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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. A seacoast town struggles to understand the death of a native Laotian. Plus,a look back at New Hampshire and the Civil War - the story behind the man who lead New Hampshire's all volunteer regiment into the war's deadliest battles. And we'll see the pictures taken by a Granite State native and the stories they tell us about some soldiers' true feelings about race. |
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Good Evening. I'm Richard Ager. Allison McNair has the night off. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We begin tonight with a summary of today's news. |
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Town officials in Newmarket spoke out today against the fatal assault on a Laotian man last week. Thung Phetakoune died on Monday, two days after he was allegedly attacked by a neighbor. At a news conference today, Newmarket town councillors expressed outrage over the incident, but stressed that it does not mean the town is racially intolerant. |
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A Buddhist funeral for TING PETTAKOON will be held tomorrow at the Kent and Pelczar Funeral Home in Newmarket from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Newmarket town council has set up a fund for the Phetakoune family. Contributions can be sent to the Bank of New Hampshire, Exeter St., Newmarket, NH 03857. |
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The suspect in the case is a neighbor, Richard Labbe. A probable cause hearing is set for next Wednesday. While some around the case are arguing that Labbe face Hate Crime charges, state officials will only say that they conducting a complete investigation. We will have full coverage of the issues raised by this crime next week on NH Outlook. |
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Money problems continue at the Pulp and Paper of America mills in northern New Hampshire. Employees got paid yesterday, but the towns of Gorham and Berlin still aren't seeing overdue tax money. On Wednesday, Berlin enacted a spending freeze because the mill there owes it three million dollars in taxes. Taxes on the mill account for about 25% of the city's budget. City officials say they may have to cut services if the taxes aren't paid. Gorham imposed a similar freeze two weeks ago. |
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Good news for New Hampshire as appropriations legislation moves through the U-S Senate. Senators Judd Gregg and Bob Smith have outlined more than 120 million dollars in programs ranging from air pollution and water projects to law enforcement grants. Among the larger grants: Almost 17 million dollars in law enforcement funds for projects that range from anti-drug and gang prevention programs to police radios. The legislation also includes eight million dollars for water and energy projects. |
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Winchester residents whose homes have been invaded by rats will get free gravel from the town highway department to plug holes that rats have dug under house foundations. Several families claim the rats are coming from the former A.C. Lawrence Leather Company tannery, which is being demolished. But town officials say the rats are being attracted by garbage left outside the homes. |
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Though the battlegrounds of the Civil War were far removed from New Hampshire, the soldiers from the Granite State paid a heavy price. And no soldiers paid a greater price than those of the 5th New Hampshire regiment. Recently, two editors from the Concord Monitor published a book about the Fighting Fifth, and its controversial leader Col. Edward Cross, a journalist, adventurer and soldier who grew up in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Producer Chip Neal visited Lancaster to begin our story. |
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Earlier I spoke with the authors of "My Brave Boys" Mike Pride who is also the editor of the Concord Monitor and Mark Travis the Monitor's editorial page editor. |
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Thanks to Mike Pride and Mark Travis from the Concord Monitor |
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In 1862 and 1863 a Concord photographer, named Henry P. Moore traveled down to South Carolina and Georgia to take pictures of the Third New Hampshire Regiment during the Civil War. It was purely an entreprenurial venture; but, he came back with some unique photographs which captured the awkward relationship between the white soldiers from the north and the black slaves of the south. |
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Henry P. Moore's story and his photographs are now in a book titled "Soldiers, Sailors, Slaves, and Ships: The Civil War photographs of Henry P. Moore". It is available at the Historical Society in Concord. |
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A profit warning from Microsoft had investors selling off stocks today. With more than 800 companies issuing similar warnings about shrinking profits, analysts say there is concern that an economic turnaround won't happen soon. Despite some winning days. the markets lost ground by week's end. |
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On Wall Street today. The Dow closed down about 33 points. The Nasdaq composite ended the day down 17 points. And the S-and-P-500 lost just over four. |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Brookstone was up seventy- six cents. Chubb shares dropped a dollar twenty-nine. New Hampshire Thrift was down by eighty- four cents. State Street Corporation lost a dollar and eleven. And Unum ended the day down a dollar forty. |
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The attorney general's office is warning New Hampshire residents to beware of a new, costly and widespread pyramid scheme. Several hundred people who have invested in a so-called "car club" stand to lose thousands of dollars, and could face criminal charges. Like most pyramid schemes, participants are asked to contribute money to the person at the top of the list, then send the list on so their names can move toward the payoff spot. In this case. the car club has a driver, pit crew, fans and crew chiefs. |
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Turning now to the weekend forecast, we checked in a little while ago with Anna Porter at the Mount Washington Observatory. |
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CG:WEATHER\Mount Washington Observatory\Today on the Summit\Temperature: 56 degrees\Light and variable winds\Mostly sunny\Visibility 50 miles CG:WEATHER\Tonight\Statewide\Clear with late patchy fog\Lows in the 40s 50s \Light winds CG:WEATHER\Saturday\Statewide\Sunny\Highs 85 to 90\ CG:WEATHER\Sunday\Statewide\Partly cloudy\Highs 85 to 90\ |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook - We'll take you behind the scenes of one of New Hampshire's rites of summer - the NASCAR races at Loudon. |
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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. Roundtable returns next Friday. Stay tuned for NH Crossroads Classics. We'll be back Monday at 7:30. Have a great weekend. Good night. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. New Hampshire's Civil War story. We'll hear about the fighting fifth and look through the lens of a Civil War photographer. Here at 11:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Releases for Civil War. |