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The original documents are located in Box 27, folder "8/14-20/76 - Kansas City, Kansas - Republican National Convention (3)" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Some items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. President Ford"76 Digitized from Box 27 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Temple Daily Telegram, Temple, Texas President, Betty Ford Join Hands To Wave To GOP Convention riday, August 20, 976 BETTY FORD belts out a song with entertainer Tony Orlando at the Uptown Theater late Wednesday night after attending the second night session of the Republican Convention. Sonny Bono Likes Ford, But Is He a Republican? KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) - Who into service to introduce stars and is the last person you'd expect to see celebrities Ford's victory'. at the bash celebrating sitting with Betty Ford the moment -0- PRESIDENT SITTING SPIRO IF KANSAS YOU WITH AGNEW? GUESSED OF CITY THE BETTY (UPI) VIDA UNITED SONNY FORD BLUE? -- THE STATES? WHO SONNY MOMENT IS THE BO NO ? LAST HER HAROLD HUSBAND PERSON STASSEN? WAS YOU'D NOMINATED EXPECT RABB I TO AS SEE TONIGHT. AND TO PLAY MASTER OF CEREMONIES AT HIS VICTORY JOIN HIS PARTY LAST YOU NIGHT PRESIDENT FORD INVITED SONNY TO FAMILY CHER, WIN THE TURKEY. BONO, EX-HUSBAND BUT STILL PARTNER OF KORFF? THE THE PREZ AND SONNY ENTERTAINER HAVE NEVER A FAVORITE MET. WHITE HO USE JESTER. NE IT HER IN TRUTH, IS IT'S PINT NOT -SIZED THAT SONNY IS A CLOSE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER. AND BUT THE BONO KIDS HAS AT HOLLYWOOD HELPED AT PARTIES. FORD FUND RAISERS AND HOB NOBBED WITH BETTY CELEBRITIES SAMMY DAVIS, SONNY WAS PRESSED INTO SERVICE TO INTRODUCE A STARS SINATRA AND INASMUCH AS THE PRESIDENT'S COTERIE DOES NOT INCLUDE OR AT THE BASH CELEBRATING FORD'S VICTORY. -0- and take now Garry Wills 9/3/76 H-13 The real Kansas City hardly noticed I miss Kansas City. After they say) was built on lavishly from Pendergast's only a week there, I felt I seven hills, but Kansas City mixers; and were (in turn) was beginning to know the on 77. Kansas City has the result of Prohibition, place - and that is unusual. underground labyrinths - which stopped Tom for a People can live in a city but for modern warehouses, while from pouring drinks for decades and never dis- not Roman catacombs or in the saloons on which his cern its real shape. I am Parisian sewers. older brother Jim's empire just beginning to puzzle out The character of the city was built. Baltimore, where I live. But is set by the fact that it Kansas City is graspable. could exist underground if We all went out to Kemp- Defends Delegates The People's I would like the opportunity to reply to the feature story, with editorial opin- ion, by Chuck Ervin of the World Capi- Voice 21 issue. I have some comments on his tol Bureau, appearing in your August misrepresentations of the Oklahoma Editor's Note-Letters from read delegates' reactions to various in- ers are welcome, preferably signed, cidents at the Republican and should be no more than 200 States. Yes, those delegates were Tulsa angry, and rightly so. Mrs. Mable L. Cooley Third, Mr. Ervin minimized the "Rockefeller incident" Why didn't he tell the whole story? Even he should Betty No Lady have recognized that Mr. Rockefeller Re: Betty Ford - First perhaps, but certainly no Lady. atelv obstructing was inebriated, obnoxious, and deliber- Her sleazy little exhibition with that would give a Doost to the brazen image she is trying to create. Dittre Terms L.Rajaido Pa. 15A Jan Blaich year 8/24/71 Cary Grant Gives Women a Bad Rap After nailing an anti-abortion plank rankings of importance. They have unemployment is key to discussions of onto the Republican platform and only learned that it is demeaning to have to the economy, voters should be particu- narrowly saving a pro-ERA position, resort to coy and undercover tactics that larly interested in a comparison of the Republicans put the finishing touches on are euphemistically called "feminine two candidates on this subject. turn-back-the-clock-on-women man- wiles. Women constitute 40 per cent of the State Topern Journal News 357-4421 Want 4ds. 357-6111 Topeka, Kansas, Tuesday, August 17, 1976- 32 Pages Subscriptions 357-4496 5 e b y as needed votes t d S t -Staff photo by Phil Schermelster Former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird prepared to er Tony Orlando looked on. All three attended the evening plant a kiss on the cheek of the First Lady as TV perform- session of the Republican National Convention Monday. 8/17/26 2B The Social Scene Beautiful Bashes Beguile Politicos By Elsye W. Allison Society Editor It seems that a lot of people have $1,000 they would like to part with on behalf of the Republican party. So many, in fact, according to Henry W. Bloch, president of H & R Block and the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, that the United Victory Celebration luncheon has had to be moved from one ballroom to a larger one at the Radisson Muehlebach Hotel. "More than 600 tickets have been sold," Bloch said yesterday, "and in order to accommodate the television network platforms for live coverage, we decided to move the luncheon to the Imperial Ballroom at the hotel, where at least 150 more can be seated." The luncheon, a fund-raising event for the national party, is scheduled for tomorrow. Both presidential candidates are expected to attend. KANSAS CITY HAS NEVER seen anything like it. Nor will it ever be the same again. Most of the 54 delegations arriving here Sunday and now settled down to the convention business at hand never had experienced such a party welcome. Throughout the preconvention weekend there were parties almost non- stop for everyone from the top media personalities and V.I.P.s to the cam- paign committees and behind-the-scenes workers. Mrs. Charles H. Price II established herself as the No. 1 convention hostess for the elegant party she and her husband gave Saturday night for Gov. and Mrs. Christopher S. Bond of Missouri. Guests said they had never seen anything to equal her party in connec- tion with a national political convention, and columnists of most leading newspapers are calling it the party of the year. The impressive guest list included upper-echelon editors and publishers of the nation's leading newspapers, widely known columnists and commen- tators, heads of the three television networks and top-drawer Kansas City society. The party was held in the Prices' 2-story penthouse in the Walnuts. Both the host couple and Governor and Mrs. Bond stood for more than three hours receiving guests as they arrived or departed early for other parties. Mrs. Price began arr angements for her party about four months ago, anticipating 150 guests. By the time she arrived home last Wednesday from a vacation in Sun Valley, Idaho, the list had grown to more than 250. As a result most of the furnishings were moved out of the formal living room to turn it into a reception area and also out of the second-floor play- room to accommodate tables for dining. Bars were set up in the two living rooms on the first level and in the east and west wing rooftop courtyards. Steve Miller's combo provided music in one rooftop garden area; there was a guitarist in the playroom dining area and a pianist at the grand piano in the living room. The floral arrangements were stunning. In the foyer was a 6-foot-high orchid plant and in the center of the reception area was a gigantic arrange- ment of wild tiger lilies, orchids and green pampas grass spilled from a green ginger vase. In the formal dining room, one of two serving areas for the buffet supper, the centerpiece was of Star of India lilies, lavender ster- ling silver roses and other flowers. Additional arr angements were of similar flowers, all flown in for the party. Guests dined on minced veal in a sour cream champagne sauce, saffron rice and fresh spinach salads with sliced mushrooms and an assortment of pastries. White wine accompanied the dinner, which was catered by Hans Gran, chef of the Buttonwood Tree restaurant. It was a fashionable event with lots of chiffons and matte jersey gowns. A few favorite guests met that night included Mike Wallace, Tom Wicker, Tom Brokaw, Sen. Jacob Javits of New York, Arthur O. Sulzberger, Katharine Graham and W.J. Usery, Jr., secretary of labor. A POPULAR YOUNG Kansas City couple, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Rich, entertained last night at their Mission Hills home with a private party for the columnist William L. Buckley, Jr., and Mrs. Buckley. The honorees could stay only briefly because of the convention opening ceremonies. About 60 other guests remained to have dinner at candlelit tables on the lawn while they listened to Dixieland music. Trish Rich is the daughter of R. Hugh Uhlmann and niece of Paul Uhlmann, Jr., who are of Standard Milling Company, donors of the official kit bags given the delegates attending the Republican National Convention. Coming in for the party were long-time friends, Richard and Betsy traveled in their private railroad car: Mrs. Rich's File Sept 7,1976 to M. Widerfeld with best regards- ) K have Claim anime Bilinguist / Es glid - Spined Columnest El Hispans AIR 38 MAIL El Hispano EDITORIAL OFFICE . BUSINESS OFFICE Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 2856 SACR 1976 7 PM SEP 858 USA13c PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT SACRAMENTO, CALIF. 95812 ALLTHE LAND ALLTHE LAND KHARIS GLORIA AVRIL 2430 Fair Oaks Blvd. 132 Sacramento, Ca. 95825 Ms. Sheila Widenfeld Press Sec. of Mrs. Gerald Ford THE WHITE HOUSE Washington, D. C. 