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our weekly chat with John Harrigan. New Hampshire daily with Martin MURRAY That's coming up in just under a minute at 5:30 ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from National Public Radio. Here's a look at the weather for tonight clogging up early with snow around midnight lows 10 to 15 degrees winds becoming northeast 15 to 20 miles per hour. Saturday snow with a total cumulation of over six inches and that will be changing to flurries in the afternoon it will be windy with highs near 20 degrees. Saturday night clearing with windy and cold lows near 10 degrees and on Sunday sunny windy and cold highs 20 to 25 degrees. The extended forecast for New Hampshire fair and continue cold Monday through Wednesday. Highs 15 to 25 in the north and 25 to 30 in the south lows zero to 10 below in the northern zero to 10 above in the south. Stay tuned now for New Hampshire daily It's 5:00 o'clock. From New Hampshire Public Radio. This is New Hampshire daily for Friday December 15th

1989 I'm Martin Mari. On today's program it's never too early to worry about Gypsy Moss an entomologist reports that we may be in for a big assault from the flying past when the old Cornish Windsor bridge was dismantled the timbers had proved quite useful for musicians. So I took a violin that was already made and removed and made into this material and the violin sounded great much better than it had before. And this proves that the wood was of suitable quality. Plus our weekly chat with John here again first this news from National Public Radio News in Washington I'm Frank stay show. Officials in Colombia say Gonzalo Rodriguez got one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world was killed today during a shootout with police. Police say Rodriguez

got his 17 year old son and 11 of his bodyguards were shot to death near a Colombian port about 75 miles south of kata Hana leader Pablo Escobar who remains at large have been sought by U.S. and Colombian authorities and President Kiir Helio Barco ordered a crackdown on drug traffickers following the August slaying of a leading opposition presidential candidate. Czechoslovakia is new defense minister said today the country will dismantle its border with West Germany. Short military service and Communist Party influence over the Army Lieutenant General Miroslav told a news conference that his ministry would recommend the barriers of the West German border be removed because they are no longer a military necessity. Toronto Globe and Mail correspondent Paul coring says the move only formalizes relaxation of travel restrictions that have already been in effect. The State Department has issued a warning of possible terrorist attacks in Western Europe or North

Africa over the holidays. We have details from NPR's Neal Conan. Spokesman Nancy Beck says there is no specific threat against Americans or against airlines but it does say that attacks could be planned against U.S. interests. The warning says there have been recent reports of movement by Middle Eastern terrorists in Western Europe combined with the discovery of weapons and plastic explosives in Spain last month Beck said. There was sufficient reason to be concerned and to pass that concern to the American people. Following the bombing of Pan Am 103 the State Department was criticized for failing to publicize warnings and Beck said that today's public warning went out at the same time as notifications to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel. No travel plans have been changed he said. A similar warning was issued last summer. Travelers are not being advised to change their plans Beck said. But to take this warning into account when they make their decisions about travel this is Neal Conan reporting on Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 14 points to close at twenty seven thirty nine declines ahead of advances 3 to 2. This is

NPR News. More world and national news later on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. This is New Hampshire daily Good afternoon I'm Martin Murray the man nominated by Governor Gregg to head New Hampshire's Public Utilities Commission won't vote on the reorganization of the state's largest electric utility because he negotiated the deal. Larry smuggler won't have a say on the Public Service Company of New Hampshire deal when it comes before the Commission because it would be a conflict of interest at a special executive council meeting today. Larry smuggler the state's chief negotiator in the public service bankruptcy was nominated by the governor to run the PUC John Nassar kiss will act as a special commissioner in smuggler's place on matters involving the public service plan until the reorganization becomes a fact of Connecticut based Northeast Utilities as bid two point three billion dollars for public service. The deal was approved yesterday by the legislature but still must gain approval from the PUC federal bankruptcy court and public service investors and shareholders. Governor Gregg says he and fellow Republicans should be helped by legislators decision to back a Connecticut

