Board weighs cuts to avert 1978 79 tax hike
Grim faced School Board members spent three hours behind closed doors Monday night discussing how to cut the 1978-79 budget to avoid a $5 hike in the tax rate. Supt. Timothy Monahan said nothing was resolved and that a Thursday night executive session would continue. He noted potential cuts amid losses in impacted aid and state revenues, with projected total impact around $1.4 million. The district faces reduced impacted aid due to housing at Pease AFB and fewer military dependents in Portsmouth, plus no Navy Yard aid. Revenue options include higher driver education fees and a bus ticket price raise.
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Joseph Bove
Monahan
N.H
Pease Afb
Washington
Navy Yard
Maine
John Sullivan
Harry MacLeod
Florida
Recall bill eyed to target U S senator Durkin
Concord New Hampshire Republican Rep Guy Granger says he will file a measure in the state legislature to allow recalling a United States senator aimed at Senator John A Durkin. Details to be worked out later.
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N.H
New Hampshire
U.S
Guy Granger
R-Merrimack
John A. Durkin
Durkin Questions Natural Gas Price Hike in Carter Plan
New Hampshire Senator John Durkin doubts the natural gas provisions of President Carter's energy package. He cites higher heating costs in New Hampshire, calls for a refundable oil heat tax credit, and opposes a clause allowing Alaska gas sales at five dollars per 1000 cubic feet. Durkin warns he may oppose the natural gas compromise if not rectified. He also criticizes Carter for delaying action on the national coal strike and urges mines to resume work.
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N.H
New Hampshire
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New
Portsmouth
Ohio
Washington
New Hampshire Democrat
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Durkin
New England
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Carter
CDC to survey 46000 Portsmouth shipyard records for cancer links
A CDC team will review medical records of up to 46,000 current and former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers to assess whether low level radiation from nuclear work caused cancer or leukemia. The study, led by Dr. Bobby F. Craft, may take two to three years and will involve microfilming records and a retrospective cohort mortality analysis.
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Portsmouth
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thomas Najemian
Boston
Najeman
Boston Globe
HEW
Rickover
Craft
Meadowbrook Motor Inn
U.S
John Durkin
D-N.h
Carter
Philip J. Bierbaum
Atlanta
Clark W. Heath Jr
Gary F. Stein
Washington
City Council reconsiders courthouse options in Portsmouth
Portsmouth City Council set April 3 for a public hearing on three courthouse concepts including renovating the Whipple School at over 1 million dollars, building a new court structure possibly on the Whipple site, or purchasing the Davidson structure on State Street for 400000 dollars or 460000 with the Esso site. The panel also pursued UDAG funds for a High Hanover garage and an access road to Data General, warned of stiff national competition, and denied Hanscom’s Truck Stop rezoning 5 to 3 with Mary Keenan abstaining.
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Davidson
Islington St
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High Hanover
Portsmouth
Data General
Christopher F. Sheridan
Hanscom
Truck Stop, Inc
Market Street
John J. Whaley
James Splaine
Nicholas
New approach to city budgeting advances at council meeting
The City Council endorsed a fresh budgeting approach proposed by Peter Weeks to speed budget study sessions. Weeks urged the manager to present the budget in normal form plus two alternatives with tax rates of $48.30 and $51.60, the latter a seven percent increase. The plan included potentially prioritizing larger department heads for testimony, while other council members urged hearing all heads first. The measure passed unanimously. The council also debated LPG trucking limits on state roads, planning court action to obtain a state Supreme Court opinion, and recommended Route 95 detour around Lafayette Road. Council members urged action at a legislative level on hazardous material transport. Additionally, Splaine proposed setting up committees on senior citizens and youth, but both were defeated 5-4. Scout observers from Troops 816 and 817 attended, prompting questions to Mayor Whaley, who compared decisions to Julius Caesar or Hitler.
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Weeks
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Eldredge
Executive Council
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Portsmouth
Lafayette Road
Keefe
James Splaine
Splaine
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Pease Afb
Whaley
Julius Caeser
Hitler
Hampton School District seeks withdrawal from Union 21
Voters authorize the Hampton School District to petition to withdraw from Union 21 amid calls for self rule. The move follows concerns over annual Union 21 costs around 94000 and mixed service value, with a 87 to 72 vote. A Blue Ribbon Committee backed feasibility, while Superintendent Hamilton warned tax money from Seabrook plant may shift costs. A petition also seeks Seabrook’s departure from the high school. The meeting approved a 2275781 budget, a 68000 collective bargaining amendment, a 10000 contingency fund, 10475 for Child Benefit Services, and 108898 deficit for Marston School roof. Olga Casassa received a retirement tribute after 15 years.
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Union 21
Union
John Walker
Richard C. Hamilton
Seabrook
Winnacunnet
Marston
Olga Casassa
Wenzel clinches first combined World Cup title
Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein wins the combined World Cup after Annemarie Moser-Proell crashes in the first run of the women's giant slalom at Waterville Valley. Morerod and Maria Epple tied for the lead after the first run, with the format decision shaping the outcome.
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N.H
Hanni Wenzel
Liechenstein
Annemarie Moser-Proell
Austria
Wenzel
Lise-Marie Morerod
Switzerland
Moser-Proell
Morerod
Maria Epple
Sepp Ferstl
West Germany
Josef Walcher
Kitzbuhel
Federal plan eyed for half–million dig at Ft Washington
The federal government seeks about 500000 to dig at Ft Washington on Pierce Island before a sewer plant addition. City Council balks at paying five percent and questions the historical value, urging cost effectiveness. City Manager Canney and Councilor Edwards voice strong opposition.
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Ft. Washington
Pierce Island
Thomson remarks anger New Hampshire Democrats in wake of speech
New Hampshire Democrats denounce Governor Meldrim Thomson after a California speech to the John Birch Society in which he said only Americans should be elected to public office. Party leaders call the remarks intemperate and extremist, while Thomson’s aides say he meant patriotic Americans. Democratic figures including Delbert Downing, John Durkin, and Chris Spirou condemn the rhetoric and defend diversity in eligibility for office.
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N.H
New Hampshire
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Thomson
John Birch Society
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Symons
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Jenkins
Senate
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Downing
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D-N.h
Benedict Arnolds
U.S
Tom McIntyre
Durkin
McIntyre
Chris Spirou
House
Germany
Poland
Canada
Greece
Spirou
Tolls kept on Maine Turnpike after 1981 bonds
The Maine Senate passed a bill to retain tolls on the Maine Turnpike once construction bonds retire in 1981. The measure won by a margin sufficient to override a veto, ensuring tolls remain in place.
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Augusta
Maine
Senate
Thomson speech misquoted on Kissinger Brzezinski and Young
Corrective report notes Gov. Meldrim Thomson did not reference the ethnic backgrounds of Kissinger Brzezinski or Young in a Los Angeles speech to the John Birch Society. The AP clarification states the governor urged a patriotic course and only American entrants in the State Department, without ethnic commentary.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
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John Birch Society
Los Angeles
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Kissinger
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Young
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