'JOB' PUNCH BOWL Jose Ortiz Continued from Page Jerry: I came here to bury the hatchet. Ronnie: (Apprehensively) Where, where? Tiros de Esquina Jerry: (Smiling) It was (pause)... REAL GOOD Ronnie: am so glad you liked it. Wasn't it fun! Despues de una lluvia pertinaz el sabado y par- Jerry: You really got us into shape. I was te de la madrugada del domingo, se llevaron a cabc worried for a while. algunos juegos amistosos, tanto en el Southside Ronnie: Well, now, I can conslusively say that Park, como en el Miller's. there is no substitute for Victory! El agua no daño mucho 103 campos como al- Jerry: I have a proposition for you Ronnie. How about standing with me, side by side, shoulder to gunos pensabamos, y las canchas estaban, si no shoulder, both facing the future together, looking en optimas condiciones, si se podía jugar y se into a new tomorrow jugo, cuando menos para entretener al. respe- Ronnie: Mmmmm. Mmmmm table que en reducido número asistio para pre- Jerry: I am going to need all the Unity, 30- senciar los diferentes partidos que se programa- lidarity and cooperation I can gather from you. ron para este dia. Ronnie: If you are offering me the Vice Pre- A la una de la tarde le tocó reinagurar al sidency, I am going to repeat for the hundredth Southside Park, al equipo Jalisco en contra del time that, under no circumstances, whatever, even equipo de la Sacramento State University, que if you were to beg me, or the rest would draft me, segun nos informaron comanda y dirige Reinhardt will I play second fiddle to you, when almost won! Seyfertitz, Jerry: Gee, Ronnie, I need some one like you, Estos no se completaban y tuvieron que echar someone who can fight as hard as you do.. mano de dos refuerzos de bastante valia como lo Ronnie: No, No, and NO! It's a matter of prin- ciple I am wounded but I am not slain, so let son Jorge Valencia Jose Medina que se suponia me down and rest; I'll get up and fight again... iban a jugar con el Jalisco. but not now.. not right away. No traen nada estos muchachitos como no sea Jerry: Then, under no circumstances what- correr y aguantar, haciendolo durante los noventa soever, shall I nominate you as my running mate. minutos de que consta el partido, Marquitos But, how about having Mr. Sears help me with my muy voluntarioso y tratando de hacer hasta lo campaign.. I need a darned good assistant manager. imposible por que se equipo ganara, sólo que a veces queria correr más que la pelota, pudiendo ROBERT DOLE (from the agricultural center dar el pase antes de que fuera demasiado tarde of this country, 53, personable, photogenic, ener- como en repetidas ocaciones sucedio. getic and simpatico) was chosen by Mr. Ford to be El Jalisco se defendio en las primeras em- his running mate. He is a war veteran, he was bestidas del juvenil equipo Universitario y des- seriously wounded in Italy in World War II, he pues los fue acabando lentamente. has a democratic wife... in his own words, he is an independént voter, willing to turn Republican Les clavo cuatro goles que bien pudieron ser now even though he has been a registered one. dos más. Sus anotadores fueron 'Tequilis' Pe- He has a beautiful daughter. He has promised to rez, 2, Guero Ortiz, 1, y Enrique Cobian Jr., 1. El de la honrilla fue clavado por Marcos Mer- work most diligently for a landslide victory in cado. November. En el Jalisco debutaron dos magnificos por- NEWS IN THE TAI K SHOWS cada uno hizo ma gnificas itrapadas; llos fueron Armando Rodriguez y Loui Fonseca, Host: Suicide, madness murder and rape are No cabe duda, son buenos up, coronaries are down, what advice do you give El partido estelar corrio a cargo del Luis' to the people, Dr., to put the coronaries on top? el Super 76" con su constelación de estrellas, y el invitado oponente lo fue el Necaxa de Stock- Y, a proposito de arroz, now that you mention it. ton que a decir verdad trae un buen conjuntito. What recycled TV station, in the talent and Spa- No fueron faciles y aunque fueron las victi- nish departments, has put all its eggs in one tiny mas. les sudo la playera a los del Luis' para little basket of mediocrity. an individual, of whom poder ganarle al equipo electricista, que les pe- to be most charitable you may say that he remem- tearon ai LU por tu y nunca se amilanaron ante bers how to spell his own name most of the time? el poderoso Luis". PEPE, Pepe Lopez, you may call the President elect of Mexico, if you follow the trend of calling Inclusive los primeros en marcar fueron los most important persons, presidents, senators and del Necaxa con un magnifico gol desde fuera politicians by their nicknames. del área, pildorazo que en un segundo se clavo en la cabaña encomendada a Loui Fonseca que INSPIRATION ahora estaba defendiendo la puerta del Luis. Después vino el empate por medio de otro A week ago, it was raining in Sacramento, on muy bonito gol de Tony Rios, el famosisimo "Ca- a Saturday night.. most inspiriting to write poems.. ballo' y para cerrar con broche de oro, Raul Here is one dedicated to a friend and neighbor.. Cisneros, clavo de magnifico cabezazo el que NEXUS: A tree needs not a pair of shoes/ a la postre seria el gol de la victoria. neither a mouse in Syracuse/ The moon can't En el Miller's Los equiperos del Luis' 'B' use a ball of yarn/ neither a cow, a sugar barn/ lograron un merecido empate con los del Gua - Do elephants need bright pinky wings/ or hands of dalajara y el renovado Xochimilco logró vencer clocks engagement rings, The world is filled with al novel equipo Puerto Vallarta que dirige Dn. facts and lies/ so let us say that we're unwise/ David Duran. Marcador, 4 1 2. if others don't, I'm sure we do/ you need me and I need you. ENSALADA DE FUTBOL Well, all is well, adios carino, au revoir, mon Segun informaciones del director tecnico del cheri papa, sayonara. come back to the Punch Croatia y de la Selección de la Liga Central, Bowl and get intoxicated with the high spirts of the house. Peace and love! Mike Zupan, ho habra juego entre los selec- cionados y Los Espiritus, pues estos a última hora lo que estan seguros cuatro Espiritus y dos po- no aceptaron el juego. sibles, asi nos lo comunicaron, Sera cierto que los jugadores, Jorge Valencia y Jose Medina, quieren jugar en el Jalisco, pues Sacramento. Las cosas en esta capital se ya no quieren estar en el Cruz Azul? El tiempo estan poniendo color de hormiga ya que una vez nos lo dira. terminado donde cafion sigue Espiritus, los jugadores han quedado libres, y de Tal parece que el Sr, Dn. Luis Leyva tenia razón ahora en adelante el que tenga más $$$$$ saliva al asegurarnos que jugaria en su equipo. comera mas pinole. Miro Odich, Reinhardt Seyfertitz, David At- lee, seguros jugadores del Croatia, y posibles, Anatole y Bernard Lopez Tarso. Asi nos lo N. G. CULJIS & SON informo el Sr. Mike Zupan. DIRECTORES DE FUNERALES PARIS El futbol frances ha de perdido Primera en Di- la "Since 1938" 1525 alhambra sacramento 452-6688 24 WOMEN'S WEAR D/JLY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1976 Sheila and Edward Weinberger with Carol and Punch Sulzberger; Kay Graham Daily news 8/19/76 74.Pg. On the Brink Of Victory A sign of the times ? The Fords seem pretty happy with themselves as they arrive for "United Republican Victory Luncheon" in Kansas City yesterday under sign pointing to a first-ballot nomination for the President. After his rules victory Tuesday night, he spent part of his "extra day" relishing a leisurely choice of running mate. Suddenly, his adversary for the nomination was under pressure to take the second spot. Ten pages of stories And pictures begin on page 3 (GOP-WOMEN) (BY SARA FRITZ) KANSAS CITY (UPI) -- DESPITE A PLEA FROM PRESIDENT FORD, A PLATFORM SUBCOMMITTEE VOTED NARROWLY TODAY TO ABANDON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S LONG-HELD SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT. THE SUBCOMMITTEE VOTED 8-7 FOR A PROPOSED PLANK THAT TAKES NO STAND ON ERA. THE LOSING SIDE QUICKLY DECIDED TO FILE A PRO-ERA MINORITY REPORT. THE DECIDING VOTE WAS CAST BY JOE USRY, A PUDGY, ROSY-CHEEKED YOUNG BAPTIST MINISTER FROM OREGON WHO ABANDONED HIS SWORN LOYALTY TO PRESIDENT FORD IN FAVOR OF "PERSONAL RESERVATIONS" ABOUT ERA. FORD REPORTEDLY ASKED HIS SUPPORTERS EARLIER IN THE DAY TO SUPPORT ERA. USRY WAS ONE OF EIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS COMMITTED TO FORD. BUT HE VOTED INSTEAD WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S SEVEN ERA OPPONENTS, ALL OF THEM COMMITTED TO RONALD REAGAN. THE VOTE CAME AS A SHOCK TO REPUBLICAN FEMINISTS, WHO HAD EXPECTED THE ARRIVAL OF REP. SILVIO CONTE, R-MASS., TO BREAK AN EARLIER 7-7 DEADLOCK ON THE ISSUE. BUT THE SUBCOMMITTEE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE "YES" OR "NO" ON ERA AFTER CONTE ARRIVED. THE ANTI-ERA FORCES MANAGED TO OVERCOME THEIR DISADVANTAGE BY PROPOSING A SUBSTITUTE SAYING THE PARTY MEMBERS "DO NOT FEEL IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE A POSITION ON THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHICH IS PENDING IN THE STATE LEGISLATURES." USRY'S VOTE CONTRADICTED HIS DECLARATION TUESDAY THAT HE INTENDED TO FOLLOW THE WISHES OF HIS CANDIDATE. AFTER THE VOTE, HE CONFIDED THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED HIS RESERVATIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH "THE FORD PEOPLE." HE EXPLAINED THAT VOTING TO TAKE NO STAND ON ERA WAS "THE ONLY THING I COULD DO UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES." BUT HE REFUSED TO EXPLAIN HIS DILEMMA. "I HAVE CERTAIN PERSONAL VIEWS WHICH WILL REMAIN PERSONAL," HE SAID. THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH ALSO VOTED 13-1 TUESDAY NIGHT FOR A PROPOSED PLANK SUPPORTING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROHIBITING ABORTION, HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF MUCH TURMOIL SINCE THE GOP PLATFORM COMMITTEE CONVENED LAST SUNDAY. UPI 08-11 05:24 PED UP-150 (BUCKLEY) NATIONAL AFFAIRS ALL-AMER CANS f a family could run for the Presi- Steve, 20, blond and boyishly dency en masse, the Fords might be handsome, has spent most of the leading the polls instead of trailing by White House years bronco-busting 20-odd points. All last week, while the and ranching out West. Susan, 19, President stayed mostly in seclusion, will leave home in a few months to Betty Ford and their four children attend the University of Kansas. kept very much in the public eye, Only Jack, 24, has caught the politi- displaying the sort of grace and win- cal bug. ning good looks that voters have come Humor: But last week all the to associate mainly with Kennedvs. Fords briefly hit the campaign August 30, 1976 Newsweek. 