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The original documents are located in Box 43, folder "Ford, Susan - Events - 7/7/75 to
8/15/75 - Topeka Capital Journal Summer Job" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 43 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
For immediate release
July 2, 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
Susan Ford will be interning in the photo department of the Topeka
Capital Journal newspaper in Topeka, Kansas. She will be working
under the supervision of Rich Clarkson, the director of photography,
and her job will essentially be that of a staff photographer. She
will be paid $115 a we ek, and will work on the paper for approximately
six weeks. She will be leaving on Monday, July 7.
GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
The item described below has been transferred from this file to:
r Audiovisual Unit
Book Collection
Ford Museum in Grand Rapids
Item: 8"x10" BW photo of Susan ford being interviewed
at the Topeka Capital Jomnal as she starts her
summerjob.
7/7/75
The item was transferred from: Weidenfeld; Box 43; Ford, Susan
Events 7/7/75-
8/15/75
Initials/Date let 6/86
Kansan's photography intern
ead, recently named president of the
Clarkson said. The photo department
are being kept as low key as possible,
is daughter of a president
The summer job and its preparations
2
rom the paper.
Kansas Karsan 7-10-75
owntown motor hotel across the street
hort drive to her summer home, a
The daughter of a president, they will giveher special training in the
Marianne Maurin, is employed as a darkroom 30 she can learn their
ecret Service escort auto made? the
f the rented car as the vehicle and its
photogr intern this summer with techniques.
The Kansan
"I'm looking forward to working here
She and Clarkson sat in the back seat
defree 26 uj sept
She is being treated just like any in Kansas City, Kan.," Miss Maurin
cavy brown coat under excloudless
The
five
m, according to newspaper officials. photographers for the first few days to
showed prospective customers crowded
Il be treated just like any other in- on assignments with other staff
into a land auction at the Shawnee
Clarkson said Miss Ford will go out
tern at the Topeka Capital Journal
county, courthouse: Inset in the upper
ΓOPEKA, Kan. (UPI) - The new any other summer intern.
right corner was a closeup of the
auctioneer with microphone,
The picture credit line was the only
mention of the President's daughter, in
it City KANSAN Topeka 7-19-75 newspaper
today's Capital-Journal, the Kansas
capital's only major daily newspaper.
qo! uo Ford upsn
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Susan Now
Working Girl
Topeka, Kan., July 9 (AP)
- Susan Ford went to work
today as a $115-a-week. pho-
tography intern at the Topeka
Central Lournal
DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1975
THE WASHINGTON POST
F2
Thursday, July 10, 1975
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Susan Ford made an aus-
picious start in her summer
job as a photography intern
at the Topeka (Kan.) Capi-
tal-Journal. A photograph
she took at a Shawnee
SBL
has photographer ended her summer with job as an intern Ford
TOPEKA Kan. (AP) Susan
may benew model
Susan says father
Public Affairs Officer
MEMO FROM Neta G. Pollom
SERVING 49 STATES FOUNDED 1892 HOME OFFICE/ TOPEKA, KANSAS
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
P-064
(SUSAN)
TOPEKA (UPI) -- THE PHOTO DIRECTOR OF THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL
TODAY CALLED PRESIDENT FORD'S FAMILY THE STRONGEST HE HAS SEEN AND
CRITICIZED KANSANS WHO HARASSED SUSAN FORD DURING HER SUMMER
NEWSPAPER INTERNSHIP.
IN HIS "MONDAY AM" COLUMN, RICH CLARKSON, MISS FORD'S FORMER BOSS,
SAID HE WAS AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT THE
FIRST FAMILY WITHOUT HAVING MET THEM.
"THERE IS ALSO THE SUSPICION THAT A GOOD MANY OF THOSE WHO'VE
DECIDED THAT 1. SUSAN IS SNOBBISH, OR 2. SUSAN IS WITHOUT TALENT OR
3. THAT SUSAN IS FILTHY RICH, ARE THE SAME PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN
CLAMORING FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS TO GET HER TO 1. COME TO DINNER AT A
SMALL INTIMATE GATHERING OF 357 OF THEIR BEST FRIENDS, OR 2. DATE
THEIR 19-YEAR-OLD SON OR 3. TAKE A MESSAGE TO HER FATHER."
CLARKSON CITED AN ADVOCATE OF SOLAR HEAT WHO SPENT 10 MINUTES
GIVING HIM INFORMATION FOR A STORY.
"ONLY 10 MINUTES INTO IT, THE STORY SUGGESTION TOOK THE SAME TURN
MOST HAVE THIS SUMMER, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR STAFF MEMBER HERE THAT
WAS BEING REQUESTED TO PHOTOGRAPH IT," CLARKSON WROTE. "NO, I CAN'T
ASSIGN SUSAN TO DO THAT ONE BECAUSE SHE IS LEAVING TOWN, I TOLD THE
GUY. WELL, HE SAID, CAN YOU GIVE HER ALL THE MATERIAL TO PASS ALONG
TO THE PRESIDENT? SURE WE WILL.
