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The original documents are located in Box 28, folder "9/25/76 - Mississippi River Boat
Trip" 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
September 22, 1976
The President's trip to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
Summary Schedule
Saturday, September 25:
4:30 a.m.
Press check-in
5:30 a.m.
Press plane departs Andrews AFB enroute Kenner, LA
6:50 a.m.
President and Mrs. Ford depart South Lawn
7:00 a.m. (CDT)
Press plane arrives New Orleans International Airport
7:10 a.m.
President and Mrs. Ford depart Andrews AFB enroute
New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, LA
7:20 a.m.
Press buses depart airport enroute Lutcher-Vacherie
Ferry Landing
8:30 a.m.
Press buses arrive ferry landing and board the
Natchez IX
10:00 a.m.
The SS Natchez departs landing dock
5:30 p.m.
SS Natchez arrives at the Toulouse Street Wharf,
Jackson Square, New Orleans
Sunday, September 26:
Following church, at approximately 11:30 a.m., the motorcade will
depart New Orleans, stopping briefing in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi;
Gulfport, Mississippi; and will arrive in Biloxi, Mississippi at
approximately 3:15 p.m. There will be full filing facilities and
about a one hour stop.
At approximately 7:30 p.m., the motorcade will arrive at Bates
Field, Mobile, Alabama. Following remarks at Bates Field, the
President will depart enroute Miami, Florida.
The President is expected to arrive at Miami International Airport
at approximately 10:30 p.m. (EDT). The President and the press
corps will overnight at the Marriott Hotel at the airport.
Monday, September 27:
At 11:30 a.m., the President will address the 83rd Annual Conference
of the International Association of Chiefs of Police at the
Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami. Attendance is expected to be in the
area of 4500 people. Following his address, the President will
probably one or two other events in the Miami area, and then depart
for Washington some time between 2 and 3 p.m. This will put us
back into Washington at about 5 or 6 p.m.
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STATE R. FORD LIBRARY
Louisiana
Political
The Almanac of American Politics describes Louisiana
as one of the weakest states in the country for the GOP.
But there are two Republican representatives in the
eight-person delegation.
David Treen, who represents the 3rd District, was
the first GOP member of Congress from Louisiana in the
20th century. Treen, a conservative, had run several
times before he was successful in 1972. Most of the
district is Cajun country with miles. of swamps, but it
also includes some of the almost totally white suburbs
of New Orleans. French is considered the first language
in this area. The Republican Congressional Committee
does not think Treen's opposition is serious.
Henson Moore captured the 6th District seat in 1974,
after incumbent Democrat John Rarick was defeated in the
primary. Actually Moore ran twice against Democrat
Jeff LaCaze, because of voting irregularities. The 6th
includes the capital, Baton Rouge, and surrounding rural
and solidly conservative parishes. (Counties in Louisiana
are parishes, a term dating back to the French influence.)
Moore, an attorney, will be 37 on October 4th. He also
has minimal opposition.
Rarick, whose virulent racism is well-known, is running
as an independent in the 1st District. Rep. F. Edward
Hebert is retiring after 36 years in Congress. The district
includes northern and eastern New Orleans and two parishes
along the Mississippi River. The delta lands of the Mississippi
are communities of French-speaking river pilots and shrimp
fishermen. This is also an area rich in oil with large
offshore deposits. The Republican candidate is attorney
Bob Livingston. He will face the winner of a Democratic
runoff September 25th.
Livingston is a former U.S. attorney and District Attorney
for Orleans Parish. He also is assistant Attorney General for
Louisiana. A Navy veteran, he is 33 years old, married with
three children. His wife's name is Bonnie.
The RCC thinks he could be a winner.
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LIBRARY
Louisiana
Political
The Almanac of American Politics describes Louisiana
as one of the weakest states in the country for the GOP.
But there are two Republican representatives in the
eight-person delegation.
David Treen, who represents the 3rd District, was
the first GOP member of Congress from Louisiana in the
20th century. Treen, a conservative, had run several
times before he was successful in 1972. Most of the
district is Cajun country with miles of swamps, but it
also includes some of the almost totally white suburbs
of New Orleans. French is considered the first language
in this area. The Republican Congressional Committee
does not think Treen's opposition is serious.
