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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. The sights and sounds as New Hampshire celebrates America A forum brings people together to talk about quality in the classroom AND.we talk presidential politics with historian Michael Beschloss. |
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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Late Thursday afternoon --- a stark warning from the F-B-I - Information indicates there may be additional terrorist attacks inside the United States or overseas in the next several days.. In other headlines, Operation Enduring Freedom saw its first American casuality - in a heavy machinery accident in Qatar. Thursday a possible anthrax threat prompted the evacuation of workers at Connecticut's department of Environmental Protection. Initial tests proved negative, but authorities plan one more test just to make sure. The U-N has announced a gloomy forecast for the global economy - projecting a growth rate of only one-point-four percent this year. And Thursday evening on the one month anniversay of the attacts President Bush held the first news conference of his presidency" |
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A moving tribute - to the families of New Hampshire terrorist victims and members of the military - was held in Nashua Wednesday night. The event drew thousands who came to offer their support and strength. |
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Security has been tightened up at several locations around the granite state. Ships from foreign ports bound for Portsmouth Harbor are facing tougher restrictions. The Coast Guard says vessels from overseas must give the Coast Guard at least four days' notice before entering the Harbor. In the past - only 24 hours was required. And at hydroelectric plants around New Hampshire, security has been beefed up. That word from Public Service of New Hampshire,which owns nine such facilities. |
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The U S Senate has approved an aviation security bill. Also approved - Senator Bob Smith's amendment to that bill - which allows airline pilots to be armed. Under the measure, airlines and pilots would make the decision whether to put weapons in the cockpit. The measure was endorsed by two different Pilots Associations. On Friday's New Hampshire Outlook , we'll talk more about pilots with guns. |
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In the past month, it has become commonplace to say that America is in a new kind of war, one unprecedented in our history. Still, there are many lessons we can learn from past crises that can help us now. That's the message that presidential historian Michael Beschloss brought to the New Hampshire Humanities Council dinner Wednesday night. Producer Richard Ager spoke with Beschloss LOSS about how we can gain perspective on the present by knowing our past. |
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Track: Throughout our history, American presidents have been defined by how they respond at a time of crisis. But presidential historian Michael Beschloss says that a true definition takes time to form. Take for example, Harry Truman. Beschloss tape 3 03:15:32 You wait 20 or 30 years, and with the distance of time, you realize what a great man he was. Not only his human qualities, not only the modesty and the common sense, but more important the decisions he made. The decision to do the things that ended World War Two, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and especially those things that led to the strategy that Truman devised in 1947 that ultimately won the Cold War in 1991, all those years later. Track: So any historic judgment on how George W. Bush handles the war on terrorism is likely decades away - but Beschloss says that Bush can learn much from his predecessors. Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 12:14 MICHAEL, IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WHAT DO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LOOK FOR IN A PRESIDENT? Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 01:02;20 Maybe more than anything, steadiness and a president who really means what he says. And usually you see this when an election takes place during a crisis - like 1940 when Franklin Roosevelt was running against Wendell Wilkie. If Franklin Roosevelt had been running against some figure who was seen as a lightweight or a small person, Roosevelt would probably have won with about 70% because during a campaign when you're in a runup to a war like WW2, the American people are able to siphon away what's less important and they won't stand for a figure of small size. Here we've got George W. Bush who was criticized during the last campaign as not being a leader of world stature and world experience, who would have to learn on the job. But you know, if you look at his behavior since the 11th of September, this is someone who for the most part has been very steady - and also, has been in a situation where - it's like a diving championship where the degree of difficulty has been very high because even with Franklin Roosevelt - when Pearl Harbor happened, he knew what he was going to do if we had to get into a war. He was going to fight and the American people had been pretty much educated about Germany and Japan. Here in Bush's case, that September attack struck us all as a bolt out of the blue. We weren't thinking about terrorism or the possibility of a world war on the 10th of September. Bush not only had to explain it but also quickly come up with a policy and get support for it. Beschloss Tape 1 12:31 GIVE ME SOME SENSE OF HOW GEORGE W. BUSH HAS DONE SO FAR IN THIS CRISIS? Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 3:56 GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW YOU THINK HE HAS DONE? In a very short period of time, he was able to use this unbelievably stellar group of talent with people like Colin Powell, and Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice who I think is certainly at the top of the spectrum in terms of security advisors of the past, and very quickly come up with the idea that this shouldn't be dealt with as a criminal action or just by bombing a few bases in Afghanistan. That if we're going to spare the American people this danger, you have to tear it out by the roots. Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 4:30 DO YOU THINK THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO REDEFINE HIMSELF AS A PRESIDENT? Every president who serves during crisis is someone who the American people see in a very different light. John Kennedy early in his presidency - people don't remember it now - many saw him as a lightweight. They said that the biggest thing Kennedy had ever run was the PT-109 and some said he even lost that. But, after the Cuban missile crisis, this was a guy who was 10 feet tall. He had guided us through the most dangerous moments of the cold war. Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 5:03 NOW YOU'VE WRITTEN ABOUT KRUSHCHEV AND KENNEDY AND THAT CRUCIAL PERIOD - THOSE DAYS OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. AND THERE WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF FEAR AT THAT TIME AS IN A DIFFERENT SENSE, THERE IS A GREAT AMOUNT OF FEAR TODAY. WHAT KIND OF LESSONS DO YOU THINK WE CAN DRAW FROM HOW KENNEDY AS PRESIDENT DEALT WITH THOSE FEARS AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THOSE TODAY. When those missiles in Cuba were discovered, there was every reason to think that Americans might die in a nuclear war within 24 hours. I was 7 years old and even I remember that, although I was not exactly an expert in arms control. And there is the same kind of fear now. And it's very helpful to have a president like John Kennedy or in this case George Bush, who has self-confidence, who has peace at his center. One thing you've not seen with George W. Bush is a president who panicked or was indecisive or who gave the American people the sense that this is something that they should run into the streets and flee their homes over. That's almost a weapon of war in itself. In that way, a president can be worth almost four divisions. Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 6:13 DO YOU SEE A PARALLEL THEN - WHEN KENNEDY DIDN'T INVADE. INSTEAD, HE SET UP A BLOCKADE - JUST AS GEORGE W. BUSH DID NOT LAUNCH AN IMMEDIATE COUNTERSTRIKE BUT TOOK TIME TO BUILD A COALITION AND ONLY WEEKS LATER LAUNCHED THESE STRIKES. You know, Kennedy showed a lot of strength because we now know, the minute the missiles were discovered, he was under huge pressure, especially from his generals, to immediately bomb Cuba and invade the island. We now know had Kennedy done that, we would have gone almost immediately to nuclear war because there was Soviet commanders on the island with the instructions to use nuclear weapons against an invading force. In Bush's case, you can assume he was under very great pressure to immediately start bombing everything in sight, not only in Afghanistan but in all sorts of other places. He showed great strength and stature by saying let's take a deep breath. Let's not do this immediately. Let's not buckle under the strain of Americans who want to see instant results. Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 7:16 THE WHOLE QUESTION OF FEAR AND REASSURANCE THAT FEAR SHOULD NOT OVERWHELM US. FDR - HIS MOST FAMOUS SAYING WAS - ALL WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF. Even though there was a lot more to fear than that. CLEARLY. IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF FEARS THESE DAY - WHETHER IT'S BIOTERRORISM, CHEMICIAL - ALL THE KINDS OF TERRORISM THAT NOBODY DREAMED OF A MONTH AGO. WHAT STEPS SHOULD A PRESIDENT TAKE TO REASSURE WITHOUT LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? It's tough because he's got to do two opposite things at the same time. On the one hand, he's telling everyone be cautious, be alert, don't take risks, and look around you and make sure you're not subjecting yourself to an unnecessary danger. And at the same time, he's saying we've got this under control now - or if not under control, at least watching it and the chances of dying in a terrorist attack are much smaller than dying in a car crash - which is absolutely true. So far, he's walked the line pretty well. Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 12:43 HOW DO YOU THINK THIS CRISIS COMPARES TO OTHER CRISES FACED IN THE PAST BY OTHER PRESIDENTS? Bite: Beschloss Tape 1 9:43 WHETHER IT BE LINCOLN DEALING WITH THE CIVIL WAR, FDR DEALING WITH THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WW2 - OR YOU PICK. In a way, this is harder for this president because - take FDR. WW2 was very tough, we were by no means assured that we would win in 1942, yet everyone knew what the victory was and it was sort of a linear process. You fight the Germans and the Japanese, they surrender, that's the end of it. Look how different that is from what we're dealing with today. It's not likely we're going to have a moment when a president can say we've won, the world is now free from terrorism. And the other thing is that Americans are going to be making a lot of sacrifices that could take a long time - at the same time that you don't have flashy victories that give them a sense that this is something that we really want to go on with. So we're really walking into unknown territory. |