"AND HE'LL LL SEND (PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISER) ALAN GREENSPAN IN
RETURN."
MISS FORD LEFT THE KANSAS CAPITAL SUNDAY TO JOIN HER PARENTS ON
VACATION AT VAIL, COLO.
"AFTER A SUMMER AT THE END OF A WHITE HOUSE TELEPHONE LINE, I CAME
AWAY WITH THE RATHER STRONG IMPRESSION THAT THE FIRST FAMILY IS A LOT
MORE NORMAL THAN SOME OF THE PEOPLE CALLING ON CAPITAL-JOURNAL
LINES," CLARKSON SAID. "AT LEAST ON MY TELEPHONE."
UPI 08-18 02:01 PED
UP-115
(SUSAN)
WASHINGTON (UPI) SUSAN FORD, NOW WORKING AS AN INTERN
PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE TOPEKA, KAN,, CAPITAL-JOURNAL, HAS DECIDED TO
QUIT WRITING HER REGULAR MONTHLY COLUMN IN SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE.
APPEAR IN THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE.
SAID SUSAN HAS ALREADY WRITTEN HER SIXTH AND LAST COLUMN, AND IT WILL
FIRST LADY BETTY FORD'S PRESS SECRETARY, SHE ILA RABB WEIDENFELD,
PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE IN THE FALL.
SAID, ADDING THAT IT INTERFERRED WITH SUSAN'S SUMMER JOB AND
"SHE FOUND IT WAS TAKING QUITE A BIT OF HER TIME," MRS. WEIDENFELD
"SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST TOO MUCH," MRS. WEIDENFELD SAID.
SUMMER JOB THIS WEEK IN TOPEKA.
SUSAN, WHO CELEBRATED HER 18TH BIRTHDAY LAST WEEKEND, BEGAN HER
MAGAZINE. THE AMOUNT HAS NEVER BEEN DISCLOSED.
MRS. WEIDENFELD SAID SUSAN WAS GETTING PAID FOR HER COLUMNS IN THE
UPI 07-09 03:29 PED
UP-116
( MCLEAN )
J051
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SUSAN FORD
TOPEKA, KAN. (AP) -- SUSAN FORD WENT ON HER FIRST ASSIGNMENT AS A
SUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY INTERN TODAY AND RETURNED WITH A PICTURE OF AN
AUCTION THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE FRONT PAGE OF WEDNESDAY'S EDITION
OF THE MORNING DAILY CAPITAL-JOURNAL.
EDITOR DON MARKER SAID THE PICTURE WOULD BE DISPLAYED ON THE FRONT
PAGE UNLESS SOMETHING MORE NEWSWORTHY DEVELOPS TONIGHT TO BUMP IT
INSIDE.
RICH CLARKSON, THE NEWSPAPERS' DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CALLED THE
SHOT COMPROMISE,' BECAUSE OF DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH
THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER WORKED ON HER FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF A
SCHEDULED SIX-WEEK TRAINING SESSION WITH THE PAPERS.
''I REALLY LIKE IT SO FAR,'' SAID SHE SAID OF THE $115-A-WEEK JOB.
MISS FORD WILL REMAIN HERE UNTIL JOINING HER PARENTS IN VAIL, COLO.,
IN MID-AUGUST FOR A VACATION BEFORE SHE BEGINS COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., THIS FALL.
SHE ARRIVED HERE LATE MONDAY AND WENT TO WORK AT 9 A.M. TODAY. SHE
WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A VETERAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ON HER FIRST
ASSIGMENT, WHICH WAS A SHERIFF'S AUCTION OF LAND ON WHICH TAXES HAD
NOT BEEN PAID.
THE AUCTION WAS HELD INSIDE THE SHAWNEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
'UNDER THE SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, SHE DID AS WELL AS
ANYONE COULD HAVE DONE,'' CLARKSON SAID.
HE SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF THE AUCTION, IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR MISS FORD TO SHOOT BOTH THE AUCTIONEER AND THE BIDDERS,
SO AN INSET WAS MADE IN THE MAIN PICTURE TO SHOW BOTH.
MISS FORD WAS ACCOMPANIED WHEREVER SHE WENT BY SECRET SERVICE
AGENTS.
