WESTMORELAND — “The climb is difficult even when you are used to it,” said Karl M. Fredette as he looked up the 80-foot forest fire lookout tower on top of Hyland Hill. Fredette is responsible for keeping an eye peeled over 33 towns and three states which make up District 10 of the Division of Resources Development and the border areas of Massachusetts and Vermont. “We’ve actually got this thing down to a fine art,” Fredette said. “In fact, New Hampshire has the best fire record per capita in the United States.”
WASHINGTON — A funny thing happened to Medicare on the way to its trial as “the great experiment” — it didn’t jam up the nation’s hospitals on its first day. Though hospitals braced for it and doctors predicted “bedlam,” the anticipated flood of Medicare admissions Friday turned out to be just a trickle at hospitals from coast to coast. In scores of UPI spot checks, hospital administrators had the same thing to say: “It’s business as usual.” “There’s practically a dearth of patients being admitted,” said John B. Brewer, executive director of the Hospital council of Southern California.
Tuesday, July 2, 1991
Want to get rid of those pesky groundhogs in your pumpkin patch? If so, this is the last year you can use those loopholes in state law to buy fireworks — if you can find a fireworks dealer who’ll sell them anyway. On March 1, 1992, a new state law takes effect that bans the retail sale of all fireworks in New Hampshire. Wholesale sales would still be legal.
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats promised today to scrutinize Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas’ views on abortion and other divisive issues. But Republicans said he should not divulge his feelings about controversies that might come before the court. “I’m satisfied that this man will pass muster,” President Bush declared Monday in naming Thomas to succeed retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall. Conservatives applauded the selection and predicted liberals would have trouble opposing the black judge.
