Volume 5, Number 3: October 17, 1975 - October 24, 1975

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from October 17, 1975 - October 24, 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

A shady firm is setting your property taxes

by Jim Wiggins

page 1, page 2, page 13

keywords: homeowners; farmers: Cole Layer and Trumble; Ralph Nader; County Commissioner Earl Hoffman; Cumberland County; Westmoreland Co.; Alcoa Corporation; Mellon family; U.S. Steel; William Wolosyn; Senate Subcommittee on Intergovermental Relations; Sen. Edmund Muskie; DuPont Corporation; Consolidated Coal Company; Jonathan Rowe; Crawford Murdoch

Local scab contractor gets glowing praise

page 2

keywords: Patriot-News; organized labor; Rep. Fred Noye; Pennsylvanians for the Right To Work; Miller-Norford Construction Co.; Nationwide Insurance; Central Pennsylvania Trades Council

Gardens for the people is a state success

by Christine Biringer

page 2, page 8

keywords: vegetable gardens; state and city land; Gov. Shapp; Anti-Inflation Garden Program; Agriculture Secretary James A. McHale; State Hospital; J.B. Reagan; Bicentennial gardens; seeds; Shipoke; North Fourth Street; Judy Shipley; carrots; peas; green beans; turnips; beets; squash; tomatoes; green pepper cabbage; Community Canning Center

The good finish last

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: In the Public Interest; Bureau of Census; David Shaw; census publications; citizen groups; daycare centers; adult education; playgrounds; housing improvements; D.C. Public Library; "Census Data for Community Action"; Vincent P. Barabba

Montage

page 3

keywords: President Nixon; Camp David, Maryland; Maureen Dean; dirty movies; Police Chief Ed Davis; Los Angeles; women's liberation; crime wave; Earl Butz; U.S. Department of Agriculture; vegetables; eggplant; turnips; okra; asparagus; "hate list"; Hubert Humphrey; beets; 1976 School Lunch Bill; unpopular vegetables; Ford administration; "most objectionable" bills; child nutrition; senior citizens' programs; Trident submarine; B-1 bomber; Columbian labor; B.F. Goodrich; Colgate-Palmolive; Container Corporation of America; Tokyo; Japanese radicals; demonstrations; baseball pitching machines; William Lignante; Frank Corso; Parker Pen Company; Independence Hall; "Bicentennial Pens"; Kevin McAnallan; Fairbanks, Alaska; automatic weapon; bail

Letters To the Editor

page 4

keywords: Joel Roth; softball; Comeback of the Year award; Patty Hearst; Suchma; Ten Most Powerful Men in Harrisburg; Bob Yuhnke; local scene; state scene; Herbert M. Packer, Jr.; Pennsylvania Builders Assn.

UNICEF cards buy kids drugs

page 4

keywords: Holiday Greeting Cards; Betty Sue Lentz; Sri Lanka; rehabilitation; "The Lady With the Unicorn"

The Power of the People

page 4

keywords: Active Nonviolence; photographic history

Native Americans reclaim New York land tract

page 4

keywords: Mohawk; Eagle Bay, New York; Iroquois Confederacy; Ganienkeh Camp Project; agrarian community; language; religion; dance; vigilante attacks; state troopers; eviction; farm equipment; building materials; Caughnawaga Treaty

A look at local drugstore prices

page 5

keywords: HIP consumer; pharmacies; non-prescription drugs; Revco; Rite-Aid; Pathmark; Thrift Drugs; People's Drugs; Rea and Derrick; Pruss; Listerine; Vaseline jelly; toothpaste; shampoo; vitamins; deodorant; hair coloring; Band-Aid; conditioner; Jergens lotion; cotton balls; hair remover; baby lotion; shave cream; towelettes

The Governor's 18 minute memory gap

by Jim Wiggins

page 6

keywords: Gov. Shapp; Michael Baker, Jr.; roadbuilder; campaign funding; $10,000; grand jury; aide; campaign contributions

