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of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 28 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WASHINGTON POST
B2
Monday, August 23, 1976
Personalities
In a Time magazine interview pub-
àmong an estimated 250,000 rock fans
lished yesterday, First Lady Betty
who sat through a 16-hour pop music
Ford criticized Nancy Reagan, wife of
festival billed as possibly the final
the defeated Republican presidential
concert by the Rolling Stones held in
challenger, Ronald Reagan, for her
a park on the grounds of an estate at
traditional view of a woman's role. "I
Knebworth, England. "Warm-up"
just think when Nancy met Ronnie,
groups such as Hot Tuna and 10 CC
that was it as far as her own life was
played for about 14 hours before the
concerned," Time quoted Mrs. Ford as
Stones reached the stage early yester-
saying. "She fell apart at the seams."
day morning. The jeans-and-T-shirt-
Mrs. Ford said she tried unsuccess-
clad audience which paid $8.10 per
fully to have the ambassador to Great
person to get in, reportedly bought
Britain, Anne Armstrong, chosen as
and sold marijuana and other drugs
Mr. Ford's running mate and that she
openly, although police said there
would continue to work for the ratifi-
were few drug arrests. Organizers put
cation of the Equal Rights Amend-
the gate at $1.35 million, and the
ment. She also said she would lobby
for a salary for the work of the First
Stones were somewhat optimistic
Lady, after she is no longer in that
about playing again. "If all these peo-
position. "It has long hours and a lot
ple still want to see us," commented
of responsibilities," she commented
Mich Jagger of the Stones, "who
about the work. "But I would have it
so that a First Lady can't collect un-
knows what will happen."
less she works."
Mrs. Reagan says in an interview in
As the 50th anniversary of the death
the same issue of Time that she is up-
of silent screen star Rudolph Valen-
set by her image as a homebody who
always defers to her husband. She
tino rolls by today, ballet star Rudolf
says she has spoken out on political
Nureyev is portraying the romantic
Photo by Associated Press
issues, especially foreign policy.
star in a movie, "Valentino," on the
life and times of the actor, currently
Rudolf Nureyev and Christine Charlson in "Valentino," left, and
being filmed in England and Spain.
Paul and Linda McCartney at the Rolling Stones concert.
Beatle Paul McCartney, his wife,
Linda, and actor Jack Nicholson were
-Carla Hall
1
Past 8/25/76 Pg. A4
Associated Press
Watching flag football game at Vail, Colo., Mrs. Ford gives kick as son Jack intercepts pass for his team.
THE WASHINGTON POST
Saturday, August 28, 1976
G3:
R
Personalities
Feminist author Betty Friedan
did. They stayed through the 40-min-
director of the City of Miami, Fla,,
called it "a good sign" when Demo-
ute act.
made a calculation and his last finan-
cratic presidential candidate Jimmy
cial pronouncement on the city.
Carter this week sent telegrams urg.
Tom Keating, the British artist who
"I can't afford to live in Miami,"
ing passage of the Equal Rights
Amendment to Democratic chairmen
wrote a letter to The London Times
said Supensky, who took the $34,750 a
of the 16 states that have not ratified
last week saying he'd faked a number
year job in May. He had previously
been finance director of Memphis,
ERA.
of works by the 19th-century painter
Tenn., and had not yet moved his fam-
Speaking yesterday to 50 persons at
Samuel Palmer, yesterday called a
ily from Memphis to Miami when he
a Washington Press Club luncheon,
press conference to announce that
learned that "to replace my house
Friedan said that when Carter neg-
during the past 25 years he actually
down here would cost me in excess of
lected to mention support of the ERA
produced more than 2,000 bogus mas-
$100,000."
in his acceptance speech last month,
terpieces.
"We have a certain lifestyle we like
she "wondered whether he was speak-
Keating, 59, said a number of his
to maintain. I can't see lowering that
ing out of both sides of his mouth" be-
imitations have been sold as genuine,
lifestyle to live in the Miami area,"
cause earlier Carter had given her his
and held that up as proof of the suc-
said Supensky, who is preparing to
personal assurance that he supported
cess of his long campaign to dupe and
join his family in Memphis instead of
ratification of the proposed constitu-
discredit art dealers he claims exploit
the other way around.
tional amendment.
artists.
She said that while President Ford's
First Lady Betty Ford "stayed too
Keating was reported beaming
"commitment to passage of the ERA
long in the cool mountain air at a pic-
broadly throughout the Lendon news
has seemed real" his vetoes of legisla-
nic" in Vail, Colo., Wednesday, her
conference. But asked if he felt re-
tion for child care and welfare funds
press secretary said, and her neck ail-
morse, he said, "Very much so. It's not
have to be considered.
ment has flared up again. In addition
really a joke. I'm sorry about it. I've
to the picnic, Mrs. Ford had been
Friedan said she though the wom-
wasted years of my life."
playing touch football with the Secret
en's vote could decide the winner in
Service and putting on a floor show
the November elections.
Eisabeth Ritter, 39, and Sandor Ra-
with a member of the Ink Spots at a
sky, 31, who have been getting mar-
Vail discotheque.
By Ken Feil-The Washington Post
Some 2,000 senior citizens walked
ried daily as the actors in the Ring-
out on Golden Age Day at the Pacific
ling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Cir-
Democratic vice presidential candi-
Feminist author Betty Freidàn.
National Exhibition in Vancouver,
cus's "Marriage of Tom Thumb," got
date Walter F. Mondale said in a St.
at the Washington Press Club.
Canada, because they felt that come-
married for real yesterday, in Ring
Paul, Minn., press conference that he
dienne Phyllis Diller, who had come
Two of the Oakland Coliseum Arena
has hypertension, for which he takes
ized in Barnesville, Ohio, recovering
to entertain them, was tasteless.
in California.
five pills a day, but that he is in good
from an unspecified form of minor
"All she talked about was breasts
The couple, both of whom are 40-
health and has been told "it's a mod-
surgery. She is in the same hospital to
and knees, sex and Kleenex," said one
inch-tall Hungarians, said they don't
est case and there's no reason to think
which Hays was admitted after taking
of the spectators who demanded his
plan to have babies because the circus
it will get any worse."
an overdose of sleeping pills, after the
$1 admission fee back. "I didn't come
is no place to bring up children.
