Volume 5, Number 11: December 12, 1975 - December 19, 1975
- Dec 19, 1975
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Updated: Feb 1
This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from December 12, 1975 - December 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
The Patnews Military Industrial Complex
Patriot News exec is favorite of Gen. Mier
by Jim Wiggins
page 1, page 2, page 13
keywords: Henry Young; Civilian Aide; Secretary of the Army; Army policies; Col. Adj. Gen. Harry J. Mier, Jr.; Pennsylvania National Guard; Army Secretary Martin R. Hoffman; Maj. Win Shaw; Col. Orin Henderson; Indiantown Gap Military Reservation; My Lai
R.I.P. James McHale Secretary of Agriculture
page 2
keywords: Senate; consumer protection; rural transportation; rural housing; small framer; producer-consumer cooperatives; Governor's Anti-Inflation Gardening Program; direct marketing; Senator Joseph Ammerman
State denies total truck ban, city responds to neighbors
by Christine Biringer
page 2, page 16
keywords: City Council; Harrisburg incinerator; Rep. Stephen Reed; PennDOT; David Sims; Friendship Center; Councilwoman Miriam Menaker; city neighborhoods; truck ban; suburban areas; Anthony Dodaro; S. 19th Street
Tax reform fraud
by Ralph Nader
page 3
keywords: Tax Reform Act of 1975; loopholes; House Ways and Means Committee; U.S. corporations; exports; citizen action groups; Congtressman William Cotter; investments
Montage
page 3
keywords: Equal Rights Amendment; Continental Insurance Corporation; health insurance premiums; Pro=America; Mutual of Omaha; Combined Insurance Company of America; Atlanta; President Ford; Republican Party; demonstration; Marriott Hotel; loan; New York City; War of 1812; City Council President Paul O'Dwyer; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; FBI agents; press credentials; NBC News; Cartha Deloach; NBC Chairman Julian Goodman; Environmental Protection Agency; water pollution; National Action Research on the Military Industrial Complex; United States; Israel; Vietnam; Lance missles; Honeywell; Guava bomblets; refillable bottle; energy; litter
Letters To the Editor
page 4
keywords: Tamara Schuppin; Unification Church; religion; involuntary servitude; Citizens Freedom Foundation; Citizens Engaged in Reuniting Families; Return To Personal Choice; cults; Eric and Elizabeth Schuppin; Moonies; Church of the Divine Birth; Caucasian membership; God's truth
Senator Snyder's welfare fraud
by Jim Zimmerman
page 4
keywords: welfare recipients; Employment Office; child support; income tax returns; identification cards; Rep. Robert L. Myers; welfare reform; public welfare regulations; Thomas Hooker; DPW Deputy Secretary for Family Assistance; Welfare Rights Organization; Jacob Miller; Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Johnson, O Bannon set to serve on PUC
page 5
keywords: PUC Commissioner Helen O'Bannon; consumer groups; Robert Bloom; James Kelly; Lewis Carter; Michael Johnson; Pennsylvania AFL-CIO; Pennsylvania Federation of Labor; 10 year terms
House passes bill tbyo limit liability in nuclear accidents
by John Serbell
page 6
keywords: U.S. House of Representatives; Price-Anderson Act; nuclear accident; industry liability; Senator Mike Gravel; nuclear power plants; Rep. William Goodling; Rep. Herm Schneebeli; Senator Hugh Scott
They call this progress?
page 6
keywords: stone mansion; Front and Kelker Streets; Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority; Susquehanna River Basin Commission; John Forte; "cost-benefit" ratio; demolished
Is the aerosol danger lost in the ozone?
by Scott Thurber/PNS
page 7
keywords: deodorant; cancer; ozone layer; ultraviolet radiation; National Resource Defense Council; fluorocarbons; Consumer Products Safety Commission; National Center for Atmospheric Research; NOAA; Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley; Oregon; DuPont; Freon
How U.S. stole Indian Ocean island
by RECON
page 7
keywords: British Indian Ocean Territory; Diego Garcia; Polaris missles; Mauritius; Senator Culver; oil
John Knight's walk on the wild side was fatal
by Jim Wiggins
page 8
keywords: Knight-Ridder newspaper chain; Inquirer; murder; Philadelphia Daily News; homosexual; Dr. John McKinnon; Rosemary McKinnon; "rough trade"; editor
Despite ruling, some hospitals ban abortions
page 8
keywords: Scranton State Hospital; human rights; obstetrical and gynecological services; Nanticoke State Hospital; Hazleton State Hospital; sterilization; Luzerne; Lackawanna; Attorney General Robert P. Kane; Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties for Abortion and Reproductive Health Services; Pennsylvanians for Human Life
Local Notes
by Skinny Lucy
page 8
keywords: States McFadden Quartet; No Cigar; Sun Machine; Free and Easy; Moon; Charvelles; Fantasy Delight; Squire; Crystal Dawn; Pentaphonics; Torch; Nebula; Third Stream; Kendig; Ben Barber; Craig Stouffer; American Standard; Steamed Clams; Everyday People; Ed Wambach; Randy Landau; Janis Ian; Hall & Oates; Bruce Springsteen; The Who
An underground renaissance from the West
by Richard Kaplan
page 12
keywords: Book Review; Arcade, The Comic Review; magazine; censorship; Krupps Comic Works; Paul Krassner; Elmer Fudd; R. Crumb; Madison Avenue comics; Stan Lee; The Origin of Marvel Comics; Fritz the Cat; Keep On Truckin'; Art Spiegleman; Bill Griffith; "Real Dreams"; S. Clay Wallace; "Comix, A History of Comic Books in America"; Zippy-Pinhead Detective
To jazz up vegetables, turn on the sauce
page 13
keywords: white sauce; souffles; cream soups; carrot croquettes; vegtable shepherd pie; scalloped mushrooms; eggplant au gratin; spaghetti fritters; vegetable souffle
Music
The 12 categories of Christmas
by Dick Sassaman
page 15
keywords: Christmas shopping; record albums; Bluegrass; Doc Watson; Memories; Grammy awards; Blues; Taj Mahal; Soul Messengers Band; Music Keeps Me Together; Hoshal Wright; Rudy Costa; Comedy; Firesign Theater; What This Country Needs; The Bottom Line; Do the Hun; Country; Gene Watson; Love in the Hot Afternoon; Disco; Tony Camillo; Bazuka; Invictus; Philip Proctor; Peter Bergman; Female Singers; Joan Baez; Diamonds and Rust; Greatest Hits; Cat Stevens; John Lennon; Shaved Fish; Crabshaw Rising; Elvin Bishop; Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Chicago; Jazz; John Coltrane; Lester Young; The Aladdin Sessions; tenor saxophonist; Male Singers; Eric Carmen; The Raspberries; Rock; Bruce Springsteen; Born To Run; Schlock; Daid Geddes; Run Joey Run; Paul Vance; Soul; Earth, Wind & Fire; Gratitude
Movies
King of Hearts and Minds
by Dick Sassaman
page 16
keywords: King of Hearts; Philippe De Broca; Alan Bates; Genevieve Bujold; Heart and Minds; documentary; Vietnam War; Peter Davis; Ho Chi Minh; General Westmoreland; P.O.W.; review
The Symphony
by Becky Baum
page 16
keywords: concert review; Forum; "Vent-ures"; Rossini; La Cenerentola; Janet Bookspan; 'Night Voices'; Anne Epstein; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Leslie Parnas; cellist; Suzanne Daubert
Photos
by Fred Prouser
page 2, page 5
page 9, page 10
keywords: Lisa De Ribere; Hershey Community Theatre; New York City Ballet Company; The Nutcracker; Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Artwork
by Philadelphia Police Department
page 5
by Paul Krassner
by S. Clay Wilson
by R. Crumb
by Griffith
by Spiegleman
page 12
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