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Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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4/28/76
12:45 pm
Sally
PROPOSED SCHEDULE
MRS. FORD'S VISIT TO NEW YORK
April 29-30, 1976
1:50 pm
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board
motorcade on South Grounds. Staff
is as follows:
C. Porembka
S. Weidenfeld
J. Stouffer
K. Schumacher
J. Ball
B. Bullock
2:00 pm
Mrs. Ford boards motorcade on South Grounds.
MOTORCADE DEPARTS South Grounds en route
Andrews AFB.
[Driving time: 25 minutes]
2:25 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Andrews AFB.
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board C-9.
Mrs. Ford boards C-9.
2:35 pm
C-9 DEPARTS Andrews AFB en route LaGuardia
International Airport.
Flying time: 50 minutes]
[No time change. ]
3:25 pm
C-9 ARRIVES LaGuardia International Airport
Marine Air Terminal.
FORD GERATE LIBRARY
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(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NA FORM 1429 (1-98)
-3
6:35 pm
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board
motorcade as on arrival.
6:40 pm
Mrs. Ford departs Suite en route motorcade for
boarding.
6:45 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
en route Cathedral Church of St. Mark The Devine.
[Driving time: 30 minutes]
7:15 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Cathedral Church of St. Mark
The Devine.
Mrs. Ford will be met by:
Right Rev. Paul Moore, Bishop of N. Y.
Oscar Carr, Development Officer,
Episcopal Church
Very Rev. James Morton
Right Rev. Richard Martin
STAFF INSTRUCTION: You will
be escorted to seats in church.
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Bishop Moore, proceeds
inside church.
NOTE: En route seat, Mrs. Ford
will be introduced to members of
a Government Delegation from Liberia
by Bishop Moore.
7:29 pm
Mrs. Ford arrives seat and is seated.
7:30 pm
Program begins.
Introduction of Mrs. Ford by Bishop Moore.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Susan -
Listed below are the additional greeters as Hellinger Theatre:
(See page 4)
Governor Cary, NY
Mr. Allen Lerner Co,Producer of Show
Mr. Leonard Bernstein, Co-Producer of Show
Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller
Mr. Laurence Rockefeller
Mrs. Liz Carpenter
Mr. Nash Castro
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Robb
Mrs. Lucy Nugent
Eva
4/28
- 4
7:31 pm
Mrs. Ford's remarks.
FULL PRESS COVERAGE
7:35 pm
Remarks conclude.
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board
motorcade as on arrival.
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Bishop Moore, departs
church en route motorcade for boarding.
7:45 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Cathedral Church of
St. Mark The Devine en route Mark Hellinger Theatre.
[Driving time: 15 minutes]
8:00 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Mark Hellinger Theatre.
Mrs. Ford will be met by:
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
C.R. Smith, Chief Operation Officer
of American Airlines
Mr. & Mrs. Abe Beam, Mayor of N. Y.
Mollie Parness, Local State Chairperson,
LBJ Memorial Grove
STAFF INSTRUCTION: You will
be escorted to seats in theatre.
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Mrs. Johnson, proceeds
inside theatre to seat.
8:07 pm
Mrs. Ford arrives seat and is seated.
8:10 pm
Program begins.
(Program is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.)
5 -
9:30 pm
Intermission.
9:30 pm
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Mrs. Johnson, proceeds
to back stage holding area.
9:31 pm
Mrs. Ford arrives back stage holding area.
9:32 pm
Mrs. Parness introduces Mrs. Johnson.
9:34 pm
Mrs. Johnson remarks concluding in the
introduction of Mrs. Ford.
9:35 pm
Mrs. Ford's remarks.
FULL PRESS COVERAGE
9:36 pm
Remarks conclude.
Mrs. Ford will pose with Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Parness,
and Patricia Routledge (who plays First Lady in play)
for photos.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
9:40 pm
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Mrs. Johnson, returns to
her seat.
9:41 pm
Mrs. Ford arrives seat and is seated.
9:45 pm
Intermission concludes.
Second Act begins.
11:00 pm
Program concludes.
11:00 pm
Mrs. Ford departs seat en route back stage area
where she will pose with Cast for photos.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board
motorcade as on arrival.
11:10 pm
Mrs. Ford departs back stage area en route
motorcade for boarding.
- 6 -
11:15 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Mark Hellinger Theatre
en route The Krim Residence.
[Driving time: 15 minutes]
11:30 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Krim Residence.
Mrs. Ford will be met by:
Mr. & Mrs. Krim
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Proceed
inside Krim Residence for Private
Party.
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Mr. & Mrs. Krim, proceeds
inside Residence for Private Party.
ATTENDANCE: 150
11:50 pm
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board
motorcade as on arrival.
11:55 pm
Mrs. Ford thanks Mr. & Mrs. Krim, and proceeds
to motorcade for boarding.
12:00
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Krim Residence en route
Midnight
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
[Driving time: 15 minutes]
12:15 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Mrs. Ford proceeds to Suite.
12:20 pm
Mrs. Ford arrives Suite.
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Free evening.
OVERNIGHT
7
Friday, April 30, 1976
10:10 am
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board
motorcade as on arrival.
10:15 am
Mrs. Ford departs Suite en route motorcade
for boarding.
10:20 am
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
en route LaGuardia International Airport.
[Driving time: 25 minutes]
10:45 am
MOTORCADE ARRIVES LaGuardia International
Airport.
STAFF INSTRUCTION: Board C-9.
Manifest as on arrival except add
P. Sorum.
Mrs. Fordboards C-9.
10:55 am
C-9 DEPARTS LaGuardia International Airport
en route Weir Cook Field, Indianpolis, Indiana.
[Flying time: 1 hour, 50 minutes]
[No time change.]
Breakfast will be served onboard.
11:45 am
C-9 ARRIVES Weir Cook Field.
Fran
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
PETER SORUM
FROM:
SUSAN PORTER
SUBJECT:
Action Memo
Mrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-town invitation:
EVENT: Performance of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" with
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
To Benefit the Lyndon B. Johnson Grove in Washington
DATE: Thursday, April 29, 1976
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
PLACE: Mark Hellinger Theatre
51st and Broadway, New York City
CONTACT: Louise Snyder
O: 363-4417
212/
H: 270-2795
Fiance's: 224-3318
COMMENTS: Mrs. Ford will travel to New York to attend a benefit
performance of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" for the LBJ Grove
in Washington. She was personally invited by Mrs. Johnson
to attend. Following the performance will be a reception
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Krim at 33 East 69th Street.
A guest list is attached. Because Mrs. Ford will have a
very busy day the next day and because the performance
does not begin until 8:00, I would suggest that her
attendance at the reception be little more than a drop-by.
(FYI, Mrs. Johnson will be attending a dinner preceding the play
at the Rainbow Grill. Although Mrs. Ford is specifically invited,
I gather this will be mostly the Johnson family, former
Johnson Cabinet members, etc.) Molly Parness is chairman
of the evening but Louise Snyder is doing most of the
nitty-gritty. Liz Carpenter is also involved.
SEAL
FORD
LIBRARY
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NOTE: April 29th has been declared Duke Ellington Day by
Governor Carey and Mayor Beam of New York. A benefit
concert to be taped and televised later will be held at
7:30 at Cathedral Church St. John the Devine. As of this
writing, we are working to determine whether Mrs. Ford
can participate in some way.
Mrs. Ford will remain overnight in New York and will fly
to Indiana Friday morning for some campaigning prior to
returning to Washington Friday evening. The file is
attached.
Thank you.
C: BF Staff
Red Cavaney
William Nicholson
Bill Gulley
John Calhoun
Rex Scouten
Staircase
GERALD
LIBRARY
The IBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Krim
Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Mrs. Edwin I. Hilson
Honorable and Mrs. Robert F. Wagner
Mollie Parnis Livingston
invite you to join
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON
for a benefit preview of
the Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Bernstein musical comedy
"1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE"
starring
Ken Howard
with
Gilbert Price
Patricia Routledge
Directed by FRANK CORSARO
Produced by ROBERT WHITEHEAD and ROGER L. STEVENS
Thursday, April 29, 1976, 8:00 P.M.
Mark Hellinger Theatre
The IBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
Mr. Nash Castro
Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller
VICE-CHAIRMEN
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Hon. Richard J. Daley
Mr. Robert K. Massie
Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Mr. Joseph B. Danzansky
Mr. Robert Merrill
Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor
Mr. Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Mr. Dale Miller
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Hon. and Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon
Mr. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke
Hon. Wright Patman
Mr. Conrad L. Wirth
Hon. Gerald R. Ford
Mr. Gregory Peck
Hon. and Mrs. Orville L. Freeman
Mrs. Esther Peterson
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Miss Betty Furness
Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Liz Carpenter
Hon. John W. Gardner
Mrs. Elizabeth Shoumatoff
Mrs. Carolyn Agger Fortas
Mr. and Mrs. E. Ernest Goldstein
Mr. Russell E. Dickinson
Hon. R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.