Elizabeth Ray affair was exposed.
here to listen to that." However, some
Health Items: Patricia Hays, 35,
4,000 other senior citizens apparently
George Supensky, the new finance
wife of Rep. Wayne Hays, is hospital-
Judith Martin and Robin Grodm
Newsmakers
16 Wives and Not a Voter Among Em
-Ike Ward has stern Words for you citizens too in-
different or lazy to vote. "I believe if a person wants to be
recognized as an American, then he ought to vote. And
Ward,: whose first ballot was cast for Grover Cleveland,
added, "If you aren't registered, then you shouldn't be
able to live in the United States." Ward was born a plan-
tation slave at Boxley, Ga. His birth certificate records it
at 9 a.m. on Christman Day, 1862. He is 113. Sitting in the
shade of the oaks that surround his tiny home in Seville,
Fla., Ward commented that he has always voted a
straight Democratic ticket, but he defends Gerald Ford
against attack. Ward also has views on women and the
ballot "Tve been married 16 times. Not one ever voted
that I knew of," he said with sigh. "But I don't remem-
ber politics having anything to do with getting married or
divorcing them."
First Lady Betty Ford took a break in Vail: Colo.,
from answering a huge pile of mail and planning her cam-
paign travels to visit a musical group rehearsing "Up
With People" and wish them luck and then have lunch
with friends.
Actress Sylvia Sidney has been admitted to Danbury
Hospital in Danbury, Conn., with an undisclosed illness,
although a spokesman said she was in fair condition. Miss
Sidney, 66, who began her career on the Broadway stage,
appeared in many films in the 1930s and 1940s, including
lke Ward, 13, giving his views on voting.
"An American Tragedy," "Street Scene,' 'Dead End" and
AP Wirephoto
"Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams."
sell withheld her prescribed female hormone tablets and
Singer Kate Smith was in satisfactory condition in
Terrace Heights Hospital in Queens, N.Y., where, she was
she plans to use the award money to pay for a sex change
being treated for an upper respiratory infection and tra-
operation. Miss Hunt, who was locked up in December,
cheobronchitis. Miss Smith, 67, was transferred from Bou-
1974, in connection with a hamburger shop burglary,
levard Hospital on Tuesday, after having been admitted
added that she hoped to become a Texas Capitol Lobbyist.
there over the last weekend
-Asked if she could do it over again would she again
Madalyn Murray O'Hair perhaps best remembered as
speak out, the answer was: "No, I definitely would not,
the one who brought the landmark suit that led to the
because Mr. Hays has suffered a lot. His wife has suffered
U S. Supreme Court's ruling that banned compulsory
and I myself have suffered a lot. Discussing the resigna-
prayers in public schools, left Austin, Tex ofor a six-week
tion of Rep. Wayne L. Hays (D-Ohio), from Congress, Eli-
speaking tour of Europe and said she would meet with
zabeth Ray, who first made public their liaison, told CBS
government officials about atheists' rights.
reporters "I never thought it would happen like this. Who
in the world, "I never thought it would happen like this
Wearing a stylish print dress, earrings and high
Who in the world, in the wildest of dreams, thought that
heels, Susan Hunt announced in Austin that she was
suing a Travis County jailer for $100,000. Miss Hunt, who
something like this would mushroom into such a gigantic
thing."
was born 24 years ago as Scott M. Curik but who recently
legally changed her name, claims that turnkey Bill Man-
By Jennings Parrott
Newsmakers
L.A.Times
9/1/76
Pg.2
Gov. Exon's Wife Hopes Worms Turn
-"Impaling worms to torture fish," is how playwright
George Colman once brushed off the art of angling. But
you can't fish without bait, and one little publicized effect
of this summer's drought, complains Pat Exon, is that it
has dried up her personal supply of worms. "It's been so
dry that you can't find them. I've had to resort to buying
some," said Mrs. Exon, wife of Gov. J.J. Exon of Nebras-
ka. Normally she gets all the wigglers she needs for her
one-a-week fishing trips from her private worm garden in
the fallout shelter of the governor's mansion in Lincoln.
About three years ago "I had Jim (the governor) make a
box so I could raise them myself. Some of these babies
take 18 months to mature," she explained, "and the bigger
the worm, the bigger the fish."
certainly is a lot quieter around here when he is
not here," said Betty Ford as she strolled through Vail,
Colo., signing autographs but attracting little attention.
President Ford left Sunday after a 10-day vacation, and
Mrs. Ford plans to enjoy the peace until she begins cam-
paigning Saturday. The First Lady is still recovering from
a flareup of osteoarthritis and is still receiving hot packs
and massage treatments for her neck.
-Senate liberals and conservatives joined in a tribute
to retiring Sen. Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.)' passing a resolu-
tion naming a new office building for him. Hart, 63, suf-
fering from cancer, is completing his third term. The two
major Senate office buildings are named after the late
Sens. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) and Everett M. Dirksen
(R-III.). The building to bear Hart's name is still under
Nebraska's first lady, Pat Exon
construction.
Wirephote
-Robert L. Levister was sworn in in Hartford by Gov.
-When the politician declares he is seeking election,
Ella T. Grasso and became Connecticut's first black Super-
his wife is at his side-smiling, When the candidate
ior Court judge. AS his wife, Lerlaine, and friends and fel-
marches to the podium, there is his wife seated on the
low judges looked on, Levister, 57, commented: "I guess
platform-smiling. As he takes the oath of office, his wife
every judge. wants to serve on the Superior Court. I've
-smiling-holds the Bible. Who is this Mona Lisa? What
been looking forward to this for 11 years, and I finally got
has she to do with her mate's public duties? That adoring
it."
smile conveys more than mere love of spouse, claims soci-
ologist Joanna B. Gillespie. It proves that her man is
-Singer Dean Martin sued Warner Bros. Records in
trustworthy, stable, respectable, says Mrs. Gillespie in &
Los Angeles for $1.5 million, charging the company with
paper prepared for a convention of sociologists meeting in
breach of contract. Martin said that under a 1970 arrange-
New York City. It is mime testimony of Mrs. Morality.
ment he was to make 10 albums, receiving $150,000 for
The political wife, writes the sociologist, is confirming her
each. But he said the company had refused to let him
husband's "family status, his nonhomosexuality, his con-
make the last five, although he has prepared songs for
formity and therefore (his) predictability."
them.