Henson Moore captured the 6th District seat in 1974,
after incumbent Democrat John Rarick was defeated in the
primary. Actually Moore ran twice against Democrat
Jeff LaCaze, because of voting irregularities. The 6th
includes the capital, Baton Rouge, and surrounding rural
and solidly conservative parishes. (Counties in Louisiana
are parishes, a term dating back to the French influence.)
Moore, an attorney, will be 37 on October 4th. He also
has minimal opposition.
Rarick, whose virulent racism is well-known, is running
as an independent in the 1st District. Rep. F. Edward
Hebert is retiring after 36 years in Congress. The district
includes northern and eastern New Orleans and two parishes
along the Mississippi River. The delta lands of the Mississippi
are communities of French-speaking river pilots and shrimp
fishermen. This is also an area rich in oil with large
offshore deposits. The Republican candidate is attorney
Bob Livingston. He will face the winner of a Democratic
runoff September 25th.
Livingston is a former U.S. attorney and District Attorney
for Orleans Parish. He also is assistant Attorney General for
Louisiana. A Navy veteran, he is 33 years old, married with
three children. His wife's name is Bonnie.
The RCC thinks he could be a winner.
in
DEPART
FORD
Louisiana Politics, Page Two
The other possible Republican victory is in the
state's most rural district, the 5th. This is Otto
Passman's seat. Passman was defeated in the primary
by dairy operator Jerry Huckaby.
The Republican candidate is Frank Spooner, an
independent oil and gas operator and producer from
Monroe, the district's only urban center. Spooner, 38,
is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He is
married with four children. His wife's name is Mary Louise.
Spooner was a Reagan delegate and vice chairman of
the Louisiana delegation at the National Convention.
This is considered a tough race.
Passman has been in Congress 30 years. The 5th
includes large plantations along the Mississippi and
small hill farms. It has a 35 percent black population.
There is a Republican candidate opposing Rep. John
Breaux in the 7th District. His name is Charles Huff.
He is not considered a strong candidate.
Neither of the two Democratic Senators, Russell Long
or J. Bennett Johnson, is up for re-election.
Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards, a former House
member, was the first Cajun elected in decades. Edwards
is not a Jimmy Carter fan. He has officially endorsed
Carter, but privately he has released his people to work
for the President. Edwards' wife, Elaine, will be on the
boat.
Moon Landieu, the Mayor of New Orleans, will also be
on the boat. Landieu, a Democrat, is active in the League
of Cities. He is considered very liberal.
Issues
Abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment are especially
sensitive topics in Louisiana. The lower part of the state
is about 75 percent Catholic. ERA has been defeated seven
times in the state, and the PFC contact says many of the
President's volunteers are from the anti-ERA forces.
Lousiana Politics, Page Three
There is solid opposition to busing. Louisiana
has a black population of 30 percent.
The PFC contact says amnesty has hurt Carter in
Louisana. Like many Southerners, people in Louisiana
are strong on the military and pro-defense.
Food and architecture are two sources of great
pride in southern Louisiana. With many French and
German descendants, there is a strong ethnic flavor
to the area.
The oil and gas industry is also very important
economically along with fishing and agriculture. Carter's
stand on divesture has not gone down well in Louisiana.
The PFC contact describes the political battle in
Louisiana as being over the Wallace vote. Wallace carried
the state in 1968. Louisiana is fairly typically Southern
conservative on most issues, although less strenuously
opposed to social welfare than other states, because of
the Huey Long influence. Huey has been dead 30 years, but
because of his son's power, the influence is still there.
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Mississippi
Political
Senator John Stennis, 75, is unopposed for re-election.
The Governor, Cliff Finch, is also a Democrat. There are
two Republicans in the five-man House delegation.
Both Republicans are young, married, Baptists, lawyers,
Ole Miss graduates with two children. Thad Cochran, 38,
was first elected in 1972. His district includes the
capital, Jackson, which has a population of 153,000.
His wife's name is Rose. He has opposition, but is
expected to win.
