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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. Gun owners voice opposition to legislation regulating gun control. We'll have a full report. Also, are women less likely candidates for positions of power? We'll review findings of a recent study and hear what women in New Hampshire politics have to say. And we'll take you to a skiers paradise. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. |
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A hearing into proposed gun control legislation drew a large and boisterous crowd today. As producer Richard Ager reports, the Consumer Firearms Safety Act is going to be a tough sell in the Live Free or Die state. CG:BULLET4\Consumer Safety Firearms Protection Act\Firearms sales must be by licenced importer, manufacturer or dealer\Firearms must have a safety device\Handguns must be tested and carry warning label\Minimum age of 21 to carry a concealed weapon\Source: House Bill 736 |
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Bite: Tape 1 11:25:05 I've heard a lot of the fears that the real goal is to water down or even take away the Second Amendment. That is not the real goal. That is a fear. Track: The bill's sponsors faced a somewhat hostile crowd today as gun owners and dealers packed Representatives Hall for the hearing. Soundup: 08 10:36: The real goal is to affect a problem. We have a problem. Criminals get too easy access to guns. Kids have too easy access to guns. Graphic: Under the bill, all firearms sales, new or used, would have to be conducted by a licenced importer, manufacturer or dealer. All firearms would require a safety device such as a trigger lock. All handguns would have to be tested and carry a warning label. The bill also sets a minimum age of 21 to carry a concealed weapon. Track: Legislators backing the bill say it is intended to protect those most prone to misuse firearms: children and youths. Bite: Tape 1 10: 46:23 It denies the opportunity for juvenile offenders, felons, those with restraining orders and others who are not legally eligible to own a firearm, the ability to purchase one. It does not stop law-abiding citizens who are entitled to purchase firearms for protection or sport from doing so. Track: But those opposing the bill say the answer is education, not legislation. Bite: Tape 1 10:51:50 They keep humming the old mantra, it's for the children, it's for the safety, it's for this, it's for that. My opinion is this. The children have plenty of help. We're all concerned about the safety of children and youth. We're all concerned about the law. Standup: Tape 2 13;00:18 Every legislative session, at least one bill aimed at controlling guns comes up - and when that happens, gun owners and enthusiasts show up in numbers calculated to deliver message to legislators: Don't restrict our rights. Bite: Tape 1 10:57:00 I would like the committee, if you would, to just turn around here - Could I have a show of hands. Of all the people here, who stand to lose some financial component to being here today, everybody's who's taken time out from work - this is the passion we feel about nonsense like this bill. We thank you. Track: For NH Outlook, I'm Richard Ager. |
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If you're a Public Service customer waiting for a rate reduction, you'll have to wait a bit longer. The start date for electric deregulation and a planned reduction in rates will be delayed. Several major rating agencies instrumental in securing low-cost financing for PSNH have informed the company that the ratings process for the new bonds cannot be completed in time to meet the anticipated April 1 start date for deregulation. Rates for PSNH customers are scheduled to be reduced by over 10 percent, on average, when electric utility competition begins. Implementation of the state approved deregulation plan is now expected to occur May 1. |
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According to one recent poll, video gambling remains the most popular choice on how to pay for New Hampshire's public schools. Fifty-eight percent of those polled by American Research Group say they favor video poker machines at the state's racetracks to fund education. The poll found strong opposition to a broad-based taxes. Only 29 percent favored an income tax, 28 percent favored a statewide property tax and 39 percent favored a sales tax. The poll of 600 residents was conducted March third through the eighth and had a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points. |
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A hearing on Mental Health Parity drew a crowd Concord today. the bill would expand mental health benefits to cover a wider range of mental health illnesses and treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. At one point, there was testimony detailing a study commissioned by by the New Hampshire Mental Health Coalition. |
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13:53:10 The reality is - all the studies show the same thing, there is not one single example that shows that the costs go through the roof, that there is this black hole of unknown expenses that will be generated once legislation like this is passed. |