29 Convention Erupts With Arrival of Candidates Wives NY Times 8/17/76 By JAMES T. WOOTEN Senator Howard N. Baker of and exaggerated in the glow Inexplicably, the orchestra the candidates' wives was Special to The New York Times Tennessee. of television lights. began "California Here T some compensation for the KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. As it had in the morning, The convention orchestra Come" again, pleasing the 16-The Republican National the evening session began on abandoned "Carolina Moon" Reagan forces, shocking the difficulties that the delegates and struck up a sprightly ver- Ford-bakers. Mr. Harmon, had getting into the hall. Convention suddenly erupted time and moved uneventfully looked desperately down at Because the President may into a raucous battle of cheer- for a few moments until a sion of California, Here I minor stir swept through the Come, which served as a George Murphy, the former appear in the arena, security in and chanting tonight when California Senator and former hall at the entrance of Vice signal, and the pro-Reagan measures are stringent-and the two candidates sent their chorus roared even louder actor who is running the en- slow-and when Mary Louise In Walkie-Talkie Code, Ford Is Tarzan and Mrs. Ford, Jane By CHARLOTTE CURTIS Senator Jesse A. Helms of ordinance." "They were violating a city de rigueur to toss the shells the Ronald Reagans. Their fa Special to The New York Times North Carolina, who con- onto the marble floors. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. siders himself something of The speeches on the power vorite song is "Lara's Theme 16-President and Mrs. an expert on the subject, is megaphone did not stop. On a good day, celebrity from "Dr. Zhivago." But he's N.Y. Times 8/17/76- pg. AND BETTY FORD DANCED AT THE CONVENTION Associated Press First Lady Betty Ford's dance with Tony Orlando during last night's session is applauded by son, Steve, and John Connally (left) and daughter, Susan, (right). UP - 067 (FORD ) RELEASE AT 310 PM, EDT) BY RICHARD GROWALD) NORFOLK, VA. (UPI) -- IN HIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON WASHINGTON MORALITY SINCE THE ERUPTION OF CAPITOL HILL SEX SCANDALS, PRESIDENT FORD SAID TODAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ACCEPT NOTHING BUT PER SO NAL INTEGRITY FROM PUBLIC SERVANTS. FORD DID NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS NAMED IN RECENT CHARGES OF OFFICIAL MISBEHAVIOR. BUT HE SAID IN A SPEECH TO THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW -- IN BOTH THEIR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONDUCT." "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO TAKE PRIDE -- OR EVEN TO PARTICIPATE -- IN A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS DEFILED AND DISHONORED -- WHETHER IN THE WHITE HO USE OR IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS, THE PRESIDENT SAID. "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN TOO MUCH ABUSE OF THE MORAL IMPERATIVES OF HONESTY AND DECENCY ON WHICH RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT AND CIVILIZED SOCIETY MUST REST. PERSONAL INTEGRITY IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK OF PUBLIC SERVANTS. IN FACT, WE SHOULD ACCEPT NOTHING LESS." FORD SAID A STRONG MORAL FOUNDATION IS THE BASIS OF SUCCESSFUL POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. "HISTORY PROVES THAT POWER AND PRESTIGE ARE SLIPPERY PEAKS FROM WHICH THE MIGHTY HAVE OFTEN FALLEN INTO DISGRACE, SAID THE PRESIDENT WHO SUCCEEDED THE RESIGNED RICHARD NIXON IN THE WHITE HOUSE. FORD, AN EPISCOPALIAN, CALLED IT "A GREAT HONOR" TO BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS THE CONVENTION REPRESENTING SOME 13 MILLION AMERICAN BAPTISTS. HE THEN TALKED OF BEING INTRODUCED, AS VICE PRESIDENT, TO A SOUTHERN BAPTIST BREAKFAST IN DALLAS TWO YEARS AGO. "THE MAN INTRODUCING ME WAS VERY CONSIDERATE, VERY GENEROUS IN HIS REMARKS, AND VERY FRIENDLY, SAID FORD. "I WAS INTRODUED AS A MAN WITH AN OPEN MIND AND A COMPASSIONATE HEART, AND I WOULD LIKE TO RETURN THAT COMPLIMENT TODAY TO THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED ME -- GOV. JIMMY CARTER." CARTER, THE FORMER GEORGIA GOVERNOR WHO HAS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ALL BUT LOCKED UP, IS A SOUTHERN BAPTIST. FORD TOUCHED ON OTHER SUBJECTS INCLUDING HIS SON MIKE, A DIVINITY STUDENT, STUDIED AT BAPTIST -AFFILIATED WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, AND EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM, WHO HE CALLED "ONE OF THE MOST ADMIRED MEN OF OUR TIMES." BUT THE PRESIDENT 'S MAIN THEME WAS POLITICAL MORALITY. AMERICA 'S GREATNESS STEMS FROM ITS GOODNESS, HE SAID, AND "SHOULD WE CEASE TO BE GOOD, WE WOULD S00 N CEASE TO BE GREAT. UPI 06-15 01:28 PED Typen Dally Arena into scuffling 8/18/76 Pay.11 KANSAS CITY (UPI) - Betty Ford, who almost fell as she en- tered the convention arena, was greeted by a wild demonstration Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention. Some of it was for Ronald Reagan. During the demonstration, Ford and Reagan delegates scuf- 0W1 R FORD-FAMILY-CONVENTION WASHINGTON (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD MAY ARRIVE IN KANSAS CITY FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BEFORE THE PRESIDENT. PRESS SECRETARY SHEILA RABB WEIDENFELD SAID THAT MRS. FORD, DESPITE A FLARE-UP OF HER OSTEOARTHRITIS, HOPES TO ARRIVE IN KANSAS CITY ON SUNDAY, EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER HE WILL GO THAT DAY OR TUESDAY. RAINY WEATHER AND A HELICOPTER TRIP TO CAMP DAVID OVER THE WEEKEND TRIGGERED THE STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN MRS. FORD'S NECK AND SHOULDERS. SHE UNDERWENT MASSAGE AND HEAT PACK TREATMENTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, MRS. WEIDENFELD SAID. THE FIRST LADY PLANS AN OVERNIGHT VISIT TO NEW YORK ON TUESDAY TO JOIN IN A CELEBRATION OF DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC BY THE ALVIN AILEY CITY CENTER DANCE THEATER. THE ENTIRE FORD FAMILY WILL GATHER IN KANSAS CITY FOR THE CONVENTION. SUSAN WILL DRIVE TO KANSAS CITY FROM TOPEKA ON SUNDAY. ALSO ARRIVING AT THE CONVENTION CITY SUNDAY WILL BE THE FORD' YOUNGEST SON, SIEVE WHO WILL BE FLYING FROM CALIFORNIA. JACK IS SCHEDULED TO FLY TO KANSAS CITY ON FRIDAY. MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE GAYLE ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN KANSAS CITY ON AUG. 17 THE PRESIDENT WON'T MAKE A DECISION UNTIL THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK ON WHETHER TO GO TO KANSAS CITY ON SUNDAY. 08-09-76 12:47EDI Friday, August 20, 1976 The Washington Star A-9 Charles Bartlett A lighter-footed GOP KANSAS CITY - Betty applauded as lapses from plause went to two enter- Ford gave the Republicans dignity which only a grande tainers, Sonny Bono and a touch of what they need dame could afford. In Tony Orlando. when she rose from her seat Kansas City this week there at the Kemper Arena the are no grande dames. no Having shaken off its fat- - ...... Claws Bared at Convention's Ladies Day By GENE SPAGNOLI Staff Correspondent of The News Kansas City, Aug. 17-First lady Betty Ford spoke briefly to the Federation of Republican Women today, but fellow guest Nancy Reagan did not-and the Reagans' daughter, Maureen, expressed her displeasure. After Mrs. Ford had praised the achievements made by day being interviewed, said the women and called for more of teh same, everybody in the room question he had been asked most except Maureen rose to give her was why Ronald Reagan would a standing ovation. leave the good life to become in- Maureen, who was sitting on volved in national politics at this time. the dais along with the Fords' daughter, Susan, remained seat- "I tell people that my dad be- ed. As the applause continued lieves in the welfare of the she rose slowly. Asked later why Unites States and its people she had been so slow to respond, more than he does in riding a the athletic Maureen laughed and horse in California or skiing in Daily said: "I've got a bad back." Colorado," he said. Her mother did not speak, she In the other camp, Susan and said, because "it helps to be Steve Ford took time off from invited. She wasn't asked - and delegate hunting to dance up a she should have been." storm at a party for the young- sters who have worked for the "Non-Political Affair" President's nomination. A spokesman for the federa- said "it was я nonpolitical With TV-star Tony Orlando UP-106 RB BETTY-ERA) KANSAS CITY (UPI) -- BETTY FORD SAID MONDAY SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ION APPROACH THE ABORT ION ISSUE WITH THE AIM OF TAKING IT "OUT OF THE BACKWOODS AND PUTTING IT INTO THE HOSPITALS WHERE IT BELONGS." THE FIRST LADY ALSO REAFFIRMED HER "STRONG SUPPORT" OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS ADMENDMENT WHICH WAS NARROWLY ENDORSED BY THE PARTY'S PLATFORM FORM COMMITTEE, CONTINUING A REPUBLICAN STAND DATING BACK TO 1940. MRS. FORD MADE THE STATEMENTS IN AN INTERVIEW (NBC AND CBS) WHILE ATTENDING THE GOP CONVENT ION'S OPENING SESSION. WHEN A REPORTER NOTED THERE WAS STRONG SENTIMENT AMONG THE DELEGATES TO REVERSE THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE ON ERA, MRS. FORD