07-08-75 19:29EDT
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SUSAN
KANSAS FORD CITY (AP) -- SUSAN FORD WENT ALMOST COUNTY. UNNOTICED DURING A VISIT
TO OF FUN AMUSEMENT PARK IN CLAY
THE WORLDS FORD'S DAUGHTER MADE THE TRIP HERE SUNDAY PHOTOGRAPHER FROM TOPEKA,
KAN., WHERE SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR SECRET SERVICE STAFF
PRESIDENT SHE IS WORKING FOR SIX WEEKS AS A SUMMER AGENTS, FOUR
INTERN. NEAR HER OWN AGE OF 18, SOME WORLDS OF TIMES. FUN MEMBERS AND A
FRIENDS REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER ROLLER COASTER FOR THE AND KANSAS OTHER THRILL CITY RIDES, TOOK POP IN A
SHE RODE PRESENTATION, THE SHOOK HANDS WITH BOBBY VINTON, A AND SINGER SNAPPED WHO
MUSICAL WAS REHEARSING FOR A CONCERT AT THE PARK SUNDAY NIGHT,
PICTURES
OF HER SUCH FRIENDS. AN UNKNOWN AT THE PARK THAT 'GERTRUDE OF AMATEUR GORILLA," AN
EMPLOYE PHOTOGRAPHERS IN A WHILE THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER STOOD IN A REFRESHMENT
SUSAN WAS FURRY RED APE SUIT, ATTRACTED A COVEY
LINE ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY, IGNORED.
07-28-75 11:51EDT
UF-064
(SUSAN)
Susan
TOPEKA (UPI) -- THE PHOTO DIRECTOR OF THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-,
TODAY CALLED PRESIDENT FORD'S FAMILY THE STRONGEST HE HAS SEEN AND
CRITICIZED KANSANS WHO HARASSED SUSAN FORD DURING HER SUMMER
NEWSPAPER INTERNSHIP.
IN HIS "MONDAY AM" COLUMN, RICH CLARKSON, MISS FORD'S FORMER BOSS,
SAID HE WAS AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO KNEW so MUCH ABOUT THE
FIRST FAMILY WITHOUT HAVING MET THEM.
"THERE IS ALSO THE SUSPICION THAT A GOOD MANY OF THOSE WHO'VE
DECIDED THAT 1. SUSAN IS SNOBBISH, OR 2. SUSAN IS WITHOUT TALENT OR
3. THAT SUSAN IS FILTHY RICH, ARE THE SAME PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN
CLAMORING FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS TO GET HER TO 1. COME TO DINNER AT A
SMALL INTIMATE GATHERING OF 35.7 OF THEIR BEST FRIENDS, OR 2. DATE
THEIR 19-YEAR-OLD SON OR 3. TAKE A MESSAGE TO HER FATHER."
* CLARKSON CITED AN ADVOCATE OF SOLAR HEAT WHO SPENT 10 MINUTES
GIVING/HIM INFORMATION FOR A STORY.
"ONLY 10 MINUTES INTO IT, THE STORY SUGGESTION TOOK THE SAME TURN
MOST HAVE THIS SUMMER, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR STAFF MEMBER HERE THAT
WAS BEING REQUESTED TO PHOTOGRAPH IT," CLARKSON WROTE. "NO, I CAN'T
ASSIGN SUSAN TO DO THAT ONE BECAUSE SHE IS LEAVING TOWN, I TOLD THE
OUY. WELL, HE SAID, CAN YOU GIVE HER ALL THE MATERIAL TO PASS ALONG
TO THE PRESIDENT? SURE WE WILL.
"AND HE'LL SEND (PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISER) ALAN GREENSPAN IN
RETURN."
MISS FORD LEFT THE KANSAS CAPITAL SUNDAY TO JOIN HER PARENTS ON
VACATION AT VAIL, COLO.
"AFTER A SUMMER AT THE END OF A WHITE HOUSE TELEPHONE LINE, I CAME
AWAY WITH THE RATHER STRONG IMPRESSION THAT THE FIRST FAMILY IS A LOT
MORE NORMAL THAN SOME OF THE PEOPLE CALLING ON CAPITAL-JOURNAL
LINES," CLARKSON SAID. "AT LEAST ON MY TELEPHONE."
UPI 08-18 02:01 PED
N035
SUSAN FORD
TOPEKA, KAN. (AP) -- SUSAN FORD WILL BE A STUDENT INTERN PHOTOGRAPHER
FOR THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL AND THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL THIS
SUMMER, THE NEWSPAPERS ANNOUNCED.
A SPOKESMAN SAID THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER WILL DO PHOTO LAB WORK FOR
THE PAPERS, WHICH ARE OWNED BY STAUFFER PUBLICATIONS OF TOPEXA, AND
WILL TAKE PICTURES ASSIGNED TO HER BY EDITORS.
THE NEWSPAPERS SAID THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD ANNOUNCE MISS FORD'S
SUMMER JOB PLANS TODAY.
NEWSPAPERS OFTEN HIRE STUDENT INTERNS TO FILL IN FOR VACATIONING
REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS DURING THE SUMMER. RICH CLARKSON, PHOTO
DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE JOURNAL, SAID HIS FAMOUS NEW EMPLOYE WILL
DOING THE SAME WORK AS OUR OTHER PHOTO INTERNS.
THE WHOLE THING, HOPEFULLY, WILL BE PRETTY LOW KEY."
MISS FORD, WHO WILL BE **LOOSELY FOLLOWED BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
DURING HER STAY IN TOPEKA, IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY, ONE DAY
AFTER HER 18TH BIRTHDAY, CLARKSON SAID. HE SAID SHE WILL BEGIN WORK
ON TUESDAY.
