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Trip of the President to Chicago, Illinois to Address the 75th Annual VFW Convention, Monday, August 19, 1974 [Schedule]
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Digitized from Box 1 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR YOUR USE AND INFORMATION
AUGUST 17, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TRIP OF THE PRESIDENT TO
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TO ADDRESS THE 75TH ANNUAL
VFW CONVENTION
MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1974
7:30 a.m. EDT
Press Check-in at Andrews Air Force Base.
8:00 a.m. EDT
Press Plane departs Andrews Air Force Base enroute
National Guard terminal, O'Hare Field, Chicago, Illinois.
Flying Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Time Change: -1 hour
8:25 a.m. EDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD DEPART THE SOUTH
LAWN VIA MARINE ONE ENROUTE ANDREWS AIR
FORCE BASE.
Flying Time: 15 minutes
8:45 a.m. EDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARRIVE ANDREWS
AIR FORCE BASE, BOARD AIR FORCE ONE AND DEPART
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE ENROUTE O'HARE FIELD,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Accompanying the President and Mrs. Ford are:
Senator Vance Hartke (D-Ind)
Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S. C.)
Senator Clifford Hansen (R-Wyo)
Representative Leslie Arends (R-Ill)
Representative Dan Daniel (D-Va)
Representative William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D-S. C.)
Representative Olin Teague (D-Tex)
Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt (R-Ark)
8:40 a.m. CDT
Press Plane arrives National Guard terminal, O'Hare
(9:40 a.m. EDT)
Field, Chicago, Illinois.
Press Facilities:
6 long distance telephones
NOTE: Cameramen wishing to pre-position on camera
trucks, board buses.
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9:25 a. m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARRIVE O'HARE
(10:25 a.m. EDT)
FIELD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARE GREETED BY:
Governor and Mrs. Daniel Walker
Colonel Jack Reilly, City of Chicago Special Events Officer
Mr. John Stang, Vice Commander-in-Chief of VFW
Mr. Thomas P. Walker, Vice Commander-in-Chief of
VFW
Miss Diane Kummer, Chicago Lakefront Festival Queen
9:35 a. m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD BOARD MOTORCADE
(10:35 a.m. EDT)
AND DEPART O'HARE FIELD ENROUTE THE CONRAD
HILTON HOTEL.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
Press buses follow.
Driving Time: 50 minutes
10:25 a.m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARRIVE THE CONRAD
(11:25 a.m. EDT)
HILTON HOTEL AND ARE MET BY WILLIAM SMITH,
MANAGER OF THE CONRAD HILTON HOTEL.
PRESS PHOTO
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD PROCEED TO
SUITE VIA ELEVATOR.
NOTE: The Press Room is located in the Normandy Room.
Press Facilities:
20 long distance telephones
6 coin telephones
4 telex
11:20 a.m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD DEPART SUITE
(12:20 p.m. EDT)
ENROUTE THE INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM TO
ADDRESS THE 75TH ANNUAL VFW CONVENTION.
11:30 a.m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ENTER THE
(12:30 a.m. EDT)
INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
Press Facilities in the camera area of the press
area in the International Ballroom:
6 long distance telephones
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11:35 a.m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES THE VFW CITIZEN AWARD
(12:35 p.m. EDT)
FROM ROY R. SODEN, VFW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
11:40 a.m. CDT
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS.
(12:40 p.m. EDT)
FULL PRESS COVERAGE
1
12:00 NOON CDT
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS CONCLUDE. THE
(1:00 p.m. EDT)
PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD DEPART THE STAGE
AND PROCEED TO MOTORCADE.
12:10 p.m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD DEPART THE
(1:10 p.m. EDT)
CONRAD HILTON HOTEL ENROUTE O'HARE FIELD.
Driving Time: 45 minutes
12:55 p.m. CDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARRIVE O'HARE
(1:55 p.m. EDT)
FIELD, BOARD AIR FORCE ONE AND DEPART
ENROUTE ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
Flying Time:
1 hour 25 minutes
Time Change: +1 hour
1:45 p.m. CDT
Press Plane departs O'Hare Field enroute Andrews
(2:45 p.m. EDT)
Air Force Base.
3:20 p.m. EDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARRIVE ANDREWS
AIR FORCE BASE, BOARD MARINE ONE AND DEPART
ENROUTE THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE.
Flying Time: 15 minutes
3:40 p.m. EDT
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARRIVE THE
SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE.
4:10 p.m. EDT
Press Plane arrives Andrews Air Force Base.
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