-By Jennings Parrott
UP-090
R B
CORRE SPONDE NT S:
NEXT WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE: PRESIDENT FORD WILL FOREGO THE
TRADITIONAL LABOR DAY CAMPAIGN KICKOFF NEXT WEEK, OPTING INSTEAD TO
STAY IN THE WASHINGTON AREA WHERE HE WILL HAVE PLENTY TO DO AS CHIEF
EXECUTIVE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED HIS HEW SECRETARY TO PUSH THE
STILL -FALTERING NAT IO NAL SWINE FLU VACCINE PROGRAM. FORD HAD HOPED
ENOUGH VACCINE TO INO CULATE EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN AMERICA
WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND READY FOR DISTRIBUTION EARLY THIS MONTH.
ANOTHER MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE PRESIDENT IS THE RECENT
REVELATION THAT FBI DIRECTOR CLARENECE KELLEY RECEIVED HOME
IMPROVEMENTS AND GIFTS FROM THE AGENCY. FORD IS STUDYING A REPORT ON
THE MATTER FROM KELLEY'S BOSS, ATTORNEY GENERAL EDWARD LEVI. FORD HAS
BEEN QUOTED BY WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY RON NESSEN AS HAVING
" OO MPLETE CONFIDENCE" IN KELLEY.
FORD CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONSULT WITH ANOTHER CAB INET MEMBER DURING
THE WEEK WHEN SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER RETURNS FROM HIS MEETINGS
IN EUROPE WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN VORSTER.
CO NGRESS RETURNS TO WORK NEXT WEEK AFTER A LABOR DAY RECESS AND
SOME OF FORD'S PET BILLS ARE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CHAMBERS
TOWARD FINAL PASSAGE. THE REVENUE SHAR ING BILL MAY RECEIVE FINAL
ACTION IN THE SENATE BY NEXT FRIDAY. THE MASSIVE TAX BILL ILL IS
BEFORE THE HO USE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN AL ULLMAN HAS
SAID THE BILL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NEXT WEEK AND REACH THE HOUSE
AND SENATE FLOORS BY THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
FORD HAS AT LEAST ONE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT LINED UP FOR NEXT WEEK.
HE IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS A MEETING OF THE B 'NAI B'RITH ON THURSDAY,
ONE DAY AFTER HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT JIMMY CARTER SPEAKS TO THE
GROUP. FORD WILL FOLLOW IN CARTER'S FOOTSTEPS AGAIN ON EITHER
WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY WHEN HE SPEAKS TO A GROUP OF ROMAN CATHOLIC
BISHOPS TO DISCUSS HIS POSITION ON ABORTION.
FORD WILL BE REUNITED WITH HIS WIFE, BETTY, ON SUNDAY EVENING. THE
FIRST LADY, WHO STAYED OVER IN VAIL, COLO., IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN
WASHINGTON ABOUT 7 P.M. THE FORDS' DAUGHTER, SUSAN, AND BETTY WILL BE
ACTIVE IN THE WASHINGTON AREA NEXT WEEK. BETTY MEETS ON TIESDAY WITH
THE WIFE OF THE ITALIAN PRESIDENT TO RE CE IVE A PORTRAIT OF THOMAS
JEFFERSON. SUSAN WILL RIDE IN A HORSEDRAWN CARRIAGE ON MONDAY IN THE
WASHINGTON COUNTY BICENTENNIAL PARADE IN HAGERSTOWN, MD.
WHILE NOT INVOLVED WITH HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE,
FORD THE CANDIDATE CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPEND SO ME TIME MEET ING WITH
HIS CAMPAIGN STRATEGISTS AND BONING UP FOR HIS DEBATES WITH CARTER --
THE FIRST OF WHICH OCCURS ON SEPT. 23. THE PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE
HAS BOUGHT TELEVISION TIME TO SHOW AN ED ITED RERUN OF THE PRESIDENT'S
KANSAS CITY ACCEPTANCE SPEE CH AT 8:30 P.M. TUESDAY ON CBS.
UPI 09-03 03:30 PED
UP-071
(BETTY)
VAIL, COLO. (UPI) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD SAYS LIFE AT HER
VACATION HOME IS CALMER SINCE THE PRESIDENT'S DEPARTURE AND SHE PLANS
TO ENJOY THE PEACE UNT IL SHE BEGINS CAMPAIGNING SATURDAY.
"IT CERTAINLY IS A LOT QUIETER AROUND HERE WHEN HE IS NOT HERE,"
SHE SAID, COMMENTING ON THE LACK OF REPORTERS. MRS. FORD STROLLED
T MROUGH THE VILLAGE MONDAY, SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND ATTRACTING LITTLE
ATTENTION.
FORD LEFT SUNDAY AFTER A 10-DAY WORKING VACATION. MRS. FORD, STILL
RECOVERING FROM A FLARE UP OF HER OSTEOARTHRITIS, STAYED TO REST FOR
THE CAMPAIGN.
PAIN FROM HER NE CK CAUSED MRS. FORD TO CUT THE AUTOGRAPH SESSION
SHORT, ALTHOUGH A SECRET SERVICE AGENT PROVIDED A PAD TO MAKING
SIGNING EASIER.
"YOU NE VER GET TIRED OF SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS," SHE SAID. MRS. FORD
ALSO STOPPED AT HER HUSBAND'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS BEFORE RETURNING
HOME.
HER PRESS SECRETARY, SHE ILA WEIDENFELD, SAID THE FIRST LADY WAS
RECEIVING HOT PACKS AND MASSAGE TREATMENTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS FOR
HER NECK PAIN.