A SPOKESMAN SAID PRESIDENT FORD HAD ORDERED SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE
NEWSPAPERS TO WATCH FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S PHOTOGRAPHS.
CLARKSON SAID DAVE KENNERLY, WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER, ARRANGED THE
INTERNSHIP. "KENNERLY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO WORK, A
GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING PHOTOJOURNALISM, CLARKSON SAID.
07-02-75 11:21EDT
UP-064
ATTEND AN INTERNATIONAL TRACK MEET HERE JULY 18-19, WORKING
DURHAM, (SUSAN) N.C. (UPI) -- SUSAN FORD, PRESIDENT FORD'S DAUGHTER, AS A WILL
PHOTOGRAPHER. CLARKSON, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE TOPEKA (KAN.)
CAPITAL-JOURNAL RICH WHERE MISS FORD IS WORKING AS AN INTERN THIS AND SUMMER, WILL
SAID THURSDAY HE WILL PHOTOGRAPH THE MEET FOR TIME, INC.,
BRING MISS FORD TO ASSIST HIM.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAMS FROM THE UNITED STATES, PAN AFRICA AND
WEST GERMANY WILL COMPETE IN THE EVENT.
UPI 07-11 12:29 PED
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SUSAN FORD
TOPEKA, KAN, (AP) -- SUSAN FORDS FINAL ASSIGNMENT AS A TOPEKA
CAPITAL-JOURNAG INTERNE PHOTOGRAPHER WASNT HER NEATEST ONE.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORDS ONLY DAUGHTER WAS SENT WITH EDITORIAL
INTERN KATHY THOMAS OF TOPEKA TO TAKE PICTURES FOR A MAN-ON-THE-STREET
STORY THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL RUNS EACH SATURDAY.
THE QUESTION ASKED WAS, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HAVING YOUR PICTURE
TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER?
SUSAN WINCED WHEN SHE TOLD ABOUT THE QUESTION DURING AN ASSOCIATED
PRESS INTERVIEW. IT WASNT THE NEATEST ASSIGNMENT IVE HAD THIS
SUMMER, SHE SAID.
SUSANS LAST DAY AT THE PAPER WAS TODAY, AND SHE LEFT WITH THE
CONVICTION SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK.
THE WORK SHE LIKED BEST WAS A PICTURE PAGE LAYOUT THE SUNDAY
CAPITAL-JOURNAL CARRIED TWO WEEKS AGO OF AN OLD RAILROAD DEPOT NEAR
SALINA, KAN., WHICH A DOCTOR HAD CONVERTED INTO HIS HOME.
MISS FORD, WHO ARRIVED HERE JULY 7 AND HAD HER FIRST PICTURE
SPLASHED ON THE FRONT PAGE, SAID SHE HAD REALLY ENJOYED HER STAY
IN THIS KANSAS CAPITAL CITY OF 140,000. SHE SAID SHE HAS ABOUT 20
PERSONAL FRIENDS HERE NOW WITH WHOM SHE HOPES TO MAINTAIN CONTACT.
I LEARNED A LOT, SHE SAID. NOW, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO AND
APPLY IT AT ANY OTHER JOB 1 GET.
SUSAN, 18, ALSO SAID SHE WANTS TO RECORD THE OTHER SIDE OF HER
FATHER ON FILM WHEN SHE GETS THE CHANCE:
I WANT TO DO A KIND OF PERSONAL FATHER THAT I KNOW, SHE SWID.
HES REALLY THE SAME PERSON AT HOME HE IS AT WORK, BUT ID LIKE TO
SHOOT THE PERSONAL THINGS HE ENJOYS DOING.
SUSAN SHOT A PORTFOLIO OF PICTURES OF HER FATHER AT WORK TN THE
WHITE HOUSE LAST MAY.
IVE SEEN THE OFFICIAL SIDE, SHE SAID. NOW, I WANT TO DO THE
OTHER.
SHE LEAVES TOPEKA ON SUNDAY FOR VAIL, COLO., TO JOIN HER VACATIONING
FAMILY. SUSAN WILL REMAIN IN VAIL UNTIL SEPT. 4 OR:5, SHE SAID, THEN
RETURN TO ASHINGTON AND PREPARE FOR HER FRESHMAM YEAR AT MOUNT
VERNON COLLEGE.
THOSE CLOSE TO SUSAN BELIEVE SHE MAY REMAIN IN WASHINGTON FOR ONLY
THE FIRST SEMESTER, THEN SEEK EMPLOYMENT AS A PHOTOGRAPHER IN
COLORADO. SHE SAID SHE MIGHT TRY TO WORK PARTTIME WHILE GOING TO
SCHOOL THIS FALL, BUT NEEDS TO SEE HER COLLEGE SCHEDULE BEFORE SHELL
KNOW IF THATS POSSIBLE.
08-15-75 15:05EDT
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
TOPEKA, KAN. (AP) -- SUSAN FORD, 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF THE
PRESIDENT, SAT ON A BALE OF HAY BEHIND THE KANSAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION,
ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION BEFITTING THE GUEST OF HONOR.
