Study urges cutting of SS tax increase
Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee urge a $33 billion cut in the Social Security tax hike planned for next year. The report calls Fed easing to counter rising rates and maintaining at least $500 billion in government spending. Republicans dispute key points, backing a moderated tax rise for middle income families.
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Washington
Joint Economic Committee
Federal Reserve
Carter
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
White House
Giscard Wins Majority in French National Assembly runoff
Paris AP reports Valery Giscard d Estaing's center right coalition secured at least 85 seats, leading to 288 for the government side and 199 for the left. The result rejects the Socialist Communist pact, confirming a five year run of pro-market policy and cautious labor union reactions. Robert Fabre hints at aligning with the majority.
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Paris
National Assembly
Valery Giscard d
Giscard
France
Charles de Gaulle
Giscard d’Estaing
New Hampshire wood chips eyed for international markets
Concord based George Gilman commissioner of the Department of Resources and Economic Development says his two week tour of Finland Germany and Sweden suggests potential demand for surplus wood chips by paper manufacturers in those nations. He will present a detailed report to Gov. Meldrim Thomson and the Executive Council.
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Concord
N.H
George Gilman
Department of Resources and Economic Development
New Hampshire
Gilman
Finland
Germany
Sweden
Meldrim Thomson
Executive Council
Faith Baldwin Prolific Novelist Dies at 92 in Norwalk
NORWALK Conn AP Faith Baldwin the prolific light fiction writer died at her Norwalk home Saturday night She was born in New Rochelle NY Oct 1 1893 and wrote about 85 books including more than 60 novels She also authored two poetry books and numerous magazine articles and short stories.
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Miss Baldwin
New Rochelle
N.Y
Pope Paul VI Cancels Most Easter Week Activities
Vatican announces Pope Paul VI, ill with flu and fever, cancels most Easter Week duties. He skipped Palm Sunday Mass for first time in 15 years but appeared at his window for the noon blessing. He may still preside at Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Paul
Panciroli
Pope Paul
St. Peter's Basilica
Shooting Death in Dover Under Investigation
Strafford County officials probe the weekend shooting death of 18-year-old Wayne Berricault of Dover. He died on arrival at Wentworth-Douglas Hospital after police were called to an apartment on Floral Ave at about 10 p.m. Saturday to investigate an accidental shooting. A juvenile was present at the scene.
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Dover
N.H
Strafford County
Wayne Berricault
Wentworth-Douglas Hospital
Floral Ave
Berrieault
Lobster Industry Warns of Collapse in New England
Rockport Maine officials warn the lobster industry faces collapse due to overfishing and warming waters. Vaughn Anthony director of research development says a crisis exists and urgent action is needed to avert a worse outcome for the rest of the century.
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Rockport
Maine
New England
State Department of Marine Resources
Vaughn Anthony
Fire sweeps downtown Brattleboro restaurant building
A two story downtown Brattleboro building housing Via Condotti's restaurant burned in a general alarm fire. Firefighters from Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts fought the blaze for over two hours as winds fanned the flames. No injuries were reported.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rye Voters Approve Parsons Land Purchase
In Rye the town approved spending 60,000 from Revenue Sharing to buy 46 acres of Parsons Park land by voice vote described as almost unanimous. Other articles on sewer surveys, police and fire department agreements, and various governance measures were debated with several items defeated or amended. The town budget of 941,373, reduced from 1,030,000, also passed along with capital and recreation funding.
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Parsons Park
Ralph Morang
Selectmen
Police Department
Gary Holmes
Fire Department
Questio
General Court
Moran
Planns
Board of Adjustment
Planning Board
Waldheim
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
China
Emmanuel Erskine
Ghana
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Lebanon
U.N
Golan Heights
Sinai Desert
Regional incinerator plan heads to town meetings
Voters in seven of twelve towns approve regional agreement articles authorizing selectmen to sign the plan with Durham and UNH backing. Five towns delay or take no action, including Lee, Strafford where not on the warrant, Newfields Rollinsford and Northwood delaying to study other regional work. Durham leader Owen Durgin says the joint committee must review trash tonnage figures before progress, with a July 1 deadline and towns planning to reconvene meetings to address trash disposal issues.
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Durham
UNH
Barrington
Madbury
Stratham
Newmarket
Newington
Greenland
Lee
Strafford
Newfields
Rollinsford
Northwood
Owen Durgin
Selectmen
Councilors defend stand in King case
In Concord New Hampshire two Republican councilors defend their 19 page decision to keep John King as probation director saying the opinion speaks for itself. Gov Thomson called the vote political and the Probation Board chair branded it a travesty of justice while seeking King’s firing.
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Concord
N.H
John King
Louis D’allesandro
Manchester
Malcolm McLane
King
Meldrim Thomson
Probation Board
Thomas Flynn
Dudley
Burton
Bernard Streeter
Nashua
Streeter
House may curb postal cuts in Congress action
The House will vote on a bill to nearly halt rural post office closings and Saturday mail cuts by giving Congress veto power over mail service changes. It would also boost subsidies to keep money-losing post offices open, reflecting broad opposition to cutbacks amid debt concerns.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
White House
Inside Bits of Granite and town meetings listed
A terse index page lists various items from die crash on inside pages to town meetings in Newington Durham Eliot Seabrook and Hampton. It mentions the Senior Center notes and Federal employees column plus upcoming meetings in Seabrook Newmarket and South Berwick.
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Market St
Harris Survey
Capital Commentary
Durham Town Meeting
Eliot Town Meeting
Seabrook Town Meeting
Senior Center
South Berwick
Business Mirror
Hampton Town Meeting
Newmarket Meeting
Seabrook Water
Washington Today
Israel Drives Into Lebanon Defying U N Resolution
Israeli armor led advance into southern Lebanon backed by air and naval bombardment. Forces pushed past Tyre toward the Litani River as the UN prepares a 4,000‑strong peacekeeping force. PLO denies loss south of Litani. Begin seeks guarantees guerrillas won’t return to border areas.
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Lebanon
U.N
Arde
Tel Aviv
Tyre
Litani
Kurt Waldheim
Menachem Begin
Israel
Begin
New York
Carter
Washington
Security Council
U.S
Assing Waldheim
CLU asks court to keep flag up
The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union on behalf of five clergymen seeks a federal court injunction to stop Gov. Meldrim Thomson from lowering state and federal flags on Good Friday. The suit cites prior half staff actions in 1976 and 1977 as violating the First Amendment and asks to prevent a repeat on March 24, 1978.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union
U.S. District Court
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
Peter Thomson
Ha i
Michael Winograd
The
Civil Liberties Union
Kenneth Brown
Exeter
Alden Flanders
Eliam Gault
Manchester
Bernard Taylor
David VanStrien
Peterboro
High court to consider libel ruling
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if public officials suing for libel can compel journalists to reveal thoughts and conclusions during story preparation. The case stems from Anthony Herbert's libel suit against CBS, challenging a lower court ruling that such information need not be disclosed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Army
Anthony Herbert
CBS
Herbert
173Rd Airborne Brigade
South Vietnam
Exes
Rom
Barry Lando
60 Minutes
Lando
Atlantic Monthly
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Mark Leach
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