SAID: "I WAS REALLY SURPRISED. IN FACT, I WAS STUNNED WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT THAT IT (ERA) WASN'T PASSED (IN SUBCOMMITTEE). A REPORTER ASKED IF SHE STILL SUPPORTED ERA. "MY SUPPORT OF THAT AMENDMENT IS STILL STRONG," SHE SAID VIGOROUSLY. IT'S NOT ONLY FOR THE WORKING WOMAN, BUT IT'S FOR THE HOMEMAKER AS WELL." MRS. FORD ALSO WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE'S PROPOSAL FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT ABORTION. REFERRING TO THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION THAT THE CONSTITUTION PERMITS WOMEN TO OBTAIN AN ABORT ION DURING THE FIRST TWO TRIMESTERS OF PREGNANCY, MRS. FORD SAID SHE WAS NOT SURE "EXACTLY WHAT MET MET HOD THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO DO AWAY WITH THAT." SHE ADDED "MY FEELING IS NOT ABORT ION ON DEMAND. IT'S A FEELING OF TAKING THE ABORT ION PROBLEM OUT OF THE BACKWOODS AND PUTTING IT IN THE HOSPITALS WHERE IT BELONGS." ASKED WHAT SHE WAS DOING IN KANSAS CITY TO W00 DELEGATES FOR FORD, SHE SAID "WELL, REALLY JUST BEING MYSELF AND VISITING WITH THEM." SHE SAID IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS IN A "VERY CONFIDENT MOOD" ABOUT A FIRST -BALLOT NOMINATION WHEN HE WOKE UP MONDAY MORNING. "SUPREMELY CONFIDENT?" A REPORTER PERSISTED. "I WOULD SAY HE CERTAINLY IS. HE FEELS VERY CONFIDENT. AS FOR FORD'S CHOICE OF A VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE, MRS. FORD SAID THE FAMILY HAD DISCUSSED THE MATTER BUT "HE HASN'T TOLD ME WHAT HIS PLEASURE IS. THAT'S ONE THING HE'S KEPT VERY PRIVATE. HE HASN'T EVEN TRUSTED THAT TO ME." UPI 08-16 03:06 PED N080 R KANSAS CITY ADD FORD FAMILY (N78) MRS. FORD TOLD REPORTERS THAT SHE HAS DISCUSSED FORD'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE WITH HER HUSBAND, BUT THAT HE HAS NOT TOLD HER WHO IT WILL BE. ''HE IS IN A VERY CONFIDENT MOOD,'' SHE SAID OF THE PRESIDENT. 08-16-76 13:41EDT R B ADD CONVENTION, KANSAS CITY PRESIDENT FORD'S FAMILY WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CONVENT ION AND RECEIVED A BRIEF STANING OVATION. CHAIRMAN MARY LOUISE SMITH INTRODUCED FIRST LADY BETTY FOD AND HER THREE CHILDREN ABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER THE CONVENTION BEGAN. SHORTLY AFTERWARD, HAPPY RO CKEFELLER, WIFE OF VICE PRESIDENT NELSON ROCKEFELLER, ARRIVED AND GREETED THE FORDS. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT INTRODUCED, SHE WAS GIVEN AN OVATION FROM THE DELEGATES WHO SAW HER IN THE VIP SEATS AT THE EXTREME RIGHT OF THE PODIUM. UPI 08-16 12:56 PED N078 R FORD FAMILY APPLAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION TODAY. THE WIFE OF VICE PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER RECEIVED THE FIRST SUSTAINED KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) -- BETTY FORD, THREE OF THE FORD CHILDREN, AND AI THE CONVENTION ABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST SESSION BEGAN. THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH SUSAN, JACK AND STEVE, ARRIVED CONVENTION FLOOR. THEY TOOK SEATS IN THE FIRST ROW OF THE FIRST TIER ABOVE THE THEIR SON, JOHN III. CONNALLY, THE FORMER SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY SITTING IMMEDIATELY IN BACK OF THE FORDS WERE MRS. JOHN CONNALLY AND CHOICE AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE. IN THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, IS PROMINENT IN SPECULATION ABOUT FORD'S WHEN THE FORDS ENTERED, SOME MEMBERS OF THAT SOLDIDLY RONALD REAGAN THE VISITORS WERE RIGHT ABOVE THE TEXAS DELEGATION IN KEMPER ARENA. FROM RECORDING THEIR ENTRANCE. DELEGATION STOOD IN AN APPARENT EFFORT TO BLOCK TELEVISION CAMERAS 08-16-76 13:35EDT CORRESPONDENTS: AT 3:45 P.M. TODAY BETTY FORD WILL ATTEND A RECEPTION IN HER HONOR HOSTED BY THE ILLINOISN DELEGATION--REGENCY ROOM OF THE HILTON PLAZA INN. UPI 08-16 12:34 PED UP-013 OELEGATE BRIBE) BY PAMELA REEVES) KANSAS CITY (UPI) -- THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING CHARGES THAT MEN CLAIMING TO BE REAGAN CAMPAIGN WORKERS TRIED TO BUY A FORD DELEGATE'S VOTE FOR TONIGHT'S RULES FIGHT AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. AN ANGRY RONALD REAGAN PROMPTLY BRANDED THE ALLEGATION "A FALSE HOOD" AND SAID IT "DISGUSTED AND DISAPPOINTED" HIM AS AN EXAMPLE OF DIRTY POLITICS. FOR MER ILLINOIS GOV. RICHARD OGILVIE, A FORD SUPPORTER, SAID MONDAY THERE WERE TWO CASES IN WHICH PURPORTED REAGAN BACKERS TRIED TO BUY FORD DELEGATE VOTES FOR SUMS AS HIGH AS $2,500. HE WOULD NOT SAY WHO THE BRIBERY TARGETS WERE, BUT ADMITTED LATER THAT ONLY ONE OF THEM, A MAN, WENT TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY. IN WASHINGTON, A JUST ICE DEPARTMENT SPOKE SMAN SAID THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN KANSAS CITY RECEIVED A FORMAL COMPLAINT ALLEGING ATTEMPTED VOTE BRIBERY OF A FORD DELEGATE. HE SAID THE FBI HAD BEGUN AN INVESTIGATION, BUT GAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS. UPI 08-17 09 :04 AED -0- KANSAS CITY (UPI) -- BETTY FORD, WEARING A WHITE ORCHID AND A WIDE SMILE, ACCEPTED THE "FIRST LADY" NOMINATION FROM ACTOR CARY GRANT AT THE GOP CONVENTION LAST NIGHT. "WHAT WOMAN COULD TURN DOWN MR. CARY GRANT?" SHE ASKED THE DELEGATES. "I ACCEPT." THE SILVER-HAIRED ACTOR INTRODUCED THE FIPSI LADY AND "NOMINATED" HER FOR PRESIDENT, PRAISING HER OUTSPOKEN FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S R IGHTS DURING THE FORD FAMILY'S TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IN BRIEF REMARKS TO THE CONVENTION, THE FIRST LADY SAID THE PARTY WILL LEAVE KANSAS CITY UNITED AND WIN IN NOVEMBER. "THIS IS GOING TO BRING US TOGETHER WITH GREAT SUCCESS," SHE SAID. "WE ARE GOING RIGHT DOWN TC NOVEMBER 2 AND WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS CAMPAIGN." UPI 03-20 29 :34 AED President and Mrs. Ford arriving in Kansas City yesterday to attend the Republican convention Associated Press 2000 except Long Island. Higher - NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1976 - Company saurch NOT . 25 cents beyond 50-mile zone 'he New York Tim VENTION: AN 8-PAGE SLIP-OUT SECTION Wining, dining and the USS Forrestal Is everything fair in the pursuit of gal. committee to sway delegates could be 8/17/76pg considered ile- 32 JACK ANDERSON with LES WHITTEN Agnew's friends The heroes of the last Republican convention, Rich- K ANSAS CITY-President Ford may have ard Nixon and Spiro Agnew, are sitting out this one violated federal law in his pursuit of Re- in purgatory. publican delegates. The charge has been raised At San Clemente, Calif., Nixon is preparing his by Paul Kamenar, an attorney for the Federal Elec- own version of the final days. His memoirs, according tion Commission, in a private telegram to Attorney to sources who have been in touch with him, will General Edward Levi, Kamenar acted on his own be. reassert the President's right to steal and wiretan and rion half Ford Maps Strategy For the Big Game, star 8/15/76 United Press International Then Goes Golfing President Ford, on the eve of his trip to Kansas City for a showdown with Ronald Reagan, held final talks with aides yesterday and then went golfing with three long-time Repub- lican allies. N006 R FORD KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) -- AI HIS MOMENT OF TRIUMPH, A WIDE GRIN SPREAD ACROSS THE FACE OF GERALD FORD AND HE TOOK A DEEP PUFF OF HIS PIPE. WEST VIRGNIA HAD CAST THE VOTES WHICH EARLY TODAY MADE HIM HIS PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. AIDES GATHERED AROUND HIM IN HIS TEMPORARY OFFICE AT THE CROWN CENTER HOTEL JUMPED UP TO CONGRATULATE HIM BUT HE SAID: ''FIRST, I HAVE TO WATCH MY WIFE GETTING ALL THOSE KISSES.' THE THREE TELEVISION SCREENS BEFORE HIM SHOWED FIRST LADY BETTY FORD AND THE FOUR FORD CHILDREN EMBRACING SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL BOX IN THE CONVENTION HALL A FEW MILES AWAY. ''IS THAT SONNY BON0?'' THE PRESIDENT ASKED, POINTING AT THE SCREEN. YES, MR. PRESIDENT,'' REPLIED AN AIDE, CONFIRMING THAT STAGE AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY BONO INDEED WAS WITH THE FIRST LADY. ONLY THEN DID HE TURN TO SHAKING HANDS WITH THOSE WHO HAD SHARED HIS BATTLE AND NOW SHARED HIS JOY. CONGRATULATIONS, STU,'' HE SAID TO CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER STUART SPENCER, IT WAS A LONG, TOUGH FIGHT, BUT IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY TONIGHT.' OTHERS THERE INCLUDED WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF RICHARD CHANEY, COUNSELOR JOHN MARSH, PRESS SECRETARY RON NESSEN AND ADVISORS BOB TEETER AND BRYCE HARLOW AND AIDE TERRY O'DONNELL. 