UPI 08-31 02:27 PED
-0-
VAIL, COLO. (UPI) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD, CLAD IN A MOLE-SKIN
JUMPSUIT, HIGHLIGHTED A PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP OF YOUNG SINGERS
THURSDAY, JOINING THE CHOR US IN A SNAKE DANCE AND THEN LINKING ARMS
WITHTHEM IN A MODIFIED KICK AND SHUFFLE.
MRS. FORD WAS THE SPECIAL GUEST OF THE "UP WITH PEOPLE" SINGERS AT
AN OUTDOOR CONCERT.
THE FIRST LADY, WHO STILL IS ON VACATION FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE
OF HER FAMILY LAST WEEK, JO INED THE SINGERS IN THEIR RENDITION OF THE
BELGIAN FOLK TUNE, "ANNA MARITA."
MRS. FORD WAS INVITED TO ATTEND THE GROUP'S CONCERT WHEN SHE MET
SOME OF ITS MEMBERS ON A WALK THROUGH TOWN EARLIER IN THE DAY.
UPI 09-03 10:55 AED
UP-151
(BETTY)
VAIL (UPI) -- BETTY FORD'S CHRONIC NECK AILMENT HAS FLARED UP
AGAIN, APPARENTLY FROM TOO MUCH SOCIAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITY HERE.
SHEILA RABB WE IDENFELD, THE FIRST LADY'S PRE SS SECRETARY, SAID
MRS. FORD "STAYED TOO LONG IN THE COOL MOUNTAIN AIR AT A PICNIC WITH
FRIENDS" YESTERDAY EVENING ON THE VAIL MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.
MRS. FORD AL SO TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN A TOUCH FOOTBALL GAME
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FAMILY'S SECRET SERVICE AGENTS. SHE
BENT DOWN TO CENTER THE BALL, CLAPPED HER HANDS AND SHOWED NO SIGNS
OF ANY PAIN.
SHE ALSO PUT ON A FLOOR SHOW WITH A MEMBER OF THE INK SPOT S MONDAY
NIGHT AT A LOCAL DISCOTHEQUE.
WITH NURSES AND DOCTORS ON THE WHITE HOUSE DETAIL, MRS. FORD HAS
BEEN GETTING REGULAR HOT PACK TREATMENTS AND MASSAGE.
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HERE A FEW DAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT
DEPARTS SUNDAY FOR WASHINGTON WITH A STAFF AT WEST YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK IN MONTANA.
UPI 08-26 05 :36 PED
N010
R
FORD
BY FRANK CORMIER
VAIL, COLO. (AP) -- PRESIDENT FORD IS CONTINUING A RELAXED VACATION
SCHEDULE THAT WAS CRITICIZED BY HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE
BEFORE HE WAS CHOSEN FOR THE SECOND SPOT ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
PRESS SECRETARY RON NESSEN SAID FORD WOULD CONTINUE TO MIX WHITE
HOUSE CHORES WITH ATHLETICS AT LEAST FOR TODAY, BUT IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN TAKING PART IN CAMPAIGN-STRATEGY SESSIONS WITH HIS ADVISERS
TUESDAY.
NESSEN REPORTED THAT CONFERENCES ON THE CAMPAIGN ALREADY ARE
UNDERWAY AMONG ADVISERS, ALTHOUGH FORD HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY
MAJOR WAY.
LAST WEEK, BEFORE FORD SELECTED HIM AS HIS RUNNING MATE, SEN. ROBERT
DOLE OF KANSAS MET WITH EDITORS OF TIME MAGAZINE, WHICH QUOTED HIM IN
THIS WEEK'S EDITION AS CRITICIZING PLANS FOR THE VAIL STAY.
'WITH EIGHT WEEKS TO GO, HE (FORD) HAS TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE,'
DOLE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING. WITH HIM GOING TO VAIL FOR A WEEK,
THAT'S 15 PER CENT OF IT DOWN THE DRAIN.''
DOLE'S PRESS SECRETARY, JANET ANDERSON, WHO ATTENDED THE SESSION
WITH THE MAGAZINE EDITORS, SAID SUNDAY NIGHT THAT THE QUOTES
'APPEARED ACCURATE.'
NESSEN RESPONDED BY SAYING, ''THE PRESIDENT IS NOT WASTING HIS TIME.
THIS WILL BE A VERY PRODUCTIVE WEEK IN THE CAMPAIGN.''
MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER WEEKEND DEVELOPMENT, FORMER TEXAS GOV. JOHN
CONNALLY REPORTEDLY TURNED DOWN A FORD REQUEST TO BECOME CHAIRMAN OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IT IS TOO LATE
FOR FORD TO OVERCOME JIMMY CARTER'S LEAD IN THE PRESIDENTIAL POLLS.
THAT REPORT IN THE SUNDAY DALLAS TIMES HERALD SAID THAT CONNALLY DID
NOT WANT TO BE BLAMED FOR A REPUBLICAN LOSS IN NOVEMBER.
MRS. FORD ENTERTAINED DESPITE A PAINFUL FLARE-UP OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
IN HER NECK AND ARMS. SHE SEEMED IN DISCOMFORT WHEN ACCOMPANYING HER
HUSBAND TO LUTHERAN SERVICES. AFTERWARDS, AN AIDE QUOTED HER AS
SAYING, ''I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER'' FOLLOWING A MASSAGE AND HEAT
TREATMENTS.
08-23-76 09:03EDT
UP-014
(FORD)
BY HELEN THOMAS)
VAIL, COLO. (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD BEGINS TO MAP HIS FALL
CAMPAIGN THIS WEEK, INCLUDING WHAT WHITE HOUSE SOURCES SAID SA WAS FOUR
NAT ATIONALLY-TELEVISED DEBATES WITH JIMMY CARTER.
THE PRESIDENT SPENT THE WEEKEND PLAYING GOLF AND TENNIS AND,
ACCORDING TO PRESS SECRETARY RON NESSEN, PLANS TO "TAKE IT EASY FOR
ONE MORE DAY".
