Volume 5, Number 4: October 24, 1975 - October 31, 1975

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from October 24, 1975 - October 31, 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

Utilities make $120 Million in tax loopholes

by Christopher Sayer

page 2, page 14

keywords: Pennsylvania; electric utilities; federal income taxes; Environmental Action Foundation; "accelerated depreciation"; "investment tax credit"; deferred payments; Alfred Kahn; New York Public Service Commission; Federal Power Commission; new plants; facilities; tax credits; Senator Lee Metcalf; Public Utility Commission

Hershey Estates gets special tax treatment

by Jim Wiggins

page 1, page 2, page 13

keywords: property taxes; tax breaks; Earl Hoffman; Hershey corporation; Cole Layer and Trumbel; appraisals; Crawford Murdoch; Hershey Stadium; depreciation allowances; Hersheypark Arena; Hotel Hershey; National Central Bank; reassessment

ACLU challenges lie tests

page 2, page 8

keywords: lie detector tests; Red Barn Restaurant; Hampden Township; District Justice Ross McAllicher; Frank Barba; voice-stress test; attorney Tom Schmidt; misdemeanor; Rite-Aid Corporation; Jewelcor; marijuana; drug and alcohol abuse; medical history; school discipline; criminal record

Rotten from the top

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: In the Public Interest; abandoned building; HUD; firetrap; sovereign immunity; Federal Torts Claims Act; Maria Sanchez; Judge Prentice H. Marshall; building maintenance; Senator Charles Percy; negligence

Montage

page 3

keywords: Eleanor Roosevelt; drug technology; tuberculosis; Johns Hopkins Medical School; Dr. Gurewitch; David Frost; Richard Nixon; interview; Bebe Rebozo; Robert Alplanalp; Walter Annenberg; Ohio State Senate; parimutual wagering; frog races; Philadelphia Bar Association; Charles Peruto; marijuana; Rocky mount, North Carolina; Ms. Hattie Weaver; cows; ads; Vladivar vodka; President Gerald Ford; TV cameras; assassination; California; Army; anti-war protestors; electronic surveillance; Army Security Agency; Martin Luther King; Poor People's Campaign; national conventions; General Accounting Office; FBI; domestic spying; subversive activities; Equal Credit Opportunity Act; women

Letters To the Editor

page 4

keywords: Edy Chamoun; Middle East: Lebanon; Camille Chamoun; Christians; Moslems; Richard Jabbor; New Cumberland; Debby Luxenberg; R. Miller; "scab"; organized labor; building trades union; Nelson Rockefeller

ATB

by Christopher Sayer

page 1, page 4

keywords: Karen Quinlan; New Jersey; coma; life support systems; medical technology; Joseph Quinlan; mercy killings; Thomas Szaz; death

It's time to turn the Capitol lights back on

by Jim Wiggins

page 5

keywords: Capitol dome; Logan Alley; Capitol Building; Milton J. Shapp; energy crisis; Daylight Savings Time; beauty; Harristown; aesthetics

Residents continue push for ban on trucks

by Christine Biringer

page 5, page 13

keywords: Cloverly Heights residents; S. 19th Street; PennDOT; City of Harrisburg; city incinerator; noise; litter; structural damage; Mayor Harold Swenson; Councilman Jack Karper; Anthony Dodaro; Jacob Kassab; Representative Stephen Reed; Henry Basso; truck traffic; reassessment

AS I SEE IT

A new column of local goings-on

by Ted Ross

page 6

keywords: Elbert Hubbard; property; taxation; City Council; Miriam Menaker; Leroy Robinson; Stan Lawson; Marianne Faust; Richard Stabinski; Corky Goldstein; Steve Reed; Town Meeting; Dr. Bob Little; Ron Lench; Capitol Expansion Area; Rogers C.B. Morton; Secretary of Commerce; Jewish Community Center; Craig Cohen; Eric Keisling; Ford; vote