08-19-76 08:42EDT N054 RA CARTER LEAD PLAINS, GA. (AP) -- JIMMY CARTER SAID TODAY HE WAS NOT SURPRISED BY THE INTENSITY OF THE ATTACKS LEVELED AT HIM BY REPUBLICANS AT THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION. HE ADDED HE WOULD HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT UNTIL THE CONVENTION WAS OVER. CARTER MADE THE REMARKS TO REPORTERS BEFORE MEETING WITH JIM SASSER, DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE IN TENNESSEE, AT HIS HOME HERE. THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SAID HE WATCHED ONLY FRAGMENTS OF THE REPUBLICAN SPEECHES MONDAY NIGHT. HE ADDED HE SAW THE FIRST HALF OF THE KEYNOTE SPEECH GIVEN BY SEN. HOWARD BAKER OF TENNESSEE BUT DID NOT WATCH SEN. ROBERT DOLE'S ADDRESS. BOTH SPEAKERS LEVELED STRONG ATTACKS ON CARTER. OF BAKER, CARTER ONLY SAID, ''HE'S A VERY FINE SPEAKER.' CARTER WAS MEETING TODAY WITH EXPERTS ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS, ENERGY AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS. 08-17-76 13:49EDT e s NeY. Times 16 76 7h.lg. ag g S, r- le al n n d en d 1 B n e S Γ 1 3 The New York Times/Teresa Zabal President Ford presents Senator Robert J. Dole, his running mate, at the Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo. With them are their wives. i UP-049 (CARTER) (BY WESLEY G. PIPPERT) PLAINS, GA. (UPI) -- JIMMY CARTER TELEPHONED CONGRAT ULAT IONS TO PRESIDENT FORD IN A THREE -MINUTE CALL TODAY, AND TOLD HIM HE WAS NOT SURPRISED THAT HARMONY HAD DEVELOPED AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SINCE FORD'S NOMINATION. LAST MONTH FORD HAD PHONED CARTER AFTER HIS SELECT ION AS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IN NEW YORK. RETURNING THE COIRTESY, CARTER PLACED HIS CALL AT 8:31A.M., EDT, AFTER HE HEARD ON TELEVISION THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD ARISEN FOR THE DAY. PRESS DIRECTOR REX GRANUM SAID FORD DID NOT RETURN THE CALL UNT IL 10:20 A M. AND EXPLAINED TO CARTER HE HAD BEEN "IN THE SACK." DURING THE CONVERSATION, GRANUM SAID FORD TOLD CARTER HE APPRECIATED THE CALL AND HAD NOT YET REACHED A VICE PRESIDENTIAL DECISION. CARTER SAID HE TOLD FORD THE KANSAS CITY PROCEED INGS "HAD BEEN A VERY GOOD CONVENTION, A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE." WHEN FORD SAID A LOT OF HARMONY HAD DEVELOPED SINCE THE NOMINATION, GRANUM SAID CARTER REPLIED, "I ANTICIPATED THAT. I'M NOT SURPRISED." THE DEMOCRATIC CONTENDER SPENT A QUIET EVENING AT HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT, CELEBRATING HIS WIFE ROSALYNN'S 49TH BIRTHDAY, WHILE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATING PROCESS WAS GOING ON. UPI 08-19 11:23 AED UP-051 R A ADD CARTER, PLAINS (UP-049) IN KANSAS CITY, ASSISTANT WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ILL ROBERTS TOLD REPORTERS FORD THANKED CARTER "FOR HIS THO UG HI FULNESS." HE QUOTED FORD AS SAYING TO CARTER, "AREN'T YOU KIND," AND "GIVE MY BEST TO YOUR FAMILY." THE PRESIDENT ALSO TOLD CARTER HE WOULD ANNO UNCE HIS VICE-PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE THIS AFTERNOON. UPI 08-19 11:34 AED Betty Steals.theyThunder 38 By ALDO BECKMAN EMZ Chicago ribune Kansas City, Aug. 17-The convention, only a few hours old, was going through its first big emo- tional outburst, with the delegates going- wild over the arrival of Nancy Reagan. A Ford official in the control trailer outside Kemper Arena picked up a phone to find out when Mrs. Ford would arrive. Told that she was just pulling up outside, he urged her to hurry to her seat. Then he placed calls to the three television networks. THE WIVES enough. In some states we had nothing Contest of the Queens at all. I would go into some states, like Utah and Arizona, and find zilch. Nat- urally I found myself very frustrated." It was a battle in red and aqua, a competition had not always been a mat- Being First Lady delights Betty regal contest between the strikingly ter of song and dance. In interviews with Ford. "In personal terms, we are spend- handsome, radiantly smiling wives of TIME Correspondent Bonnie Angelo just ing more time together than ever be- the presidential candidates at either end before the nomination, there was an fore. Even when he's traveling, we are of convention hall. By engaging in light- edge to the comments of both women. together." Though she lost her bid for hearted maneuver, Nancy Reagan, Anne Armstrong for Vice President, she queen of the north galleries, and Betty SEEKING UNITY plans to continue to lobby for the rati- Ford, queen of the south, relieved the Betty Ford is perplexed that her hus- fication of ERA, as well as some kind of tense arithmetic of the delegate fight. band was so hotly challenged for the Social Security program for the nation's In this spirited display of elegance, it nomination. "Personally, I. think it housewives, "just as if they worked in was impossible to declare a winner. should have been uncontested. Jerry has an office." Only half in fun, she says, Nancy made the first move. On done such a good job in the last two "After I'm no longer First Lady, I'm go- opening night she appeared, a stunning years. To fight is very bad, very bad for ing to lobby for a salary for this job. It study in red, in the glass-enclosed VIP the party; it has built up animosities. The has long hours and a lot of responsibil- booth high above the floor on the north Democrats somehow always BURNETT-CONTACT end. Cheering her as a surrogate for her are able to go away from a absent husband, Reagan supporters convention and make up, join broke into a foot-stamping ovation that forces. The Republican Party lasted more than 15 minutes. During the has a history of 'if my man tumult Betty arrived, in an aqua dress, doesn't get it, I'm just going and took her seat in the front row above home and sit on my hands.' NANCY REAGAN ACKNOWLEDGING CHEERS OF HER HUSBAND'S SUPPORTERS the floor on the south end. But her arms- We've got to have unity in the FIRST LADY RESPONDING TO OVATION BY FORD BACKERS high greeting could not overwhelm the party. I don't know how it's Reaganites' demonstration. going to be done. I'm trying to think of ities. But I would have it so that a First Betty prevailed on Tuesday, howev- ways it can be done." Lady can't collect unless she works." er, as the efficient Ford floor command She feels that Reagan got as far as passed the signal and delegates were he did largely because "he is a good LOST OPPORTUNITIES ready with hundreds of Ford signs un- speaker, he comes across well on TV "It was just Ron and a handful of der their seats. Nancy arrived across the -after all, that was his trade. Reagan staff against the tremendous power of hall just before the 16c battle was joined. is an attractive and appealing man-I the other side," said Nancy somewhat As she seemed to be gaining decibels in like him. Jerry Ford is not fluff; he defensively. Though her smoothly mod- the audio clash, the band broke into TV knows the real meat-and-potatoes part." ulated voice never wavered, her hurt Star Tony Orlando's hit song Tie a Yel- Betty is critical of Nancy's opposition came through. "I've never known the low Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree. to the Equal Rights Amendment. "I White House to be used by either party Betty turned to Orlando, who was vis- just think that when Nancy met Ron- the way it was in this campaign. The iting the Ford family's VIP gallery, and nie, that was it as far as her own life White House stands for something. I the two danced breezily in the aisle for was concerned. She just fell apart at don't think it should be concerned about a few moments. The crowd went wild. the seams." uncommitted delegates." Nancy purportedly was spared the sight Betty is equally outspoken about the Nancy spoke wistfully of lost oppor- of her rival's triumph. "I'm nearsight- flaws in the Ford campaign. "I don't tunities. It still rankles that the Pres- ed," she explained. "I couldn't see the know who's to blame-maybe the Pres- ident delayed so long in restoring the other end of the hall." ident himself. But they were not orga- federal matching funds for the candi- During the primary campaign, the nized early enough and were not good dates last spring. "Ronnie joined the F, AUGUST 30, 1976 31 THE NATION Democratic National Committee to THE ALSO-RANS 32 TIME, AUGUST 30, Scene: rora-neugan One-Upswomanship Pax- By Donnie Radcliffe while the band played "TieNa Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree KANSAS CITY - It's not exactly That might be a clue. the main event, but a battle of one- Round 1 came on Monday night and upswomanship between the Ford was undeniably Nancy Reagan's. It women and the Reagan women has was at Kemper Arena, the huge con- progressed past Round 4 and the scor- vention center, when Reaganites ing is about evenly split, among the 2,259 GOP delegates gave Nobody's saying whether the two her a screaming, yelling, stomping sides are trying to outdo each other, ovation that lasted more than 15 min- but the First Lady last night drew utes. Arriving almost unnoticed dui attention away from Nancy Reagan ing these tumultuous demonstration on national television by dancing was Betty Ford. around in her booth for about three Yesterday, the winner was clear] minutes with TV star Tony Orlando See LUNCH, B3 Col. 1 UP-003 RB THE CONVENTION DAYBOOK WEDNESDAY, AUG. 18 7:45 PRAYER BREAKFAST, FEATURING REP. AL QUIE AND ENTERTAINER PAT BOONE, ATTENDED BY GOP LEADERS, DELEGATES, MIKE AND GAYLE FORD AND OTHERS, IMPERIAL BALLROOM, MUEHEBACH. HOSTED BY GOV. CHRISTOPHER BOND. 8:30 FORD CAUCUS TEAM (PLUS JACK) PRESENTATION TO OHIO CAUCUS, SHERATON ROYAL. tabl18/76 The Ear Apple Sulks Friedan Scribbles Zahedi Slums and Nancy Reagan Keeps on Smiling FLOUNCES AND FLOURISHES AND ized "Ear Is Appalled." When Ear is ap- Earwigs, is getting a table for dinner. A TOUCH OF TEETH-GNASHING palled, darlings, Ear will let you know. One night, Jules Witcover and Walter The National Federation of Republican There's even a gossip column in the Ford Mears stole R. W. Apple's table at the Women threw such a fashionable brunch Committee's daily newsletter. Sample: Savoi Grill, thinking it would be a nifty yesterday, Earwigs. Everybody had just Nina Totenberg is sporting an eye patch joke. Apple, tripping in hungry with his walked out of Loehmann's. Betty Ford because she's recovering from a detach- chum B. Drummond Ayres, thought it not was in a filmy black and yellow daisy ed retina. Ear is appalled. the least bit amusing and insisted on sit- print. Suze came in a proper flowered ting in a different room from the giggling shirtwaist. ,Naney Reagan was in tur- squatters. Witcover tried to be sweet by quoise and white decollete. Maureen NEWFANGLED IDEA HITS KAY sending over a half-bottle of Lancer's Reagan appeared in a tacky, strap-shoul- CEE, FLOPS Political consultants Rose. Johnny, an avid oenophile, would- dered T-shirt, just like a basketball uni- John Deardourff and his wife Betsy Grif- n't touch a drop, but B. Drummond didn't form. Ekkeverybody lod friendld warm fith, Active Feminist, did their usual mind at all. Ear