THE SUNDAY PARTY PLANNED BY GOV. AND MRS. ROBERT BENNETT WAS THE
ONLY OFFICIAL FUNCTION OF THE STATE TO RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF MISS
FORD, WHO WILL COMPLETE A SIX-WEEK TOUR NEXT SUNDAY AS A
PHOTOGRAPHER-TRAINEE WITH THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL.
SHE IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO VAIL, COLO., FOR A BRIEF VACATION WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD BEFORE BEGINNING HER FRESHMAN YEAR AT MOUNT
VERNON COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON.
ABOUT 250 YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PARTY IN HER HONOR, FEATURING A
WESTERN MOTIF WITH BARBECUE, COUNTRY MUSIC AND A HAY RIDE.
MOSCOW
TOPEKA, KAN. (AP) SUSAN FORD HAS ARRIVED HERE FOR HER SIX-WEEK JOB
AS A NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER.
THE PRESIDENT'S 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS GREETED MONDAY AS SHE
LANDED BY 91-DEGREE TEMPERATURES, BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND RICHARD
CLARKSON, PHOTO CHIEF OF THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL, WHO WILL BE HER
BOSS IN A $115-A-WEEK PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNSHIP AT THE PAPER.
MISS FORD WILL END HER INTERSHIP IN MID-AUGUST, THEN TAKE A VACATION
WITH HER FAMILY IN VAIL, COLO. SHE IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN HER FRESHMAN
YEAR AT MT. VERNON COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON THIS FALL.
Susan Ford completes
summer assignments
By LEW FERGUSON
film when she gets the chance.
Associated Press Writer
"I want to do a kind of personal father
Susan Ford's final assignment as a
that I know," she said, 'He's really the
Topeka Capital-Journal intern photog-
same person at home he is at work, but
rapher wasn't her "neatest" one.
I'd like to shoot the personal things he
President and Mrs. Ford's only
enjoys doing.
daughter was sent with editorial intern
Susan shot a portfolio of pictures of
Kathy Thomas of Topeka to take pic-
her father at work in the White House
The Topeka Daily Capital
Viewpoints
Tuesday, July 8, 1975
Welcome Miss Ford
The Capital-Journal extends a warm
long. In fact, Capital-Journal-trained
welcome to Susan Ford, 18-year-old
photographers have found top jobs
daughter of President Gerald R. Ford,
waiting for them.
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Saturday night. She drew stares from those at
1
Poised and ready for the next play, Susan
Arrowhead Stadium who recognized her, but
Ford, daughter of President Gerald Ford,
basically the 18-year-old blond went about her
covers the football game between the Kansas
work, avoiding the limelight that comes with
City Chiefs and the Saint Louis Cardinals
being a VIP.-Tribune Photo
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How does one react when, after bumping a fellow
But because of her father's position, she is forced
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photographer, and turning to apologize, finds
into the limelight more than she desires. Every
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himself face-to-face with the daughter of the
time she goes out she is faced with "excuse me, but
President of the United States?
are you Susan Ford? "
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Fort Seot Tribune - 8/11/75 pl.
un, sne S The summer intern
Now the real story can be told about
A deparment head-tried to sit near
told them she would take a rain check
Susan Ford's job at The Capital-Jour-
Susan when she attended an adminis-
Interestingly, the interns suffere
nal. Sounds spicy, doesn't it? Maybe
trative luncheon for interns. Like many
through the same dry spell as the farm
racy? Okay, then how about downright
on the staff, he hadn't met Susan. He
er.
slick, like a muckracking tabloid?
had waited five weeks to be introduced.
Susan had talked to her father earlie
Actually, it has been nice having
Bob
He had been thinking of something
in her stay and told him that he wa:
Susan around the office. It has changed
clever to say when he would be intro-
right - Topeka is a nice town. He visit
some things
it really has. For in-
Sands
duced during the luncheon. Like:
ed here last winter. Mark one up for the
8/22 I your hope summer you enjoyed -Neta Pollom
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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SERVING 49 STATES - FOUNDED 1892 HOME OFFICE/ TOPEKA, KANSAS
MEMO FROM Neta G. Pollom
Public Affairs Officer
n
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Susan leaves Topeka,
family experts behind
In case you'd missed it, Susan Ford
is in Vail, Colo., this morning, presum-
RICH CLARKSON
ably discussing affairs with her mother
and Brian McCartney.
Having finished up her Topeka stay,
Monday AM
everyone has been asking this past
week what Susan was really like? What
about her Topeka parties? What about
There were a lot of messages for
her love life? And since a week ago
Dad, too. Such as the advocate of solar
September 18, 1975
Dear Jennifer,
Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness in sending
along your interview with Susan.
I enjoyed it very much and have given the article
to Susan for her scrapbook.
Again, thank you.