Correspondence from the last American reporter in Vietnam

by Frances Starner/PNS

page 6, page 11

keywords: South Vietnam; Anh Sau; Huynh Van Chung; ARVN; Ben Tre; My Tho; "strategic hamlet program"; President Ngo Dinh Diem; "pacification"

RSVP Senior Power lights up the stage

by Christopher Sayer

page 7

keywords: Retired Senior Volunteer Program; "memories Through the Decades"; Forum; 1920s; Depression; World War II; 1950s; music; Lola Kramer; Alma Moody; Charleston

A short talk with The Rock

by LNS

page 7

keywords: Vice President Nelson Rockefeller; press conference; Western States Republican Conference; personal wealth; private enterprise; capitalist system; democracy; productivity

Sports The Football Poll

by J. Morris

page 8

keywords: Harrisburg High; Cedar Cliff High; State College; Altoona; Steelton; Red Land; Susquehanna; Mechanicsburg; Central Dauphin East; Central Dauphin; Middletown; Palmyra

A book for next year

by Christine Biringer

page 8

keywords: The City People's Book of Raising Food: Helga and William Olkowski; Berkeley, California; supermarket; "urbaculture"; self-suffiency; composting; organic farmers; sawdust; nitrogen; home canning; bee-keeping; mulch

Local Notes

by Skinny Luke

page 9

keywords: Third Stream; Latent Image; Free and Easy; Everyday People; David Fox; Green Street; Autumn; Sun Machine; Bandana; Hopper; American Standard; Ed Wambach; Randy Landau; Janis Ian; Taj Mahal; Jesse Colin Young; Doobie Brothers

Bread revisited: learn the true wonder

page 13

keywords: "enriched"; wheat germ; whole grain flours; breadmaking; nutrition; taste; whole wheat bread; knead; ttiple rich bread; honey; challah; cheese and onion bread; stock

Book Review

A mother's shrill cry to her radical children

by Christopher Sayer

page 14

keywords: Liberal Parents, Radical Children; Midge Decter; "alternative culture"; dropout; pothead; sexual revolutionary; communes; middle-class adults; small shops; marijuana

Has the time come for plant liberation?

by Debra Weiner/PNS

page 14

keywords: sperm whale; San Francisco flutist; flora; fauna; biocentric consciousness; human needs; Jerry Mander; ecology movement; grasslands; Ponderosa Pines; Sterling Bunnell; human chauvinism

Music What's in a name? Natalie & Freddy Cole

by Dick Sassaman

page 15

keywords: Taylor family; Natalie Cole; Inseparable; Nat 'King' Cole; Liza Minelli; Taj Mahal; Motown sound; Chuck Jackson; Marvin Yancy; Cocacabana; This Will Be; The Freddy Cole Trio; The Cole Nobody Knows; As Long As I'm Singing; Annapolis, Maryland; Curtis Mayfield; Phil Upchurch

Slight Obfuscation

by Dick Sassaman

page 15

keywords: Gene Suchma Retrospect; Harrisburg Art Association; Lady Macbeth; Hamlet; Rockefeller; Attica; hostages; guards; automatic weapons

Feuilleton The ethics of Martin Bear

by Dick Sassaman

page 15

keywords: Sports Illustrated; Wall Street Journal; Ronald F. Gilrain; Tom Hauser; Barry Newman; James Buckley; Bella Abzug; Mayor Abe Beame; New York Times; Senate Office Buildings; House Office Buildings; ZIP codes

Movies Blue Water, White Death

by Dick Sassaman

page 16

keywords: Union Deposit Twin Cinemas; Jaws; Roy Scheider; divers; Dangerous Reef; Australia; Terrier VIII; Peter Gimbel; James Lipscomb; great white shark; Stan Waterman; Ron and Valerie Taylor; Steven Spielberg; documentary; Peter Lake; humor; music; Tom Chapin; blue sharks; whale

Artwork

page 1

keywords: extraterrestial travel; missing persons; Oregon

by Gene Suchma

page 1

keywords: HIP; subscribe; U.S. Mail

Photos

page 9, page 10

keywords: Jesse Colin Young; Youngbloods; Pucillo Gymnasium; Millersville State College