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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 2, folder \"10/15/74 - Wedding\nAnniversary\" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nwe part\ncovertly\ntion of\ndenied\nlied in\nWash Star 10/16/74 pcl\nblanke\nbodied\nkin re\nA Serenade\nIs So\nRomantic\nBy Isabelle Shelton\nStar-News Staff Writer\nAnother Ford - this one named 'Tennessee\nErnie\" - helped President and Mrs. Ford cele-\nbrate their 26th wedding anniversary yesterday on\nthe South Lawn of the White House.\nTennessee Ernie and a group of 30 from the fa-\nmous \"Grand Old Opry\" just back from a month-\nlong tour of Russia, serenaded the Fords as they\nstood arm-in-arm on the Truman balcony.\nThe Fords clapped, waved and twice kissed\nduring the serenade, which began with the \"An-\nniversary Waltz.\"\nTHE FIRST LADY, back at the White House just\nfour days from Bethesda Naval Hospital after her\nbreast cancer surgery, was wearing a long blue\nquilted silk lounging robe, decorated with the pin\nthe President had given her for their anniversary\n- a gold Presidential Seal surrounded by small\ndiamonds.\nThe serenade medley also included \"Country\nRoads,\" \"Everything Is Beautiful,\" \"I Believe In\nMusic,\" and, finally \"This Land Is My Land.\"\nMrs. Ford really caught the spirit, gracefully\nswaying in tempo from time to time, a happy smile\non her face, and in the end blowing kisses to the\ncrowd of 200 or so White House staff members\ngathered below.\nTHE CEREMONY was held in the early after-\nSee FORDS, C-4\nThe Fords enjoyed the\nMandy, qualitv. saw sportswear is boldly underpriced. You Will find the same\nDigitized from Box 2 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n-Star-News Photographer Joseph Silverman\n'Anniversary Waltz' serenade so much they took time for a smooch.\n*\nDAILY NEWS\n15c\nNEW YORK'S PICTURE NEWSPAPER ®\nVol. 56. No. 97\nCopr. 1974 New York Naws Inc.\nNew York, N.Y. 10017, Wednesday, October 16, 1974*\nOccasional rain, 50-59. Details p. 91\nROCKY DEMANDS\nHEARING\nNOW\nStory on Page 3\nDefense: Nixon Lied on Gate\nStory on Page 2\nTennessee Ernie Ford and members of his musical troupe are greeted by Presi-\ndent Gerald Ford after serenading the President and Mrs. Ford on their 26th\nwedding anniversary.\nAn All-Ford Serenade\nPresident Ford gave his wife a brooch\nhave a quiet dinner with her daughter,\nof the Presidential seal, studded with dia-\nSusan.\nmonds, for their 26th wedding anniver-\nAfter the luncheon, President and Mrs.\nsary yesterday, and arranged to have her\nFord went out on the balcony to listen ta\nserenaded with the \"Anniversary Waltz\"\nthe music from the Ford group, which was\nby Tennessee Ernie Ford (no relation)\non the South Lawn. She appeared in good\nand his group.\nspirits and laughed, clapped and waved at\nThe First Lady's present was having\nthe singers.\nher husband's University of Michigan\nThe President then went down and dis-\nathletic trophies-two loving cups and\ntributed Presidential seal jewelry to the\na metal football-silver-plated.\nmusicians, who had just returned from a\nThe couple celebrated at a private\nState Department cultural tour of the\ntuncneon in the White House, as the\nSoviet Union.\nPresident left yesterday afternoon for a\nThe President had called Ernie Ford\nPhotos by Frank Johnston-The Washington Post\ntrip to the Midwest. Mrs. Ford, who is\nbefore he left, to thank him for making the\nrecuperating from surgery, planned to\ntour,\nPresident and Mrs. Ford enjoying their.\" Anniversary Waltz\" serenade."
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