Sincerely,
Shella Rabb Woldenfeld
Press Secretary to
Mrs. Ford
Ms. Jennifer Robles
916 West
Emporia, Kansas 66801
July 23, 1975
Emporia, Ks
Miss Ford's Press Secretary
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Hello,
I thought this office would appreciate a copy of my story
on Miss Ford's Recent press conference. Preserving her identity
as a person was my main interest. I'm SURE that is your
goal also.
I am disappointed but not SURPRISED that Miss Ford won't
be able to visit Emporia, I feel we have plenty of Common
aRe the same age and share an equal the intensity future.
gRound about journalism. as we Either way, I wish her the best in
I can I be of any assistance in any capacity, feel ask.
hope this article will be of some help to you, free and to if
Respectfully,
Jennifer Robbez
914 West
Emporer, Kansas 66801
THE EMPORIA GAZETTE
Friday, the Eighteenth Day of July, MCMLXXV
Expert Gardeners.
Page 10a
THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS
Friday, July 18, 1975
Susan Ford Seeks
Her Own Identity
By Jennifer Roblez
When answering a question, she stares back
with those remarkably candid eyes that she inher-
ited from her father, President Gerald R. Ford.
She is Susan Elizabeth Ford, known to most as the
President's daughter. But she is intensely deter-
mined to preserve her own identity
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Former was on the CIA payroll or whether
is
presidential aide Alexander Butter- Nixon or other administration officials
field who revealed the existence of knew of Butterfield's role.
served in the White House, a former
Watergate burglar. Prouty said Hunt
CIA liaison ofmr the Air Force said
used Butterfield to help him arrange
today
White House endorsement of a group
However, retired Col. L. Fletcher
seeking the release of Indochina pris-
Prouty said in a telephone interview
oners of war, including undercover CIA
Buttefield would not have acted as a
agents.
CIA spy in the White House. Prouty said
Butterfield could not be reached for
he did not know whether Butterfield
comment.
His wife called Prouty's description
of her husband's role "absolutely
false.
White House Press Secretary Ron
Nessen said Thursday as many as a
handful of CIA agents wor at the White
House, but that none of them are
undercover operatives,
Prouty described Butterfield as the
Stoff photo by Bern Ketch
person in the White House whom the
Susan Ford, 18-year old daughter. of resident
The Capital Journal. After finishing her first photo assignment of the day and
CIA would have contacted If the agency
questions of the news media this morning as she held her first public news
before leaving for the next, she met with newspaper reporters and then held a
needed White House assistance with
conference since starting work Tuesday as a summer photographic intern at
session for television and radio representatives.
sensitive operations. Butterfield served
as an assistant aide to Nixon from 1969
until 1973.
An informed source said Prouty had
given his information to the House
Life in Topeka appeals to Susan
intelligence committee in recent days.
Prouty was called to appear before
committee investigators again today.
By ROGER MYERS
In the interview, Prouty said top
The President announced formally
conference in The Capital-Journal cafe-
the smaller communities of the sta
Staff Writer
this week that he will be a candidate for
White House officials in the adminis-
teria conference room, then went up to
while in Topekasand Rich Clarkso
tration of former President Richard M.
Susan Ford, speaking this morning
the GOP nomination for President in
the newsroom to answer questions for
director of photography for the paper
her first news.conference since she
1976
15 minutes before a battery of network
said Susan will be given
Dear Dad:
HOW SUSAN
There are a lot of good things out
here among the wheat fields of Kansas.
25 CENTS
Like the fact that at press conferences
the reporters treat you like you were
Royalty instead of a Robber.
WON THE WEST
Love,
Susan
f a veteran Washington newsman
uhad suddenly been catapulted into the
midst of a press conference in Topeka
the other day, he would have been
surprised and bewildered by what he
VOL. 16, NO. 2
they came
they saw
she conquered
Photo By Randy Saylor
75
VILLAGE EDITION
JULY 17, 19
By Tom Leathers
Topeka Capital-Journal
Sunday, August 10, 1975
17
Longer youthful, too
By KATHY KETCHUM
Staff Writer
At least one youthful Topekan ex-
pects to see longer hemlines at her high
school this fall.
Debbie Field, 16, is sewing a couple
of long. loose dresses to wear to school.
Her dilemma is not what length to
make them but whether or not she
should wear the matching triangular
dei
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JOHN H. STAUFFER
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July 11, 1975
Susan- Topehofile
The Honorable Gerald R. Ford
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
RN
Dear Mr. President:
You can be very proud of your daughter.
She handled herself extremely well during today's
meeting with the press. She was poised, never seemed
flustered, and answered questions in a friendly personal
manner.
We hope now she can continue her internship with-
out much additional interference from media representatives.
She is doing well and seems to like her work and being here.
Susan said her accommodations in the Ramada Inn were
most satisfactory. We would have been happy to have her
stay in our spare bedroom, as I told Sandra Eisert of the
White House staff last week, but her apartment there is
probably working out better for her.
We are hopeful she will enjoy herself during off-
the-job hours, too. She is tentatively scheduled to get
together with our daughter, Mary, Sunday for tennis and
swimming and then for dinner with my brother's and my
family.
