08/04/1978
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"EDWARD MARKS, of California, a Foreign Service officer of Class three, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau."
"JAMES I. HARTIGAN, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of 4 years, vice John A. Bitknes, Jr., resigned."
"Profitability in the steel industry remains weak."
"Public service is our highest calling."