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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 7, folder \"11/13/75 - National Council of Negro\nWomen\" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\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 Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nFor immediate release\nTuesday, Nov. 11, 1975\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford\nUPCOMING SCHEDULE: MRS. FORD\nWednesday, Nov. 12,\nPhoto session, South entrance to White House.\n4 p.m.\nMrs. Ford will meet Liliane Thorn, wife of\nPickup in press\nPrime Minister Gaston Thorn of Luxembourg.\nlobby 3:45 p.m.\nMrs. Ford and Mrs. Thorn will have tea in the\nFamily Quarters of the White House, afterwhich\nMrs. Thorn will receive a tour of the White House.\nThursday, Nov. 13\nMrs. Ford will receive about 200 members of the\n3 p.m.\nNational Council of Negro Women at the White\nPickup in press\nHouse. The Council is holding its Biennial\nlobby 2:45 p.m.\nConvention in Washington Nov. 10-15.\nFriday, Nov. 14\nSt. Johns Church, 16th and H Sts. NW. Mrs.\n10 a. m.\nFord will cut the ribbon and open St. John's\nPress should meet\na nnual bazaar. A photo session with Mrs. Ford\nat NW entrance\ntouring the booths will precede the ribbon cutting.\nlla.m.\nState Dining Room, The White House. Mrs. Ford\nwill host the official presentation of the new\npublication \"The First Ladies. \" The book,\npublished by the National Geographic Society as\na public service, will be sold by the White House\nHistorical Association, with proceeds used to\ndefray the book's printing costs and to buy\nhistoric items for the White House. The book\nchronicles First Ladies from Martha Washington\nthrough Mrs. Ford.\nGERALD N. FORD LIBRACY\nDigitized from Box 7 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 12, 1975\nMRS. FORD:\nEvent:\nReception for the National Council of Negro Women\nDate/Time:\nThursday, November 13, 1975\n3:00 p.m.\nPlace:\nState Dining Room\nNumber of\nAttendees:\n161 guests\nPrincipal:\nMrs. Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of\nNegro Women\nSchedule of\nEvents:\n3:00 p.m.\nYour guests will arrive through the Diplomatic\nReception Room and will be escorted to the\nState Dining Room where refreshments will be\nserved.\n3:10 p.m.\nMaria Downs will escort you via elevator to\nthe State Floor Hall where you will greet\nMrs. Height.\nMaria Downs will then escort you and Mrs.\nHeight to the State Dining Room where you will\njoin your guests for refreshments and mingle\ninformally.\n3:30 p.m.\nYou may wish to invite your guests to tour the\nWhite House and then bid farewell to them and\nreturn to the Family Quarters.\nNOTES:\nArmy String Ensemble will be positioned in the\nGrand Hall.\nR.\nFORD\nMilitary Social Aides will be present\nLIBRARY\n- 2 -\nNational Council of Negro Women\nReception\nThere will be open press coverage.\nA White House photographer will be present.\nBackground information is attached.\nLinda Baker\nLIGHT\nPEOPLE/SCENE\nE\nFirst Lady Betty\nFord and Dorothy\nHeight:\n\"Today the\nfeminist movement\nisn't a priority\nconcern in some\nblack circles.\nStill, the word rolls\neasily off the lips\nof Dorothy Height.\"\nBy Charles Del Vecchio\n-The Washington Post\nDorothy Height, Feminist\nBy Jacqueline Trescott\nline of toy soldiers.\nThis year's NCNW budget is a heady $1.6\nThroughout most of the program\nmillion.\nIn the '60s the civil rights leadership\nHeight kept an unobtrusive role, clapping\nNo, said Isabel Herson, a department\nalso\nON THE ROLE OF BLACK WOMEN IN RELATIONSHIP TO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S\nEVENT: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE\nYEAR AND THE APPROACHING BICENTENNIAL.\nTIME: 9:30 A.M.\nLOCATION: SHERATON HALL BALLROOM, SHERATON PARK.\n2959. CONTACT: SHELIA THOMAS OR EUGENIA WILTSHIRE, 265-2000, EXT. 3169 OR\n11-11-75 14:33EST\nFORD in 016036 LIBRARY"
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