The Capital-Journal is most pleased to have her
here and we want to make her stay a worthwhile learning
experience. Please let me know is there is anything I
can do to help make her summer a pleasant one.
Sincerely,
John Stauffer
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Carolyn,
Mrs. Ford will probably
want to see this. I don't
think it has been answered
yet, but Marba could check.
I have also attached
a thank you note from David
Kennerly's sister, Mrs.
Strutzenberg.
Sheila
-Staff photos by Susan Ford
Dr. and Mrs. Delmas A. Jackson, Salina. prepared lunch
son, 10, left. chinned himself as his mother finished up
in the kitchen of their home-away-from-home, a remod-
the dishwashing in the kitchen of the 1904 caboose the
eled Santa Fe depot. Mrs. Jackson made the hand-woven
Jacksons have converted to living quarters.
panels that decorate the base of the counter. Mike Jack-
Topeka jurday capital Journal 8/3/75
Susan Ford on job
at Topeka newspaper
K.City KANSAN 7-9-75
TOPEKA, Kan. (UPI) - The new any other summer intern.
intern at the TopekaCapital Journal
Clarkson said Miss Ford will go out
will be treated just like any other in- on assignments with other staff
tern. according to newspaper officials. photographers for the first few days to
Kansan's photography intern
is daughter of a president
Kansas CityKanson 7.10.75
(2
The daughter of a president, they will give her special training
Marianne Maurin, is employed as a
darkroom so she can learn
photography intern this summer with
techniques.
The Kansan
"I'm looking forward to workin
Topeka State journal - July 8,1975
Susan at work,
likes job so far
Susan Ford went to work at The Capi-
Miss Ford, briefed on what her rou-
tal-Journal shortly before 9 a.m. today
tine duties would be when she reported
- and at 10:30 was out on her first
for work at 9 a.m., said she was eager
assignment.
After facing an old bugaboo her
to get started.
famous father should know all about -
"I really like it SO far," she said.
w
with
three
Secret
Susan's Stepping Out Again
That pretty cub photographer for the Topeka
Capital-Journal, Susan Ford, continues to make news
as well as cover it. Kansas Gov. Robert F. Bennett and
Washengton star
8-8-75 p.2 8-8-75- p.2
-Staff photo by Susan Ford
Topeka Fire Chief Ben-Neill worked the controls on his model railroad set at
his home at 814 Randelph. The new chief has worked with trains as a hobby
since 1947 and his collection includes about 4,000 cars.
Topeka Capital-Jaurnal 8/4/75
Miss Ford to be
Bennetts' guest
Gov Robert F. Bènnett disclosed
Topeka state Journal 8/2/25
today that Susan Ford will be the guest
of the first family at a Dartv Sundav on
46
Topeka Capital-Journal
Sunday, August 10, 1975
-Staff photo by Susan Pord
Wiggin era begins-
Paul Wiggin's debut as Chiefs coach didn't produce a winner as the St.
Louis Cardinals claimed the Governor's Cup, 10-3, Saturday night.
14-D
Sunday, Aug. 10. 1975 Philadelphia Inquirer
Sheilatelieden-Gold
Susan Ford Picked a Master to Teach
2
Her Press Photography
By GARY HAYNES
pany is a real photó store in Salina,
Inquirer Graphic Arts Director
Kan. It got its start, and its name,
News photography is much in the
providing pictures-in-a-minute to any-
news again these days with the entry
one who was willing to sit in a small
into the field by Susan Ford, the 18-
booth under hot lights and squint
year-old daughter of the President.
uncertainly straight ahead into a
Miss Ford will earn $115 a week
wall On the other side of the wall
L.A. TIMES
VAIL NIGHT SPOT
8/18/75
Fords Have Fun
VAIL, Colo. UP-President Ford, Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger and the President's key aides joined a
Saturday night crowd at a Vail discotheque.
Susan Ford Ends Her
Photography Internship
Washington Post. 8-18-75 p.B3
With Photography
By Susan Ford
Susan Ford, who has spent her stim-
mer snapping photographs for The
Topeka (Kan.) Capital Journal, had a
question for the subjects of her final
assignment. "What are your reactions
to being photographed by Susan Ford,
Washington Star- 8-18-75. p.1
the President's daughter?" people on
the streets of Topeka were asked be-
fore Miss Ford clicked their picture.
A-2
"The Washington Star
Saturday, August 16, 1975
Names/Faces
An Affair to Forget, If Possible
You got a mother who
goes on national TV, you
got a probiem, as Susan
Ford is finding out. Last
Sunday, as we all remem-
-United Press International
ber vividly, Susan's moth-
DINING OUT IN VAIL - Susan Ford is accompanied by Vail ski patrolman
er, the First Lady, dis-
Brian McCartney, 26, to the Left Bank, a French restaurant, for dinner with
closed that she wouldn't be
her family and Secretary of State Kissinger and his family. The dinner ended
surprised if Susan came
a weekend reunion with President Ford leaving the Colorado resort for the
home one day and told her
Midwest and Kissinger returning to Washington. Story on A-3.
she was having an affair.