will send a flash bulletin and oh-so-united. Secret tension lurked East Coast thing and reserved a room at when all resume speaking. beneath, Earwigs. With all those glit- the Muehlebach in the names of John the Deardounff and 2 Thursday, August 19, 1976 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR FOCUS denly, the crowd began to yell, to rise from her sons. Ford banners and homemade pla- seats and wave banners, what would you cards instantly popped up all over the floor. do? Continue to talk? Or hesitate? In this second night of smiling rivalry ex- That was what happened to Patricia Hu- dancer Mrs. Ford upstaged ex-film actress tar, president of the National Federation of Mrs. Reagan moments after her arrival by 'Long, wild night' for Republicans Republican Women, at 7:35 p.m. in one of a dancing in the aisle with performer Tony series of speeches that included John M. Orlando, a guest in the presidential section. By Richard L. Strout Connally of Texas and House Minority Leader John J. Rhodes of Arizona. Part of the crowd chanted "Reagan, Rea- was the cause of a minor row - yes, some- What set the vast crowd of jittery dele- gan, Reagan," and part of the crowd Kansas City, Missouri shouted "We want Ford." Mrs. Ford They will talk about "the long night" at body had angrily pulled out a New York gates off? Somebody trying to unfold a Ford the 1976 Republican National Convention for delegate's telephone, and excitable Richard banner near a Reagan banner in a situation swayed to the dance, and Mrs. Reagan years to come. M. Rosenbaum, chairman of the delegation, so tense that it tipped the balance between waved to supporters from her seat equably. It almost - but not quite - got out of wanted the person arrested. respectability and hysteria. Speaker Hutar Everybody had a fine time much nicer, hand Tuesday evening. It was the night that Ford-Reagan forces had to pause and finally the chairman re- on the whole, than they did several hours Democrats are used to that sort of thing: sorted to the device of having the band later at almost 2 a.m., when they called it finally came to a showdown on preliminary rules and platform tests and that Ford crash out, "God Bless America," in which off for the night. George McGovern couldn't make his accep- (GOP-PLATFORM) KANSAS CITY (UPI) -- REPUBLICANS CAME FACE-TO-FACE FACE WITH THEIR WITH CONSERVATISM TODAY IN A PLATFORM PROPOSING TO END SCHOOL BUSING, BAN ABORTION, ALLOW SCHOOL PRAYER, DEMAND A "SUPERIOR" NAT IO NAL DEFENSE AND IMPOSE TIGHT CONTROL ON FEDERAL SPENDING. ONLY TWO ISSUES WERE CERTIFIED FOR DEBATE BEFORE THE FULL CONVENTION, CONVENT ION, HOWEVER. ONE WAS A VAGUELY WORDED CALL FOR "MORALITY" IN FOREIGN POL POLICY, PROPOSED BY RONALD REAGAN, WHICH COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A SLAP AT THE POLICIES OF PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER. THE REAGAN AMENDMENT DOES NOT MENT ION FORD OR KISSINGER BY NAME, AND DOES NOT DIRECTLY CRITICIZE THEIR POLICIES. BUT ITS MEANING IS UNMISTAKABLE BECAUSE IT MENT IONS THREE AREAS OF KISSINGER POLICY THAT HAVE ANGERED CO NSERVATIVES -- DETENTE, THE HELSINKI ACCORDS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SOVIET DISSIDENT ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN. ANOTHER WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DELETE THE PLATFORM'S SUPPORT FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN ABORTION. ION. NO OTHER MINORITY REPORTS WERE FILED BEFORE THE MONDAY DEADLINE, AND THE REST OF THE PLATFORM WAS PRESENTED TO THE CONVENT ION. OPPONENTS OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT FAILED TO GAIN THE NECESSARY 27 SIGNATURES OF PLATFORM COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO BRING THEIR ANTI-ERA STAND TO THE FLOOR . THE PLATFORM NOW CONTINUES THE GOP'S 36-YEAR RECORD OF SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENT GUARANTEEING EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN. THE ERA PLANK IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED L IBERAL AMONG THE 55 PAGES AND 20,800 WORDS OF THE DRAFT PLATFORM. THREE OTHER PRO PO SED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD REVERSE LIBERAL STANDS TAKEN BY THE SUPREME COURT IN RECENT YEARS. IN ADDITION TO THE ANTI-ABORTION AMENDMENT, THE PLATFORM SUPPORTS AMENDMENTS TO END SCHOOL BUSING TO ACHIEVE RACIAL INTEGRATION, AND TO ALLOW VOLUNTARY PRAYER IN SCHOOL. THE PLATFORM WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HARDLINE CONSERVAT IVE THAN FORD AND SO ME OTHER ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE LIKED, LARGELY BECAUSE OF REAGAN'S CANDIDACY. FORD WAS WILLING TO GIVE IN ON "LANGUAGE" CHANGES AS LONG AS HE LOST NO MAJOR HEAD-TO-HEAD -HEAD BATTLES WITH REAGAN IN THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE, AND MODERATE AND LIBERAL REPUBLICANS REMAINED IN HID ING FOR FEAR THAT THEIR SUPPORT FOR FORD'S POSITION MIGHT HIRT HIS CHANCES FOR THE NOMINATION. HERE ARE SO ME OF THE OTHER RESULTING PLANKS: -- THE PATH TO GREATER EMPLOYMENT IS AN END TO INFLATION, NOT FEDERAL JOB -CREAT ING JOB ING PROGRAMS. -- TAXES SHOULD BE LOWERED ON BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES, INCLUDING TAX CREDITS FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE, A $1,000 PER SO NAL PER EXEMPTION AND SUCH BUSINESS TAX BREAKS AS ACCELERATED DEPRECIAT ION AND AN END TO THE TAX ON CORPORATE DIVIDENDS. -- NO FEDERAL GUN CONTROL, BUT MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR THOSE WHO USE GUNS IN COMITTING A CRIME. -- NO COMPULSORY NAT IONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. -- AN END TO "AFFIRMATI IVE ACTION" PROGRAMS OR QUOTAS IN CIVIL RIGHIS. -- SUPPORT FOR OUR DEFENSE TREATIES WITH TAIWAN. -- NO SURRENDER OF AMERICAN RIGHTS IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE. -- CONTINUE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL CONTACTS WITH THE SOVIETS, BUT EXERCISE CAUTION. UPI 08-17 02:53 PED N049 RA NANCY REAGAN KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) -- NANCY REAGAN SAID TODAYHE WAS DELIGHTED BY THE OVATION SHE RECEIVED AT THE CONVENTION HALL THE NIGHT BEFORE, BUT CALLED THE IDEA OF AN APPLAUSE CONTEST WITH BETTY FORD 'KIND OF SILLY.'' ''I THOUGHT IT WAS LOVELY. THE APPLAUSE WAS NICE AND HEARTWARMING AND I WAS VERY TOUCHED,' SAID THE WIFE OF RONALD REAGAN. ''BUT IT'S KIND OF SILLY TO TALK OF A CONTEST BETWEEN FIRST LADY BETTY FORD AND ME. ''SHE'S HERSELF AND I'M MYSELF. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THERE'S NO CONTEST WHATSOEVER." ON MONDAY NIGHT MRS. REAGAN ARRIVED FIRST AT THE CONVENTION HALL AND REAGAN SUPPORTERS BEGAN TO CHEER AND CLAP AND SHOUT HER NAME. THEN BETTY FORD ARRIVED AND CHEERING ERUPTED FROM THE FORD SUPPORTERS. FOR A WHILE IT APPEARED TO A CONTEST OF DECIBELS. "I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS THERE AT FIRST,'' MRS. REAGAN SAID. HER PRESS SECRETARY, NANCY REYNOLDS, SAID, IF IT WAS A CONTEST, WE WERE TOTALLY UNAWARE OF IT.'' SHE SAID MRS. REAGAN DID NOT PLAN TO ATTEND THE SESSION TONIGHT. SHE SAID THAT MRS. REAGAN ARRIVED LATE AT THE HALL AND DIDN'T REALIZE MRS. FORD WAS THERE. ''SHE PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE THERE EITHER,' MRS. REYNOLDS SAID. ' ' IT WAS ACCIDENTAL AND TOTALLY SPONTANEOUS, SHE SAID. ''IT WAS NOT ARRANGED AND WE HAD NO PLANS TO ARRANGE ANYTHING LIKE IT.'' MRS. REYNOLDS SAID SHE THOUGHT IT IS UNFAIR TO THE WIVES OF CANDIDATES TO PUT THEM IN SITUATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPETITION. SHE SAID THAT MRS. REAGAN EVEN WITHDREW FROM A PLANNED TELEVISION INTERVIEW WHEN IT APPEARED THAT SHE WOULD BE JOINED BY BETTY FORD IN WHICH COULD BE A DEBATE OR CONFRONTATION. 08-17-76 13:29EDT N052 DA MILLIKEN KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) -- GOV. WILLIAM MILLIKEN OF MICHIGAN WILL DELIVER THE NOMINATING SPEECH FOR PRESIDENT FORD BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A MILLIKEN AIDE SAID TODAY. THE AIDE SAID FORD ASKED THE GOVERNOR IN A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING TO NOMINATE HIM. MILLIKEN HAS HAD A LONG POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH FORD IN THE PRESIDENT'S HOME STATE. HE AND SEN. ROBERT GRIFFIN AND STATE GOP CHAIRMAN WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN ARE CONSIDERED FORD'S TOP POLITICAL ADVISERS IN THE STATE. AS GOVERNOR HE HAS SUPPORTED STRONG CONSUMER PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ALTHOUGH OPPOSED IN MANY INSTANCES BY REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. HE ALSO WAS OPPOSED TO SEVERAL FORD VETOES ON JOB-PRODUCING LEGISLATION, SAYING MICHIGAN WAS THE HARDEST HIT STATE DURING THE RECESSION. BUT HE CREDITS FORD WITH TURNING THE ECONOMY AROUND EVEN THOUGH MICHIGAN LAGS BEHIND THE NATIONAL RECOVERY. 08-17-76 13:43EDT UP- 117 RB THE CONVENTION DAYBOOK WEDNESDAY, AUG. 18 7:45 PRAYER BREAKFAST, FEATURING REP. AL QUIE AND ENTERTAINER PAT BOONE, ATTENDED BY GO P LEADERS, DELEGATES, MIKE AND GAYLE FORD AND OTHERS, IMPERIAL BALLROOM, MUEHLEBACH. HOSTED BY GOV. CHRISTOPHER BOND. 8:00 BREAKFAST HONORING SEN. EDWARD BROOKE BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION, AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN. 8:30 FORD CAUCUS TEAM (PLUS JACK) PRESENTATION TO OHIO CAUCUS, SHERATON ROYAL. 