Hon. Barry Goldwater
Mrs. Adele Simpson
Hon. J. J. Pickle
Hon. W. Averell Harriman
Mr. Ross D. Siragusa, Sr.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris
Mr. Robert Stein
Mrs. Tyler Abell
Mr. George B. Hartzog, Jr.
Mr. Isaac Stern
Hon. George D. Aiken
Hon. John W. Hechinger
Hon. Roger L. Stevens
Hon. Carl Albert
Mrs. Lenore Hershey
Mr. Marshall T. Steves
Hon. John B. Anderson
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman
Mrs. John E. Swearingen, Jr.
Hon. George W. Ball
Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey
Mrs. Herman E. Talmadge
Hon. Joseph W. Barr
Hon. Frank N. Ikard
Hon. Stewart L. Udall
Mr. Ralph E. Becker
Mrs. Jean Kintner Pennybacker
Mr. Jack Valenti
Hon. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
Mr. Arthur B. Krim
Miss Barbara Walters
Hon. Lindy Boggs
Mrs. Mary Wells Lawrence
Mr. Lewis R. Wasserman
Hon. Alan S. Boyd
Mr. Robert F. Lederer
Mr. Roy Wilkins
Mrs. Douglass Cater
Mrs. Mollie Parnis Livingston
Miss Carol Channing
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
COORDINATOR
Hon. Wilbur J. Cohen
Mrs. Katie Louchheim
Liz Carpenter
Hon. John T. Connor
Mr. Cyril Magnin
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Miss Margaret Cousins
Hon. George H. Mahon
Louise Snyder
The LBJ Memorial Grove the Potomac
Unique among presidential memorials is the park overlooking the
Nation's Capital honoring the 36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson, who
served in the U.S. Congress and the White House for 32 years.
"All my life I have drawn sustenance from the rivers and from the
hills of my native state
I want no less for all the children of Amer-
ica than what I was privileged to have as a boy," embodies the late
President's thoughts on the environment, and is one of four LBJ
quotations used in the Grove.
The simply designed 15-acre grove of white pine trees, flowering
rhododendron, azalea and golden daffodils with a large, roughhewn
granite rock at the center is located along the Potomac River in Lady
Bird Johnson Park in Washington, D.C.
"It is my hope that with its trails and benches, its plantings and.
bowers of trees, the Grove will become a people place. I hope, too,
that its view-spanning the whole of Washington's skyline-will inspire
visitors to greater citizen participation," Mrs. Johnson said when the
site was chosen.
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Mollie Parnis Livingston, Chairman
Ms. Kristin Anderson
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Mrs. Mary Wells Lawrence
Hon. and Mrs. Abraham D. Beame
Ms. Helene Lindow
Hon. and Mrs. James L. Buckley
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
Hon. Hugh Carey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Massie
Mr. and Mrs. Nash Castro
Hon. and Mrs. Lawrence F. O'Brien
Hon. and Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon
Mrs. Miles Pennybacker
Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Mrs. James Price
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid
Hon. and Mrs. Henry Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Hon. and Mrs. Orville L. Freeman
Hon. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hon. and Mrs. W. Averell Harriman
Mrs. William Rose
Mrs. Lenore Hershey
Mr. and Mrs. Benno Schmidt
Mrs. Edwin I. Hilson
Mr. Robert Stein
Mrs. Paul G. Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Strauss
Hon. and Mrs. Jacob K. Javits
Mrs. Betty Talmadge
Mrs. Cletus Keating
Mr. Jack Valenti
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Krim
Hon. and Mrs. Robert F. Wagner
Mrs. Eleanor Lambert
Miss Barbara Walters
Mr. Conrad L. Wirth
The LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
A NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
POST OFFICE BOX 5557
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016
(202) 244-7263
VICE-CHAIRMEN
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
Mr. Nash Castro
Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mr. Conrad L. Wirth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 23, 1976
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Liz Carpenter
Mrs. Carolyn Agger Fortas
Mr. Russell E. Dickinson
Hon. J. J. Pickle
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Tyler Abell
Hon. George D. Aiken
Hon. Carl Albert
Hon. John B. Anderson
Hon. George W. Ball
Hon. Joseph W. Barr
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Memories -- the happy times and
Mr. Ralph E. Becker
the tense moments in the White House --- will highlight the
Hon. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
Hon. Lindy Boggs
evening when Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson is honored at a benefit
Hon. Alan S. Boyd
preview of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," in New York on April
Mrs. Douglass Cater
Miss Carol Channing
Hon. Wilbur J. Cohen
"The White House is not simply the home of the
Hon. John T. Connor
Miss Margaret Cousins
President. Its rooms, its furniture, its paintings, its
Hon. Richard J. Daley
countless mementos make it a living story of the whole
Mr. Joseph B. Danzansky
Mr. Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
experience of the American people, the habits and the hopes
Hon. and Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon
the triumphs and the troubles and the bedrock faith of our
Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke
Hon. Gerald R. Ford
Nation, the former First Lady once said to visitors at
Hon. and Mrs. Orville L. Freeman
the White House.
Miss Betty Furness
Hon. John W. Gardner
Mr. and Mrs. E. Ernest Goldstein
Hon. Barry Goldwater
The final pre-production performance of the new musica
Hon. W. Averell Harriman
comedy by Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Bernstein will benefi
Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris
Mr. George B. Hartzog, Jr.
the LBJ Memorial Grove. This 15-acre grove of evergreen
Hon. John W. Hechinger
and dogwood trees, flowering rhododendron and azalea,
Mrs. Lenore Hershey
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman
and walkways along the Potomac River in the Nation's Capita
Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey
is in memory of the 36th President.
Hon. Frank N. Ikard
Mrs. Jean Kintner Pennybacker
Mr. Arthur B. Krim
On the third anniversary this month of LBJ's death,
Mrs. Mary Wells Lawrence
Mr. Robert F. Lederer
the Grove Committee needs approximately $250,000 to complet
Mrs. Mollie Parnis Livingston
its $2 million goal. All funds, thus far, have been raised
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
Mrs. Katie Louchheim
through private contributions ranging from $1 - $100,000
Vir. Cyril Magnin
Hon. George H. Mahon
at P.O. Box 5557, Washington, D.C. 20016.
Mr. Robert K. Massie
Mr. Robert Merrill
Mr. Dale Miller
The Grove is 92 per cent completed and plans are to
Mr. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
open it early this Spring for Bicentennial visitors,
Hon. Wright Patman
Mr. Gregory Peck
according to Nash Castro, chairman of the LBJ Memorial
Mrs. Esther Peterson
Grove Committee.
Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Elizabeth Shoumatoff
Hon. R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.
The New York gala to help complete the fundraising
Mrs. Adele Simpson
Mr. Ross D. Siragusa, Sr.
campaign will be held at the Mark Hellinger Theater at
Mr. Robert Stein
8:00 PM on April 29, 1976. Tickets for the performance
Mr. Isaac Stern
ton. Roger L. Stevens
are priced from $40 to $125 for the orchestra and $125
Mr. Marshall T. Steves
for the mezzanine, with a portion tax deductible. Reser-
Mrs. John E. Swearingen, Jr.
Mrs. Herman E. Talmadge
vations may be made with Mrs. Gillette Boland, 40 E. 68th
ton. Stewart L. Udall
Street, New York, N.Y. 10021
Mr. Jack Valenti
Miss Barbara Walters
Ar. Lewis R. Wasserman
Mr. Roy Wilkins
COORDINATOR
_iz Carpenter
ASSISTANT
Some members of the New York Benefit Committee include
Mollie Parnis Livingston, chairman, Vice President and Mrs. Nelson
Rockefeller, Governor Hugh Carey, Mayor and Mrs. Abraham Beam,
Senators Jacob K. Javits and James L. Buckley, former Mayor and
Mrs. Robert F. Wagner, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs. Charles W. Engelha
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krim, Mr. and Mrs. John
Loeb, Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller, Mrs. Edwin I. Hilson,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Strauss.
Contact: Louise Snyder
202-244-7263
SEAL FORD LIBRARY
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TENTATIVE GUEST LIST FOR AFTER-THEATER RECEPTION AT MR. & MRS. ARTHUR KB
Thursday, April 29 at 33 E. 69th St., N.Y.
2
ASCOLI, Max
6
ASTOR, Mrs. Vincent
3
BALL, George
4
BUNDY, McGeorge
2
CHASSLER, Sey
2
CONNOR, John T.
2
COWLES, Gardner
4
DILLON, C. Douglas
2
DUKE, Anthony D.
