Volume 5, Number 10: December 5, 1975 - December 12, 1975
- Dec 12, 1975
- 4 min read
Updated: Jan 28
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from December 5, 1975 - December 12, 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
Who killed George Jackson?
New evidence challenges official version of death
by Eve Pell/PNS
page 1, page 7, page 8
keywords: San Quentin prison; Malcolm X; assassination; gag rule; San Quentin Six; prison officials; law enforcement officials; Judge Henry Broderick; coroner; John Manwaring; John Frank; Frank Bortfield; David Q. Burd; cover-up
Advertising inflates cost of food
page 2, page 13
keywords: food industry; large corporations; 'oligopoly'; federal tax law; business expense; ready-to-eat cereal; vegetable oil; Wesson Oil; Crisco; Proctor & Gamble; hot cereal; Quaker; General Mills; Pillsbury; Chicken of the Sea; Campbell Soup; capital investment; Fred Harris; President Ford
U.S. labor pains at HACC
What?! A demonstration?!
by Richard Leiby
page 2, page 6
keywords: United States Labor Party; Harrisburg Area Community College; New Solidarity; Trum Simmons; demonstrations; Student Government Association; Dean of Students Jay Ebersole; college administrators
Businesses overwhelm 19th Street residents at PennDOT hearing
by Christine Biringer
page 2, page 16
keywords: noise pollution; trucks; Friendship Center industrial complex; city incinerator; Cloverly Heights homeowners; Tom Caldwell; Central Storage and Transfer; David Sims; Robert Mumma; Pennsy Supply; Representative Stephen Reed; City Council; Anthony Dodaro; Scott Warrick; Paul Doutrich
A corporate watchdog
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: In the Public Interest; Security and Exchange Commission; Stanley Sporkin; Penn Central; Equity Funding; SEC Chairman Ray Garrett; accountants; lawyers; regulatory agency; Roderick Hills
Montage
page 3
keywords: pulsar; space; universe; packaging industry; Environmental Protection Agency; paper; glass; aluminum; Coalition To End Grand Jury Abuse; Leslie Bacon; Mayday demonstrations; bombing; U.S. Capitol; Justice Department; Justice William O. Douglas; Simeon Booker; Nixon tapes; Medicaid; Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Dr. Martin Garfinkle; John Kalata; Jerry London; Nathan Blinn; Jack Silvers; mouse; marijuana; San Jose Police Department; NORML; Jim Roberts; Montreal Canadians; President Ford; University of Michigan; toilets; White House
Letters To the Editor
page 4
keywords: nuclear disarmament; nuclear arms race; White House; Jonah House; Civil Disobeidance; grave digging; India; France; Britain; Soviet Union; People's Republic of China; Jim McNeil; Dan Sanders; Phil Berrigan; "civil defense"; Joan Burds; J. Edward Dudgeon; Ladon Sheats; Joan Cavanagh; "unlawful entry"; "destruction of government property"; Baltimore
Across The Bar
by Christopher Sayer
page 4
keywords: Rep. Stephen Reed; law and order; police witnesses; incarceration; alternative programs; crime; victim counseling; community mediation; Rape Crisis Center; domestic tranquility
'Loitering' law latest in Middletown's war on teens
by John Serbell
page 5
keywords: Middletown Borough Council; curfew; police chief Steve Mrakovich; First Amendment rights; attorney Andrew Schneider; U.S. District Court
WKBO to purchase Starview
page 5
keywords: Federal Communications Commission; WRHY; Dorea Corporation; Michael Rea; "album rock" format; teenagers; young adults; rock music; Gordon Moul; Albert Dame; advertising
Prohibition marches on
The WCTU, yesterday and today
by Richard Kaplan
page 6
keywords: Women's Christian Temperance Union; Mrs. Walter Bernheisel; tobacco; narcotics; alcohol; pamphlets; movies; lectures; 18th Amendment; twenty first amendment; Frances Willard; women's suffrage; living wage; Equal Rights Amendment; Jesus
Ronald MakDonNow makes it big in Hong Kong
by Richard Borsuk/Agence France Presse/PNS
page 6
keywords: global franchising; Ronald McDonald; apple pies; Daniel Ng; Kentucky Fried Chicken; Colonel Saunders; "finger-lickin' good"; menu
Community Organizing Workshop
page 6
keywords: Harrisburg WYCA; civic organizations; organizing skills; Richard Kinane; Deb Baldwin
Will the masses ever see 'Hearts and Minds'?