9:00 DAILY BRIEFING BY GOP CONVENTION MANAGER ODY FISH, LITTLE THEATRE, MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM. N070 R GOP MAYORS KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) -- LEADERS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF REPUBLICAN MAYORS ANNOUNCED PLANS TODAY TO ORGANIZE LOCAL OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT OF THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT FORD IN NOVEMBER. "WE ASSUME THAT PRESIDENT FORD IS GOING TO BE NOMINATED,' MAYOR RALPH PERK OF CLEVELAND, THE CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN, TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AI THE GOP NATIONAL CONVENTION. PERK AND OTHER MAYORS AT THE SESSION NOTED THAT THE ORGANIZATION FORMALLY ENDORSED FORD IN JANUARY IN RESPONSE TO ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR CONVERSION OF CATEGORICAL GRANT PROGRAMS INTO BLOCK GRANIS AND REVENUE SHARING WITH LOCAL DISCRETION ON PRIORITIES. THE GROUP INCLUDED MAYOR WILLIAM HUDNUT OF INDIANAPOLIS, WHO SAID HE FEELS PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO FORD FOR THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, ALTHOUGH BOUND BY STATE LAW TO VOTE FOR RONALD REAGAN ON THE FIRST BALLOT WEDNESDAY. HUDNUT SAID, HOWEVER, HE WOULD SUPPORT THE ELECTION OF REAGAN IF HE ISTHE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. MAYOR PETE WILSON OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF., THE ONLY MAYOR ON PRESIDENT FORD'S LIST OF VICE PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS, ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ORGANIZE STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT OF FORD, BUT SAID THAT IF REAGAN IS THE GOP NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT "I WOULD FIND IT EASY TO SUPPORT HIM. OTHER MAYORS PARTICIPATING IN THE NEWS CONFERENCE INCLUDED JACK HUNIER OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, RICHARD KIND OF INDEPENDENCE, MO., DWAINE HOBERG OF MOORHEAD, MINN., STANLEY CMICH OF CANTON, OHIO, AND RICHARD CARBER OF PEORIA, ILL. 08-17-76 15:39EDT The Lady Not for Spurning Ron Kansas City, Aug. 18-A drop- victory fest in anticipation of the glad the agent would have gotten a 15-yard dead glare oozed from The Dele- tiding it expects in November. penalty for clipping. gate's eyes. It had been suggested "Hopefully, I'm going to get to see For some unexplained reason, the se- By Ronald Reagan," declared The Delegate, curity around Reagan seemed larger that it was all over for Ronald almost in expiation of all that spending. numerically than the President's, and Reagan, that he had stumbled on In a switch from the original plan, more zealous in its duty. the five-yard line and coughed up which called for playing "Hail to the Unraffied by the incident, the Dele- the ball. He couldn't win this one, Chief," Steve Miller and his dinner-jack- gate stood with glazed eyes-or was it not even for The Gipper. eted bandsmen broke into a sashaying just a Maurine residue? - as Reagan rendition of "Mr. Wonderful" as Ford spoke briefly to his adherents-turned- "Yeah, if you-believe the news followed his interference of Secret Serv- disciples. media," said The Delegate, her tone sug- ice men. A trace of a grimace creased her THE WASHINGTON POST Thursday, August 19, 1976 B23 And Now, Two GOP Emmy Awards For Outstanding Performances By Sander Vanocur dential choice before the balloting indignation lessons. Rockefeller last night. walked around in full view of the tele- KANSAS CITY-Betty Ford wins Then Nancy Reagan entered the vision cameras holding up the white an Emmy for best single performance hall amidst a lot of cheers. She got to phone and its broken cord. It was just in a musical variety special. Nelson her box, stood up and waved in re- grand: the Vice President of the sponse to the cheers. Then Mrs. Ford United States on comedic hold. Rockefeller wins one for the best per- was cheered. She got up and respond- Theatrical impresario Alexander H. formance in a continuing comedy ed to her cheers. The cameras Cohen is bringing a revival of R = CORRESPONDENTS: SCREEN ACTOR CARY GRANI WILL PRESENT A TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST LADY DURING TONIGHT'S PROGRAM AFTER THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A 10-MINUTE FILM ON THE FORD PRESIDENCY. UPI 03-19 10:30 AED ON FASHION 9 That California Look Goes East DEEP IN THE HEART OF LOS Estevez made for the First Lady was ANGELES-It wouldn't have been sent last Friday to Kansas City, and heard of 10 years ago. And it's not Estevez left Tuesday to oversee fit- exactly standard fashion practice to- tings. The designs included the now- day. A New York designer has just famous "bump" dress that Mrs. Ford finished her summer boutique collec- wore to disco with entertainer Tony Orlando on the convention floor. tion and dedicated the entire line to California's life-style. The designer is Norma Kamali, INCA DINKA DO-T-shirts are whose avant-garde clothes in her not the "canvas" for ancient art. Betty Ford, in an attention-getting pose, waves at the conven tion. At left is her son, Steve, and behind her I Associated Press ponds to ovation as she arrives for convention session. United Press International Betty Ford, in an attention-getting pose, waves at the conven tion. At left is her son, Steve, and behind her is daughter Susan. By Myra MacPherson said Clower. "They (the Reaganites) Washington Post Staff Writer violated that the first night." KANSAS, CITY, Aug. 18-The crazi- With the Reagan signs Monday ness that is politics erupted tonight in night, Nancy Reagan received a thun- 'rehearsed spontaneity" that disrupted derous ovation and Betty Ford got vii for hours the main event of the con tually none. vention- the naming of a presidential Red-faced Ford delegates demanded nominee. in caucuses to know where their signs Reaganites in a last-gasp show were and 300 volunteers provided drowned Kemper Arena in bellowing enough to paper. the house for Tues klaxon horns that sounded, as one person observed, like the "hum of a day night's round two, when Betty thousand killer bees." They snaked Ford did the upstaging by dancing through the aisles and tossed nerf with Tony Orlando in front of her Frisbees and threw confetti and thun- seat and thereby incensing Texas Rea dered Reagan" cheers. What had been so carefully staged finally be- gan delegate Robert Monaghan came spontaneous, and floor leaders She's like a chorus girl, wiggling her could not shut them up. Ford dele- bottom! gates agonized in the TV lights. The most zealous members of the When it was the Ford delegates' Republican Youth Brigade, bused in turn, they responded with balloons, tossing of beach balls, rattling of from all over the country by both noisemakers, but, mercifully for those camps, are Mr. Ford's 300 Michigan who had been deafened by the Reagan "Scatter Blitzers." They do exactly noise. not blowing horns. Jack Ford, what their name says-scatter and the President's son, tossed frisbees, blitz. 41 blitzed five states in the pri- and delegates on the floor passed them mary," 18-year-old Charlie. Streeter back. said. hoarselv but happilv. UPI photo Everyone knows a convention is not a fashion show. Still, between lulls in the action, people are somewhat aware of who is wearing what, What they aren't aware of is who designs what. Betty Ford (above) wears an Estevez yellow and white dress, and Nancy Reagan a pretty red Galanos Daily floral New 8/19/769.69 16 Associated Press 1 Fashion roll call By KATHY LARKIN It's fairly easy to name all the big- On Tuesday, Susan wore a whi gies at the Republican Convention. patterned with star-spangled elepha With these excentions: who made the an elephant-clasp red belt in the CO Star 8/19/76 A-10 United Press International President Ford, his private, post-midnight meeting with defeated rival Ronald Reagan over, greets a gathering of wildly cheering fans at his hotel. An even bigger victory stance led by First Lady Betty Ford and son Steve (left). celebration took place at the convention hall, in this in- At right is TV entertainer Sonny Bono Past 8/10/76-19.B-2 Personalities The entire family of President Ford Actor Rod Steiger, who underwent may arrive in Kansas City for the Re- open-heart surgery Saturday in Cali- Alf Landon, publican National Convention ahead fornia, is up and around although himself a 1936 of the President. there is no word about when he will First Lady Betty Ford is expected be able to go home. Republican presi- there Sunday in spite of a flare-up of Steiger was a guest at the White her osteoarthritis. Last night she House dinner which President and dential candidate, joked with members of the Alvin Ailey Mrs. Ford gave for Australian Prime voices his City Center Dance Theater onstage at Minister Malcolm Fraser and Mrs. a celebration of Duke Ellington's Fraser on July 27. The 51-year-old ac- vice-presidential music at New York's Lincoln Center. tor won an Academy Award for his have to limit my activity these role as a Southern police chief in "In preference, far days," she told Ailey star Judith Jami- The Heat of the Night" in 1968. son, "(but) I still practice when no- left; Tammy body's looking." A severe toothache has caused actor W ynette conva- Susan Ford is also due in Kansas Raymond Burr to cancel the final City on Sunday, driving there from week of his appearance in "The Good lesces, center; and Topeka, where she is visiting. The Doctor" in Chicago. - Stame ---ill Durr stor of the TV Perry Mason Betty Ford. left, CONVENTION EVE: LA.Timen SOME PREPARE, SOME JUST WATT BY BILL BOYARSKY Times Political Writer KANSAS CITY-A chambermaid carefully placed a board under the mattress Mrs. Betty Ford will sleep on to help her with her bad back. On the sixth floor of another hotel, the Republican National Convention Rules Committee slowly worked its way through some relatively minor rule changes, getting ready for some big votes today. One of the proposals struck dele- gate Fox Wood III of Oklahoma as absurd. It would have eliminated the - traditional order of the roll call, in which the convention secretary drones out the names of the states— starting with Alabama. "A rule as zany as this one, it must have come out of a bar after five drinks," Wood said. Please Turn to Page 19, Col. 4 STATE << at the lectern, backed by Sen. Paul Laxaliat Nevada, the VP candidate's wife, Mary Elizabeth LIBERAL