utilities bid to take over public service. The governor predicted today that the vote to accept Northeast Utilities two point three billion dollar bid will prove to be the right decision. He said legislators addressed a tough problem and resolved it in a way that will be beneficial to the state. The governor said that because most Republicans supported the plan and belong to the party in power they will be able to use the vote as a campaign tool next year. The legislature's action authorizes the PUC to approve the buyout and a temporary five and a half percent rate hike beginning the first day of January. The lawyer for a Canadian trucker charged in an accident last month that killed two New Hampshire state troopers and a prisoner say a fund raising effort is under way to meet his client's bail and that he may be freed by Christmas. We have more from Audrey Cox attorney Peter Kato says Canadian businesses and residents may soon be able to raise the half million dollars bail a judge has set for Quebec trucker Richard Bilodeau. The Kato says Canadians have taken to the airwaves in an effort to raise the cash.

But you know that there is a television telethon going on in the Montreal and Quebec City areas and I understand there in those two cities and I just. An individual who told me that they raised $2000 rather quickly this morning and there seems to be only Russia Canada to raise the money. The caterer says he's hoping the money can be raised by this weekend. Earlier a Grafton County judge refused to lower Bilodeau bail saying the amount is necessary to make sure the truck driver would return to New Hampshire if freed. Meanwhile the Kaito has appealed the bail order to the New Hampshire Supreme Court calling it unlawful. That report prepared by Audrey Cox our weekly talk with John Harrigan. That's coming up next on New Hampshire daily programming on New Hampshire Public Radio was made possible in part by contributors to the New Hampshire features fund including child life America which proudly sponsors this broadcast on behalf of its employees insurance and financial service agents and the community.

John Harrigan is the publisher of the Coens County Democrat Mr. Harrigan joins us now live. John I feel safe in saying that folks here abouts are truly gearing up for the holiday season how goes it in the north country. Well Chris Martin because the Democrats have a continual Christmas punch bowl and everybody's coming in you're a week early are you. Well I think you know this year I mean the Thanksgiving weekend early and certainly felt a million. All the others so we decided to have the punch bowl a week earlier to coincide with the big shopping night downtown here and if I remember from last year you pretty much open the doors. You try and keep the heat in but you invite everybody in while we crank the woodstove up out front in a sort of trust on the draft and some years we get 30 or 40 people some years we get 60 We never know and one of the decorations look like around the press room all the silly little Rudolph Santas. John I was just reading an article about Christmas tree farming here in New Hampshire. Did you know that about 90 percent of the real trees bought in the southern area of the state are New Hampshire trees they're from Canada I think been a song on cultivated trees from New

Brunswick Nova Scotia and go back. Yeah they have such vast acreage up there and just seem to have about nine times the land that we do so I think that's the reason tree farmers I guess in New Hampshire are concerned about the growing demand for artificial trees. Do you think people in the north country are holding on to that tradition of buying or cutting a real tree whether it be New Hampshire New Brunswick or are they going for the plastic too. Now I think about 90 percent of people still stick with what the national tree if this is going to cycles there wasn't an infatuation with official trees one of the reasons being this bugaboo of safety that was trotted out as a as a thing and you know. It was the convenience factor. People just got sick of vacuuming needles up. But to most of us whether you and I see you have a Arctic editorial in this week's paper about the possible dangers of the train tips for safety Well I think it's been blown out of proportion. A tweet can be just as safe as any other plant in your house if you use some common sense. One of which is cutting off about a quarter of an inch on the stump back at home and just before you put it up just

before you put it in the house. And make sure you have water in the stand if you don't cut the scab off that the bot can't draw any water. And that's simple precaution in combination with keeping the tree away from any stalls and making sure you don't overload electrical outlets. Well keep at it the tree just as fresh as the day it was it was brought in the house. Well I see you have a photo to page one day of the Reynolds family of Grove 10 that were Christmas tree shopping last last week and it looks like a lot of fun. It is and of course being an area that produces too we really get into the swing of things with the Christmas tree deal when we talked to last week John you were just about to board the Montrealer south bound for New York City how do everything work out. Fabulous trip my all I got to say I was more than happy to come northbound New York City and I don't exactly get along. Not my habitat but the train trip was just a great way to travel and Amtrak was a nice very nice trip. You think I'm too I might say. One time our trains on the way back you think John. I think inevitably they're going to have to be the most efficient way to move things and the

