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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1964
Page
19
Our Berkshire columnist notes the daylight gain from the winter solstice in Salisbury and nearby towns. Sunsets shift from 4 12 p.m. to 4 45 p.m., creating longer evenings and a twilight that lingers toward almost 6 p.m. Sunrise advances slowly, with latest rise at 7 13 a.m.
The author notes longer days starting in January and the sun’s altered angle changing light and shadows. Birds feed later and longer, sap buckets are readied by Washington’s Birthday, and groundhog day, Lincoln and Valentine’s, plus the coming vernal equinox, point toward spring despite lingering snow. The garden awaits, yet the mind turns to hopeful warmth.
The split Panamanian government is led by Solis Palma and Eloy Benedetti who oppose any terms the U S can accept. President Chiari signed a OAS communique but quickly faced renewed attacks and a possible coup. Washington warns against reopening talks while violence fears rise and U S forces could intervene to block a Communist led regime.
Barry Goldwater argues for a staged withdrawal of federal involvement in social welfare education power housing and more proposing a 10 percent yearly reduction to shift duties to lower levels or private actors. Hal Boyle notes comment on neighborhood psychiatrists children as well.
The 1964 budget aims to drop individual withholding from 18 to 14 percent once law, skipping the two stage plan. For a $100 weekly earner with two kids, take home rises $4.20 weekly. a $200 wage rises $6 weekly. The move adds about $200 million monthly to private spending, totaling $800 million monthly in purchasing power. Overall, the economy is expected to gain a strong stimulus in 1964 as spending increases.
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