10
ENGELHARD, Mrs. Charles W.
3
FARLEY, James
2
FLEMING, John F.
2
FORTAS, Abe
4
FOWLER, Henry H.
2
FREEMAN, Orville
2
FURNESS, Betty
2
GIMBEL, Mrs. Louis S.
2
GOODSON, Mark
2
GREEN, William J.
2
HACKLER, Loyd
2
HAND, Lloyd
4
HEINZ, Mrs. H. J.
2
HEISKELL, Mrs. Andrew
3
HELM, Harold
2
HILSON, Mrs. Edwin
2
HIRSHON, Dorothy
2
HOFFMAN, Mrs. Anna
4
HOWARD, Jack
2
HURLEY, Geoffrey
4
JOHNSON, Mrs. Lyndon B.
3
KEATING, Mrs. Cletus, Jr.
12
LASKER, Mrs. Albert
4
LEDERER, Robert F.
16
LIVINGSTON, Mollie Parnis
40
LOEB, John L.
2
McNAMARA, Robert S.
4
MILLARD, Charles
2
MASSIE, Robert
2
MELHADO, Frederick
2
MILLER, Merle
4
MOYERS, Bill
2
O'BRIEN, Lawrence
2
PENNYBACKER, Miles
2
PITT, Harriet
2
PRICE, James D.
6
RESNICK, Louis
2
REVSON, Mrs. Lyn
2
ROBB, Charles
8
ROCKEFELLER, Laurance
2
ROSE, William
4
SCHMIDT, Benno
2
SHOUMATOFF, Mrs. Elizabeth
2
SIMPSON, Adele
8
SMITH, C. R.
2
SONNEBORN, Rudolf
4
STEIN, Robert
2
STRAUSS, Robert S.
2
SULZBERGER, Arthur O.
1
TALMADGE, Mrs. B.
2
TROWBRIDGE, Alexander B.
2
VIDOR, Doris W.
2
VON FURSTENBERG, D.
2
WAGNER, Robert F.
8
WALTERS, Barbara
4
WASSERMAN, Lew R.
2
WEAVER, Robert C.
2
WOOD, Robert C.
2
DAVIS, Ovid
2
KEOUGH, Donald
2
FORSTMANN, J. Anthony
2
KATZENBACK, Nicholas deB.
2
GAMBRELL, Mrs. David H.
April 19
Susan:
The attached guest list
for the Krim party is not a
complete one. The figure before
each name indicates how many
guests that individual will take
to the performance of "1600 Pa.
Ave." and then to the Krim party.
Each person purchased enough
tickets for their guests and we
have no way of knowing who these
people (guests) are. In the case
of 2, it is usually the spouse who
is coming.
Please call me if I can be
of further help.
Best,
Louise
Sheila
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
PETER SORUM
FROM:
SUSAN for PORTER
SUBJECT:
Addition to "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"
Action Memo
Mrs. Ford will make the following drop-by prior to her attendance
at the LBJ Grove benefit performance of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"
with Mrs. Johnson:
EVENT: "Ellington Is Forever" Concert
To Benefit Cuttington College in Liberia
DATE: Thursday, April 29, 1976
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Cathedral Church of St. John the Devine
111th and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City
CONTACT: Mr. Joe Morgan
O: (212) 867-8400 ext. 309
H: (212) 586-3963
Desk: (212) 246-5252 ext. 508
COMMENTS: April 29th is being declared "Duke Ellington Day" by
Governor Carey and Mayor Beam of New York. The Duke Ellington
Orchestra with Mercer Ellington conducting and the Hampton
Choir in memory of Duke Ellington will present a special
concert to benefit the only independent liberal arts college
in Sub-Sahara West Africa: Cuttington College in Liberia.
CBS will be filming the evening for their archives and to
send around the world. There are presently no scheduled
showings. of it however. Background material on the concert
and on Cuttington College is attached.
The concert people are aware of Mrs. Ford's very tight schedule
and that she be at the Mark Hellinger Theatre promptly at 8:00 p.m.
The driving time between St. John the Devine and the Theatre
I understand is at least 15 minutes. Mrs. Ford should arrive
at the Cathedral about 7:10 or 7:15 where she will be met by the
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presiding Bishop. Everyone will be seated and the evening
will begin at 7:30 sharp. Immediately after welcoming
everyone, the Bishop will introduce Mrs. Ford from the
audience and Mrs. Ford will respond with brief remarks.
She will then depart the Cathedral on route to the Mark
Hellinger Theatre. The file is attached.
Thank you.
C:
BF Staff
Red Cavaney
William Nicholson
John Calhoun
Rex Scouten
Staircase
APRIL NYC 29,
CONSIDER_
REGRET_
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 12, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
SUSAN PORTER
FROM:
JOHN CALHOUN 4a
Recommend acceptance by Mrs. Ford of this
event.
Attachments
SEAL
LIBRARY
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the EPISCOPAL CHURCH
815 SECOND AVENUE/NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017/(212) 867-8400 1:30
Cable Address: FENALONG, N.Y.
April 9, 1976
Mr. John Calhoun
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Calhoun:
I enclose materials describing the benefit
concert, "Ellington Is Forever", on
April 29th, and we very much appreciate
your help.
(212)867-8400, X 309,310 309,
I told Joe Morgan you called and we look
forward to hearing from you on Monday.
Sincerely,
25
(212) CI6-5252
XSK
Catherine Morphet
Concert Organizer
CM:sc
Enc.
LIBRARY
ELLINGTON IS FOREVER
Concert Committee
CUTTINGTON COLLEGI
Honorary Chairmen:
CROSSROADS FUND
The Hon. Hugh L. Carey
The Hon Abraham Beame
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stanley Adams
Alvin Ailey
Muhammad Ali
Ms. Catherine Morph
The Rt. Rev. John M. Allin
Concert Organizer
Marian Anderson
815 Second Avenue
Max Arons
Count Basie
Birthday
New York, N.Y. 1001
212-867-8400
Harry Belafonte
Tony Bennett
Dr. Kenneth B. Clark
"ELLINGTON IS FOREVER" CONCERT
Alexander Cohen
TO BENEFIT AFRICAN COLLEGE
Stanley Dance
The Rt. Rev. Horace W.B. Donegan
Governor Carey and Mayor Beame are proclaimin
Ruth Ellington
Thursday, April 29th, 'Duke Ellington Day' an
Ahmet Ertegun
The Duke Ellington Orchestra with Mercer
Nesuhi Ertegun
Ellington conducting, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Will
Leonard G. Feather
7000
and The Hampton Choir will get together to
Dr. John T. Fey
honor the memory of Edward Kennedy Ellington,
Ella Fitzgerald
America's greatest composer/conductor.
Bob Fosse
The Rev. John Gensel
+
This concert will be held at 7.30 p.m. in The
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, the
Benny Goodman
Norman Granz
largest gothic cathedral in the world, and wi
John Hammond
benefit the only independent liberal arts col
in Sub-Sahara West Africa.
Ambassador Emmett Harmon
Earl Hines
Vernon Jordan
Cuttington College, Liberia was chosen for a
Andre Kostelanetz
much needed endowment and scholarship drive b
The Rt. Rev. Paul Moore, Jr.
the Episcopal Church's Executive Council, bec
The Very Rev. James Morton
of its unique situation among the world's
The Rev. Norman J. O'Connor
institutions of higher learning. The school
Ambassador Edward Peal
combines all traditional academic disciplines
with the development of skills especially nee
The Hon. Charles Rangel
in Third World countries. Part of its specia
Buddy Rich
nature lies in the fact that African students
Richard Rodgers
from other countries in Africa are eligible f
Bruce Rundvall
grants.
Bobby Short
George T. Simon
Ellington's LIBERIAN SUITE will be featured,
The Hon. Percy Sutton
marking the first time it will have been play
President & Mrs. William Tolbert
in toto, since its premier in Carnegie Hall i
George Wein
1947. In addition to Duke Ellington's
The Rev. Canon Edward West
internationally known compositions and select
Roy Wilkins
from his sacred music concerts, his newest
Earl Wilson
Margaret Bush Wilson
suite /
2.
suite, THE THREE BLACK KINGS will provide
material for the soloists and the choir.
Tickets are available at all TICKETRON
outlets and from the Episcopal Church
Center, 815 Second Avenue. A general
admission price is $5 and reserved seating
is $10. Tickets are tax deductible.
CUTTINGTON
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
Sancte et
Sapienter
The second in a series of reports on the Cuttington College
COLLEGE
Crossroads Fund from John T. Fey, national chairman.
APRIL, 1976
Dioceses, Foundations support
Cuttington Crossroads Fund
Several dioceses and foundations have responded to the
Cuttington College Crossroads Fund, the $3.1 million drive began
last fall by the Episcopal Church's national Executive Council in
behalf of Cuttington College, the only 4-year private liberal arts
institution in sub-Sahara West Africa.
