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    "ocrText": "WESTERN UNION\nEDITION\nCHECK\nAM\nPM\nPRESS MESSAGE\nW. P. MARSHALL\nR. W. McFALL\nDEAD LINE\nCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD\nTIME FILED\nPRESIDENT\nPOOL REPORT: Barksdale afb white house to dinner party to\nNATL 6AF*/ GUARD BALL\nPresident wearing tuxedo and ruffled abdut emerged from the\nhas tily refurbished Barksdale AFB white house and waved to\nfamilies on the block. During the 25 minute ride to \"Dalwoods\"\nthe estate of Dalton Wood, there were crowds gathered at intersections\nat intervals along the way with welcome signs, and flags\nall waving with enthusiasm.\n\"Dalwoods, approximately the size of a small Framada inn\nis set back in a planted pine forest surrounded y a white\nhouse type iron fence. Three piece combo played outside,\nbuffet tables on the lawn with red white and blue carnation\ncenterpieces. Guests had been held at buses LSU (Shreveport\nCampus) and were and BUSSED IN, to party site after president\na.rrived. The pool from 1.18 confired vantage point m a roped off\ncorral, Weastone assume you had his remarks p iped in.\nWe would only note that as the guests gathered around\nthe portico, the Presid' ent carried away with the Southern\nsetting said , \"Its so nice to see Y'all\". This as the\ncrowd laughed appreciatevly and the prez responded, \"I'm\npracticing..\nThere was then another uneventful motorcade to a convetnion\nhall with more crowds waving at intersections. Pool estimates\napprox 1000 guests at a Louisiana National Guard Ball where the\nPresident mingled and spoke briefly. (We assume you had remarks\np_iped in; nothing startling). There was more mingling and\nwarm cheers from men and women standing on chairs\nOff to airport where he said goodbye to local police\nper ususal and then boarded air force one ignoring a\ncrowd of about 200 people behind a rope. And with a wave\nhe was off to Tyler.\nangelo\nrodgers\nWU1595(R2-65)\nDigitized from Box 25 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library"
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