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The original documents are located in Box 10, folder "7/29/76 - White House Spouses
Briefing" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 10 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files
at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WASHINGTON
Dossier
FORD LIB RARY
Baroness Garnett Stackelberg
3301 New Mexico Ave., N.W. Suite 310
Washington, D.C. 20016 362-5894
Dear S-one more
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Nur American, Bolto.Md, 7/28/16
ASHINGTON DATEBOOK
Fords Charm
During Party
At White House
By Baroness Stackelberg
When President and Mrs. Ford had their first party at
the White House someone said it was like a Grand Rapids
country club on Saturday night - lively, sincerely friend-
Iv. but appropriately dignified
N024
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FORD-PARTY
BY FRANCES LEWINE
WASHINGTON (AP) -- JAZZ, COUNTRY MUSIC AND SHOW TUNES ECHOED FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN AS PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD GAVE A
BICENTENNIAL 'THANK YOU'' PARTY FOR THE WASHINGTON DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
FORD SAID HE THREW THE PARTY TUESDAY NIGHT TO EXPRESS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE'S APPRECIATION FOR THE 'GENEROUS AND ENTHUSIASTIC'' WAY OTHER
NATIONS JOINED THE UNITED STATES' 200TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
PRESENTING THE AMERICAN MUSICAL SALUTE WERE COUNTRY SINGER TAMMY
WYNETTE, SINGER-COMPOSER ROGER MILLER, JAZZ QUEEN ELLA FITZGERALD, AND
YANK LAWSON AND BOB HAGGART AND THEIR 'WORLD'S LARGEST JAZZ BAND.'
THE FORDS AND SECRETARY OF STATE AND MRS. HENRY A. KISSINGER GREETED
THE 500 GUESTS ON THE SOUTH LAWN, WHERE THE MARINE BAND PLAYED AND
CHAMPAGNE WAS SERVED.
THE WHITE HOUSE BORROWED 24 TORCHES FROM COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, VA.,
TO PROVIDE A COLORFUL BICENTENNIAL EFFECT. BUT THE TORCHES ALSO SENT
A PALL OF EYE-STINGING SMOKE OVER THE PARTY SCENE.
'AT LEAST IT KEPT THE BUGS AWAY,' ONE WHITE HOUSE AIDE COMMENTED.
THE DRESS WAS WHITE-TIE AND THERE WAS MORE FORMALITY THAN USUAL AS
THE GUESTS DINED IN THE ROSE GARDEN UNDER A WHITE CANOPY TENT.
JOHN WARNER, THE FORMER NAVY SECRETARY WHO HEADS THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION, ATTENDED THE PARTY WITH
ACTRESS ELIZABETH TAYLOR, WHO DISPLAYED A BANDAGED LEG UNDER HER BLUE
CHIFFON GOWN. SHE CONFESSED SHE GOT IT IN A FALL FROM WARNER'S MOTOR
BIKE ON HIS VIRGINIA FARM.
07-21-76 10:34EDT
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SEPARA
FORD
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- BETTY FORD TRIED TO TEACH HER HUSBAND TO DO
THE HUSTLE; THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TWIRLED HIS WIFE TO THE TUNE OF
"ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND"; HOLLYWOOD STAR LIZ TAYLOR SPORTED A
BANDAGED LEG AND SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK MADE HER DEBUT AS CHIEF OF
PROTOCOL AT THE WHITE HOUSE BICENTENNIAL CONCERT-GALA LAST NIGHT.
WASHINGTON'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS MADE UP THE CORE OF THE GUEST LIST
AT THE WHITE TIE PARTY, WHICH BEGAN ON THE SOUTH LAWN WHERE THE
PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD AND SECRETARY OF STATE AND MRS. HENRY A.
KISSINGER GREETED THE AMBASSADORS AND THEIR WIVES ON THEIR ARRIVAL.
THE CROWD WAS THEN MOVED INTO THE TENT IN THE ROSE GARDEN WHERE
BETTY TOOK CENTER STAGE BRIEFLY TO SPEAK OF THE NATION'S FOURTH OF
JULY CELEBRATION, AND OBSERVE THAT "TO ME IT WAS LIKE A BIG LOVE-IN."