The money will be used to provide an endowment and also for
much needed operating capital and a development program.
Pledges and contributions from Episcopal dioceses received to
date include $18,600 from the Central Gulf Coast, $15,000 from
San Joaquin, $2,000 from Quincy-through St. Paul's Cathedral,
Peoria, III., $10,000 from Western Massachusetts and $5,000 from
Ohio
The Western Massachusetts pledge is from the Second Mile
Fund of the diocese. The money will be used for a chicken house
and pig house at the college to enable the school to breed its own
livestock and generate income.
The Diocese of Vermont has adopted Cuttington as one of its
Lenten objectives and has designated Dr. John T. Fey, national
chairman of the Cuttington Crossroads Campaign, as head of its
fund raising effort. Dr. Fey was formerly president of the Uni-
versity of Vermont.
In addition to the support from Episcopal dioceses, several
foundations have also pledged to the Cuttington effort. Grants
of $50,000 from the Booth-Ferris Foundation, $35,000 from the
Inglewood Foundation, $20,000 from the Chase-Manhattan Bank
International Foundation and $20,000 from the Episcopal
Church's United Thank Offering have been received.
Grants of $40,000 from Trinity Parish, New York, $20,500
The late Duke Ellington and retired Episcopal Bishop Horace W. B.
Donegan of New York worked closely on many community projects
from St. Thomas Church, New York, $10,000 from St. Stephen's
during the late Duke's lifetime. The Duke Ellington orchestra has given
Church, Richmond, Va., and $5,000 from Christ Church, Wil-
sacred concerts in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, and
mington, Del., have also been received.
in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.
Presiding Bishop John M. Allin, one of the Honorary Campaign
Chairman, said he was deeply appreciative of the fine support
Duke Ellington Orchestra concert
shown the Cuttington Crossroads Fund by these organizations.
He said he hoped the months ahead would provide new opportu-
to benefit Cuttington College
nities for others to join in support of the church-related African
Supporters and friends of Cuttington College are especially
college.
invited to be among the large crowd expected to pack the
A word from the national chairman:
Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City for a concert
by the Duke Ellington orchestra on April 29.
I wish I could say that we are in sight of our goal, but
The concert has been arranged by a group of friends and
unfortunately I cannot. Since my last report in November, we
associates of the late Duke Ellington to honor his memory on
have updated our pledges from $700,000 to approximately
his birthday and also to benefit Cuttington. Joe Williams, Sarah
$900,000.
Vaughan, the Hampton Choir and other big names from the music
It is difficult to plead before an American audience the cause
world will get together for the event in New York City's largest
of a small college located thousands of miles away. Also, many
Cathedral, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue.
people know so little about Africa and some have been misin-
Under the banner "Ellington is Forever" the concert will
formed.
feature Mercer Ellington conducting the late Duke's orchestra.
I firmly believe Africa is a strategic place in the world of today
Among the Ellington-style music to be featured will be The
with tremendous promise for tomorrow. We must work for peace
Liberian Suite, marking the first time it will have been played in
for all African nations and for education and a bright future for
toto since its premier in Carnegie Hall in 1947
all African youth.
Sponsors of "Ellington is Forever" include Presiding Bishop
By contributing to Cuttington
John M. Allin of the Episcopal Church, Dr. William R. Tolbert,
College you are doing your share
President of the Republic of Liberia, Miss Ruth Ellington, Mrs.
to make this dream a reality.
Margaret Bush Wilson, chairman of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People, the Rev. John Gensel of
Sincerely,
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New York, Congressman Charles
Rangel of New York, retired Episcopal Bishop Horace W. B.
Justy
Donegan and Mayor Abraham Beame.
Admission tickets at $10 for reserve seats and $5 general
admission are on sale at the Office of Development at the Epis-
copal Church Center, 815 Second Ave., New York, 10017, and
John T. Fey
from Ticketron.
CUTTINGTON COLLEGE CROSSROADS FUND / 815 SECOND AVENUE / NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10017
First National City Bank grants
four Cuttington Scholarships
Four 1-year scholarships for seniors majoring in Economics at
Cuttington College have been made available by the First National
City Bank of New York. One of the scholarships will be awarded
each year between 1976 and 1980.
The scholarships will provide total cost of tuition for a full
year at Cuttington, including accommodations, board, instruction
and books. Scholarship recipients will also work at the First
National City branch bank in Monrovia, Liberia, during their
vacation period, enabling them to earn extra money and gain
practical experience in the field of Economics.
John T. Fey, national chairman of the Cuttington College
Crossroads Fund, said he is delighted with this response by First
National City Bank to the appeal, citing it as an example of how
academic instruction and practical experience are often combined
as part of the Cuttington educational method.
A variety of printed materials giving complete facts
about the Cuttington College Crossroads Fund can be
obtained from Marvin C. Josephson, Executive Direc-
Dr. William R. Tolbert, President of the Republic of Liberia, is shown
tor, at 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10017.
making his personal pledge to the Cuttington College Crossroads Fund.
A 21-minute 16 mm sound color motion picture that
More than $250,000 has been pledged to the drive by the Government of
tells the Cuttington story can be ordered from the
Liberia and $250,000 has been pledged by the alumni of Cuttington and
the people of Liberia.
ROA Film Exchange, 1696 Astor St., Milwaukee,
Wisc., 53202.
We need your help!
Several new members
Luncheons and dinners have been held in several cities in
various dioceses at the invitation of clergy and bishops. These
added to National Committee
meetings are most important since few people are acquainted
Some recent additions to the Cuttington College Crossroads
with Cuttington and so many people are uninformed about such
Fund national committee include Dr. Kenneth B. Clark of New
far-away places as Liberia.
York City, psychologist and educator; Col. Alfred M. Worden of
If you can gather together a group of interested people, our
Florida, astronaut; Charles B. Rangel of New York, a member
staff is prepared to put on an "African Night" with a film and
of the House of Representatives; Judge G. Mennen Williams of
sound effects. It will make for an interesting evening and may
Detroit, former Governor of Michigan; The Honorable Dorothy I.
attract people who might support Cuttington.
Height of New York, a noted social worker and educator; and
Hugh Downs of Phoenix, broadcaster and former host of the
NBC Today show.
Among the first responders to the Cuttington
National campaign chairman is Dr. John T. Fey, chairman of
College Crossroads Fund were the members of the
the board, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
Episcopal Church's national Executive Council, offi-
States. Honorary campaign chairmen are Dr. William R. Tol-
cial sponsors of the drive, as well as the Executive
bert, Jr., President of the Republic of Liberia, Presiding Bishop
Council staff. Council members pledged $11,800 and
John M. Allin of the Episcopal Church, the Rev. John B. Coburn,
the staff has pledged $10,600. Contributions are still
bishop-elect of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Massachusetts
being received from both groups.
and Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson, chairman of the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Colored People.
In case we have not yet heard from you
As the acting "Board" of Cuttington College in the United States, the Episcopal Church's national Executive Council does not have
the resources to mount a full-scale campaign throughout the Church in behalf of the Cuttington College Crossroads Fund. Direct solici-
tation is, of course, being made of many groups within the Church, including the bishops, Executive Council members, Church Center
staff and others. We are also asking some Foundations to consider an investment in the future of free education in Liberia through the
Crossroads Fund.
Our decision not to have an expensive nation-wide campaign does not mean that we are not interested in receiving pledges from
individuals. If you are interested and want to help, we invite you to join us. Just fill out the pledge card printed below and send it to the
Cuttington College Crossroads Fund, 815 Second Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Your interest and help will be appreciated. Your contri-
bution is tax deductible.
CUTTINGTON COLLEGE
To assist in strengthening the educational programs of Cuttington College and in consideration
of the gifts of others for this purpose, I/we hereby subscribe and agree to pay the sum of
dollars ($
) or to give the following securities
or other property:
Payments will be made over a period of
years beginning
, 197
CUTTINGTON
on the following basis:
annually
semi-annually
quarterly or as follows:
Sancle et
Sapienter
(Signature)
COLLEGE
Checks should be made payable to The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society,
815 Second Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017.
CUTTINGTON
the unique opportunity
Cuttington College
Cuttington is not just an ordinary church-related college! It is the only private
liberal arts American-style college in sub-Sahara Africa, and therefore is unique
among the world's institutions of higher learning. The college is located in
Suacoco, Liberia, but part of its special nature lies in the fact that students come
from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, Ghana
and indeed
other states near the east coast as well as the west coast of Africa. Cuttington is
also uniquely important because of its service-oriented contribution to its local
environment, integrating education in all the traditional disciplines with the
development of many skills and techniques.,
One example: Paramedical Services
An excellent example of Cuttington's relevance is the paramedical service
provided for 30 outlying villages within a 50-mile radius of the campus. Since
Cuttington has the only four-year baccalaureate nursing program in West Africa,
it is the only institution equipped to meet this growing need. Cuttington-trained
personnel also serve as professional nurses, x-ray technicians, midwives and
health counselors throughout the rural areas.
