commissioners
The West Shore - Arthur Berger for Congress
by HIP staff
page 5
keywords: Democratic candidate; Congress; 19th District; Cumberland County; William F. Goodling; inflation; economic issues; interest rates; wage-price controls; excess profits tax; income tax surcharge; foreign policy; military aid; South Vietnam; CIA; Chile; amnesty; oaths; alternative service; Ford pardon; government spending; production
Yogurt! How to make it at home
page 6
keywords: nutritional value; culture; yogurt makers; temperature; electromatic incubator
Big bucks from big business for Schneebeli
by Jim Wiggins
page 7
keywords: Rep. Herman T. Schneebeli; lobbying groups; Pete Wambach; American Dental Association; Oral Surgeons; Nelson Rockefeller; House Ways and Means Committee; oil companies; campaign contributions; state elections commission; House of Representatives; 17th Congressional District
The strangest contribution of them all
page 7
keywords: campaign financing reports; Fidelity Trust Bank of Williamsport; Piper Aircraft; tax break
HIP Election Survey
page 8
keywords: issues; Democrats; Republicans; inflation; Nixon; Vietnam War; Constitutionalists; defense; free economy; Socialist Workers; Socialist Labor Party; capitalist system; JWiggins
HIP Election Survey - Governor
page 8
keywords: Drew Lewis; state finance chairman; Republican Party; Speaker of the House; House Majority Leader; welfare; state income tax rebate; school administration; corruption; cable TV; federal income taxes; Milton Shapp; state lottery; consumer advocate; Consumer Protection Agency; pornography; abortion; capital punishment; AFL-CIO; social programs; railroads; Coalition on World Hunger; state contracts; liberal
HIP Election Survey - U.S. Senate
page 8, page 9
keywords: Richard Schweiker; Pete Flaherty; Mayor of Pittsburgh; oil companies; government spending; taxation; defense spending; land use planning; oil depletion allowances; health care; GI bill; foreign aid; campaign reform; environment; mass transit; consumer advocacy; amnesty
HIP Election Survey - U.S. Congress
page 9, page 10
keywords: 17th District; Herman T. Schneebeli; Gulf oil; business; AFL-CIO; Nader report; military spending; inflation; abortion; family planning; Pete Wambach; working people; conservation; shale oil; energy self-sufficiency; oil companies; grain stockpiles; mass transit; amnesty; radio; television; 19th District; Arthur Berger; American Civil Liberties Union; William Goodling; George Goodling
HIP Election Survey - General Assembly
page 10, page 11, page 12
keywords: abortion; adultery; fornication; election reform; Consumer Protection Bureau; Flood Disaster Prevention Act; 106th District; Rudolph Dininni; campaign financing; highway trust fund; abortion; pornography; corruption; Sunshine Bill; Frank B. Purcell; state income tax; Uniform Probate Code; PUC; dams; 105th District; Joe Manmiller; defense; Hain Wolf; 104th District; H. Joseph Hepford; sales tax; state police; Stephen Miller; schools; 103rd District; capital punishment; trails; urban homesteading; public works; public assistance; 92nd District; Eugene Geesey; Jacob Myers; 88th District; Willis R. Kocher; John E. Schaeffer; 87th District; Guy A. Kistler; George E. Matthias; no-fault divorce
Taj Mahal
by Dick Sassaman
page 13
keywords: Review; Georgetown University; bluesman; Oooh So Good 'N Blues; Mo' Roots; Afro-American music; background vocals; cakewalk into town; fishin' blues; Rudy Costa; Kester Smith; Hoshal Wright; Luther Cuffy; Larry McDonald; Sounder; Pointer Sisters; reggae; The Slickes; Bob Marley; prisons
Airport 1975
by Steve Murray
page 15
keywords: Union Deposit Cinemas; Alice in Wonderland; Arthur Hailey; Charlton Heston; Karen Black; Boeing 747
Photos
by Jim Flanagan
page 1
by Sartarelli
page 2
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