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Volume 5, Number 9: November 28, 1975 - December 5, 1975

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This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from November 28, 1975 - December 5, 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.


Screenshot of Volume 5, Number 9 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from November 28, 1975

Article Index


Weis makes record profits, you pay more

Weis: a corporate food giant

Special to HIP

page 1, page 2, page 13

keywords; USDA; retailers; Sigfried Weis; food processor; "profit margin"; "Business Week"; William B. Eagleson, Jr.; Girard Bank; Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Gustave L. Levy; Norton Simon; board of directors; New York Stock Exchange; corporate food chain


3 Mile Island ruled secure

Ex-guards call report a whitewash

by John Serbell

page 1, page 15

keywords: Nuclear Regulatory Commission report; security; Public Utility Commission; Joe Shapiro; John Darcy; Ralph Nader; Burns International Security System; Labor Relations Board; John Abbotts; chairman Louis Carter


Reed introduces tough law and order bills

by Christopher Sayer

page 2, page 14

keywords: Rep. Stephen Reed; House Law and Justice Committee; felonies; witnesses; burglary; unlicensed firearm; Omnibus Anti-Crime Package; Joshua Lock; Dauphin County Public Defender; civil liberties


Retailers spend $20,000 to defeat butt tax

by Jim Wiggins

page 2, page 14

keywords: state cigarette tax; bootlegging; lobbying; Pennsylvania Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors; Alton Wentzel; gas tax; Council Against Cigarette Bootlegging; Shapp Administration; regressive taxes; Bicentennial


Atomic socialism

by Ralph Nader

page 3

keywords: corpoprate welfare; atomic power industry; Price-Anderson Act; Westinghouse; Federal Energy Administration; radioactive waste; uranium enrichment; conservation; solar; William Simon; President Ford


Montage

page 3

keywords: Muhammed Ali; Tom Hayden; Senate; California; San Francisco; prostitutes; Judge Ollie Marie-Victoire; selective enforcement; bodyguards; corporate executives; Craig Claiborne; New York Times; Paris; WNET; ortolans; IRS; Commissioner Donald Alexander; organized crime; Bahamian bank; dung


Hash dispatch from Holland

Redeyed in Amsterdam

by Lucius Aargon

page 4

keywords: Heineken Brewery; hashish; hash bars; Free Folk Association; classical music; jazz; rock


Support Jim McHale

page 4

keywords: Secretary of Agriculture; small farmers; rural transportation system; rural housing; health care; National Land Use Conference; World Food Conference; home gardening; cooperatives; Senate Agriculture Committee


Sakokwenonkwas and the Mohawk spirit

Interview by Jim Zimmerman and Fred Prouser

page 5, page 6

keywords: spiritual leader; Mohawk nation; craftsman; Akwesasne; traditional ways; Amish; Jimmy Little Turtle; education; clans; alcohol; Mother Earth; reservation; matriarchal society; Bureau of Indian Affairs; technology


Federal bill would ban lie detector employment tests

by Jim Zimmerman

page 6

keywords: Red Barn; Jewelcor; Representative Edward Koch; employment; right to privacy; polygraph examiners; employee theft; House Judiciary Committee; District Justice Ross McAlicher; Birch Bayh


The care and feeding of plants

by Cindy Leitzel

page 7

keywords: Philodendron; coleus; asparagus fern; false aralia; Boston fern; geranium; blood leaf; jade plant; rubber plant; wandering jew; baby's tears; tiger plant; African violet; spider plant; temperature; humidity; light


Where and where not to buy plants

by Christine Biringer

page 8

keywords: house plants; Ashcombe Vegetable Farm; hanging baskets; terrarium plants; The Good Earth Plant Store; ficus benjamina; Stephenson's Flower Shops; The Greenhouse, Mary Sachs; The Bloomin' Works; plant accessories; Gimbel's; Murphy's; Penney's; The Children of Eng; East Mall


19-year-old drinking bill shelved

page 8

keywords: State House committee; drinking age; hard liquor


Local Notes

by Skinny Lucy

page 8

keywords: Third Stream; Latent Image; Free and Easy; Green Street; Early Springs; 5 cent Bag; Junction; Elmer J. Fudd; Hurricane Island; The County Line; Wolfgang; Ben Barber; Craig Stouffer; American Standard; Everyday People; Janis Ian; Arlo Guthrie; Hall & Oates; Bruce Springsteen; Edgar Winter; The Who


Hearts and Minds

page 11

keywords: Penn State-Capitol Campus; film; Vietnam; Peter Davis; Academy Award; General William Westmoreland; Clark Clifford; Senator William Fulbright; Walt Rostow; Daniel Ellsburg; Best Documentary; Roberts McLeod


In hot Tamil, the word for grits is Kari

page 15

keywords: curry; India; curry powders; Basic Curry Blend; Fiery South Indian Blend; Eggplant Curry; Nut Roast; Chapati


Campus food coop is now organizing

page 15

keywords: Pennsylvania State University; Capitol Campus; Wendy Brodell; Gaudenzia Food Buying Club


"Don't saw us, we'll saw you"

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Torso

by Dick Saaasman

page 16

keywords: Tobe Hooper; Keystone Drive-In; Colonial; Silver Spring Drive-In; Carlo Ponti; Sergio Martino; Hesse; sex symbol; vegetarianism; bestiality; Edwin Neal; horror; Gunnar Hansen; Leatherface; Marilyn Burns; junk film


Concerts The Beach Boys

An endless summer in November

by Dick Sassaman

keywords: Farm Show Arena; Sloop John B; Do It Again; Help Me Rhonda; Bach; In My Room; Sail On Sailor; Mike Love; California; Take A Load Off Your Feet; Surfer Girl; Heroes and Villains; Good Vibrations; Be True To Your School; Catch A Wave; I Get Around; California Girls; Wouldn't It Be Nice; Surfin' USA; Little Deuce Coupe; Barbara Ann; Fun Fun Fun


Photos

by Fred Prouser

page 2, page 5


page 9, page 10

keywords: Tracy and Eloise Schwarz; Olabelle Reed; Yonder City; HACC College Center; folk singers; American Standard; Moses Rascoe; 2nd Annual Blues To Bluegrass Festival


by Levy

page 11

keywords: Beach Boys; Farm Show Arena


Artwork

by Tommy

page 4








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