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Those in opposition to the bill argue that if passed, the cost of family insurance plans would rise close to four percent. |
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Well it felt like the first day of spring today - the true test -if you left your winter coat at home. But let's not celebrate yet, can you believe it, another nor-easter may be in the makine. We checked in with Katie Hess at the Mount Washington Observatory a few minutes ago. |
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CG:WEATHER\Tonight\North\Clear skies \Lows in the lower 20's\\ CG:WEATHER\Tonight \South\Partly cloudy \Lows in th mid 20's\\ CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\North\Partly sunny becoming cloudy\Chance of snow showers\Highs in the upper 30's\ CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\South\Partly sunny \Highs around 40\\ |
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A recently released study has found that female candidates for higher office face greater scrutiny and are held to higher standards than their male counterparts. The study commissioned by the Barbara Lee Foundation suggests that when in comes to women in executive leadership roles, voters tend to be more critical and have specific expectations. Joining me to talk about the study and whether that's been the experience for women in politics here in New Hampshire - Former House Speaker Donna Sytek and Former State Senate President and current Senator Bev Hollingworth of Hampton. What about crisis management ability financial expertise "toughness" experience public service |
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CG:BULLET5\Voters Who Prefer Women Candidates\College Educated Women\Democratic Women\Younger Democrats\Women with Children\Working Women\Keys to the Governor's Office |
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CG:BULLET5\Voters Who Prefer Women Candidates\Men Over 45\Men Who Haven't Attended College\Voters Over 45 Who Haven't Attended College\Republicans - Men and Seniors\Married Voters, Where Wife is Homemaker\Keys to the Governor's Office |
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Barbara Lee looks at difference as far as men and women in a campaign for governor . in: 9:58:09 Women need to let voters know what accomplishments. Out: 9:58:28 as candidates for governor. |
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Barbara Lee talks about how women have to really have to walk a thin line when it comes to projecting their image. IN: 9:59:51 Women are percieved often as too tough or too soft. OUT:.credible candidates.10:00:16 |
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Barbara Lee is doing a follow up study on Women in the legislature. 10:06:54 in: The purpose is to look at what difference women make once they're in state legislature 10:-07:20 out:. come through women's interest in this arena and women intitiating this kind of legislature |
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Thanks to Senator Bev Hollingworth and Donna Sytek. |
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CG:BUMP\Keys to the Governor's Office Guide\ElectWomenGovs@aol.com\ |
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In an effort to to stablize an increasingly weak economy the Federal Reserve slashed short-term interest rates by a half-point for the third time this year. A sell off followed Alan Greenspan's anouncement - as stocks began to tumble. Disappointed investors began to pull their money out of stocks. Many on Wall Street feel the move is not enough to help the economy and corporate earnings recover anytime soon. |
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 238 points to end at 97-hundred-20. The Nasdaq sank more than 93 points, almost five percent, to close at 18-hundred-57. The S-and-P 500 lost 28 points to settle at eleven-hundred-42. CG:STOCKS\Dow Jones\9720.76\-238.35\NYSE\586.55\-9.62 \American Stock Exchange\876.22\-5.32 \Nasdaq\ 1857.46\-93.72\S&P 500\ 1142.62\-28.19 |
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Here's a look at stock's of interest in New Hampshire. Fischer Scientific was down 1-point-1-5. Lockheed closed down almost one and a quarter. Oxford Health was down 1-point one-nine. Sanmina Corporation dropped four and a half. And State Street was off three-point-one nine. |
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On the first day of spring, most of us are anxiuosly waiting for all this snow to melt. But spring can also be a great time to get into backcountry ski touring. Producer Scott Jones takes us to skiers paradise. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - In 1992 Souhegan High School in Amherst was using an educational philosophy called "active learning". Now 8 years later Chip Neal returns to Souhegan to see how the program is doing. |
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That's it for this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for Keeping Up Appearances. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. In 1992 Souhegan High School in Amherst was using an educational philosophy called "active learning". Now we return to Souhegan to see how the program is doing. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |