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Digitized from Box 32 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
October 16, 1976
Pool Report - Sheraton Motor Inn to the Honest Abe"
The President and Mrs. Ford left the Sheraton Motor Inn at 8:52 a. m.,
12 minutes behind schedule. There was a small crowd outside the
motel, b shind the r opes. They gave him a friendly welcome, although
one man, who. apparently had only gotten a glance, was heard to say:
"It wasn't worth it.
During the short ride to Union Station in Joliet, a distance of about four
blocks, Ford stood up in his limousene, waving to people on the streets.
Standing up beside him was Rep. George M. O'Brien, Illinois Republican,
whose district includes Joliet.
Outside the station, the President worked the crowd for several minutes,
and so did Mrs. Ford, and James R. Thompson, Republican candidate
for Governor of Illinois.
Inside the station, the President and Mrs. Ford walked upstairs to the
ticket window on the second floor, where they exchanged a few words
with Amtrak ticket agent, Richard Steller, but did not actually buv tickets.
Steller said tickets had been issued for them in Chicago. He did not know
the amount of the fare.
A pooler asked the President, Did you buy a ticket?" Ford replied, with
a smile, "I write by check, I write by check." And Mrs. Ford chimed in,
"Didn't you know that?"
Then they went out onto the platform and worked the crowds some more,
after which the President got up onto the platform and you heard the speech.
Nessen reports that V ednesday night in Joliet, a V hite House Secret Service
man found several young men passing out Carter buttons in the V hite House
Staff Advance Office. Advanceman told the pool the Carter people were
looking through papers in the empty office when they were discovered.
Poolers asked, "V as anything missing?" Advanceman answered, "We
don't know. " They did not appear upset about the incident.
Cheney confirmed for the pool that starting Fridav night with the debate
in T illiamsburg, President Ford will begin traveling a trip that will
take him right through the election day. Details to follow.
Ann Compton ABC
Jim Deakin - St. Louis Post Dispatch
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