corridors are there in the name of great numbers of people I think that the efficiency factor is about seven times what it is by vehicle. It's just the American mentality has to change a little bit and go back to the wisdom of AF or the US. Now why didn't you like New York City you were kind of excited about that about the trip and the visit there when you went there and come back a feeling a little bit differently. Well it's always nice to see friends and it was a change of pace and it got me out of the routine here and gave me a break but I just have a hard time with the places all asphalt and wall to wall people being from a town of twenty three hundred people I call but that's where I grew up. There's a tendency to try to look everybody in the eye because. In your hometown every face means something. And when you get to a situation where there are literally hundreds of thousands of people as they were on Fifth Avenue and other big shopping districts in New York City just it's a very fatiguing thing and then of course the crime situation is unbelievable. I'm just not used to the conscience of people have to take them. Keep your hands in your pocket and keep your head down literally literally and everything is locked.

Three or four times and all you hear stories about what what you have to do. It's an exciting town though isn't it. Oh it's good it's great things about it New York is a great city it's a it's a wonderful ethnic mix and the food and vegetables and meat are wonderful and all these open air shopping areas and that's got us great points to it. But it's very hard for somebody who's been brought up in a relatively safe environment and especially high for somebody who has not been brought up to to attach an identity to every single face you see. I guess John you'll be doing most of your holiday shopping around Main Street in Jefferson and Lancaster do you have all your shopping done. About about half of it man and I'm a great believer in small town Maine. Street shopping I try to keep my dollars here so yeah I'll be running around from here until Christmas and putting on a Scrooge but really getting into the spirit. Nobody up there. I'll do it on for show. I'm like I'm an emotional child about Christmas. Well the holiday greetings to all of our friends in the north country John will probably check back with you again next week. BYE BYE BYE BYE.

John Harrigan is publisher of The Cohen County Democrat. Well this holiday season hardly seems the time of year to be worrying about Gypsy Moss yet that's just what some bug experts are doing as environmental reporter Margaret landsman Winer reports for us entomologist worries that the flying pests may be gearing up for a big assault in 1990 or 1991. It's been one of the coldest Decembers on record in northern New England. Alfred Avery is a force entomologist with the Department of resources and economic development. Lately he's been poring over aerial photos of tree stands and columns and data related to gypsy moths to figure out how many of the creatures there might be next year. He thinks quite a bit. Two years ago Avery

says a thousand acres of trees here were heavily defoliated. That is their leaves were eaten by the mobs in this past year that acreage affected increased 18 fold. That could mean he thinks even better times for the winged insect in 1990. Across the southern part of the state not just in the areas that were heavily defoliated but in areas where the gypsy moth did do some feeding. When it came to masses they increased. In number probably at least 10 times or more than what they had been in 1988. And the potential is there for quite a significant blow up next summer.

Next spring when they hatch that could make a dent in the oak tree population which is favored by the Mavs. That's their stake on the plate so to speak. That doesn't mean the insects don't feast on the so-called lesser cuts they do. The malls will attack pine needles when they're through with Oakley. Pine Tree says Avery are harmed more quickly than oaks and this he says poses a threat to the forest products industry here. If you have heavy seating where most most to all of the leaves are eaten for two consecutive years in a row then you're beginning to affect the health of the vaguer the attacked trees and also here in New Hampshire we sometimes have or frequently have. White Pine understorey no words. These are young white pine trees that are coming up underneath the sheltering shade of the overtopping oak trees and the

gypsy moth will get down and feed on them and usually. Years before we ation the understory pint will kill the crop. Of course New Hampshire's largest. What quiet action comes from white pine leaves help make the food or energy that trees store in the winter and use in the spring force buds into leaves. When gypsy Maastricht the tree of those leaves usually from May to July when they're still Caterpillar's a second set of leaves will grow. If there's enough time in the growing season for the leaves to develop and make food the tree will not be hurt. But if there isn't and there's an early frost which kills off the second growth the tree may not have enough energy swirled away from the spring buds that's when the trees get into trouble. Every says if the infestation gets bad enough there are some measures that can be taken. Principally

