Misplaced Foam Warns of Water Pollution Dangers on Long Island
Suffolk County faces polluted ground water from detergents and overdevelopment. Officials cite poor planning and shallow wells as factors while New York funds a study to address contamination. The piece urges stronger local state zoning sewage disposal and surveillance to protect water supplies and prevent further pollution.
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Suffolk County
N.Y
Long Island
New York
Vermont
Withholding Plan Should Work
Long Island banker John Sadlik of Franklin National Bank testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in favor of a withholding tax on dividends and interest. He argues the cost to banks would be modest and that withholding would reduce tax evasion, align gains of savers with workers, and simplify tax collection. He acknowledges small investors may face abatements but sees a simple form as workable.
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Long Island
Senate Finance Committee
John Sadlik
Franklin National Bank
Franklin National
Furthermor
Sadlik
Long Island Bank
Vermont faces alcohol age clash with New York
The Vermont Sunday News argues for reexamining the 21-year drinking age as New York allows 18. It cites highway danger from underage Vermonters crossing state lines, notes Gov Keyser’s caution, and calls for calm study of evidence before broad changes.
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Green Mountain
New York State
New York
Vermont
Vermont Sunday News
F. Ray Keyser
Cate
Keyser
Washington debate over France joining nuclear club
The United States resists sharing nuclear knowledge with France to join the Western deterrent. Britain’s past exception and De Gaulle’s stance complicate policy, as Athens NATO talks loom with no clear solution. President Kennedy holds a strong alliance position amid German and British political pressures.
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France
de Gaulle
United States
Pentagon
Britain
Atlantic
Macmillan
NATO
America
Kennedy
Berlin
Paris
Washington
Athens
Dean Rusk
Adenauer
Medicine cabinets as modern status symbols in homes
A New York AP piece notes the medicine cabinet becomes the modern status symbol and a personal health storehouse. It contrasts past times with two-bathroom homes needing multiple cabinets and widespread use of medicines, while questioning why health gains do not always boost life enjoyment.
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New York
Medicine Cabinet
Dad
Mom
Freer Consumer Spending Buoys Economy in Spring
Consumer spending in recent days boosted the economy as spending rose on apparel autos and new homes while refurbishments and travel gained. Higher incomes dividends and better weather feed optimism, with factory output and a first quarter peak at $549 billion, up $6.8 billion from late 1961.
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New York
Commerce Department
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Fiddle Enthusiast Praises Nowak Sonata and Listener Effort
Paul E. Warfield of North Bennington commends The Banner for coverage of the Bennington College Faculty concert in Brattleboro. He weighs the Nowak solo violin piece against 12 tone theory, praising its depth and the two way effort of creator and listener, and hopes Miss Pernel performs it again.
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Banner
Ogden
Bennington College
Brattleboro
Lionel Nowak
Mr. Ogden
Nowak
Mr. Nowak
Miss Pernel
Tor
Pernel
Paul E. Warfield
North Bennington
Ben-Mont strike praised for orderly tactics and high resolve
Fayette Colvin of Local 534 and Local 295 UE IMWA urges Vermonters to back striking Ben-Mont workers. She praises peaceful negotiation, condemns management for a $1.25 per hour offer, and frames the dispute as a fight to preserve dignity and living standards in Vermont.
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Ben-Mont
Kennedy
Vermont
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Denver Post
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