THAT DECISION DREW CRITICISM FROM HIS RUNNING MATE, SEN. ROBERT
DOLE, R-KAN. IN A TIME MAGAZINE INTERVIEW, DOLE SAID OF THE
PRESIDENT, "WITH EIGHT WEEKS TO GO, HE HAS TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE. I
DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DO MUCH ELSE BUT GO TO GEORGIA THE FIRST DAY
AFTER THE CONVENT ION AND WORK YOUR WAY UP. WITH HIM GOING TO VAIL FOR
A WEEK -- THAT'S 15 PER CENT DOWN THE DRAIN."
"IT"S GO ING TO BE A VERY PRODUCTIVE WEEK," NESSEN RESPONDED. "WAIT
'TIL YOU SEE WHO IS ON THE SCHEDULE."
TWO CAMPAIGN DEPUTIES, STUART SPENCER AND JAMES BAKER, WERE
ARRIVING. FORD'S CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, ROGERS MORTON, WAS ALREADY IN
VAIL.
SOURCES SAID DURING THE WEEK, FORD WOULD BE BEEFING UP HIS
CAMPAIGN TEAM, PROBABLY ELEVATING BAKER TO A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE.
THEY SAID MORTON WILL STAY ON.
DOLE SAW THE CAMPAIGN GROUP AS A PROBLEM. "I HAVEN'T MET A PER SON
IN THE CAMPAIGN YET THAT HAS A BROAD VIEW," HE TOLD TIME. "JERRY FORD
IS A VERY DECENT, HONEST, OPEN PRESIDENT. HE JUST ISN'T THE TYPE OF
GUY TO GO AROUND KNOCKING HEADS TOGETHER. BUT THE PRESIDENT'S GOT TO
DO IT
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT ROG MORTON WANTS TO DO. BUT THERE IS SO ME TALK
OF JOHN CONNALLY COMING IN AND JIM LYNN'S NAME HAS BEEN TOSSED ABOUT.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN SO ME TALK ABOUT SO ME OF THE REAGAN PEOPLE. I KNOW
FORD WOULDN'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYONE, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE THE
ELECTION EITHER."
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD WORSHIPPED YESTERDAY AT THE VAIL
INTERFAITH CHAPEL. THE FIRST LADY, SUFFERING FROM A PAINFUL FLARE UP
OF HER OSTEOARTHRITIC NECK CONDITION, WALKED STIFFLY AND WAS STEAD IED
BY THE PRESIDENT. SHE HAD ABOUT TWO HOURS OF SUNBATHING BEFORE
HOLDING A DINNER PARTY FOR 16 GUESTS, MOST OF THEM FRIENDS WITH HOMES
IN VAIL.
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Mrs. Ford Feels Better, Aide Says
VAIL, Colo. (P)-First Lady Betty Ford, suffering from
arthritic pains in the neck and shoulder, was reported
"much better" Monday by her press secretary. Sheila
Rabb Weidenfeld.
Mrs. Weidenfeld said Mrs. Ford received additional
therapy, including a massage and heat packs, and sunned
by the swimming pool at the home the Fords are renting
here-during a nine-day working vacation.
The First Lady felt well enough to entertain 14 guests
at dinner Sunday night and she joined the President and
several friends for dinner at a Vail restaurant Monday.
Dr. William Lukash, the President's physician, said he
expected the pain to vanish later in the week as Mrs.
Ford relaxes.
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VAIL (UPI) -- THE BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS BETTY FORD HAS BEEN
TAKING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WILL END IN OCTOBER, HER DOCTOR SAID
YESTERDAY.
WILLIAM LUKASH, THE WHITE HO USE PHYSICIAN, SAID THERE HAS BEEN NO
RECURRENCE OF CANCER AND so DOCTORS WILL WIND UP THE CHEMOTHERAPY THE
FIRST LADY HAS UNDERGO NE SINCE HER BREAST CANCER SURGERY ON SEPT. 28,
1974.
MRS. FORD LEARNED SHE HAD CANCER A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER
PRESIDENT FORD TOOK OFFICE. SHE HAD HER RIGHT BREAST REMOVED IN AN
OPERATION AT BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL.
HOWEVER, MRS. FORD HAS BEEN SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE
FLAREUP OF A CHRONIC OSTEOARTHRITIC NECK AILMENT SINCE SHE ARRIVED IN
VAIL LAST FRIDAY. MRS. FORD, 59, HAD A RECURRENCE OF HER 13-YEAR -OLD
PINCHED NERVE CONDITION A WEEK AGO. IT WAS AGGRAVATED AT THE GOP
NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHERE SHE WAS CONSTANTLY IN THE SPOTL IGHT,
WAVING AND LIFT ING HER ARMS.
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BY RICHARD H. GROWALD)
VAIL, COLO. (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD'S POLITICAL STRATEGISTS BEGAN
PLANNING MONDAY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE BATTLE WITH JIMMY CARTER, AND ONE
AIDE SAID RUNNING MATE ROBERT DOLE WILL FIND PLENTY OF WORK TO DO
WHEN HE ARRIVES.
WHITE HO USE CHIEF OF STAFF RICHARD CHENEY MUSTERED FORD 'S
POLITICAL ADVISERS FOR THEIR FIRST FORMAL CONFERENCE ON PLANNING THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH CARTER, NAMING CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS AND
DECIDING TACTICS FOR THE RACE.
FORD DIVIDED HIS TIME BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL BUSINESS, GOLF,
SWIMMING AND TENNIS, AFTER DECIDING TO JOIN THE TALKS TUESDAY WHEN
MORE OF HIS CAMPAIGN STRATEGISTS HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS ROCKY MOUNTAIN
RESORT.
PRESS SECRETARY RON NESSEN, UNSHAVEN AND CASUALLY DRESSED IN A
T -SHIRT, WAS ASKED BY REPORTERS ABOUT A TIME MAGAZINE STORY WHICH
QUOTED SEN. DOLE AS SAYING THE PRESIDENT WAS WASTING TIME IN VAIL
WHEN HE SHOULD BE CAMPAIGNING.
"IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WORK HERE, AS SEN.
DOLE WILL FIND OUT WHEN HE GETS HERE," NESSEN REPLIED.
ASKED ABOUT A NEWSPAPER REPORT THAT FORMER TEXAS GOV. JOHN
CONNALLY SAID THE PRE SIDENT WOULD LOSE TO CARTER NOV. 2, NESSEN
DECLARED, "THE PRESIDENT THINKS HE WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER."
IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS THAT FORD HAD OFFERED CONNALLY THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE GOP NAT IO NAL IO COMMITTEE, NESSEN SAID: "THE
PRESIDENT DISCUSSED WITH CONNALLY IN KANSAS CITY A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR
HIM IN THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDING A POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE REPUBLICAN
NAT IO NAL COMMITTEE."
DOLE WAS EXPECTED IN VAIL LATER THIS WEEK AFTER SUBSTITUTING FOR
FORD AT AN AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION IN SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY.
NESSEN SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER CONNALLY ALSO WOULD TRAVEL HERE.
THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE BETTY CONTINUED TO RE ST AND RECEIVE HOT PACK
TREATMENT FOR HER AILING BACK, STRAINED DURING THE GO P CONVENTION.
FRIENDS SAID SHE STILL HAD A SMALL ARTHRITIC NO PE ON HER BACK.
SHE ILA RABB WE IDENFELD, HER PRESS SECRETARY, QUOTED THE FIRST LADY
AS SAYING, "I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER." SHE SAID MRS. FORD MIGHT GO
SWIMMING, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.
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VAIL, COLO. (UPI) -- BETTY FORD WAS FEELING "MUCH BETTER" MONDAY
ALTHOUGH STILL SUFFERING FROM HER CHRONIC ARTHRITIC NE CK A AILMENT.
BUT SHE HAS GOOD NEWS FROM DR. WILLIAM LUKASH, THE WHITE HOUSE
PHYSICIAN, WHO SAID THAT THE CHEMOTHERAPY SHE HAS BEEN UNDERGO ING FOR
TWO YEARS WILL END ON SCHEDULE IN OCTOBER.
MRS. FORD UNDERWENT BREAST CANCER SURGERY ON SEPT. 28, 1974, AND
SINCE THEN HAS BEEN TAKING TREATMENTS EVERY FIVE OR SIX WEEKS.
HER CHRONIC 13-YEAR-OLD PINCHED NERVE AILMENT IN HER NECK HAS BEEN
ACTING UP AGAIN, AGGRAVATED BY ALL OF HER ARM AND HAND MOVEMENTS
WHILE SHE WAS IN THE FAMILY BOX AT THE REPUBLICAN NAT IO NAL IO CONVENTION
IN KANSAS CITY, MO.
SHE WAS BEING GIVEN REGULAR HOT PACK TREATMENTS AND DAILY MASSAGES
BY A WHITE HOUSE NURSE.
SHE GAVE A DINNER PARTY SUNDAY EVENING AT THEIR LEASED VAIL VILLA
BUT WENT TO BED BEFORE ALL THE GUESTS HAD DEPARTED.
SHIELA RABB WEIDENFELD, THE FIRST LADY'S PRESS SECRETARY, WAS
ASKED ABOUT A TIME MAGAZINE REPORT QUOTING MRS. FORD AS SAYING THAT
NANCY REAGAN "JUST FELL APART AT THE SEAMS" WHEN SHE MET RONALD
REAGAN.
MRS. WEIDENFELD SAID SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER THE FIRST LADY SAYING
THAT ABOUT MRS. REAGAN BUT EXPLAINED THAT MRS. FORD DID MAKE SO ME
REMARKS IN CONNECTION WITH MRS. REAGAN'S STATEMENTS AGAINST THE EQUAL
RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
MRS. E IDENFELD SAID THAT MRS. FORD SAID SHE "COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW MRS. REAGAN COULD NOT SUPPORT THE ERA BECAUSE SHE HAD HELD A
PROFESSIONAL POSITION BEFORE SHE GOT MARRIED."
MRS. FORD HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE OF ERA AND MAINTAINS THAT IT
WOULD BE A BOON FOR BOTH WOMEN WHO WORK AS WELL AS HOMEMAKERS.
MRS. WEIDENFELD ALSO DENIED THERE WAS A "FEUD" BETWEEN MRS. FORD
AND MRS. REAGAN WHICH OTHER OBSERVORS SAID BROKE INTO THE OPEN AT THE
GOP CONVENTION.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- BETTY FORD, CRITICAL OF NANCY REAGAN FOR OPPOSING
THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, SAID IN A TIME MAGAZINE INTERVIEW, "I
JUST THINK WHEN NANCY MET RONNIE THAT WAS IT AS FAR AS HER OWN LIFE
WAS CONCERNED."
BUT MRS. REAGAN SAID SHE DISLIKES BEING TAGGED AS A HOMEBODY WHO
DEFERS TO HER HUSBAND.
THE TWO WOMEN, WIVES OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND
HIS UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGER, DISCUSSED THE CAMPAIGN IN INTERVIEWS
PUBLISHED SUNDAY BY THE MAGAZINE.
MRS. FORD WAS QUOTED AS SAYING SHE BELIEVES MRS. REAGAN ''JUST FELL
APART AT THE SEAMS'' WHEN SHE MET RONALD REAGAN.
MRS. REAGAN, ADMITTING THAT THE BRUTALITY OF POLITICS WAS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR HER TO HANDLE, SAID SHE NEVERTHELESS SPEAKS OUT ON THE
ISSUES.
'WHEN I FIRST WENT INTO POLITICS, I WAS CONSTANTLY GETTING MY
FEELINGS HURT,' SHE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING. ''IF SOMEBODY KNOWS A WAY
TO MAKE IT FEEL LESS PAINFUL, I WISH THEY'D TELL ME.''
MRS. FORD SAID HER HUSBAND'S CAMPAIGN WORKERS ''WERE NOT ORGANIZED
EARLY ENOUGH AND WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BLAME,
MAYBE THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF.''
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Saturday, September 4, 1976
Personalities
A 68-year-old former FBI clerk has written a
book called "FBI Woman" in which she claims she
and J. Edgar Hoover were once engaged to be
married but that she returned his ring after an
argument in his office.
Mrs. Blonde Fowler, a divorcee who worked in
Washington from 1943 to 1952 and now lives in
Jacksonville, Fla,, says she decided to tell her story
because "I kept hearing all this dirt about Hoover,
especially about homosexuality."