spraying with either an insecticide that eats them off internally or a growth regulator which throws a wrench in the mosque growth process and doesn't let it reach sexual maturity. This chemicals called Demolition and does have a negative effect on another insect. There is a problem with other flying insects. Most likely we think in terms of honeybees. And in all of those conditions where the chicory beekeepers there are highs out or provide proper protection so the bees are not present at the time the spray is pretty Avery says he doesn't know why gypsy moles are on the rise now although he says their populations appear to swell every seven to 10 years. The last outbreak occurred here in 1981 so far the moles have been confined to small patches in the southern tier and some areas in the north. But

every worries that a weather conditions cooperate next year the gypsey miles will hit boom times in 1991 for WEO news a market landsman winery. In many ways the states of Vermont and New Hampshire seem like mirror images of each other. They're about the same size one is wide in the north and narrow in the south. The other is just the reverse. One is more populous in the north the other in the south one is famous for its green mountains and the other for the White Mountains. The two states are joined along several hundred miles of New England's mightiest river the Connecticut since the 18th century that river has been spanned by many bridges. Among them the Windsor Vermont Cornish New Hampshire Bridge which is the longest covered bridge in the United States over the last couple of years the Windsor Cornish bridge is undergone extensive renovation for the first time since 1866

and was officially reopened and dedicated last Friday as an almost completely rebuilt bridge on hand for the festivities were many dignitaries including the governors of each state and a host of other politicians as well as brass bands and parade makers. One of the featured guest at the celebration was a violin maker producer Philip Bragg and went to CORNISH to find out why. It's been one of the coldest Decembers on record in northern New England. By heavy snow cover from before Thanksgiving and temperatures well below normal for this time of year. At midday last Friday the temperature had barely risen above zero along the Connecticut River where the waters were choked with ice and barely flowing. Several hundred people had gathered on the New Hampshire side of the river to celebrate the opening of just about the only landmark shared by both states. The Windsor Vermont Cornish New Hampshire Bridge which is said to be the longest covered bridge in the United States. Among the many contrasts between the

two states linked by this bridge is their political life. Vermont is governed by a Democratic woman. New Hampshire is governed by a Republican mandate. Both governors had kind words to say about the bridge and each other as they spoke their words were met by a warm applause of gloves intimate retreats a lot of us both our state it is clear that both are states very much very much cherish our character our life. It's. This bridge which connects our two years right to Tanzania two states two communities and I think we realize that we're making history once again here today in a number of ways. People don't. His speeches were short because everyone was called the ribbon was cut the band played and. Everyone walked rode and drove over the bridge to Vermont. The first time since the

summer of 87. On the other side of the river the chilly spectators and merry makers were invited into the historic Windsor house on the main street of this town where Vermont began. Inside people warmed themselves with homemade cookies and hot cider and then the guest of honor was announced. Norman Pickering and his violin Mr Pickering was an acoustical engineer journalist an amateur violin maker in Southampton Long Island made a most interesting discovery during the restoration of the covered bridge. He was doing some investigation for a newspaper story about the project when he noticed the timbers from the old bridge being burned in a large scrap paper. Surprise the car discovered that it was a knife straight grained spruce it was being burned. And some quantities. So I asked the man

in charge Tony Roberts if he would put a moratorium on the burning for a little while until I looked into the quality of the wood to see whether it was suitable for instrument because it is the type of wood that used to make tough for violins violas cellos soundboard for harpsichord pianos and whatnot. Although Mr Pickering was trained as an acoustical engineer he also studied Viola at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He's best known for developing a tonearm cartridge for phonographs called the Pickering stylus but a very personal interest is in the acoustical dynamics of string instruments. He's been making violin since the late 1940s when he discovered the seasoned spruce he took a piece home with him and put it to the test. So I took a violin that was already made and remove the top and made a new one of this material. And the violin sounded quite well much better than it had before. And this proves that the wood was of suitable quality.