Trent Lott, who represents the 5th District, was also
first elected in 1972. His district includes the Gulf
Coast, where the President will be campaigning. The
5th was Rep. Bill Colmer's district, and Lott was his
administrative assistant. Lott, 33, does have a we
financed opponent. His opposition is a state representative
and a Catholic (the Catholic population in Mississippi is
concentrated along the Coast). Lott's wife's name is
Patricia. Lott is expected to win, but the race could be
tough.
Dorothy Cleveland, 65, is the Republican challenger
to Rep. Sonny Montgomery of the 3rd District. She is not
expected to do well.
Roland Byrd is challenging Rep. David Bowen in the
2nd District. Although Byrd is not expected to win, he
is considered a good candidate, who may run again.
Issues
The sensitive issues in Mississippi are very similar
to Louisiana. Mississippi statistically is the Nation's
poorest state. Unlike the PFC contact in Louisiana, the
Mississippi contact made a point that there were no racial
conflicts in the state. The ugly image Mississippi got in
the 60s has been of deep concern to both races, and there
is genuine pride in having survived the turmoil. Jackson
has busing, but there was a minimum of fuss when it was
BERALD
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implemented several years ago. There are, however, a number
of white private schools in the state.
LIBRARY
Mississippi, Page Two
The beautiful old homes, legacies of the "Old South,"
are very much centers of pride in Mississippi. Spring
pilgrimages, like those in Virginia, are planned for all
year round. The one in Natchez is justifiably one of the
most famous.
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Football
Football is more than a sport in the South, it is
almost a tribal ritual. College football is very much
a part of the social season. I have friends who graduated
from Ole Miss ten years ago, and they still go to almost
every game, both home and away. Most people aren't that
fanatical, but I can't remember a fall in Memphis that
did not include at least a couple of football games and
accompanying parties.
Here's the rundown on pertinent games for this
weekend. Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi, located
in Oxford) plays Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg.
This is a fierce in-state rivalery. Mississippi State
University, the third major state university, will play
the University of Florida at Gainesville.
Louisiana State University (LSU) will be playing
Rice University at Baton Rouge. Tulane University, which
rarely has a decent team, will be playing Boston.
The competition between LSU and Ole Miss is so fierce
that one year the irate losers overturned and burned a
railroad car.
The pro team in New Orleans is the Saints. The
number two quarterback is Archie Manning, a former Ole
Miss star. Archie has had problems with his throwing
arm, but he has lots of fans. The Saints play in the
Super Dome, the world's largest enclosed sports arena.
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LIBRARY
For immediate release
Thursday, September 22, 1976
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
Mrs. Ford will accompany the President to Mississippi and New Orleans
on Saturday, September 25. She will depart New Orleans on Sunday,
September 26 en route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to attend the United
German Societies' Oktoberfest on Sunday afternoon. The festival will
be held in old Heidelberg Park in Glendale and is hosted by the
five Bavarian societies in Milwaukee. Sunday will be the last day
of the six day celebration.
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2:40 Air Reserve -
3:00 carrival at oktoberfed
3:00 Annual
3:30 Actoserfest
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Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TRIP OF THE PRESIDENT TO
LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND
MIAMI, FLORIDA
SEPTEMBER 25 - 27, 1976
PRESS POOLS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1976
PRESS POOL #1 - Air Force One from Washington to New Orleans
International Airport.
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
UPI Audio - Gene Gibbons
UPI - Thomas or Growald
New Orleans Times - Picayune - Foe
UPI Photo - Cancellare
ABC Crew (3) - Hill and Tessem and
AP Photo - Tasnadi
Bauer
New Republic - Osborne
FRESS POOL #2 - Travel pool from airport to Lutcher-Vacherie Ferry
landing, tour of SS NATCHEZ.
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
New Republic - Osborne
UFI - Thomas or Growald
UFI Audio - Gibbons
AP Photo - Tasnadi
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Poe
UPI Fhoto - Cancellare
ABC Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
CBS Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
NBC Crew (2)
U.S. News Fhoto - O'Halloran
ABC Radio Engineer - Bauer
Lighting Technician
PRESS POOL #3 - The Fresident's departure from SS NATCHEZ at Reserve
Ferry Landing and return. (Assemble in Press Center at 10:50 a. m.)
AP - Cormier or Mears or Fett
U.S. News - Mashek
UPI - Thomas or Growald
St. Louis Fost Dispatch - Deakin
AF Photo - Tasnadi
AP Radio - Rodgers
UPI Photo - Cancellare
ABC Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
CBS Crew (2)
2.
