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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont.
The piece critiques Justice Hugo Black for arguing that the First Amendment should bar all libel and slander suits. It argues such a reading would invite unfounded attacks, notes that obscenity and criminal law limits already constrain presses, and maintains accountability for harmful falsehoods.
Western observers see a fragile Laos coalition as a step back from direct conflict. Russian restraint and the U S backed royal government’s weak performance helped shape a compromise. The Kennedy administration pressed both sides while signaling possible intervention if the Communists overreach.
The debate over extending withholding to dividends and interest draws furious mail. Lawmakers note many opponents misunderstand it as a new tax rather than a tax collection method already in law for decades. Tax gap estimates of 0.5 to 1 billion dollars a year raise concern about evasion and fairness.
Rutland Herald notes that existing junk yard rules are not being enforced and warns local boards will struggle to apply them to new license seekers. The piece argues the law aims to curb growing junk heaps along highways and calls such sites signs of poor housekeeping.
In New York a writer touts television as a long term guest in the living room. The essay favors the familiar over constant novelty, noting a dependable set, 10 years of experience, and a preference for steady, comforting reruns rather than disruptive change.
Washington reports Laos signs a three-way coalition linking neutralists, pro Western, and pro Communist factions. Premier Souvanna Phouma and key posts go to neutralists while observers and 10,000 North Vietnamese troops linger. Post merger, nationwide elections risk new turmoil and US involvement deepens as Laos moves toward a fragile peace.
In Bristol Connecticut a homeowner’s five gallon trash can earned an official tag listing possible violations. Other items note youths speeding in Rhode Island, a photographer in New Hampshire, and Vermont talk of gubernatorial remarks after elections. Vandalism costs in Somerville, and a British historian on Cold War options closes the column.
New York AP Mary Stuart, longtime star of Search for Tomorrow, was nominated for best actress in a series Emmy to honor her day time role as Mrs Arthur Tate. She averages 15 pages of dialogue daily and is praised for portraying the woman next door.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy hosted 16 New York finance and industry executives to present the Kennedy view of the administration’s stance on business. He warned that continued claims of anti business sentiment could harden into reality and urged more favorable depreciation terms to spur investment amid Wall Street hostility.
A wary view of the Kennedy administration's tax proposals grows as Sen. Harry F. Byrd opposes a tax cut and threatens to block passage. The piece contrasts past presidential interventions with the current fiscal stalemate. It notes slow steel output, unemployment near 5.5 percent, and hidden job losses as the economy struggles to gain momentum.
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