Who's Who
A roster of Cuttington graduates reads like a "Who's Who in Liberia." Included
are a former president of the nation, its present vice-president and Chief Justice,
its Ambassador to the United Nations, a president of the World Bank, as well as
50% of all doctors in Liberia and 99% of all the nation's registered nurses. Both
the Methodist and Episcopal bishops in Liberia are Cuttington graduates.
High Standards
As a residential college, Cuttington has entrance requirements similar to those in
the United States, including College Aptitude Tests and the General Certificate
of Education. Even though its standards are high, Cuttington has more qualified
applicants than can be admitted. Present enrollment is held to 350 students,
with a projected five-year increase to 420. The Cuttington library is considered
one of the best of its kind in all of Africa with 66,000 volumes.
The Divinity School
In addition to its other unique achievements, Cuttington has a Divinity School
which graduates clergy who minister to Liberians and other Africans. The
present Episcopal Bishop, a hereditary tribal chieftan, is a graduate of Cutting-
ton, as is the present Methodist Bishop.
The Unique Opportunity
Cuttington, as we stated at the outset, is not just an ordinary church-related
college. It provides us all a unique opportunity to improve an institution that
already has much to commend it. Cuttington desperately needs $3.1 million to
continue to serve West Africa, educate Africans from other nations who seek
knowledge and truth in an atmosphere of academic freedom, and thereafter,
expand its work.
Liberia is America's oldest friend and the oldest republic in Africa. Africa
represents a significant segment of the Third World population. Supporting
Cuttington College in Liberia is an excellent way for Americans to underscore
this friendship with our sister republic in Africa.
For further information call or write the Executive Director,
Cuttington Crossroads Fund, 815 Second Avenue, New York,
New
York
10017
4/28/76
10:25 am
MRS. WASHINGTON
MRS. RUSSELL
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The LBJ Memorial Grove OD the Potomac
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
Mr. Nash Castro
Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller
VICE-CHAIRMEN
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Hon. Richard J. Daley
Mr. Robert K. Massie
Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Mr. Joseph B. Danzansky
Mr. Robert Merrill
Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor
Mr. Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Mr. Dale Miller
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Hon. and Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon
Mr. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke
Hon. Wright Patman
Mr. Conrad L. Wirth
Hon. Gerald R. Ford
Mr. Gregory Peck
Hon. and Mrs. Orville L. Freeman
Mrs. Esther Peterson
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Miss Betty Furness
Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Liz Carpenter
Hon. John W. Gardner
Mrs. Elizabeth Shoumatoff
Mrs. Carolyn Agger Fortas
Mr. and Mrs. E. Ernest Goldstein
Hon. R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.
Mr. Russell E. Dickinson
Hon. Barry Goldwater
Mrs. Adele Simpson
Hon. J. J. Pickle
Hon. W. Averell Harriman
Mr. Ross D. Siragusa, Sr.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris
Mr. Robert Stein
Mrs. Tyler Abell
Mr. George B. Hartzog, Jr.
Mr. Isaac Stern
Hon. George D. Aiken
Hon. John W. Hechinger
Hon. Roger L. Stevens
Hon. Carl Albert
Mrs. Lenore Hershey
Mr. Marshall T. Steves
Hon. John B. Anderson
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman
Mrs. John E. Swearingen, Jr.
Hon. George W. Ball
Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey
Mrs. Herman E. Talmadge
Hon. Joseph W. Barr
Hon. Frank N. Ikard
Hon. Stewart L. Udall
Mr. Ralph E. Becker
Mrs. Jean Kintner Pennybacker
Mr. Jack Valenti
Hon. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
Mr. Arthur B. Krim
Miss Barbara Walters
Hon. Lindy Boggs
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Mr. Lewis R. Wasserman
Hon. Alan S. Boyd
Mr. Robert F. Lederer
Mr. Roy Wilkins
Mrs. Douglass Cater
Mrs. Mollie Parnis Livingston
COORDINATOR
Miss Carol Channing
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
Mrs. Katie Louchheim
Liz Carpenter
Hon. Wilbur J. Cohen
Hon. John T. Connor
Mr. Cyril Magnin
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Miss Margaret Cousins
Hon. George H. Mahon
Louise Snyder
The LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Krim
Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Mrs. Edwin I. Hilson
Honorable and Mrs. Robert F. Wagner
Mollie Parnis Livingston
invite you to join
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON
for a benefit preview of
the Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Bernstein musical comedy
"1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE"
starring
Ken Howard
with
Gilbert Price
Patricia Routledge
Directed by FRANK CORSARO
Produced by ROBERT WHITEHEAD and ROGER L. STEVENS
OHIO
Thursday, April 29, 1976, 8:00 P.M.
Mark Hellinger Theatre
LIBRARY
The LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Unique among presidential memorials is the park overlooking the
Nation's Capital honoring the 36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson, who
served in the U.S. Congress and the White House for 32 years.
"All my life I have drawn sustenance from the rivers and from the
hills of my native state
I want no less for all the children of Amer-
ica than what I was privileged to have as a boy," embodies the late
President's thoughts on the environment, and is one of four LBJ
quotations used in the Grove.
The simply designed 15-acre grove of white pine trees, flowering
rhododendron, azalea and golden daffodils with a large, roughhewn
granite rock at the center is located along the Potomac River in Lady
Bird Johnson Park in Washington, D.C.
"It is my hope that with its trails and benches, its plantings and-
bowers of trees, the Grove will become a people place. I hope, too,
that its view-spanning the whole of Washington's skyline-will inspire
visitors to greater citizen participation," Mrs. Johnson said when the
site was chosen.
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Mollie Parnis Livingston, Chairman
Ms. Kristin Anderson
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Mrs. Mary Wells Lawrence
Hon. and Mrs. Abraham D. Beame
Ms. Helene Lindow
Hon. and Mrs. James L. Buckley
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
Hon. Hugh Carey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Massie
Mr. and Mrs. Nash Castro
Hon. and Mrs. Lawrence F. O'Brien
Hon. and Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon
Mrs. Miles Pennybacker
Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Mrs. James Price
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid
Hon. and Mrs. Henry Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Hon. and Mrs. Orville L. Freeman
Hon. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hon. and Mrs. W. Averell Harriman
Mrs. William Rose
Mrs. Lenore Hershey
Mr. and Mrs. Benno Schmidt
Mrs. Edwin I. Hilson
Mr. Robert Stein
Mrs. Paul G. Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Strauss
Hon. and Mrs. Jacob K. Javits
Mrs. Betty Talmadge
Mrs. Cletus Keating
Mr. Jack Valenti
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Krim
Hon. and Mrs. Robert F. Wagner
Mrs. Eleanor Lambert
Miss Barbara Walters
Mr. Conrad L. Wirth
Benefit Performance - April 29, 1976, 8:00 P.M.
"1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE"
You may
may not list my name as a Patron on the program insert.
NAME
(As you wish to be listed)
ADDRESS
ZIP
TEL
Box Office Price
Contribution*
Total
Orchestra
$15.00
$110.00
$125.00
Orchestra
15.00
85.00
100.00
Orchestra
15.00
45.00
60.00
Orchestra
15.00
25.00
40.00
Mezzanine
15.00
110.00
125.00
Enclosed is my check for $
for
tickets.
I cannot attend but enclose a contribution of $
Please make check payable to the LBJ Memorial Grove and mail to Mrs. Gillette
Boland, 40 E. 68th St., New York 10021, 212-879-2236.
*Contributions are tax deductible.
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Mrs. Vincent Astor
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Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard
Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mr. Conrad L. Wirth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 23, 1976
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Liz Carpenter
Mrs. Carolyn Agger Fortas
Mr. Russell E. Dickinson
Hon. J. J. Pickle
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Tyler Abell
Hon. George D. Aiken
Hon. Carl Albert
Hon. John B. Anderson
Hon. George W. Ball
Hon. Joseph W. Barr
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Memories -- the happy times and
Mr. Ralph E. Becker
the tense moments in the White House -- will highlight the
Hon. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
Hon. Lindy Boggs
evening when Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson is honored at a benefit
Hon. Alan S. Boyd
preview of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," in New York on April 29.