by Jim Zimmerman
page 8
keywords: Academy Award; Best Documentary; Vietnam; Reg Childs; RBC Films; Penn State Capitol Campus; Peter Davis; Burt Schneider; Walt Rostow; Warner Brothers; Joe Griffin; East 4; United Artists Cinemas; Randy Floyd; college campuses
U.S. expands arms sales to Brazil
by PNS
page 8
keywords: Ford administration; U.S. weapons; military training; ally
Local Notes
by Skinny Lucy
page 8
keywords: Latent Image; Coventry; Everyday People; The Music Man; White Rose; Hank Emcough; Windfall; Branded Country; Elmer J. Fudd; Squire; Racey; Music Machine; Colonial Five; Third Stream; Little Red; Ben Barber; Craig Stouffer; American Standard; Steamed Clams; Moon; Squire; Randy Landau; Ed Wambach; Janis Ian; Hall & Oates; Bruce Springsteen; The Who
Help Your Kids and Schools
page 11
keywords: parents; students; Superintendent of Schools; Ben Turner; Harrisburg City Schools; public meeting; Emergency School Aid Act
Fill your belly with some cranberry jelly
page 14
keywords: cranberries; Vitamin C; cranberry bread; cranberry sauce; cranberry-orange muffins; cranberry apple pie; cranberry relish; cranberry cheese bread
Plants The making of a terrarium
by Cindy Leitzel
page 14
keywords: bottle gardens; glass container; drainage material; charcoal; soil; African violets; orchids; ferns; begonias
Jazz
The lyrical John Coltrane
by Dick Sassaman
page 15
keywords: The Gentle Side of John Coltrane; High Step; Paul Chambers; Africa/Brass; Miles Davis; saxophonist; A Love Supreme; Ascension; Meditations; Om; Cosmic Music; Selflessness; McCoy Tyner; Jimmy Garrison; Elvin Jones; Blue Note; Philly Joe Jones; Nixon, Dixon and Yates Blues
Jazz
Ronnie Laws; Bobby Hutcherson
by Dick Sassaman
page 15
keywords: Pressure Sensitive; Montara; Blue Note; Hubert Laws; David Newman; The Jazz Crusaders; Last Days and Time; Earth, Wind and Fire; Wilton Felder; Joe Sample; salsa sound; Bobby Matos; Victor Pantoja; Johnny Paloma; Rudy Calzado; Oye Como Va; Yuyo
Jazz
Billy Cobham; Herbie Hancock; Stanley Clarke; Jan Hammer
by Dick Sassaman
page 15, page 16
keywords: A Funky Thide of Sings; Man-Child; Journey To Love; The First Seven Days; jazz rock; Mahavishnu Orchestra; creation; Steve Kindler; synthesizers; funk; Chick Corea; Return To Forever; Concerto For Jazz Rock Orchestra; Milcho Leviev; John Scofield; Alex Blake; Randy and Mike Brecker; Glenn Ferriss; Spectrum; Crosswinds
Jazz
John Klemmer
by Dick Sassaman
page 16
keywords: Touch; saxophonist; Don Ellis; Oliver Nelson; Constant Throb; Waterfall; Fresh Feathers; flutes; echoplex
Some Jazz For December
page 16
keywords: Third Stream; Hugh Masekela; Latent Image; Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds; Charles Mingus; No Cigar;Lonnie Liston Smith; Tony Williams; John Hammond; Benny Goodman; George Benson; Helen Humes; Bessie Smith; Cecil Taylor; Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Photos
by Levy
page 2
by Fred Prouser
page 5
page 9, page 10
keywords: New Law In Town; rock; soul; Paddock Room




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