Time Photo - Halstead
ABC Radio Engineer - Bawer BEARLD
NBC Crew (2)
FORD
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
Lighting Technician
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1976
PRESS POOL #4 - The President's departure from SS NATCHEZ at
Destrehan Ferry landing, and return aboard SS NATCHEZ. (Gather 1:30 p. n
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
Newsweek - DeFrank
UPI - Thomas or Growald
Toledo Blade - Kane
AP Photo - Tasnadi
Mutual - Boyd
UPI Photo - Cancellare
ABC Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
CBS Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
NBC Crew (2)
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
ABC Radio Engineer - Bauer
Lighting Technician
PRESS POOL #5 - Motorcade from Toulouse Street Wharf to Hyatt Regency
Hotel. (Assemble in front of press scaffold immediately following remarks.
AF - Cormier or Mears or Pett
Time - Ogden
UPI - Thomas or Growald
Baltimore Sun - Dobbin
AF Photo - Tasnadi
ABC Correspondent - Compton
UPI Photo - Cancellare
ABC Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
CBS Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
NBC Crew (2)
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
ABC Radio Engineer - Bauer
Lighting Technician
PRESS POOL #6 - Travel from Hyatt Regency to restaurant,
return from restaurant to Hyatt Regency. (Assemble
at 7:30 p.m. in press center)
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
New Republic - Osborne
UPI - Growald or Thomas
Columbus Dispatch - Embrey
AP Photo - Tasnadi
NBC Correspondent
UPI Photo - Cancellare
ABC Crew (3) - Hill and Tessem and
Lighting Technician
Bauer
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1976
PRESS POOL #7 - Travel from Hyatt Regency to St. Louis Cathedral,
writers only in cathedral, and return to Hyatt Regency.
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
U.S. News - Mashek
UPI - Thomas or Growald
CBS Correspondent
A.P Photo - Tasnadi
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New York Post - Lang
UPI Photo - Cancellare
CBS Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
ABC Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
NBC Crew (2)
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
CBS Radio Engineer - Perkins
Lighting Technician
(MORE)
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1976
Fress Pool # 8 - Travel from Hyatt Regency, New Orleans to Bay St. Louis,
to Gulfport, to Biloxi, luncheon at Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant,
and travel to Mavar's Cannery. (Assemble at Hyatt Regency motorcade
at 11:10 a. m.)
AP - Cormier or Mears or Fett
Time - Cloud
UFI - Thomas or Growald
ABC Correspondent
AP Photo - Tasnadi
Knight-Ridder - Eisele
UPI Photo - Cancellare
CBS Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo -McNamee
ABC Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
NBC Crew (2)
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
CBS Radio Engineer - Perkins
Lighting Technician
PRESS POOL #9 - Tour of Mavar's Cannery, travel from Biloxi to Fascagoula,
travel to Bates Field, Mobile, Alabama. (Assemble press area at conclusio
of remarks.)
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
New Republic - Osborne
UPI - Thomas or Growald
NBC Correspondent
AP Photo - Tasnadi
New York Times - Naughton
UPI Photo - Cancellare
CBS Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
ABC Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
NBC Crew (2)
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
CBS Radio Engineer - Perkins
Lighting Technician
PRESS POOL #10 - Air Force One from Mobile to Miami International, and
travel to Marriott Hotel. (Gather at front of press area upon conclusion
of remarks to proceed to Air Force One.)
AP - Cormier or Mears of Pett
Christian Science Monitor - Sperling
UPI - Thomas or Growald
CBS Correspondent - Pierpoint
AP Photo - Tasnadi
CBS Crew (3) - Bargamian and Gerlach
UPI Photo - Cancellare
and Perkins
Newsweek - DeFrank
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1976
PRESS POOL #11 - Travel from Marriott Hotel to Fontainebleau Hotel, travel
Villa Maria Nursing and Retirement Center, tour of Center, travel from
Villa Maria to Marriott Hotel. (Assemble 10:50 a. m. in Fress Center.)
