Carving of wood a delicate art in Portsmouth scene
A feature on Steve McHenry, a wood carver in Portsmouth, who views carving as both craft and education. From tent living during a summer apprenticeship to shaping business signs with symbolism, his work blends imagination, knowledge, and humane craft. He collaborates in The Wood Works Cooperative with five diverse wood workers and traces a path from cabinet making to sculpture in Strawbery Banke and beyond.
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Steve McHenry
McHenry
Russ Hammer
Vietnam
Red Cross
Portsmouth
Carpenter Associates
David Clark
Strawbery Banke
Driscoll House
Eliot
Button
Islington Street
Wood Works Cooperative
Clark
Rhode Island School of Design
Steven McHenry
Shadow Box poised as centerpiece for Theater by the Sea debut
March 16 marks the first New England presentation of Michael Cristofer's The Shadow Box at Theatre by the Sea. Producing director Jon Kimbell and director Alfred Gingold emphasize its anchor role for progressive theatre, its acclaim, and its potential to draw top artists while advancing the theatre's developmental program.
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Theatre By the Sea
New England
Michael Cristofer
Jon Kimbell
TBS
Kimbell
Sandi Bianco
Portsmouth
Gincold
Soviet to Pressure Cuba Forces in Ethiopia Cease Fire Effort
Washington reports the Soviet Union will use influence to reduce Cuban troops in Ethiopia after Somalia withdraws and fighting ends. A peacekeeping force from the Organization of African Unity may be deployed to uphold a cease-fire in the Ogaden region. Separately, the government warns that heavy smoking of marijuana contaminated with a herbicide may cause permanent lung damage.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Ethiopia
Somalia
Organization of African Unity
Ogaden
Plane Crash in Blue Mountain Forest No Injuries Reported
Two men escaped injury when their single engine aircraft crashed into Blue Mountain Forest in western New Hampshire on Friday. State police stated the incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. and investigators are examining the cause.
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Croydon
N.H
Blue Mountain Forest
New Hampshire
Orders stalled by snafu during coal strike talks
A slipup in stuffing envelopes in Washington delayed serving back to work orders on United Mine Workers as contract talks resumed in Washington. A missing summons halted marshals from delivering papers, delaying enforcement while UMW leaders urged miners to return to work.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Justice Department
Peabody Coal Co
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
American Bituminous Contractors
PSC confident strike at Seabrook site avoided
In Manchester New Hampshire the Public Service Co says it is fairly confident a strike by heavy equipment operators will be avoided as contract talks continue between Associated General Contractors and operating engineers local at the plant site. If a strike occurs construction would slow. 200 trades workers were laid off in anticipation. About 2,000 workers remain at Seabrook.
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Manchester
N.H
Public Service Co
New Hampshire
Gordon McKenney
Associated General Contractors
McKinney
Seabrook
Closing of 3 schools on Board's agenda
The School Board will consider closing Atlantic Heights Sherburne and Lafayette elementary schools to save 232000 and may cut personnel including eight teachers two specialists three administrators three secretaries and four custodians. Some staff could be rehired in September but overall the district faces a 963487 tax increase or a 437 tax rate with significant state and federal revenue losses for 197879.
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Atlantic Heights
Sherburne
Lafayette
Timothy Monahan
Portsmouth
Brackett
Jones
Pease Afb
Dondero
Little Harbour
The
Heights
New England Evades Coal Strike Wide Impact
New England escapes full coal strike impact as oil and nuclear fuels power the region. Merrimack Station in Bow NH cuts output by half, raising rates for New Hampshire and Vermont consumers. NEPOOL ships 8.5 million kWh to the Midwest, about 3 percent of regional supply, with costs borne by Midwest utilities.
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John W. Reid
Associated Press
New England
Merrimack
Bow
N.H
New Hampshire
Vermont
Public Service Co
New England Power Pool
Nepool
Midwest
Harriett Stanley
Boston Edison Co
Carter
Stanley
Gordon McKenney
Senate approves Panama Canal treaty amendment on military intervention
The Senate voted 84 to 5 to add an amendment allowing U S military intervention if a nation blocks the canal. The measure mirrors a Carter Torrijos joint declaration. Uncommitted senators seek a provision on continued U S troop presence, with Mondale discussions under way.
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Washington
Senate
Panama Canal
United States
Carter
Omar Torrijios
Howard Baker
Panama
U.S
U S
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Herman Talmadge
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
Baker
Robert Byrd
Campaign plans to withhold payment on rate hike
A coalition of about thirty consumer groups announced in Concord a campaign against a 17 percent Public Service Co rate increase. They urge withholding payments to delay bills while filing conferences with the company and the PUC, aiming to create a $2 million impact and challenge the Construction Work in Progress portion of the hike as illegal.
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Concord
N.H
Public Service Co
Jeff Brummer
State Public Utilities Commission
Seabrook
Public Service
PUC
Brummer
Commission
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Congress
Market Square
Pleasant Street
Theater By Sea
Snafu
Mary Charney
Library of Congress
California
PSC Confident
N.E
Pease Report
Newington
PSC
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