Mrs. Douglass Cater
Miss Carol Channing
Hon. Wilbur J. Cohen
Hon. John T. Connor
"The White House is not simply the home of the
Miss Margaret Cousins
President. Its rooms, its furniture, its paintings, its
Hon. Richard J. Daley
Mr. Joseph B. Danzansky
countless mementos make it a living story of the whole
Mr. Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
experience of the American people, the habits and the hopes,
Hon. and Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon
Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke
the triumphs and the troubles and the bedrock faith of our
Hon. Gerald R. Ford
Nation,' the former First Lady once said to visitors at
Hon. and Mrs. Orville L. Freeman
the White House.
Miss Betty Furness
Hon. John W. Gardner
Mr. and Mrs. E. Ernest Goldstein
Hon. Barry Goldwater
The final pre-production performance of the new musical
Hon. W. Averell Harriman
comedy by Alan Jay Lerner and Leonard Bernstein will benefit
Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris
Mr. George B. Hartzog, Jr.
the LBJ Memorial Grove. This 15-acre grove of evergreen
Hon. John W. Hechinger
and dogwood trees, flowering rhododendron and azalea,
Mrs. Lenore Hershey
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman
and walkways along the Potomac River in the Nation's Capital
Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey
is in memory of the 36th President.
Hon. Frank N. Ikard
Mrs. Jean Kintner Pennybacker
Mr. Arthur B. Krim
On the third anniversary this month of LBJ's death,
Mrs. Mary Wells Lawrence
Mr. Robert F. Lederer
the Grove Committee needs approximately $250,000 to complete
Mrs. Mollie Parnis Livingston
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb
its $2 million goal. All funds, thus far, have been raised
Mrs. Katie Louchheim
through private contributions ranging from $1 - $100,000
Mr. Cyril Magnin
Hon. George H. Mahon
at P.O. Box 5557, Washington, D.C. 20016.
Mr. Robert K. Massie
Mr. Robert Merrill
Mr. Dale Miller
The Grove is 92 per cent completed and plans are to
Mr. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
open it early this Spring for Bicentennial visitors,
Hon. Wright Patman
Mr. Gregory Peck
according to Nash Castro, chairman of the LBJ Memorial
Mrs. Esther Peterson
Grove Committee.
Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller
Mrs. Elizabeth Shoumatoff
Hon. R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.
The New York gala to help complete the fundraising
Mrs. Adele Simpson
Mr. Ross D. Siragusa, Sr.
campaign will be held at the Mark Hellinger Theater at
Mr. Robert Stein
8:00 PM on April 29, 1976. Tickets for the performance
Mr. Isaac Stern
Hon. Roger L. Stevens
are priced from $40 to $125 for the orchestra and $125
Mr. Marshall T. Steves
for the mezzanine, with a portion tax deductible. Reser-
Mrs. John E. Swearingen, Jr.
Mrs. Herman E. Talmadge
vations may be made with Mrs. Gillette Boland, 40 E. 68th
Hon. Stewart L. Udall
Mr. Jack Valenti
Street, New York, N.Y. 10021
Miss Barbara Walters
Mr. Lewis R. Wasserman
Mr. Roy Wilkins
COORDINATOR
LIBRARY
Liz Carpenter
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
IN COOPERATION WITH THE SOCIETY FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL
Louise Snyder
NATIONAL CAPITAL, INC. (A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION)
Some members of the New York Benefit Committee include
Mollie Parnis Livingston, chairman, Vice President and Mrs. Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Governor Hugh Carey, Mayor and Mrs. Abraham Beam,
Senators Jacob K. Javits and James L. Buckley, former Mayor and
Mrs. Robert F. Wagner, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard,
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krim, Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Loeb, Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller, Mrs. Edwin I. Hilson,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Strauss.
Contact: Louise Snyder
202-244-7263
PROPOSED REMARKS
Duke Ellington Concert Drop-By, New York City, April 29, 1976
I know this evening of music composed by Duke Ellington
is going to be as beautiful as this cathedral itself.
I'm one of the many, many fans of his music, which will
live as long as music is played.
(and I truly appeciate the spiritual quality of its
I grew up with the sound of jazz studied its influence
I
on dance and continue to love it.
Although jazz is uniquely American, its appeal is
ground.
international. How grand to combine a tribute to Duke with
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a benefit for Cuttington College! This concert reaches across
the ocean in a way I'm sure would please the Duke. very mucs
And now Thanks for letting me stop by. Do have a wonderful time.
I ans
earn every minute of it.
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her paying trisute
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Ellington Memorial - Staff seating is available; you will be escorted
upon arrival.
Theater - As per the schedule, Mrs. Ford will be attending the thea-
ter production of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Seats are complimentary
for the staff. You will be escorted to your seats upon arrival at
the theater. Business attire is acceptable.
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2) Friday Morning
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GERALD FORD LIBRARNO
Ellington
Ellington is Forever
Committee and Patrons
is Forever
Stanley Adams
Sonia Francis
James P. Morton
Alvin Ailey
Lindley M. Franklin, Jr.
Mary Burke Nicholas
Willard Alexander
Erroll Garner
Henry S. Noble
Muhammad Ali
John Gensel
Eleanor Holmes Norton
J.C. Michael Allen
Ken Glancy
Norman J. O'Connor
John M. Allin
Benny Goodman
Gordon Parks
C. FitzSimons Allison
Sam Goody
Robert R. Parks
Marian Anderson
Norman Granz
Edward Peal
John Andrew
Nappy Grossbardt
Gerry Pocock
Jane Arneberg
John Hammond
Alice Prager
Max Arons
Lionel Hampton
Otto Preminger
Charlie Barnett
Emmett Harmon
Wilton Edmund Prescott
Count Basie
Flossie Harris
David McA Pyle
Abraham Beame
Buggsy Henley
Charles B. Rangel
Harry Belafonte
J. Victor Herd
W. Reese
Bob Bender
Earl Hines
Bernard J. Reverdin
Tony Bennett
Robert M. Hoen
Buddy Rich
Hugh L. Carey
Vincent Hubbard
C. R. P. Rodgers
Oscar C. Carr, Jr.
Ernest E. Hunt, III
Richard Rodgers
Catherine Carter
James H. W. Jacks
Jack Rollins
Hodding Carter III
Phoebe Jacobs
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bronx
Arthur B. Cassell, Sr.
Saul Jaffe
Charles G. Scully
Arthur Ben Chitty
Emmanuel W. Johnson
Richard Seamon
Francis X. Claps
William Jones
Bobby Short
Kenneth B. Clark
Vernon Jordan
Arthur W. Siegrist
John B. Coburn
Marvin C. Josephson
Helen Siegrist
James R. Cogan
Helena R. Josephson
George T. Simon
Alexander Cohen
Andre Kostelanetz
Pauline Sowley
Sue Corney
Charles R. Lawrence
A. N. Stewart
Cress Courtney
Margaret Morgan Lawrence
J. William Stewart
Stanley Dance
Fred Lininger
Sidney Stiber
Francis Dennis
Werner Mark Linz
Percy E. Sutton
Walter D. Dennis, Jr.
Joe Louis
Francis B. Thorne
Horace W. B. Donegan
Bruce Lundvall
William R. Tolbert
Michel Pierre d'Orleans
Teo Macero
Victoria Tolbert
Concert at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Mike Douglas
Guy E. C. Maitland
Cyrus R. Vance
James D. Dunning
Leo Malania
Robert F. Wagner
Maureen Egginton
Richard B. Martin
Walter Wager
with
Ruth Ellington
Annelle H. Martin
George Wein
Mirjana Ellis
Allen F. Maulsby
Hans Wehrheim
Peter Engelbrecht
Ed McMahon
Edward N. West
Barbara Engelbrecht
Kathy McAllister
M. Moran Weston II
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Ahmet Ertegun
Charles K. McWhorter
Roy Wilkins
Nesuhi Ertegun
LeGrand Mellon
Charles Williams
Conducted by Mercer Ellington
Raoul Lionel Felder
J.C. Montgomery
Frederick Boyd Williams
John T. Fey
Paul Moore, Jr.
Earl Wilson
Ella Fitzgerald
Joe Morgen
Margaret Bush Wilson
Dave Brubeck
Sarah Vaughan
Joe Williams
Bob Fosse
Catherine Morphet
Frank L. Wiswall, Jr.
Everett W. Francis
Partial Listing
The Hampton Choir
Produced Courtesy of The Seabury Press, 815 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10017
There have been times when I thought I had a glimpse of God. Sometimes,
even when my eyes were closed, I saw. Then when I tried to set my
Ellington is Forever
eyes-closed or open-back to the same focus, I had no success, of
course. The unprovable fact is that I believe I have had a glimpse of God
a Benefit Performance for
many times. I believe because believing is believable, and no one can
Cuttington College, Liberia, West Africa
prove it unbelievable. - Duke Ellington
Excerpt from Duke Ellington: Music Is My Mistress
Thursday Evening
April 29, 1976
7:30 p.m.