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
U.S. News - Mashek
UPI - Thomas or Growald
Scripps-Howard - Knap
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AP Photo - Tasnadi
ABC Correspondent
UPI Photo - Cancellare
NBC Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
ABC Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
CBS Crew (2)
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
NBC Radio Engineer - Alvarado
(MORE)
Lighting Technician
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1976
FRESS POOL #12 - Travel from Marriott Hotel to Miami International Airport.
(Assemble at motorcade 3:45 p.m. )
AP - Cormier or Mears or Fett
Time - Cloud
UFI - Thomas or Growald
Copley - Shore
AP Photo - Tasnadi
RKO - Evans
UPI Photo - Cancellare
NBC Crew (2)
Newsweek Photo - McNamee
ABC Crew (2)
Time Photo - Halstead
CBS Crew (2)
U.S. News Photo - O'Halloran
NBC Radio Engineer - Alvarado
Lighting Technician
PRESS POOL #13 - Air Force One from Miami to Washington.
AP - Cormier or Mears or Pett
Copley - Shore
UPI - Thomas or Growald
RKO - Evans
AP Photo - Tasnadi
NBC Crew (3) - David Steigelman and
UPI Photo - Cancellare
Bill Powell and Charles Alvarado
Time - Cloud
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SEPTEMBER 25, 1976
SHEILA WEIDENFELD
PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY
MS. WEIDENFELD,
I REALIZE THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST
LADY HAVE A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE
DURING THEIR BRIEF STAY IN OUR
CITY. HOWEVER, I WOULD GREATLY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE A FEW MINUTES OF BETTY FORD'S
TIME FOR AN INTERVIEW, FOCUSING,
OF COURSE, ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN. I UNDERSTAND THE
BEST TIME WOULD BE JUST REFORE
MRS. FORD'S DEPARTURE FROM
NEW ORLEANS TOMORROW, SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 26. AS SHE HAS DONE
NATIONWIDE, BETTY FORD HAS
WON THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION
OF MANY ORLEANIANS.. I'M SURE THEY
WOULD E NJOY A PERSONAL VISIT WITH
HER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE FORM LIBRAR
COSMOS BROADCASTING CORPORATION
RESPECTFULLY, Maraa Kananaugh
WTOL-TV, TOLEDO, OHIO
WSFA-TV, MONTGOMERY, ALA.
WIS-TV & RADIO, COLUMBIA, S.C.
Rm 2319
me. Sheila Wildenfeld
Chess secretary to the First Lady
aug 2,1976
Dear Sheila,
Hey! I just wanted to
write you a note to let
you know how much l
enjoyed meeting and
talking with you at the
reception for President Zord
last Fuday in Jackson-
The entire experience
me and l loved every
was really something for
manute of it- d especially
enjoyed meeting nais Ford
(whanks to you !) but +
must admit that Ron,
Kessen is still my hero !
I'm serious about
your coming or anower
thip, just to visit & have
fun This time though, -no
work ! fet me know
next time you re down
this way ! Best wishes BERALD in R. FORD
the campaign!
Sincerely,
LIDRANT
Katy Smith
WAS
Katy Smith
AUG 3
3317 W. 4th St.
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Steamboat Foray
In Carter Country
By Edward Walsh
Washington Post Staff Writer
DESTREHAN, La., Sept. 25-With a Dix-
ieland band providing the background mu-
sic, President Ford invaded Jimmy Carter's
home territory today, churning 53 miles
down the Mississippi River aboard the
steamboat Natchez in a carefully planned
demonstration of his affection for the
South.
The President, accompanied by scores of
prominent Republicans from throughout
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THE WASHINGTON POST
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Sunday, Sept. 26, 1976
Ford Won't Avoid
Ford Moves
Into Carter
Issue of Watergate
By Stephen Isaacs
he's the only one responsible, b
Washington Post Staff Writer
cannot separate the comeback
Territory
President Ford's campaign managers
country from the leadershi
have decided not to avoid the issue
country has had."
of Watergate and now are planning to
Bailey disagrees with Raf
FORD, From A1
confront it head-on in their advertis-
categorization of his strate
ing.
dangerous, saying, "That's the
transporting 153 reporters, photo-
Douglas L. Bailey, whose firm of
of his administration, of his
graphers and broadcast technicians
Bailey Deardourft and Evre is han-
plishments as President. In