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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1963
Page
1
In Vermont Senate politics Lt. Gov. Foote teams with Senate President pro tem John Boylan to challenge Gov. Hoff. Foote outlines key bills for the session while Hoff seeks a delay for study results. Boylan, as appropriations chair, partners with Foote to push measures.
Kennedy's tax plan would likely yield about 1.2 billion in savings for small firms including sole proprietors and partnerships as Treasury and SBA estimates show. Small business leaders support relief but urge spending curbs and oppose some reforms, with mixed reactions on broader corporate tax cuts.
James Patrick LaCross 2 month old son of Mr and Mrs Leroy LaCross of Beech Court was found dead in his bed about 10 am after suffocating on a plastic sheet used as a bed covering. Dr Donald Shea ruled death due to suffocation and an autopsy was planned. The infant was the couple’s only son.
Ken Noland, a New York artist, has purchased the secluded Shaftsbury home where Robert Frost lived for nearly two decades. The sale transferred from Frost’s grandson William Prescott Frost, now of Eugene Oregon, to the artist who buys both land and buildings. The Frost home story continues on Page 10.
Heavy weekend rains caused fresh flooding in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia with reports of floods in Tennessee and New York State. The Cumberland River rose seven feet above flood stage as 22 counties were declared disaster areas and about 500 homes in Harlan Ky were affected amid a harsh winter storm pattern.
Village of Bennington voters decide on a 1963 tax rate of 3.38 dollars Tuesday at the State Armory. Ten articles cover General Fund highways and special appropriations, with a 1962 rate of 3.16 dollars.
Wisconsin Republican Rep. John W. Byrnes urged substantial cuts in the Kennedy administration budget, starting with $3 billion in education and nondefense spending. He proposed holding spending at current levels, potentially supporting a tax cut offset by a $7.5 billion revenue reduction and corporate and personal tax cuts. He also called for blocking a $1.5 billion nondefense increase and restricting foreign aid and university construction funding.
In San Jose Kennedy meets with five Central American leaders and Panama to discuss economic union and Alliance for Progress aid. Cuban issue is noted but not on the formal agenda, with emphasis on regional economic integration and urgent measures for coffee and commodity prices.
The piece views Kennedy's Costa Rica talks with six Latin American presidents as slow aimed at eradicating Castroism. It notes Castro remains a symbol of Communist influence and a training ground for Latin American guerrilla ideologies, while acknowledging direct invasion is unlikely. Castro claims Venezuelan guerrillas are unstoppable.
New York James G. Patton of the National Farmers Union urged a massive public works program at the 44 state convention. He called for hydroelectric dams, pollution abatement and atomic energy plants to cut unemployment and raise growth toward 7 to 10 percent, arguing debt fears are overstated.
Coverage previews more testimony in the Hancock Raceway scandal. The article notes ongoing inquiries and expected revelations as officials scrutinize alleged malfeasance connected to the raceway case.
Hope Cooke, 22, of the United States, traveled toward Gangtok for a wedding with Maharajkumar Thondup Nangyal amid expections and concerns from locals. Monks chanted blessings as a mild earthquake and thunderstorm unsettled residents before the ceremony.
New York printers vote 64 to 1,557 in effect to continue the newspaper strike that began December 8. The rejection blocks an eight-newspaper return this week and keeps Local 6 at odds with publishers and the ITU leadership.
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