"I have no proof-just the memories and a
couple of scars," she said.
Their names are Bob Rich and Nat Gottlieb but
they look like Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford,
respectively.
So much so that the National Lampoon, the
humor magazine, has named them the winners
in a Carter-Ford look-alike contest. Rich, 34, and
Gottlieb, 56, are both New Yorkers.
Television personality Ed McMahon has been
granted permission by a judge to sell his $200,000
beach-front house in Avalon, N.J., to pay off busi-
ness debts. McMahon's former wife and four chil-
dren filed suit last week to block the sale of the
house but the judge ruled that the children could
live "at their own expense or with their mother
in another house."
Princess Grace of Manaco has criticized film-
makers for producing violent and pornographic
films. The 46-year-old princess says that producers
should impose their own censorship. She says she
finds the change in films since she left Hollywood
20 years ago "quite startling."
First Lady Betty Ford winds up a two-week vaca-
tion in the Rockies today. She completed a back-
log of correspondence and highlighted a perform-
ance by a group of young singers at an outdoor
concert in Vail, Colo., by joining the chorus in a
snake dance and linking arms with them for a
modified kick and shuffle.
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Bob Rich, winner of the National Lam-
poon's Jimmy Carter look-alike contest, with
Geruld Ford double Nat Gottlieb, top; be
low, Betty ord joins a snake dance at Vail,
Colo.
Ford's Sta
This Week
By Edward Walsh
Washington Post Staff Writer
VAIL, Colo., Aug. 21 - A few
weeks ago, a political aide to Presi-
dent Ford was asked about strategy
for the fall campaign. There were two
options.
One called for Mr. Ford to be
"presidential," sticking close to the
White House, traveling only to give
maiór speeches on his vision for
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Ford Relaxes, Watches 8/22/76
Over Betty's If Recovery
VAIL, Colo. (UPI) President Ford
played golf Saturday, planning to open
The economy 3 and President
strategy sessions today or Monday on
Ford's chief economic adviser -
his election campaign and watching
loom large in the battle for the
over the recovery of his wife Betty who
presidency: Page 6A.
was reported "really hurting
Turning from thetoric to
'We'll start strategy planning Sunday
strategy, Ford casts an admiring
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Personalities
It wasn't because NBC's conscious-
Zubin Melita conducts both the Los
"Toward New Human Rights," it will
ness had been raised, but because of a
Angeles and Israel Philharmonics, but
be held in Austin Sept. 12-16.
contract requirement that the net-
usually not at the same time.
work made Barbara Walters co-host of
the "Today" show in 1974.
On: Wednesday, however, he will
First Lady Betty Ford continued to
Walters, interviewing herself in the
lead both orchestras without even get-
rest and receive hot pack treatments
current Ladies Home Journal, said
ting on a plane. The 210 musicians
for her cronic arthritis yesterday in
Vail, Colo, White House aides said
her contract had provided that if
will combine for a special Bicenten-
she was "feeling much better." And
Frank McGee ever left the program,
nial concert at Hollywood Bowl. So
daughter Susan, who is sharing her
she would become co-host. No one
prano Beverly Sills will join the
parents' vacation, was photographed
dreamed at the time, of course; that
group in the pension fund benefit.
with Vail ski instructors Tom Tracy
McGee would die 50 young.
And for once, Berlioz' "Symphonie
and Arvin Kasparatis.
The relationship with McGee didn't
Fantastique" will be performed as
always run smoothly, either, she
written: for 130 strings, 32 woodwinds,
Madame Chiang Kai-shek has flown
added. He had had an agreement with
32 bass, four harps, and so on.
to New York from Taipei to continue
NBC that let him choose which inter-
treatment for an undisclosed illness.
views he wanted to do, so that often
she was left out of important political
Lady Bird Johnson, the former First
Lady, posed for pictures last night
Upward of 1,000 fans flocked to a
interviews.
with her son-in-law Charles S. Robb,
Hollywood cemetery yesterday to
As far as the public knew, she
who is said to be on the verge of en-
mark the 50th anniversary of the
said, "Frank and I had a very compati-
tering politics in Virginia. Mrs. John
death of silent film star Rudolph
ble relationship. NBC never doubted
that I would accept this role which
son made no comment on whether
Valentino.
was not only secondary but submis-
Robb, husband of Lynda Bird Johnson
sive, and yet, even at this time I was
Robb, should seek the Democratic
This story starts during World War
considered by many to be too aggres-
nomination for lieutenant governor
II, when Russian actress Zoya Fyodo-
but she doubtless figured that a photo-
rova was romanced by an American
sive."
graph with his famous mother-in-law
admiral, Jackson Tate, a scandal that
would do him no harm.
expelled him from the Soviet Union
Photographers caught Bianca Jag.
Mrs. Johnson was in town for a
and brought her eight years in prison.
ger actually kissing someone who
Last year her daughter, Victoria,
United Press International
joint meeting of representatives of
wasn't Mick, at London's Heathrow
the John F. Kennedy Library, to be
came to America to see her American
Airport.
Tom Tracy, left, Susan Ford and
built near Boston, and the Lyndon
father, One thing led to another, and
Record company executive Barry
Baines Johnson Library in Austin,
she met and married airline pilot
Arvin Kasparatis.
Cross shouted, "If you take pictures
Téxas. The presidential libraries, to-
Fred Puoy. In May they had a son,
there'll be trouble," and swung a
gether with the University of Texas at
Christopher.
home to Russia this week talking of a
briefcase at one photographer. Cross
Austin, are sponsoring a symposium
So this summer, the 64-year-old
"beautiful, wonderful country that I
was described as a friend who had
evaluating the domestic programs of
grandmother came to Connecticut to
will remember always."
flown with Mrs. Jagger from New
the administrations of Presidents
visit the whole family: Tate, Victoria,
York.
Kennedy
and
Johnson.