The first indication to Pickering of the woods of value was simply the size of the timbers that had been removed from the old bridge. He appeared to have been cut from Vermont red spruce about two feet thick or a size that no longer grows in New England. The larger the tree from which the wood is taken the greater likelihood there is that the wood will have a uniform quality. The inner portion and the outer portion of the tree and not usable that wood is either to dance or to wet or one thing or another. So the larger That differential has the more chance there is of getting a good piece of wood. Nowadays they don't let trees grow long enough and all of the great ones not all but most of them have been destroyed except on the West Coast. There is a sickest Grusin Engelmann spruce from the West Coast which is being used nowadays but it is not as good a quality as the old spruce from this region lies. The other indication of its value was the age of the timbers. The bridge was constructed in 1066 with timbers which had already been seasoned for a good many

years. Long exposure to the weather the wood didn't rot at all and there was absolutely no damage either with insects or with Russia. And the weather exposure seems to be instrumental in aging and drying the wood in much better than any other method. Once we got the wood into his shop Mr Pickering caught it and then he knew in a moment the old spruce would make a fine violin the way a violin maker tells whether the wood is in shape is by smelling it. As you work on it if you cut a piece of fresh pine or unseasoned pine even several years old if you can smell the turpentine and resin smell it's not ready for an instrument. But if it's absolutely odorless then it's in perfect shape. And that's how they can tell the minute I put a chisel in this wood and cut a slit where I knew it was going to be that way. The people who had gathered to warm themselves at the Windsor House last Friday were eager to hear the fennel

after a mild protest Mr. Pickering picked up the instrument and announced that he would play the most appropriate piece of music he could think of. This Thing. Reporting for W. E. O. From the longest covered bridge in the United States. This is from the Franken above the Connecticut River from on to New Hampshire. There are reports by Philip Brighton are made possible by grants from the New Hampshire State Council on the arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Business news is next on New Hampshire daily. Good evening this is Steve McRae reporting from the offices of PaineWebber in Concord.

Stock prices swung shop late before closing lower and heaviest trading since last October. Bank of New England's disclosure that the fourth quarter addition to its reserve for loan losses will be considerably larger than analysts had expected result in a widespread selling of regional banks and other financial issues. The selloff put pressure on the broader market as well. And the news that the Panamanian government declared a state of war with the United States sent stocks tumbling to their session lows in early afternoon. At the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 14 points to 2007 thirty nine big board decliners lead it Vance's by a nine hundred to six hundred and twenty. Looking at stocks of local interest American Telephone forty six and one eighth down one eighth GTA seventy and three quarters up one quarter. James River 28 three quarters up one quarter and Nashua CO up thirty five and three quarters down one and a quarter. In summary the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 2007 40 down

14 points on a volume of two hundred forty three million shares. There's a statement re reporting from PaineWebber unconquered. Have a nice evening. Now for a look at whether this weather report is made possible in part by a grant from Johnson index fuel Corp. suppliers of petroleum products throughout New Hampshire and Vermont. A winter storm warning is in effect for all of New Hampshire for late tonight through Saturday morning. A gale warning is in effect along the coast and may be upgraded to a storm warning on Saturday. Snow will break out over southern New Hampshire around midnight and spread northward to cover the entire state after midnight. The snow is expected to continue until shortly after noon on Saturday south of the White Mountains in until late afternoon across the north with the snow changing to just flurries by the time the snow ends accumulations will a breach well in excess of six inches. The forecast Saturday night clearing windy and cold lows near 10 Sunday sunshine windy and cold highs 20 to 25 and the extended forecast for the state fair and continued cold Monday through Wednesday. In sports the Boston

Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers renew their storied rivalry tonight at Boston Garden. The Lakers enter the game with the NBA best record at 16 and 5. The Boston Bruins are back in action tomorrow afternoon when they host the sabers at Boston Garden. And Bill Buckner says he would like a tryout in hopes of rejoining his former team the Boston Red Sox. Buckner turned 40 yesterday he still lives in Andover Massachusetts he played last season for the Kansas City Royals. That's New Hampshire daily for Friday the 15th of December 1989. I'm Martin Murray the engineer is Paul Jamieson and programming on New Hampshire Public Radio is made possible in part by a grant from New Hampshire College committed to providing career opportunities in business for over 50 years by Merrimack County Savings Bank downtown Concord New Hampshire daily theme music was created by Ward Bill Moore the time is twenty nine minutes past five ALL THINGS CONSIDERED is next. Here's a new twist to an old Carol. This holiday season WEO is having the

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