National Organization of women calls strike for October 29

page 6

keywords: "Alice doesn't"; National Organization for Women; Davlyn Jones; Walk A Thon; Mercer College; anti-fashion show; San Jose State College; "Hookers' Union"; Honolulu; Equal Rights Amendment; Northwestern University; George Washington University; Washington; Phoenix

Sports The football poll

by J. Morris

page 7

keywords: Harrisburg High School; Esat High School; Cloyd Rexrode; Terry Plummer; Joe Makosky; Vic Diggs; Kevin Diggs; Mike Summers; Jim Bullock; Cedar Cliff

Bethlehem Steel receives another pollution extension

by Richard Kaplan

page 7

keywords: federal air pollution standards; Federal Clean Air; Gene Dice; Department of Environmental Resources; violations; public health; court order

Resistance to the war machine: carry it on!

by Joan Cavanagh

page 8

keywords: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft; B-52; F-15; F-111; F-14A; A-6; F-8; liturgy; DEATH; criminal trespass; disorderly conduct; criminal mischief; Judge Nicholas Armentano; East Hartford, Connecticuit; Joan Burds; Jon Bach; Eddie Gersh; Kevin Jones; United Technologies; Sikorsky; resistance

Local Notes

by Skinny Luke

page 9

keywords: Free and Easy; The Clowns; Coventry; Early Spring; Third Stream; Green Street; Everyday People; Latent Image; Wolfgang; Dave Fishel; Ben Barber; Craig Stouffer; Steamed Clams; American Standard; Nebula; Ed Wambach; Randy Landau; Janis Ian; Edgar Winter; Chicago; The Who; Dave Mason; Jimmy Buffett; Roger McGuinn; The Allman Brothers; The Beach Boys; Tower of Power; Sky King; War

Crackers don't have to come from a box

page 14

keywords: Saltines; flours; honey; rye; whole wheat; cornmeal; soy; coconut; seeds; leftover crackers; Swedish hardtack; yoghurt; zwieback; cornmeal puffs; sesame crackers; whole wheat crackers; wholewheat straws; cheese crackers

Music The Harrisburg Symphony

Off to the best start in 46 years

by Becky Baum

page 15

keywords: Review; National Anthem; World Series; Forum; Ted Joselson; pianist; Thaikovsky; Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor; Rip Van Winkle Overture; George Chadwick; Harry Neidermyer; English horn; woodwind section; strings; La Mer; Claude Debussy; Dr. David Epstein; harp; N.Y. Youth Symphony

by Dick Sassaman

page 15

keywords: Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra; concerts; Aaron Copland; Appalachian Spring ballet suite; Eugene Fodor; violin; Emanuel Ax; piano concerto No. 4; Artur Rubenstein International Competition

Children's Theatre The Sunshine Players

by Ginny Sassaman

page 15

keywords: Review; Harrisburg Area Community College; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; multi-media; New England; Haloween; Icabod Crane; juvenile delinquents; violence; costumes; sexism; Frombones

Feuilleton

Sink or swim in the bureaucracy

by Dick Sassaman

page 16

keywords: typing test; An American in Washington; Russell Baker; Department of Justice; How To Cook In Jail; oleomargarine; Wisconsin; butter; South Pacific; State Department; Brussels Fair; interracial romance; Waiting for Godot; Defense Department; monkeys; research; physical fitness; non-swimmers; Southern senators; college degree; Ken Larsen; Rep. Donald E. Tewes

Costume Design Workshop

by Beth Coppinger

page 16

keywords: Tale of the Red Dragon; Queen of Midnight; Harrisburg Performing Arts Company; ancient Greek; contemporary theater; Paul Foltz; Byre Theater; Scotland; costume

Photos

page 9, page 10

keywords: Philadelphia; Freedom Theatre; "May We Go Round"; Forum; black drama group; Clients of the Judicial System; ex-offenders

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