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Weather Forecast |
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Intro Roundtable |
| I-93 Study |
Tease Monday |
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Goodnight |
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Founders |
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Teen Smoking Study |
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| Pre-Show |
Summary Wrap |
| Headlines |
Weather Forecast |
| Heating Oil |
Intro Roundtable |
| I-93 Study |
Tease Monday |
| Wall Street/NH |
Goodnight |
| Record Turnout |
Founders |
| Gregg Cabinet Position |
Teen Smoking Study |
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Next on the Friday Roundtable edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Journalists from around the state discuss the issues. Tonight. We'll talk about theTuesday's election results and what the future holds. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We begin tonight with a summary of state news. |
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As we prepare for winter, there's good news for New England. President Clinton has approved a bill creating a home heating oil reserve for the Northeast. The legislation creates a permanent two million barrel heating oil reserve in the Northeast. The energy secretary can use that reserve when there is a significant regional supply shortage or price rise. The emergency stockpile is being kept in storage tanks in New Jersey and Connecticut in case of supply disruptions. |
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If you spent anytime on Interstate 93 this past summer, this will come as no surprise. An engineering study says four more lanes are needed on I - 93 in New Hampshire near the Massachusetts border to relieve traffic. The study proposed two more lanes in each direction for the three-and-a-half-mile stretch north to Windham. The highway now has two lanes in each direction. The conclusion is among the preliminary findings of a study considering widening I-93 from the state line in Salem to the Interstate 293 and the Route 101 split in Manchester. |
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State Treasurer Georgie Thomas says Wall Street is watching how New Hampshire handles its education funding crisis. She told the Executive Council yesterday Wall Street rating agencies have given the state six months to solve the problem. Otherwise, the state probably can expect to have its credit-rating downgraded. A lower credit rating would mean the state would have to pay a higher interest rate to borrow money. New Hampshire usually sells bonds each fall to pay for capital improvements. But Thomas says she has put off seeking a needed bond issue for fear of triggering a re-evaluation of the state's finances by credit-rating agencies. |
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\ Though some election results are still in question, one thing is for certain. Final figures show New Hampshire voters shattered the record for turnout in Tuesday's election. The secretary of state's office says 593-thousand ballots were cast, 48 thousand more than the previous record set back in 1992. Increasing population and the closeness of the races have been credited in part for the record. But, the percentage of registered voters who cast ballots did not approach the record set in 1992 when 82 percent of voters turned out. Tuesday's turnout was 69-point-three percent, only the second time since 1910 that the percentage was below 70 percent. |
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It may be premature, but U-S Senator Judd Gregg has been mentioned as a possible nominee for attorney general. Gregg, who helped Bush train for the presidential debates, says it is unlikely he'll be offered a cabinet post in a George W. Bush administration. He doesn't think any U-S Senator from a state with a Democratic governor will be offered a cabinet post. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen would choose a new senator if Gregg left for another post , and the choice likely would be a Democrat. And that could give Democrats control of the U-S Senate. |
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That's our news summary. We'll be talking about the election on a national and state level in tonight's NH Roundtable - coming up next. But first, here's a look at your weekend weather forecast. |
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TONIGHT RAIN WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOW 45 TO 50 TOMORROW RAIN LIKELY THEN A CHANCE OF DRIZZLE WITH FOG HIGH IN THE LOWER 50s SUNDAY PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH 55 TO 60 |
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What a week it was. The most dramatic national election in decades - and state contests that leave us all wondering, has anyone got a mandate? My guests this week are Laura Kiernan, columnist for the NH Section of the Boston Sunday Globe. Also joining us is Av Harris, reporter for NH Public Radio. Welcome to both of you. |
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Coming up Monday on NH Outlook. 90% of all business in the United States are family owned. Interestingly, though, only 3 out of 10 manage to survive to the 2nd generation. And, only 1 out of 10 survive to the 3rd. We'll meet a Laconia family who is beating the odds. |
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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 our annual WInter Auction. We'll be back Monday at 7:30. |
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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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New Hampshire researchers say a study shows movies that show actors smoking have a significant impact on youths who watch them. The Dartmouth Medical School study looked at 603 movies from 1988 to 1999 and gauged the level of smoking in each. Researchers then surveyed 55-hundred middle schoolers in New Hampshire and Vermont to see if the movies affected their thoughts about smoking. One of the researchers, Doctor Madeline Dalton, says the four-year study shows a link. The one-point-eight--million dollar study was funded by the National Cancer Institute. |