Oscar C. Carr, Jr.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Master of Ceremonies
Mercer Ellington
Conductor
Willie Singleton
Trumpet
The Lord's Prayer
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Barry Lee Hall
Trumpet
Welcome
James Bolden
The Rt. Rev. Horace W.B. Donegan
Trumpet
Joe Wilder
Trumpet
Proclamations
The Governor of New York
Ray Harris
Trombone
The Mayor of New York City
Malcolm Tayler
Trombone
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Vincent York
Trombone
Charles Connors
Bass Trombone
Tell Me It's the Truth
featuring Anita Moore
Harold Minerve
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo
Les Trois Rois Noirs
Alvin Batiste
(The Three Black Kings: King Caspar, King Solomon and Martin
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Ricky Ford
Luther King, Jr. Composed by Duke Ellington and Mercer Ellington)
Tenor Saxophone
Percy Marion
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
The Liberian Suite
featuring Joe Williams
Robert Eldridge
Baritone Saxophone
(Composed by Duke Ellington for the Centennial Celebration
Lloyd Mayers
Piano
of the Republic of Liberia, premiered at Carnegie Hall, 1947)
Edward Ellington
Guitar
Gerald "JJ" Wiggins
Bass
Joe Williams
Rocky White
Drums
with the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Juan Emmanuel Amalbert
Congas
Dave Brubeck and an All Star Group
Anita Moore
Soloist for Sacred Concert Selections
The Hampton Choir
conducted by Roscoe Gill, Jr.
Devonne Gardner
Soloist for Sacred Concert Selections
Ann Swain Clark
Soloist for Sacred Concert Selections
Sarah Vaughan
and The Sarah Vaughan Trio
Charles Harrison Manager
The Duke Ellington Orchestra and The Hampton Choir
The Majesty of God
featuring Ann Swain Clark
Roscoe Gill, Jr.
Director of Hampton Choir
Praise God and Dance
featuring Devonne Gardner
The Sarah Vaughan Trio
Carl Schroeder
Piano
Bob Magnusson
Bass
Catherine Morphet
Jimmy Cobb
Drums
Concert Coordinator
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Contact Bruce Porter
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There will be four photo opportunities during Mrs. Ford's
visit to New York on Thursday, April 29th. At 7 p.m.
the "Duke Ellington is Forever" Concert at St. John's
the Divine Cathedral. Included will be Bishop Moore,
Bishop Martin, Dr. Oscar Carr, Dean Morton and Members
of the Ellington family.
Mrs. Ford will proceed to the Mark Hellinger Theatre at
8 p.m. where she will be greeted by Mrs. Lyndon Johnson,
Mrs. Mollie Parnes Livingston, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur
J. Lerner, Mayor and Mrs. Abraham Beame, Mr. and Mrs.
Laurance Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs. Robb and Lucy Nugent.
There will be a special photo session with Mrs. Ford during
intermission on stage. A final photo session with the
cast of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" will take place
following the final curtain.
Only press with credentials will be admitted.
GERILD FORD LIBRARY
"1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE"
The new musical by Alan Jay Lerner (Book and Lyrics) and Leonard Bernstein (Music)
which will premiere next week (May 4) at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway
(W. 51st Street in New York City). Produced by Roger L. Stevens and Robert
Whitehead.
Co-directed, staged and choreographed by Gilbert Moses & George Faison.
Shot #1 - Mrs. Ford with Patricia Routledge (who stars as all the First Ladies)
and. Ken Howard (who stars as all the Presidents from George Washington
to Theodore Roosevelt).
Shot #2 - Mrs. Ford with stars Ken Howard, Patricia Routledge, Gilbert Price,
and Emily Yancy (the latter two playing the chief White House
retainers through the 100 years of the musical).
Shot #3 - Mrs. Ford with members of the company of "1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE".
SERALD
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AVENUE
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CONFESSIONS OF A MAD
Why smoke
TONY WATCHER
Wherein may be found various brilliant yet
different from the "hosts" (a lot of these
deep observations based on 9 years of star-
are movie stars flown in to New York so
ing into the tube at what God - with a
that 60 million viewers who don't get to
nudge from Alex Cohen - hath wrought.
B'way regularly can recognize somebody).
Tonys are awarded for excellence on
And every year there is entertainment,
the Broadway stage. They've been award-
whether it's Joel Grey, rouged and gut-
Now?
ed since 1947, but it wasn't
teral and looking like a de-
until 1967 that producer
praved Charlie McCarthy as
Alexander H. Cohen decided
he sings a song from Cabaret,
to bring the annual event to
or Alan King telling the au-
television.
dience that "while you're sit-
It was a terrific idea. Hol-
ting here your homes are
lywood was already offering
being burgled," or Nancy
us the Oscar ceremonies;
Walker playing a sketch in
now, each April, the New
which a man says nobody
York theatre would honor
fyou're a smoker who has
can hold a candle to her fold-
been thinking about 'tar' and
its own
in living color,
ing diapers, and Nancy says
nicotine, here's why you
coast to coast. And it did.
wearily, "I don't want any-
might consider smoking Now.
And we all thought the Tony
body holding candles to me
Now It was developed to fill a
Awards television show was
while I'm folding diapers,"
contemporary demand And it suc-
better produced, more beau-
or Japanese actors in Tokyo
ceeds as no other cigarette ever has.
Class A
tiful, more touching, and
doing a scene from The King
Now is lowest in 'tar' and nicotine
more exciting than anything
and I, or Yugoslavian actors
of all cigarettes. It comes in both filter
Hollywood had turned out.
doing Man of La Mancha.
and menthol.
Now also gives you real smok-
As a Tony Awards addict (I get into my
And then every year there's a connective
ing satisfaction. The flavor is mild and
p.j.s, turn off the phone, turn on ABC,
script written by Hildy Parks which
pleasant.
and give myself over to my fix) I'm look-
Now draws free and easy for a
NOW
doesn't always get said the way Hildy
NOW
ing forward to April 18th, 1976. Because
Parks wrote it on account of the excited
cigarette SO low in 'tar' and nicotine.
for the past nine years the Tony Awards
hosts and presenters falling over their
Now has a unique specially
have supplied a moveable feast to theatre
teeth. (Winners say their own thing, and
designed filter that makes all this
lovers, bringing us drama and music and
Hildy gets neither credit nor blame for
possible for the first time.
glimpses of legendary heroes. Laurence
what they come up with.)
When is a good time to switch to
Now? There's no better time than
Olivier has lent his grace to the Tonys,
It's marvelous. Even the boring parts
20 Filter Cigarettes
right now
20 Menthol Cigarettes
and the Lunts their magic.
are marvelous because the people who are
2.2
But a lot of people have written about
boring you are so famous.
mg.
nicotine
these sublime moments, so I am going to
The only thing that isn't as good as it
address myself to the sillier side of things.
was in the 60's is I never see Lutz and Carr
Now. The lowest 'tar'
The following fond and foolish look at the
any more. Lutz and Carr are the account-
ghosts of Tonys Past is written by a looney
ants who tabulate the votes, they're the
who delights in finding looniness wher-
Price Waterhouse of the East coast, and
ever she can.
of all cigarettes.
they used to come right on stage and stand
To start with, in case you've been out
around looking like funeral directors.
to lunch since 1947, I'll explain a few
Still, I am not going to say another bad
things that always happen on the Tony
word about the Tony Committee because
Awards TV show. Every year, there are
it's given me so much fun over the years.
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"hosts" and there are "presenters" who are
I'm willing to share a few cherished per-
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PLAYBILL
April 1976
Pick our
ARTHUR T. BIRSH-publisher
For the first time
after-theatre
JOAN ALLEMAN RUBIN-editor-in-chief
CYNTHIA CARTY-program coordinator
LEO LERMAN-senior editor
restaurants
WALTER VATTER-associate editor
THOMAS A. STEINFELD-national sales director
and we'll
L. ROBERT CHARLES-general sales director
in history:
ELAINE KLEIN-director of special sales
RUSSELL CANNIZZARO-comptroller
help you pick
MIMI HoRowITz-publication coordinator
MARY F. SEATON-assistant to the publisher
You can now fly
better theatre
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ton and Philadelphia. New York edition is published
seats in the
by American Theatre Press, Inc. 151 E. 50th St.,
New York, N. Y. 10022 212-751-9550. Pres. & Treas.:
Arthur T. Birsh; Vice-Pres.: Steven J. Kumble; Sec.:
non-stop to Tokyo.
future!
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American Theatre Press, Inc. 1976. All rights reserved.
