Cyrus Vance Nominated as Carter Secretary of State
President elect Jimmy Carter selected Cyrus R. Vance a veteran diplomat and defense official for secretary of state. Carter notified key senators and announced the choice ahead of a news conference with a second possible appointment banker Thomas Lance as budget director. Vance a longtime administrator and lawyer from Clarksburg W Va served under Kennedy and Johnson and was a top advisor to Carter during the campaign.
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Cyrus Vance
Carter
Secretary of
Vance
Lyndon Johnson
Case
Atlanta
Thomas Bertram Lance
State Department
Pentagon
National Security Council
Treasury
Defense
Senate
Kennedy
Johnson
White House
Clarksburg
W.va
Unemployment Surges to 11-Month High in November
The Labor Department reports November unemployment at 8.1 percent, up from 7.9, with 200,000 more jobless and wholesale prices rising for the third straight month. Total employment climbs to 88.1 million as the labor force grows. A separate note announces Circuit Judge Robert Landry’s bid for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat.
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Washington
Labor Department
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Weather and sports brief note with local items
Weather outlook mentions warmer temperatures with light snow possible over the weekend. A Packer running back is scheduled to speak at a Jaycee Bosses' night event. MHS girls basketball teams win their first game, with details in the Sports section.
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Packer
Jaycee
MHS
Monroe High School presents here's love musical delight
The Monroe High School Chorus stages here's Love at Monroe Junior High School auditorium filling the cold evening with musical warmth. Sandy Reese Doris Walker Julie Wiedman Susan Tom McDowell Fred Gaily Jon Ottoson Kris Kringle Larry Young Macy's judge Marc Miller and others star in the Miracle on 34th Street adaptation with a festive dance by Laura Carter and a capable crew guiding the production. The show runs again at 8 tonight and Saturday with tickets at the door.
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Monroe High School
Monroe
Monroe Junior High School
Miracle On 34Th St
Macy’s
Doris Walker
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
Santa
Gimbel’s
R.H. Macy
Kringle
Doris
Fred Gaily
Susan
Bellevue
Fred
Sandy Reese
Julie Wiedman
Tom McDowell
Jon Ottoson
John Baumann
Marvin Shellhammer
Larry Young
Marc Miller
Mike Krauss
Laura Carter
Kay Baumgartner
Kim Santiago
Lisa Thorsen
Renee Arnold
Carol Dye
Jenny Augustus
Dawn Wolfe
Carrie Callahan
Duke Goetz
Chuck Radke
Peg Usher
Dolores Feldt
Candice Dexheimer
Official November rainfall report for Monroe area
The Monroe weather station at the sewage disposal plant records total November rainfall of 10 inches. Compared figures show 1975 at 2.26 inches, 1974 at 1.99, 1973 at 2.59, and 1972 at 1.24. Average high 40 with a high of 60, average low 19 with a low of minus eight.
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Monroe Sewage Disposal Plant
Wisconsin balks at possible nuclear waste site
Wisconsin officials and residents react skeptically as ERDA names the state among candidates for a future nuclear waste disposal program. Gov. Lucey and Secretary LaFollette voice concern while scientists warn of long term dangers. ERDA cites stability and lack of water as factors. U.S. Rep. Obey questions disposal terminology.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Douglas LaFollette
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
University of Wisconsin
Michael Mudrey
State Geological Survey
Energy Research and Development Agency
ERDA
Lacey
LaFollette
Ford
Germantown
Ben McCarty
Krueger
Senate Natural Resources Committee
Minnesota
Michigan
Texas
Mudrey
Florence
Marathon
Lake Superior
Steven Born
Lucey’s
Indiana
Ohio
South Dakota
Midwest
U.S
David Obey
D-Wis
Obey
Sixth Annual Green County Bike-Hike Awards Held
The 1976 Bike-Hike in Green County recognized 106 participants who walked or rode 55 miles and raised over $4,923. Proceeds support Wisconsin Badger Camp for the Mentally Retarded, with portions for Green County Youth ARC and Stages social events. Prizes totaling $90 were awarded to adults and youths, and many riders completed the full 55 miles.
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Green County
Commercial Bank
Jan Alt
Wisconsin Badger Camp
Miss Alt
Swiss Colony, Inc
Swiss Colony Data Center, Inc
David Rock
Roy Schweizer
Mark van Pelt
Ralph Kundert
Dawn Schwarzenberger
Rhonda Hanson
Chuck White
Bobby Ambrose
Dana McGraw
Tracey Scheffer
Beth Lynch
Steve Purcell
Schwarzenberger
Hanson
White
Ambrose
McGraw
Scheffer
Lynch
Purcell
Daniel Lynch
Monroe
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Green County Soil and Water Conservation District
Mary Allen
Browntown
Sheri Peters
Monticello
Kristine Burri
Susanna Bowman
Mary Keough
Eileen DeBruin
Debbie Meier
Steve Albright
Daniel DeHaan
New Glarus
Willis Riemer
SWCD
Ed Kaderly
Pete Ott
Harvey Elmer
Robert Hoesly
Swiss Cheese Capital
U.S.A
Times
People Today
Ted Scheffers
Monroe Junior High
East School
Monroe Public Schools
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Dawn Schwarz
Anita White
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