Thomson allies push for council to mirror governor
Concord New Hampshire. Gov Meldrim Thomson seeks to shape the five member Executive Council by backing allies and ousting opponents. He aims to retain Streeter while challenging Burton McLane Dudley and D Allesandro, with campaigns funding groups backing reform candidates. John Sununu and Louise Kelley back anti Dudley and anti McLane efforts.
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Executive Council
Joseph N. Zelliner
Thomson
Zellner
Council
Bernard A. Streeter Jr
Nashua
Raymond Burton
Malcolm McLane
Dudley Dudley
Louis D’allesandro
D’allesandro
Manchester
Louise Kelley
Paul W. Mayette
Burton
New Hampshire
John Sununu
Salem
Dudley
Seacoast
McLane
D. Weldon Thompson
Northfield
Thompson
Crawford clash over evidence in ruble case trial
MOSCOW AP reports on the second day of Francis J. Crawford’s trial for buying rubles on the black market. Witness questioning finished and closing arguments were due. Crawford challenged the absence of evidence saying conviction would not be due to court evidence. Also, an 18-year-old Monroe man, Mark E. Brown, died from injuries from a Labor Day weekend accident in Lewiston Maine.
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Moscow
Francis J. Crawford
Crawford
Lewiston, Maine
Mark E. Brown
Central Maine Medical Center
Brown
Castleton
Ronald Eaton
Martin Paul Janvrin
Janvrin
Eaton
Clay Fowler
Senate opposition signals quick vote to send gas bill back
Senate opponents of a natural gas pricing compromise push for a Sept. 13 vote to recommit the bill to a conference committee as part of President Carter's energy plan. Metzenbaum, D Ohio, said, “We are ready to go,” an aide said. The House assassinations committee opened hearings on Kennedy's 1960s murder, promising to examine all evidence beyond a fixed frame. Chairman Louis Stokes, D Ohio, said not all questions may be resolved and further testimony may be needed.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Robert Byrd
Carter
Metzenbaum
House
John F. Kennedy
Louis Stokes
Dohio
Firefighters' families plan noon rally amid Manchester talks
In Manchester, negotiations between the city and 200 firefighters continue, while families plan a noontime rally at New Hampshire Plaza and a march to city hall in support of the workers' sickout. In Boston, yellow buses arrive for peaceful school openings under court-ordered integration, with police present at South Boston and Hyde Park high schools.
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Manchester
N.H
New Hampshire Plaza
Elm Street
Boston
South Boston
Hyde Park
Rye Beach Commission blocks cooperation on water study
Rye Beach Precinct Commission refuses to cooperate with the town Pollution Control Committee studying water pollution. Selectman Ralph E Morang Jr said town counsel Gary Holmes must research the commission’s rights with no results yet. The committee plans to report to the 1979 town meeting and holds an open forum September 27 at the Junior High School cafeteria to discuss progress and field questions.
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Rye
Rye Beach
Ralph E. Morang Jr
Gary Holmes
N.H. Water Supply
Portsmouth seeks faster release of federal sewer funds
Portsmouth officials and engineers from Megee Pierce Barnes and Wyman push for earlier access to about 6 to 7 million dollars in federal sewer funding. A Concord meeting will discuss allocation for 1981 and the five year program including Atlantic Heights March Street Newcastle Maplewood areas, and other sections with overflows. The plan centers on 90 percent federal support, with pre funding by the city and a hold on Pierce Island’s secondary treatment plant pending a possible archaeological dig.
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Portsmouth
Concord
Megee Pierce, Barnes and Wyman
Calvin A. Canney
Atlantic Heights
March Street
Newcastle Avenue
Maplewood Avenue
Route 1
Woodbury Avenue
Spaulding Turnpike
North Mill Pond
Banfield Road
Pierce Island
Canney
New Hampshire House Forms Growth Policy Committee
A special NH House committee will craft a general growth policy statement for the state. Rep M Arnold Wight Jr leads a cross‑committee panel including resources municipal affairs environment commerce and education. The panel seeks balanced regional solutions and will cooperate with the governor Office of Comprehensive Planning and the Department of Resources and Economic Development.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
House
George B. Roberts Jr
Roberts
Statehouse
M. Arnold Wight Jr
Amherst
Wight
Meldrim Thomson
State Office of Comprehensive Planning
Department of Resources and Economic Development
Postal talks to resume with Sept deadline in view
Bargainers in the postal contract dispute resume direct talks after an earlier effort to avert a strike. The unions seek a bigger wage increase and removal of the cost‑of‑living ceiling, with a self‑imposed Sept 16 deadline for a settlement or arbitration.
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Washington
Postal Service
Camp David Mideast Summit Advances Quietly
At Camp David the Mideast summit proceeds with no announced plan to bring Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin together yet. Sadat presses a fuller U S role while Begin pursues continued talks and a path toward final peace treaties as Carter weighs a limited mediator role.
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Camp David
Middle East
Carter
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Menachem Begin
Sadat
Begin
Mideast
U.S
Portsmouth Schools Open With No Major Problems
Portsmouth schools opened smoothly this morning with no complaints or foulups reported by School Superintendent Timothy Monahan. Only three calls reached the central office, all inquiring about bus stop locations, signaling a quiet first day.
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Portsmouth
Timothy Monahan
Seabrook Selectmen Battle Noise and Fire Department Dispute
Seabrook residents allege nightly noise from the nuclear plant and a Labor Day weekend party clash with a Fire Department dereliction charge. Selectmen declined Falconer’s call to sue PSC, opting to reconvene with PSC to discuss noise rules.
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Seabrook
Farm Lane
George Castleton
James C. Falconer
Public Service Company
PSC
Clyde Brown
Eric Small
Falconer
Brown
Small
Castleton
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