THE SHOW BEGAN WITH THE "WORLD'S GREATEST JAZZ BAND" AND ENDED
WITH ELLA FITZGERALD.
UPI 07-21 10:14 AED
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7/9/17
-Washington Star Photographer Walter Oates
FORMAL AFFAIR, WHITE BANDAGE - Actress Elizabeth Taylor is
escorted by John Warner, head of the American Bicentennial Commis-
sion, through the receiving line at the White House last night where they
attended the first of a series of receptions held to celebrate the Bicenten-
GERALD
nial. Taylor, wearing a flowing dark blue evening gown that was almost
a duplicate of First Lady Betty Ford's, also wore a bandage on her right
knee - the result of a motorcycle accident suffered at Warner's farm in
Virginia's hunt country. (See Betty Beale's column on B-2.)
The ambassador isn't diplomatic
By ANN WOOD
ahead of him and the other ambassadors, who
were, after all, the guests of honor.
Washington (News Bureau)
-
They lined up according to protocol on the
Jimmy Carter likes country life and
south lawn of the White House with the black
fish fries and has been running against
smoke from 24 torches borrowed from Colonial
Williamsburg for the occasion swirling around
Washington, but before he turns in
them and adding an unusual note to such a
DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1976
his blue jeans he should know that if
formal event.
he wins the presidency, he also gets
A chilly look
the booby prize.
Mrs. Jouett Shouse, patron of the arts and
Whether that's the whole diplomatic corps,
friend of Betty Ford, broke into the line and
or just the dean, Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa
the ambassador behind her gave her a chilly
of Nicaragua, is a matter of opinion. In any
look that took in her lameness and cane, but
case, it was not a problem when Carter was
still conveyed the impression that his national
governor of Georgia.
borders had been invaded.
Unlikely to leave
Even Elizabeth Taylor, limping from a
motorscooter accident at the country home of
Ambassador Sevilla-Sacasa is dean because
her newest Washington beau, John Warner,
he has been here since 1943, 22 years longer
went to the end of the line. Mind you, Ambas-
than his nearest competitor, and he is unlikely
sador Sevilla-Sacasa holds the title as Wash-
to leave. He loves his work which puts him at
ington's biggest bore, not only because he
the head of receiving lines of ambassadors
observes all the rules of protocol, but as a
and in position to speak for them as he did
true artist can stretch them to suit himself
at the White House party this week.
to the maximum.
His love of the protocol that protects his
One hour and twenty minutes after the
star spot in ceremonies is well known, and he
guests arrived they were through the receiving
is happy in white tie and tails, the only attire
line and finally seated for the entertainment
that permits him to wear his three rows of
which was preceded by President Ford-making
medals, green watered silk sash and two
a few remarks and presenting Sevilla-Sacasa
sunburst decorations.
with a carving. Sevilla-Sacasa then gave the
So be it. That was the attire dictated for
gift BACK to the President and pulled out a
the Fords' party for diplomats, but rigidity
sheaf of papers from his pocket to give a
casts a pall on a party, because you know
12-minute speech on the history of America,
FORD LICKARY STATE
THE WASHINGT
Wednesday, July 21,
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White Ties and Country Music
By Joseph McLellan
But she needn't have worried; Mr.
is Betty Ford) it was a good sample of
Ford proved to be a kindly music
conservative, mainstream American pop-
and Dorothy McCardle
critic-perhaps to the point of inac-
ular music, and it was generally very
well performed.
"Our audiences are usually a little
curacy-when he described the eve-
At least there was a burst of spon-
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STYLE
People
/
Entertainment
/
Leisure
WEDN
AY, JULY 21, 1976
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TAMM YNETTE
Stands by Her Man
By Jeannette Smyth
and Southerners, in general, love to tell Georgia girl) but And it, gets those
Tammy Wynette, the First Lady of Coun-
people-just plain folks
slick Yankees every time.
trv Music whose 1968 million seller "Stand
Folks love to hear her tell her Horatio
Tammy Wynette laughs when told that
denice that
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NASHVILLE, TENN. (UPI) TAMMY WYNETTE WILL SING FOR PRESIDENT
AND MRS. FORD JULY 20, IN WHAT IS BILLED AS THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE
PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE COUNTRY RECORDING STAR.
