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Spanish Civil War Rages on at Statehouse

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, February 21, 2001.

Scholars, lawmakers and veterans debated 20th century history yesterday in a hearing over whether or not a plaque honoring New Hampshire Veterans of the Spanish Civil War should hang in the statehouse. The recognition of members of the so-called Abraham Lincoln brigade had been approved by legislative leaders, but is being reconsidered in the wake of protest about honoring communists.

NHPR's Josh Rogers has more.

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Opening Adoption Record

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, February 21, 2001.

A coalition of adoptees and birth parents is pushing for the right to open closed adoption records. This proposal can pit an adoptees' right to information against a birth parents' right to privacy. Joining Laura to talk about the issue are Donna Chagnon, president of the New Hampshire Open Adoption Records Coalition (NH OARC)and Jennifer Frizzell, Public Affairs Director for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. www.plannedparenthood.org/ppnne/

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