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Michael Beschloss was in New Hampshire for the presentation of the Treat Award for excellence in teaching of the humanities. The winner was Katherine Morgan, an English teacher at Oyster River High School in Durham. |
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Educators, parents, students and employers gathered in Concord Wednesday to discuss public schools in New Hampshire. The forum, sponsored by New Hampshire Public Radio, outlined a number of issues and choices facing the state. Outlook Correspondent Ben French has the story. |
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The multifaceted debate on New Hampshire public schools moved from the statehouse to the schoolhouse Wednesday night. About thirty people gathered at the Walker elementary school auditorium to address the question, 'are public schools making the grade in the granite state. Forum Moderator Jon Greenburg says more people need to be involved in the public education discussion. we found that the people who most ought to be aware at how their schools are performing, which is to say people who live in school districts that aren't performing well on the statewide tests **FLASH** they don't know the schools aren't performing well, everyone is walking around with this idea that's its pretty much okay cause its not in crisis. 23:43OUT -- The discussion was framed around four choices for education reform as laid out by several nonprofit, non partisan education research groups. The four issues raised were ******FS/CG**** One- Should public schools compete for students. This method involves vouchers and more independent charter schools. Two- Is there a need for higher standards and accountability. Three- should education be more of a community effort. And four-education funding. Are New Hampshire schools fairly funded? **************************************************** Coming up with a definitive plan on education reform is difficult when the issues are as diverse as the students who attend schools. -- sot 22:47 the design of this intentionally makes it difficult to decide one thing over another because what people end up talking about after is we need elements of all four of these in order to really move forward with our schools 23:04 -- Chris Dupuis teaches elementary school in concord. he says the first step to reforming education is communication. - sot 09:32:42we all feel as though, were all striving for the same goal , and we all do it in our own way and we sort of feel as though were doing it by ourselves if we all try to do this together we would be lot more efficient at it. 09:33:04OUT -- And Wednesday night's forum helped open up the lines of communication among all those effected by education in New Hampshire. For New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Ben French. |
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Most retailers would probably like to forget earnings for the month of september. The Lehman Brothers index, which tracks 22 companies, registered the lowest September reading in 20 years. Department stores and speciality apparel stores were hurt by consumers cutting back on clothing and other discretionary purchases. But the news wasn't all bad. Number one retailer Wal-Mart reports that sales at stores- that have been open at least a year- rose six-point-three percent. |
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The Federal government may kick in three-point-six million dollars to help buy a major parcel of land in the North Country. That's if the proposed 2002 Interior Appropriations bill passes in the U-S House and Senate. The land was put up for sale last July by the current owner, International Paper. The one-hundred and seventy-thousand acres make up the largest parcel of undeveloped land in the state. New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg sits on the Senate Interior Appropriations subcommittee and proposed the addition to the bill. |
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Good news for some New Hampshire-based companies. Five firms are on a list of the nation's fastest-growing companies. They are College Kit of Lebanon, Pragma tech Software of Amherst, Granite Systems of Manchester, Strafford Technology of Windham, and E-Copy of Nashua. The list is compiled by Inc Magazine. Based on the number of Inc-500 companies per million residents in the state, New Hampshire is ranked fourth nationally. |
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New Hampshire's unemployment rate in September edged up to four-point one percent. That's up point two percent from August. According to the state department of employment security- in September of last year unemployment in New Hampshire stood at two-point six percent. Nationally, the unemployment rate for September of this year was four-point-nine percent. |
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Stocks rallied for the second day in a row as some better-than-expected earnings reports encouraged investors to go bargain shopping on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial averages closed up a hundred-and-seventy points. The New York Stock Exchange was up six. The American Stock Exchange closed up almost three quarters of a point, the Nasdaq is up just over seventy five points, and the S-and-P five-hundred ended the day up sixteen-and-a-half points. |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Banknorth Group ended the day up a dollar and a half, Chubb was up two dollars and thirty-one cents. Shares of Pennichuck were up a dollar seventy-five, Teradyne stock was up three dollars twenty-one-cents, and Texas Instruments was up two dollars and thirty cents a share. |