MISS WYNETTE AND GLEN CAMPBELL WILL BE THE COUNTRY PERFORMERS IN A
"TRIBUTE TO COUNTRY MUSIC" PROGRAM, WHICH ALSO WILL INCLUDE JAZZ AND
POP ENTERTAINERS.
UPI 07-14 10:44 AED
A-2
The Washington Star
Wednesday, July 14, 1976
Names/Faces
Some Fresh Pictures 50 Years Old
A collection of photographs of Samuel Clemens, un-
known to Mark Twain scholars, has just been picked
up by the University of California, purchased from an
East Coast collector. They were taken by Twain's
secretary between. 1904 and 1909 and show Twain
swimming or visiting friends in Bermuda and in Con-
necticut. It was the time of bushy eyebrows and-droop-
ing mustache and, in one, Twain posed in a grand
manner while dressed in a nightgown and mortar
board after receiving an honorary degree from Ox-
ford. The secretary, Isabel Lyon, left a diary along
with her photographs, and she wrote at one point:
"I've made some superb photographs of the King.
They are as active and as spirited as battleships."
Friends called Twain "the King" and not without rea-
son. He died in 1910 at the age of 75.
Rehabilitation Set for Capote
The distinguished author Truman Capote has
agreed to attend a state rehabilitation program in
Southampton, N.Y., after pleading guilty to a charge
of driving while intoxicat-
ed. He was fined $165. Ca-
pote, 51, said he would en-
roll in the program instead
of losing his New York
driver's license. The charge
stemmed from a two-car
accident in the town of
Bridgehampton, where Ca-
pote maintains a home. No
one was injured in the acci-
dent, which saw the Capote
car crossing a double line.
The writer submitted to a
(NASHVILLE) -- COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER TAMMY WYNETTE, WHOSE HIT SONGS
STAND BY YOUR MAN,' HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR THE FOURTH TIME.
INCLUDE CEREMONY TOOK
WITH ABOUT 100 PERSONS WATCHING, MISS WYNETTE WAS MARRIED YESTERDAY
TO NASHVILLE REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE MICHAEL TOMLIN. THE
PLACE IN A NATURAL AMPITHEATER BELOW HER HOUSE IN NASHVILLE.
AS SHE APPEARED, ESCORTED BY HER STEPFATHER, FOY LEE, A RECORDING OF
HER SINGING 'HAWAIIAN WEDDING SONG'' WAS PLAYED.
HER MOST RECENT MARRIAGE, WHICH ENDED IN DIVORCE IN 1975, WAS TO
breath-analyzer test and
scored 0.27, according to
state police. A score of 0.10 is grounds for presumption
of intoxication. We may see a book come out of all this.
Imagine That
Actress Margaret O'Brien, 37, gave birth to a 7-
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COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER GEORGE JONES.
pound, 14-ounce girl the other night at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Angeles. It is her first child.
That's the same O'Brien who was in "A Journey for
persist in their refusal to believe times change were
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08:17AED 07-19-76
Margaret" and "Meet Me in St. Louis." Those who
shocked to hear the onetime child star was even preg-
nant. She's married to a businessman named Roy T.
Thorsen.
Prepare for Country Music Tribute
FORD
Tammy Wynette will sing for President and Mrs.
Ford July 20 at the White House in something called a
"Tribute to Country Music" which some feel is just the
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thing to get the country moving again. She will be
joined by Glen Campbell. While plans are still incom-
plete, it is thought the two will sing something.
-John McKelway
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CONCERT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD HAVE INVITED MEMBERS
OF THE WASHINGTON DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND OTHER OFFICIALS TO A
BICENTENNIAL CONCERT AND RECEPTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT TUESDAY.