Get a copy of a seat-picker's
sonal memories (if they're inaccurate, sue
Until now, you had a choice of four wonderful
guide (has seating plans for all
me) with everybody. None of my mem-
New York theaters. music halls
ories has any historical significance (every-
stops on the way to Japan: San Francisco, Seattle,
and sports stadia) free with your
thing anybody might want to know about
Anchorage, or Fairbanks.
meal and or drinks for two
the Tonys has been ruthlessly cut out) but
they are all in all to me.
Now you have another choice: no stops.
($5.00 minimum) at
1967: The year of the blondes. The ladies,
Starting this spring, Pan Am will introduce the
hosts, presenters, winners, all have blonde
new 747. The 747 SP. The SP standing for special
maBells
hair. Only Barbra Streisand has brown
hair. Barbra is a presenter, but she doesn't
performance.
want to open the envelope so we can find
And its first special performance will be New
out the name of the best musical (Cab-
York to Tokyo two hours faster than ever before.
45th Street West of Broadway vo 9-0110
aret). "It'll break my nails," she says.
Mayor John Lindsay says, "What's done
We'll have three flights a week. To get on one of
Mamma Leone's
on Broadway today you'll see tomorrow in
them, see your travel agent.
239 W. 48TH ST. JU 6-5151
a rug company." Oh? Later on, figure it
out. He said road company.
If you want to go to Tokyo, from now on nothing
The Ground Floor Cafe
1968: Opening number from Golden Rain-
will be stopping you.
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Jack Benny says he doesn't know why
America's airline to the world.
he was invited. "I haven't done a play in
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New York in over 30 years. I wanted to
be in Tea and Sympathy but I thought I
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was too old to play the son, and Robert
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Anderson thought I was too old to play
the father. He said he didn't want that
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much sympathy."
PAN
Fill this out and give it to your
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson try to
waiter when you get your check and
present the Best Supporting Actor Tony
we'll send a free copy of a
to James Patterson. James Patterson is in
seat-picker's guide to you.
Yugoslavia. "Who do I give it to?" says
Jackson. "Don't look at me," says Wallach.
Name
Audrey Hepburn introduces Maurice
Chevalier, giving the old French accent all
Address
she's got. Shove-al-ay, she calls him, and
The new 747 SP. The plane that makes it possible.
City
Maurice, on this eve of his 80th birthday
tells the audience, "We 'ave been friends,
State
Zip
led-eeze and gentamen for fortee yairs."
(Only accent I like as well as Shove-al-
See your travel agent.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of Mrs. Ford's Press Secretary
Mrs. Ford's upcoming schedule: (Revised)
Wednesday, April 28, 1976: Mrs. Ford will attend the Benefit Gala
for the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped at
the Kennedy Center at 9:00 P.M. For details on press coverage,
please call Mrs. Ford's press office.
Thursday, April 29, 1976: Mrs. Ford will go to New York City to
attend the performance of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" to benefit
the Lyndon B. Johnson Grove in Washington, D.C., as a guest of
Mrs. Johnson's. The performance is being held at the Mark Hellinger
Theatre, 51st and Broadway, New York City, at 8:00 P.M.
Immediately preceding the performance, Mrs. Ford will stop by to pay
her respects to the memory of Duke Ellington at the "Ellington Is
Forever" concert at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Devine, 111th
and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, which begins at 7:30 P.M.
April 29th has been declared "Duke Ellington Day" by Governor Carey
and Mayor Beam of New York, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra with
Mercer Ellington conducting and the Hampton Choir is presenting
this special concert to benefit the Cuttington College in Liberia,
only independent liberal arts college in Sub-Sahara West Africa.
Mrs. Ford will remain overnight in New York City.
CREDENTIALLING: Bruce Porter 212/421-9800
Friday, April 30, 1976
Mrs. Ford will travel to Indianapolis, Indiana.
11:45 A.M.
Mrs. Ford will arrive at Weir Cook Field, Indianapolis.
12:15 P.M.
Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut will escort Mrs. Ford
on a walking tour down East Market Street near Monument
Circle and will present her with the keys to the city.
2:15 P.M.
Mrs. Ford will stop by the President Ford Committee
Headquarters at 1935 North Meridian Street to meet
with volunteers and workers.
3:30 P.M.
Mrs. Ford will christen Pan American's newest aircraft,
a Boeing 747SP (special performance) at ceremonies
at Weir-Cook Field in Indianapolis. She is the seventh
in a succession of First Ladies to christen new aircrafts
The aircraft will be flown from New York the following
Saturday on a round-the-world flight in an attempt to
establish a new record flight-time of less than 40 hours.
The aircraft will be named the Jet Clipper Liberty Bell.
After the ceremony, Mrs. Ford will return to Washington.
PRESS CONTACT: John Breen 317/926-3486
CREDENTIALLING: Monice Leuw 317/926-3486 (Closes Noon, Thursday)
Tuesday, May 4 through Friday, May 7, 1976: Mrs. Ford will be traveling
to Ohio and California. Her first stop on Tuesday will be in Columbus
where she will attend a reception and a fund-raising luncheon at
Noon at Ohio Village (a 28 acre tract north of Ohio Historical Center
in Columbus. She will leave that afternoon for California. A detailed
schedule will be forthcoming.
R. FORD
OHIO PRESS CONTACT: Jim Richards 614/221-3673
GERALD
LIBRARY
CREDENTIALLING: Anita Williams 614/221-3673 (Closes Noon, Monday)
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In Tribute to LBJ
M
RS. GERALD FORD, MRS.LYNDON BAINES JOHN-
SON and her two daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Robb and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Nugent, Mr.
DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1976
and Mrs. Robert McNamara, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. George Ball, Mayor
and Mrs. Abraham Beame, Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Rocke-
feller, Mr. and Mrs. McGeorge Bundy, Mrs. Charles Engel-
hard, Mrs. Albert Lasker, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Heiskell
and dozens of other stellar attractions were out in glitter-
ing force for the LBJ Grove benefit performance of "1600
Pennsylvania Ave." at the Mark Hellinger last night.
Mollie Parnis, friend of Presidents and Presidents' wives, was
in charge of the evening. Let it never be said that she can't get out
the vote. After the theater there was a private party at the Arthur
Krims' townhouse.
Everywhere you looked
there was a "name." You
would have loved it.
Jeanne Harvey
Vanderbilt, looking
smashing in a man-tai-
lored suit, publisher
John Sargent, the Span-
ish ambassador to the
News photos by Vincent Rieh
The musical's lyricist, Alan Jay Lerner (1.), composer Leonard Bernstein, flank
(from left) Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Mary Beame, and the mayor.
IXAN 46 FIRST LADIES AT FIRST NIGHT
-Associated Press
First Lady Betty Ford (right) and former First Lady
watched a benefit preview performance in New York
Lady Bird Johnson flank Guy Costley as they pose
Thursday night. Young Guy plays "Little Lud" in
with the cast of the musical comedy "1600
the show. The performance benefitted the LBJ
Pennsylvania Avenue"-which has a theme of the
Memorial Grave on the Patomac, a national
lives of presidents in the White House-after they
memorial to the late President Johnson.
News photo by Vincent Riehl
Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Mary Beame and Mayor Beame (l. to r.) at showtime.
To Raise $, Two 1st Ladies Visit
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Here
By THOMAS COLLINS and
The show deals with the first six first ladies,
BOB KAPPSTATTER
from Martha Washington to Louise Adams, wife
Two first ladies, one present, the other
of John Quincy Adams.
former, came to town last night to see a
Among the theatergoers were Mrs. Johnson's
two daughters, Lynda Bird Robb and Luci Baines
--- D show about siv of their their Charles Robb and
THE WASHINGTON POST
D2
Saturday, May 1,1976
Personalities
Dinah Shore is coming to Washing-
ton May 14 to push her syndicated
talk show, which is not unusual, and
And the Times' Israel Shenker was
Up in the Big Apple, First Lady
has declined to indict British rock
honored for "perceptive, witty explor-
Betty Ford opened a musical tribute
star David Bowie on a marijuana
ations of New York City life
"
to the late Duke Ellington. "I would
possession felony charge. Bowie and
The winners will share a cash
not want to miss a tribute to the
three companions were arrested
prize of $1,500.
Duke," Mrs. Ford told an audience
March 21 during a small party in his
that ended up dancing in the aisle at
hotel suite several hours after a con-
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
St. John the Divine. "I am one of
cert. They pleaded innocent.
celebrated her 67th birthday. A crowd
many, many fans of his music
-Judy Bachrach
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A Concert and a Musical
Visited by First Lady
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Betty Ford bestowed her
best wishes on two benefit
performances in New York
PAU AND WILLY, Jazz LADY BETTY, LADY benefit at the Mark Hellinger
pianist Paul Knopf pops into BIRD. First Mama Betty Theater here for the Lyndon
Willy's in the Village Ford and former FM Lady B. Johnson Memorial Grove in
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