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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1965
Page
14
MONTPELIER UPD State Tax Commissioner Gerald Witherspoon plans to propose changes to Vermont's corporate income tax to the 1965 General Assembly. He says the reforms would be fairer and cost the state nothing, though the administration backed plan is dead for the session as it would have cost $500,000 yearly. The proposed changes would remove the sales factor from the tax on corporate franchises.
Vermont lawmakers consider altering the DES bill to drop the foreign dividends and interest factor and keep the sales factor, with predicted net treasury effects small though tax bills for some corporations would shift. Senate Democrats push a compromise. Welfare Commissioner Hackel opposes, warning the unemployment fund is far below safe levels despite a healthy economy.
UPI analysis from Saigon notes the Viet Cong, though faceless, run provinces under Communist control with taxes, schools, and governance. The article details rising Viet Cong reach from 1963 to 1964, comprising main forces, militia, and 80,000 to 100,000 guerrillas, signaling growing Communist influence despite U.S. aid and advisement.
The FTC opened an investigation into gasoline marketing as a matter of direct concern to car owners and called major oil company representatives, independent producers, service stations, and the motoring public to testify at hearings expected to last at least two weeks. Witnesses included leaders from the National Oil Jobbers Council the Michigan Petroleum Association Tidewater Oil Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association Rock Island Refining and Sunland Refining. The hearings will cover price wars gasoline grades competition between branded and unbranded fuels and overall market structure and behavior across segments.
Senator Javits with Senators Prouty and Murphy proposes a permanent 12 member Citizens Advisory Council on federal welfare programs. The panel would report to Congress annually, comprised of state and local welfare officials appointed for four year terms to provide formal recommendations to HEW.
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