Titled
Fred and Christopher. Fyodorova flew
Michael Kernan
Sunday, August 22, 1976
The Washington Star
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Ford's Priority:
Round of Golf
In Colorado
By Fred Barnes
Washington Star Staff Writer
VAIL, Colo.- President Ford has put off politi-
cal strategy sessions until tomorrow or Tuesday in
order to, in his words, "get the kinks out" after the
arduous struggle to defeat Ronald Reagan for the
Republican presidential nomination.
What this means is golf. Upon arriving here
Friday for a vacation of a week or more, the
President quickly got in nine holes at the Vail
municipal golf course.
It was 18 holes yesterday, with Ford taking a
"mulligan" on the first hole after his first tee shot
went awry, and he was expected to play 18 more
today.
The President was under orders to take it easy
after the wearying rigors of the Kansas City con-
vention, and the White House doctor, Rear Adm.
William L. Lukash, said Mrs. Ford was suffering
some "real discomfort." She has suffered for
years from a pinched nerve in her neck and may
have irritated the condition during the convention
by raising her arms in victory signs and waving to
well-wishers.
"SHE WAS REALLY tired yesterday," Ford
said, "but she'll be better now that she's getting
some rest."
Only two members of his inner circle of political
advisers are in Vail with the President so far -
campaign chairman Rogers C.B. Morton and
Richard Cheney, White House chief of staff.
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DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1976
Betty Looks may WBW Tired, in Pain
Doc Blames Arthritis, Convention Rigors
By JEFFREY ANTEVIL
dent had directed that his vicè presidential nominee,
Of The News Washington Bureau
Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, be given briefings by
Vail, Colo, Aug. 22 - President Ford
government officials on national security, domestic
went to church this morning with his wife,
and economic issues.
Betty, who appeared tired and in some pain
Dole will be briefed tomorrow in Washington by
after the strains of the Republican National
CIA Director George Bush and by William Hyland,
deputy director of the National Security Council.
Convention.
Bush has given similar briefings to Democratic nomi-
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Monday, August 23, 1976
Associated Press
The President assists Mrs. Ford as they leave Vail chapel after services. Behind them is daughter Susan.
No Firm Commitments Made
Ford, Staff Eye 4 Debates With Carter
VAIL, Colo. Aug. 22 (UPI) - Presi- val has been named the liaison from
face was puffy and the President
dent Ford and his political advisers the Ford camp to make debate ar
steadied her with an arm when she
on a possible series of four
des
rangements with Carter aides and the
swayed a bit on the church steps
FIRST LADY TIRED PAINED BY ARTHRITIS
Fords Celebrate Christmas in August
VAIL, Colo. (P)-President and Mrs. Ford, hereneck
pained by an arthritis flareup, sang Christmas carols in
church Sunday, commemorating a turn-of-the-century ad-
venture in which à group of Western travelers celebrated
the day because they thought they would not survive a
freak August snowstorm.
"Maybe celebrating Christmas in August might help us
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Betty Ford gives 5-year-old Lance Schober a seat on her lap
during UP With People concert in Vail, Colo. The first lady was
spending a few more days of leisure in the Colorado resort before
retruning to the campaign trail and Washington today. The Presi-
dent will formally kick off his campaign during week of Sept. 13th.
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Betty snaps back>
With or without a helmet, the First Fam-
ily is high on football. Jerry, of course,
was Most Valuable Player at Michigan,
and wife Betty, while on vacation in
Vail, Colo., proved she was no slouch
at center herself (even though she has
to block out chronic arthritis). The OC-
casion was a touch football game
between "his" and "her" Secret Ser-
vice details. Once the action began,
Betty rose from her three-point stance
and stayed on the sidelines as coach-
cheerleader for her boys. But neither
her encouragement, her sassing of the
referees nor the case of Gatorade she
provided helped her team. The Pres-
ident's men were the victors, 12-6.
Wayne gets a double<
The Los Angeles Dodger Stadium has
Peopletes/76
seen better teams, but none with such
a luminous lineup. Playing the local
sports reporters were the Hollywood
Stars, including Pat Boone, Ed Asner,
Tony Orlando and (at left) Wayne
Rogers of TV's City of Angels. As bat
persons Darlene Carr, of The Streets
of San Francisco, and Deidre Hall
(right), of the soaper Days of Our Lives,
can attest, Wayne can go to his left and
his right. How about one down the mid-
die? Confessed Rogers, "I whiffed."
Nonetheless, his team won 5-2.
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'UP WITH PEOPLE'
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First Lady Betty Ford, vacationing in Vail, Colo., also got in on the singing. Mrs. Ford, resting up for the
strolled into Vail Village yesterday and immediately
President's coming election campaign, stayed behind
became involved in an outdoor "Up With People" con-
some days ago when the chief executive returned to
cert- right up to joining in on the snake dancing. She Washington.
-0- VAIL, COLO. (UPI) FIRST LADY BETTY FORD, CLAD IN A SINGERS MOLE-SKIN MOLE
THURSDAY, JOINING THE CHOR US IN A SNAKE DANCE AND THEN LINKING ARMS
JUMPSUIT, HIGHL IGHTED A PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP OF YOUNG
WITH THEM IN A MODIFIED KICK AND SHUFFLE.
MRS. FORD WAS THE SPECIAL GUEST OF THE "UP WITH PEOPLE" SINGERS AT
AN OUTDOOR CONCERT.
THE FIRST LADY, WHO STILL IS ON VACATION FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE
OF HER FAMILY LAST WEEK, JOINED THE SINGERS IN THEIR REND IT ION OF THE
BELGIAN FOLK TUNE, "ANNA MARITA."
MRS. FORD WAS INVITED TO ATTEND THE GROUP'S CONCERT WHEN SHE MET
SOME OF ITS MEMBERS ON A WALK THROUGH TOWN EARLIER IN THE DAY.
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Betty Ford continued to rest
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ent
co-
and receive hot-pack treat-
er.
ments today for her chronic
arthritic neck ailment. Aides
ta-
es
much better.
reported that she was "feeling
on
Dr. William Lukash, the
ed
White House physician, had
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some good news for her. He
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said chemotherapy treatments
she has been undergoing for
two years would end on sched-
ule in Octuber. Mrs. Ford
28, 1974.
breast cancer surgery on Sept.
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