THE WHITE TIE EVENT, DESCRIBED THURSDAY BY PRESS SECRETARY RON
NESSEN AS THE MAJOR WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL EVENT IN HONOR OF THE
BICENTENNIAL, WILL INCLUDE A CONCERT UNDER A TENT IN THE ROSE GARDEN
AND DANCING AFTERWARD IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE CONCERT WILL COVER THE WHOLE RANGE OF AMERICAN MUSIC. INVITED TO
PERFORM WERE SINGER ELLA FITZGERALD, WHO WILL FEATURE BROADWAY SHOW
TUNES BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS; TAMMY WYNETTE, WHO WILL PROVIDE COUNTRY
AND WESTERN MUSIC, AND THE WORLD'S GREATEST JAZZ BAND WHICH WILL SHOW
AMERICA'S FAMOUS JAZZ HERITAGE.
ABOUT 500 GUESTS ARE BEING INVITED, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE
DIPLOMATIC CORPS, AMBASSADORS FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN
STATES, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS.
07-15-76 14:01EDT
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WASHINGTON (UPI) PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD HAVE INVITED
WASHINGTON DIGNITARIES TO A WHITE TIE CONCERT AND RECEPTION TUESDAY
EVENING AS THEIR "MAJOR EVENT IN HONOR OF THE BICENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION," THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THURSDAY.
THE CONCERT WILL BE HELD UNDER A TENT IN THE ROSE GARDEN AND WILL
FEATURE THE RANGE OF AMERICAN MUSIC, INCLUDING JAZZ, SHOW TUNES AND
COUNTRY MUSIC.
ELLA FITZGERALD, SINGING SONGS BY COMPOSERS COLE PORTER, GEORGE
GERSHWIN AND JEROME KERN AND COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TAMMY WYNETTE WILL
PERFORM. ALSO ON THE PROGRAM IS "THE WORLD'S GREATEST JAZZ BAND."
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band, PRINCE BERNHARD,
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he finishes a trip to Kenya.
Grand Junction, Colo. -
good job, especially in han-
Former REP. WAYNE ASPI-
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dling linen. His grandfather,
NALL (D-Colo.), was released
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now 88, built and operated
yesterday from a hospital in
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which he had been undergoing
treatment for a spine ailment.
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good condition and, his son
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ELTON JOHN has "specifi-
said, decided to return home
cally an unequivocally" denied
as soon as he was able to
leave his bed unassisted.
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allegations that one of his
guards manhandled a fan at
an Atlanta hotel. The fan,
Washington - Singer ELLA
FITZGERALD and country
FRANK GRASSIE, sued John
Ella Fitzgerald
star TAMMY WYNETTE have
and charged that the guard
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grabbed and detained him.
a date next Tuesday night at
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John said he did not know
the White House, where they
about the incident until he
Warner Brothers said yester-
will entertain at a white-tie
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day that Bond would appear
concert and reception given
was told of the suit.
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in a film based on the life of
by PRESIDENT AND MRS.
FORD. The White House called
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Hollywood
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black racing driver Wendell
it the Fords' "major event in
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STATE SEN. JULIAN
Scott. Bond will play the role
honor, of the bicentennial cel-
has broken into
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bee
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(FORD PARTY)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD WILL STAGE THEIR MAIN
BICENTENNIAL EVENT TONIGHT WITH AN AMERICAN MUSIC CONCERT UNDER A
TENT IN THE ROSE GARDEN.
SO ME 500 GUESTS, INCLUDING THE NATION'S GOVERNORS AND MEMBERS OF
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE GALA CONCERT
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION IN THE STATE ROOMS.
SINGER-COMPOSER ROGER MILLER, PERFORMING TWO OF HIS COMPOSITIONS,
"KING OF THE ROAD" AND "LADY AMERICA"; ELLA FITZGERALD SINGING COLE
PORTER; COUNTRY-WESTERN VOCALIST TAMMY WYNETTE, WHO WROTE "STAND BY
YOUR MAN;" AND "THE WORLD'S GREATEST JAZZ BAND" PLAYING THE "SOUTH
RAMPART STREET PARADE."
UPI 07-20 10:54 AED
FORDS TO ENTERTAIN
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
WASHINGTON (P)-President and
Mrs. Ford have invited members of
the Washington diplomatic corps and
other officials to a bicentennial con-
cert and reception at the White
House next Tuesday.
The white tie event, described
Thursday by Press Secretary Ron
Nessen as "the major White House
social event in honor of the bicenten-
nial," will include a concert under a
tent in the Rose Garden and dancing
afterward in the White House.
7/16/16
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