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Digitized from Box 15 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
AUGUST 24, 1975
POOL REPORT AT LIBBY DAM AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
When the President had finished, he and Minister Macdonald walked
to the far left-hand corner of the stage and put their hands on a hugh
three-pronged electrical switch mounted on a black panel. Behind
them was a spectacular view of the four hundred foot concrete dam
with water rushing down two spillways to the riverbed. As the
President and Minister Macdonald through the switch, an amber
light went on above the switch and the two men turned to watch the
spillways.
In about sixty seconds the water on the spillways tapered
off to a trickle. And the faint sound of a horn could be heard
in the distance. The audience of several hundred people were
told the horn meant the water from the river had been successfully
diverted from the spillways to the first power turbine and that for
the first time at Libby Dam electrical power was being produced.
After a few handshakes, President Ford's motorcade returned to
the helicopter pad at the top of the Dam. Someone (?) presented
President Ford with a framed plaque as the President and the Minister
shook hands for the last time at a marker at one end of the long
road which runs along the top of the Dam.
After a few more handshakes, the President's helicopter took off
for Ka lispell on what seemed to be a shorter flight than the trip to
Libby Dam.
Ann Compton/ABC
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