NH OUTLOOK ROUNDTABLE EDITION, Friday, 10/6/2000
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Return to index of stories... 		Next on the Roundtable edition of New Hampshire Outlook. reporters from around the state discuss the week's top stories. The focus tonight, the final arguments in the Brock impeachment trial.
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Return to index of stories... 		Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook.
We'll get to tonight's roundtable discussion in just a moment. But first, here's a summary of today's news.
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Return to index of stories... 		You've probably heard by now that you'll be paying more to heat your home this winter. But how about some specifics?
The Energy Information Administration predicts the typical homeowner will pay about 40-percent more for natural gas -- an average increase of 240-dollars.
Heating oil prices are expected to rise about 190-dollars per household this winter. But if very cold temperatures take hold - the increase could be greater.
The cost of propane is expected to go up 25-percent compared to last year. The average consumer bill will rise from 823 dollars last winter to about one-thousand 45-dollars this year.
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Return to index of stories... 		A bill that could bring over 7-million dollars to New Hampshire for land conservation and improvement projects is on its way to President Clinton.
US Senators Judd Gregg and Bob Smith split on the vote that approved the federal Interior Department budget. Smith says he voted against the plan because it did not contain two provisions tied to New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest - One would have prevented the government from implementing a wider ban on logging in the forest. The other would have exempted northern New Hampshire residents from paying the new forest user fee.
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Return to index of stories... 		Can history motivate people to vote?The Museum of New Hampshire History hopes so.
The organization is trying to get people interested in voting by taking political exhibits on the road.
The displays - called Your Vote Counts - are headed to eight New Hampshire communities with a history of low voter turnout.
They are Nashua, Londonderry, Milford, Seabrook, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Colebrook and North Conway.
Remember, you can register to vote right up until election day.
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Return to index of stories... 		Tens of thousands of leaf peepers are headed into New Hampshire for the weekend.
At this hour, traffic is lightening up. Earlier Northbound Interstates 93 and 95 were reported backed up for several miles.
Tourism officials expect a record number of visitors to New Hampshire over the weekend.
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Return to index of stories... 		That's the news summary. We'll be back with this week's Roundtable discussion after the weather and this weekend's foliage report.
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Return to index of stories... 		The fate of State Supreme Court Chief Justice David Brock is in the hands of the Senate now.
Closing arguments were heard yesterday from the house prosecution and defense.
Deliberations begin Tuesday. That's the focus of tonight's Roundtable with Barbara McLeod.
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Return to index of stories... 		Coming up on Monday's edition of New Hampshire Outlook,
Republican gubernatorial candidate Gordon Humphrey joins us in the studio for a live one one one conversation.
Watch Monday night before you make your choice for the next Governor of the Granite State.
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Return to index of stories... 		That's all for this edition of Outlook tonight.
For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Allison McNair. Thanks for joining us.
Stay tuned for The McLaughlin Group,
We'll be back Monday at 7:30. Have a safe and happy weekend.
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Return to index of stories... 		Thanks to our founding sponsors who have provided major funding for the production of New Hampshire Outlook:
New Hampshire Charitable Foundadtion
Public Service of New Hampshire
Alice J. Reen Charitable Trust
Putnam Foundation
Stratford Foundation
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Return to index of stories... 		Supporters of the New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates took aim at each other's education funding plans today.
Former state Senator Ralph Hough , who supports Governor Shaheen, said candidate Gordon Humphrey's education plan would cause at least an 82--million dollar deficit.
Representative Frank Sapareto, who came forward for Humprey, says Shaheen's plan would result in a deficit twice as large.
Independent Mary Brown says she favors a state income tax.
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