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Ruger Stockholders Make A Statement
Legendary Political Reporter Dies
We almost missed it: a story in Newfound Lake Life about “The Robie Sisters: Planting Seeds, Cultivating a Community.” We had picked up the paper, but it got buried in a pile of documents and waited until we were straightening up to reveal the piece about the four women, all involved in teaching and all involved in their community.
“Babe” Caldwell’s sister, Marion, was the girls’ mother, so there is that family connection, as well. Their father was Herbert Robie, known for his trained oxen. The “girls” grew up on the farm, with an ethic that involved hard work as well as involvement in the community.
Sylvia, the oldest, moved to the North Country, but Hilda, Lucille, and Joanne remained in Bristol. In addition to teaching generations of Newfound students, they have been involved in the Bristol Historical Society, the Bristol Beautification Committee, and countless community events.
Ruger Stockholders Make A Statement
Sixty-nine percent of the stockholders voting at Sturm Ruger’s annual meeting on June 1 rejected the recommendation of the company’s board of directors and called on the company to produce a Human Rights Impact Assessment “which assesses and produces recommendations for improving the human rights impacts of its policies, practices and products, above and beyond legal and regulatory matters.”
The Connecticut-based company, which owns a manufacturing facility in Newport, New Hampshire, reported $728 million in net firearms sales in 2021, up nearly 29 percent from the previous year. The company is the second-largest American producer of firearms, according to a recent report published by Visual Capitalist.
The resolution calls for the company to consider the views of “stakeholders, including human rights organizations, employees, and customers, … in determining the specific matters to be assessed. A report on the assessment, prepared at reasonable cost and omitting confidential/proprietary information, should be published on the company’s website.”
Legendary Political Reporter Dies
Rod Paul, 83, former chief political writer and Statehouse reporter for the Concord Monitor, died on April 23 in Dover of complications of diabetes. His death was just reported at InDepthNH.org.
Among his many exclusive stories was one exposing the close connections between Union Leader Publisher William Loeb and then-Governor Meldrim Thomson. He also exposed Thomson’s attempt to mine federal criminal investigative records for information about his political adversaries.
He contributed stories to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine, Newsweek, and other national publications. Here in New Hampshire, he also worked for the New Hampshire Times, did freelance journalism, and appeared on New Hampshire Public Television and WMUR-TV.
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