DILEMMA: Liberal GOPers like wouldn't concede anything at this point," said the pink linen or maybe the pink chiffon." Rep. Bill Cohen of Maine are hoping Ford will Percy. SPORTING SPECTATOR: Iranian Ambassador pick William Ruckelshaus as his running mate. WHAT ECSTASY: "This is the most unbelie- Ardeshir Zahedi decided to go to Kansas City on Asked how a liberal Republican survives, Cohen vable experience of my life," enthused Luis Es- his own, rather than take the State Depart- said, "It's tough." Any alternative? "Start a tevez. "It's almost like I'm a celebrity - I'm ment's one-day convention excursion for diplo- new party," his wife Diane chimes in. Cohen is being introduced as Mrs. Ford's favorite design- mats. But he delayed his trip to take the Con- ignoring the GOP platform. "It still will support er." Responding to an invitation to join the Ford corde from Paris. He had been angling to take 8/19/76 ERA and some kind of health insurance. That party in Kansas City, Estevez flew there Tues- over a private home in Kansas City but wound platform won't affect me." Sen. Chuck Percy of day night, in time to watch the First Lady dance up instead, he said, "In a very nice suite in the Illinois takes the longer view. "We just hap- with Tony Orlando. "Being part of this is in- Alameda Plaza." In Kemper Arena with two pened to have a choice this year of two rather credible high," Estevez said. Estevez has sup- aides, Zahedi said, "As a student of this country, Pg.24 conservative candidates. It happened in '64 and then in '66 when the party snapped back to the plied Betty Ford with her convention wardrobe. I wanted to come here. This system of democra- UP-090 (SUMMARY) BY ROBERT M. ANDREWS) KANSAS CITY, MO. (UPI) REPUBLICANS OPENED THEIR 31ST NAT IO NAL CONVENT ION WITH ORATORICAL SALVOS AT THE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR OWN PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES, PRESIDENT FORD AND RONALD REAGAN, SCRAMBLING FOR ENOUGH DELEGATE VOTES TO NAIL DOWN A FIRST-BALLOT PRE SIDE NT IAL NOMINAT ION. ONE MAJOR THREAT TO BOTH CANDIDATES EVAPORATED AT MIDDAY WHEN SEN. JAMES BUCKLEY OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCED HE WAS ABANDONING HIS NOT ION OF ALLOWING HIS NAME TO BE PLACED IN NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY AS A FIRST -BALLOT ALTERNATIVE TO FORD AND REAGAN. BUCKLEY, WHO HAD THE SUPPORT OF HARDLINE CONSERVATIVE SEN. JESSE HELMS, R-N.C., DECIDED TO BOW OUT AFTER BUCKLEY A AIDES MET WITH REAGAN POLITICAL STRATEGISTS FOR A REVIEW OF THE DELEGATE COUNT. A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE FIRST CONVENT ION SESSION WAS GAVELED INTO SESSION AT MIDMORNING IN FUTURISTIC KEMPER ARENA, FORD AND REAGAN RACED FROM HOTEL TO HOTEL TRYING TO W00 UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES TO THEIR SIDE AND FIGHTING TO KEEP THOSE THEY ALREADY CLAIM. BY MIDDAY, THE UPI DELEGATE CO UNT SHOWED THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR BOTH STILL SHORT OF THE MAGIC 1,130-VOTE MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR VICTORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH BOTH CAMPS CLAIMED HIGHER FIGURES, THE UPI TALLY GAVE FORD 1,125 VOTES AND REAGAN 1,038, WITH 96 DELEGATES UNCOMMITTED. "WOW! WHAT A MEETING!" FORD SHOUTED AT A RALLY OF CHANT ING YO UNG REPIBLICANS. "WHAT A CONVENTION! WHAT A VICTORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT !" HIS HANDS UPRAISED IN A "V" FOR VICTORY SIGN, FORD RECITED HIS WHITE HOUSE RECORD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND PREDICTED "WE WILL WIN A GREAT VICTORY ON WEDNESDAY." FORD APPEARED AT THE RALLY AFTER A HOTEL BREAKFAST MEET ING WITH THE HAWAIIAN DELEGATION. REAGAN, ACCOMPANIED BY LIBERAL SEN. RICHARD SCHWEIKER OF PENNSYLVANIA, HIS DESIGNATED RUNNING MATE, PLEADED WITH THE INDIANA DELEGATI FOR SUPPORT. DESPITE REPORTS HIS NAME APPEARED ON FORD'S NARROWING LIST OF POTENTIAL RUNNING MATES, REAGAN ASSURED THE HOOSIERS THAT "THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD EVEN CONSIDER MYSELF FOR A VICE PRESIDENCY ON ANY TICKET." THE WASHINGTON PO ST REPORTED THAT REAGAN WAS AMONG FIVE FORD VICE PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES, BUT REAGAN SAID: "I DIDN'T CO ME HERE FOR THAT." THE OTHERS, THE PO ST SAID, WERE SEN. HOWARD H. BAKER, R -TENN., TONIGHT'S CONVENT ION KEYNOTER AND RANKING GOP MEMBER OF THE SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE ; FORMER DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM RUCKELSHAUS, WHO WAS FIRED DURING RICHARD NIXON'S "SATURDAY NIGHT MASSACRE" IN 1973; TREASURY SECRETARY WILLIAM SIMON, AND ANNE ARMSTRONG, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO LONDON. ANOTHER NAME WAS PUSHED TO THE FRONT RANKS WHEN SEN. HIGH SCOTT SAID THAT WILLIAM SCRANTON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NAT IO NS AND FORMER PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR, WILL BE "AMONG THE LAST THREE OR FOUR" ON FORD'S LIST. SCRANTON SAID HE WOULD TAKE THE JOB IF OFFERED, AND "WOULD BE HELL-BENI FOR ELECTION." WHILE FORD'S WIFE BETTY, DAUGHTER SUSAN AND SO NS JACK AND STEVE FANNED OUT ACROSS THE HOT, HUMID CITY HELPING HIM CORRAL DELEGATE VOTES, REAGAN HEADED FOR THE ALASKA AND VIRGINIA DELEGAT AND PLANNED A MEETING WITH 150 BLACK DELEGATES. INSIDE THE WINDOWLESS, GLEAMING WHITE KEMPER ARENA, REPUBL ICANS GOT THEIR CONVENT ION UNDER WAY WITH PATRIOTIC SONGS, PRAYERS, WELCOMING SPEECHES, PROCEDURAL BUSINESS AND A FORETASTE OF THE PARTISAN RHETORIC TO BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE FOUR -DAY CONVENTION. STARTING OUT ON A BICENTENNIAL THEME, ARRIVING DELEGATES WERE GREETED AT THE ARENA BY USHERETTES IN RED BLAZERS AND DARK BLUE SKIRTS, WHILE A BAND AND CHORUS CALLED "T HE KIDS NEXT DOOR" FROM FIRST BAPT IST CHURCH OF OXNARD, CALIF., SANG SPIRITUAL AND PATRIOTIC SONGS. REP. JOHN ASHCROFT, THE GOP CANDIDATE FOR MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL, SANG THE "STAR SPANGLED BANNER," AND RICHARD HORTON OF ATLANTA, A CONVENTION PAGE, SUBSTITUTED FOR PROFESSIONAL GOLFER TOM WATSON IN LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. UPI 08-16 02:03 PED 10:00 FORD CAUCUS TEAM (PLUS SUSAN) PRESENTATION TO MINNESOTA- RHODE ISLAND CAUCUS, HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN. 10:00 FORD CAUCUS TEAM (PLUS STEVE) PRESENTATION TO IOWA CAUCUS, PRO M SHERATON. 10:00 COFFEE FOR CONVENT ION GUESTS STAYING IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY AREA BY THE CITY OF GRANDVIEW, WASHINGTON REPUBLICAN CLUB. (INVITATION). GUESTS INCLUDE VA., IDAHO, NEB., ALA., AND GA. DELEGATES. 765-0745. 10:00 WASHINGTON STATE DELEGATION BRUNCH (INVITATION), SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB. 363-4145. 10:20 JACK FORD QUEST ION AND ANSWER SESSION WITH THE PRESIDENTIALS, EXHIBITION HALL 3, TRADE MART. 10:30 WEST VIRGINIA DELEGAT ION BRUNCH (INVITATION), INDIAN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB. 362-2569. 10:30 REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S TASK FOR CE NEWS CONFERENCE, LITTLE THEATRE, MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM. 10:30 BETTY AND SUSAN FORD AND NANCY REAGAN ATTEND "WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT" LUNCHEON BY NATIONAL FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN, ALAMEDA PLAZA. ALSO ATTENDED BY MARY LOUISE SMITH, CARLA HILLS NRWF PRESIDENT PAT HUTAR AND OTHERS. UP-004 RB ADD CONVENTION DAYBOOK FOR TUESDAY: 3:45 BETTY FORD ATTENDS REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S TASK FORCE FUNDRA ISER AT CONTINENTAL ROOM, MUEHLEBACH. 4:00 SUSAN FORD AND NANCY AND MAUREEN REAGAN AND RON REAGAN JR. HONOR GUESTS AT RECEPTION-DINNER OF THE NAT IO NAL NAT FEDERATION OF YO UNG REPUBLICANS ATTENDED BY ENTERTAINERS AND GOP CELEBRITIES, IMPERIAL AND GRAND BALLROOMS OF THE MUEHLEBACH. SEN. BUCKLEY TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT LINCOLN MEDALL ION AT 5:30 P.M. BUFFET. CONTACT: 842-7117. 4:00 FUNDRAISING "SALUTE TO REPUBLICAN WOMEN" BY THE REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S TASK FORCE, COLONIAL ROOM, MUEHLEBACH. 4:00 TEXAS DELEGAT ION TOURS MCCORMICK DISTILLERY AT WESTON. 888-6433. 5:00 RECEPTION HONORING SENIOR CITIZEN DELEGATES, CENTENNIAL ROOM, CROWN CENTER. 5:00 INDIAN DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE OUTSIDE OF KEMPER ARENA. POW WOW PROGRAM OF DANCES AND COMPETITION AMONG INDIAN WOMEN BEGINS AT 7 P.M. AT BLUE VALLEY PARK. 5:00 SEN. BUCKLEY ATTENDS CAUCUS AND RECEPTION SPONSORED BY REPUBLICAN PRO LIFE IMPACT COMMITTEE, LONDON ROOM, HOTEL PHILLIPS. 7:00 THIRD SESSION OF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, FEATURING REPORTS BY THE COMMITTEES ON CREDENTIALS, RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS, PERMANENT ORGANIZATION AND PLATFORM, KEMPER ARENA. 7:00 PEOPLES TRIBUNAL ON REPRESSION, SPONSORED BY PROTESTING GROUPS, RESUMES OUTSIDE KEMPER ARENA. 7:00 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION INFORMATION BOOTH OPENS, MAIN CONCOURSE, KEMPER ARENA. 8:00 "PRESIDENT FORD NIGHT" PROGRAM BY THE YOUTH DIVISION OF THE PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE, UPTOWN THEATRE, 3700 BROADWAY. 8:30 BETTY AND JACK FORD ARRIVE AT KEMPER FOR CONVENTION SESSION. 8:50 INTERIOR SECRETARY THOMAS KLEPPE ARRIVES AT KC INTERNATIONAL. 8:52 MIKE AND GAYLE FORD ARRIVE AT KC INTERNATIONAL VIA TWA. UPI 08-17 08:26 AED Happy kefeller waves her right wing to delegates while (from left) Steve, Betty and Susan Ford applaud and smile. News photo by Jim Garrett The First Day Roundup for Delegates in Cattle Country NTION VNOLIEN Most of the delegates were in the hall when, at precisely 11:30 continued in caucuses and hotel rooms, the notables smiled and am., GOP National = Chairman Mary Louise Smith gaveled the kent cool. Betty Ford. Steve and Susan joined Happy Rockefeller.