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Spectacular weather for looking at the fall leaves. To find out if the trend will continue over the weekend, We checked in earlier with Nicole Plette of of the Mount Washington Observatory. |
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Mt. Washington Observatory\Thursday on the Summit\High: 52 degrees\Winds:W 17 mph\\Visibility: 100 miles \Overnight\North\Clear skies\Becoming partly cloudy\Lows: Mid 40s\Winds:Light Overnight\South\Clear skies\Patchy fog late\Lows: Upper 40s\Winds:Light Friday\North\Partly sunny\Highs: Upper 60s\Winds: Light and variable Friday\South\Partly sunny\Highs: low 70s\Winds: Light and variable |
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If you're looking to get out and about the Granite State this weekend here's a look at some places for prime foliage viewing. The quotes are courtesy of the New Hampshire Department of Tourism. |
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There is an important exhibit about to open at the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester. It features the work of American impressionist painter Edmund Tarbell who was known for his refined New England interiors and vibrant outdoor paintings of his family. Many of of his works were set in and around his summer home in Newcastle, New Hampshire. |
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Eventually, Edmund Tarbell retired to his home in Newcastle. The exhibit opens on Saturday at the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester and runs through January 13. For more information go to the Currier web site at www - dot - currier - dot - org. |
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On the next edition of New Hampshire Outlook - Journalists from around the state give context and perspective to the week's headlines. |
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That's it for this edition of our program. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Ally McNair. Thanks for joining us. We leave with you more highlights of Wednesday's rally in Nashua. |
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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 OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:10/11/01 /2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 3:34 minutes In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on a patriotic rally held in Nashua, N.H. The tribute included a speech from a family member of one of the N.H. victims of the September 11th attacks. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Cindy Jones and Phillip Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Casey Crane\Event Organizer Griffin Dalianis\Disabled American Veteran Lt. Col. Rich Duncan\NH Army National Molly Couroumis\Nashua Resident Kayla\Nashua H.S. Student Elizabeth Kovalcin\Terrorist Victim's Widow |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:10/11/01 /2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 8:13 minutes In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on the presentation given to the New Hampshire Humanities Council by presidential historian Michael Beschloss. He insisted that there are lessons to be learned from past crises in the nation. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Michael Beschloss/presidential historian |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:10/11/01 /2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:26 minutes In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on a forum about education in the state that was sponsored by New Hampshire Public Radio. PRODUCER/REPORTER:Ben French NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jon Greenberg\New Hampshire Public Radio Chris Dupuis\Elementary School Teacher |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:10/11/01 /2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:33 minutes In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a segment about the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester, N.H. Much of the work is by American impressionist painter Edmund Tarbell, who is famous for his New England depictions. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Susan Strickler\Museum Director |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. The sights and sounds as New Hampshire celebrates America and remembers victims of last month's terrorist attacks. Join us tonight at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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One month to the day after the terrorist attacks, the Mall of New Hampshire helped kick off a national fund-raising campaign for victims. As part of the "United We Stand" campaign, the Mall is selling calendars with photos of American flags and residents who displayed them after the attacks. Manchester police officers and firefighters along with Mayor Bob Baines joined in at a news conference Thursday morning in Manchester. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Journalists form around the state give context and perspective to the week's headlines. Here at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook. Author Emily Moore shares insight into the experience of motherhood in her book "Strong Stuff: Mothers' Stories. Join us Monday at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Author Emily Moore shares insight into the experience of motherhood in her book "Strong Stuff: Mothers' Stories. Join us tonight at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Journalists form around the state give context and perspective to the week's headlines. Here at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Releases for Tarbell Artists NH. |