Lucey Christmas cards funded by state contingency fund
Gov. Patrick J. Lucey’s executive office contingency fund disbursements show Christmas card expenses and other items charged to taxpayer dollars from 1971 through 1975. Records reveal spending on flowers liquor gifts and UW football tickets plus travel for Lucey and his wife and various subscriptions and photo charges.
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Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
University of Wisconsin
Barbara Muncie
Lucey’s
Jean
Washington
Nixon
the New Yorker
First National Bank of Monroe
Woman’s Club of Monroe
C.E. Blue
First National
Robert
Nancy) Faith
Grace Holtshopple
Kathryn Etter
First National Bank
Rollover on Wis 69 injures driver. two-vehicle crash follows
A Monroe man, Timothy Mund, 27, was hospitalized after his car rolled on icy Wis 69 near New Glarus, two more crashes occurred that night on Wis 92 and Wis 11. Mund’s Alphorn Ford vehicle was a total loss and he received checks for a stiff neck at Monroe Clinic.
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New Glarus Hill
Alphorn Ford
Monroe
Timothy Mund
Mund
Monroe Clinic
CT. W
Robert J. Donahue
Rt. 1
Belleville
Kenneth G. Adams
Brooklyn
Adams
Donahue
Jeffrey E. Wells
Rt. 3
Cadiz Township
Weaver seeks full funding before UW veterinary school
John C. Weaver president of the UW system told the Board of Regents in Milwaukee that a veterinary medicine school should not be established without full state funding. He cited a legislative subcommittee plan for half the cost and warned of cash constraints, urging full state support or allowing Wisconsin residents to study elsewhere.
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Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Inmates recaptured after Waupun prison farm escape
Three inmates overpowered a guard at the Waupun state prison farm were recaptured after a high speed chase. The guard Sgt. Junior Lee Footit of Oshkosh, 52, is in fair condition with severe facial cuts. Names of the three inmates were not released.
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Waupun (Ap
Waupun
Junior Lee Footit
Oshkosh
Waupun Memorial Hospital
Harvey Winans
Footit
Dodge County
Dane County
Milwaukee
Swine flu program may be all but dead
Federal health officials warn the swine flu immunization program faces a dim future despite no proven link to Guillain Barré syndrome. Public confidence shaken and late-season restart difficulties threaten continued operation even if vaccine is cleared. CDC reports 94 GBS cases from 14 states with 4 deaths, 51 vaccinated.
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Washington
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Cooper
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
CDC
William Foege
Foege
Ford
White House
Carter interviews two women candidates for top posts
President-elect Carter plans to interview Joan Manley of Time Inc and Dr. Juanita Kreps of Duke University with Vice President-elect Mondale. AFL CIO leaders favor John Dunlop for labor secretary as Idaho Governor Andrus is summoned to Plains. Carter denies outside pressure on cabinet picks and notes ongoing recruitment challenges.
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Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Saudi Arabia Breaks With OPEC On Oil Price Increase
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates rejected a 15 percent OPEC price rise and will raise their own output to hold increases to 5 percent. The split, the first major rift since 1973, risks market confusion and affects U S gasoline prices though impact varies with import sources. President Carter said he hoped the rise would be modest.
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Doha
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
United Arab Emirates
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Uae
Iran
Iraq
Venezuela
Kuwait
Nigeria
Libya
Indonesia
Algeria
Gabon
Ecuador
Yamani
International Oil Cartel
U.S
America
Carter
Plains
Gilmore Overdose Doubts Spark Utah Execution Controversy
Gary Gilmore remains in critical condition after a second overdose amid an ongoing Utah inquiry into how he obtained phenobarbital. Doctors expect recovery and a Jan. 17 execution date, while prison officials review drug access as investigators probe possible lapses and a girlfriend's suspected involvement.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Gilmore
University of Utah Medical Center
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