(What was the poor woman
supposed to say? "I never
-Staft photo by Susan Ford
Residents of the United Methodist Homeunable to go to Topeka Public Library or to use the bookmobile are benefiting from a homebound service that provides library materials to them.
Topeka State Journal 7/12/75
Young crowd relaxes
at cookout for Susan
By ROGER MYERS
Gov: and Mrs. Robert F. Bennett
Statehouse Writer
were hosts for the backyard affair,
The crowd was young, the motif
which had about 250 invited guests.
western and the atmosphere relaxed
Most were Susan's age and Mrs. Olivia
Sunday night during a barbecue honor-
Bennett explained that inviting voung
Susan
Susan Ford completes
summer assignments
By LEW FERGUSON
film when she gets the chance.
Associated Press Writer
"I want to do a kind of personal father
Susan Ford's final assignment as a
that I know," she said. "He's really the
Topeka Capital-Journal intern photog-
same person at home he is at work, but
rapher wasn't her "neatest" one.
I'd like to shoot the personal things he
President and Mrs. Ford's only
enjoys doing."
daughter was sent with editorial intern
Susan shot a portfollo of pictures of
Kathy Thomas of Topeka to take pic-
her father of work in the White House
Washington Post. 8-18-75 p.B3
With Photography
By Susan Ford
Susan Ford, who has spent her sum-
mer snapping photographs for The
Topeka (Kan.) Capital Journal, had a
question for the subjects of her final
your
resctions
dV-
eka, Kansas, Saturday; August 16, 1975- 32 Pages
035 OT
What Do YOU
DC 20500
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Surprise, unill
196
as Susan Clicks
-staff Photo
Susan Ford, 18-year-old daughter of President Gerald Ford, completed her
last day as a Capital-Journal summer intern Friday by photographing
Topekans for the "What Do YOU Think?" regular Saturday feature.
Today's
What are your reactions to being photographed
question:
by Susan Ford, the President's daughter?
:
Editor's note: Today's question was asked at 8th and Kansas.
"Thrilled," Lisa Thomas, 14, 5531 N.W. Green
Hills Road.
Salinans off beaten track
(Continued from Page 13)
plied the food the guests brought paint stirred and moving. he system works
ment the reconstruction project.began.
brushes and scrapers. By day's end,
perf
ectly.
Inside, white paint turned the walls
the depot was newly painted At-least,
PA loft was built at one end of the
into a bright spot for pictures, paint-
it had its first coat.
depot and now, Ann Jackson is planning
angs and a collection of old railroad
As autumn progressed, the boys to move her loom from their Salina
A holder become o
belned their futher svoch down becards shame to the O bish in the depot
It's typical summertime in Kansas, time to go shopping down the street in.
YARD
tale start aM of two sales
no
The merchandise may be different but the examinations are the same. An old-time-golfer tried out a putter at the Duffens (left) while a wonian browsed through racks of clothes at the Sullivan house.
In Kansas, as all across the country,
the event of the hour is the garage sale,
be it in the driveway, yard, front porch
- or even the garage.
goljer
tried
out
a
putter
at
the
Duffens
(left)
while
a
woman
browsed
through
racks
of
clothes
ut
the
Sullivan
house.
In Kansas, as all across the country,
the event of the hour is the garage sale,
be it in the driveway, yard, front porch
- or even the garage.
In cities and towns everywhere. it
-Staff photos by Susan Ford
modern
The ultimate space trip
(0)
The society page of the Kansas City
Star once described Morgan Maxfield
as the perfect host Another time the
Star referred to Maxfield, president of
the Kansas City-based Great Midwest
Corp, as the ultimate space buff - the
dashing man about town who would
rather break a space record than par.
Morgan Maxfield threw little
excursion this week and it; was a real
space trip. He chartered a 747, filled its
409 seats with an auspicious collection
professional
2
Topek i St: to Journal
Friday/July 11,1975
Susan Ford set. up a picture this morning (photo at left)
who followed her on her second assignment of the day for
balloons to children who contributed change to the drive to
press conference with local and national news representa
during a March of Dimes money-raising campaign down-
The State Journal, She took the picture of Patrolwoman
raise funds for birth defects. Miss Ford, 18-year-old daugh-
tives since she joined The Capital-Journal as a summel
town while she in tun 1 was the subject of other cameramen
Debbie Sackrider (right) who handed out helium-filled
ter of President and Mrs. Ford, had just finished her first
photographic Intern.
Fines big
Life in Topeka appeals to Susan
Kissinger.
business
(Continued from Page 1)
a setting where she could get more
here to learn a job and to try and gain
surgery for removal of a breast last
ington, D.C., this fall. It is a four-year
varied experience taking pictures.
some experience, he said.
year.
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milling notemed oill oxilito of
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brea child
Not far out of Salina is the Canton
Santa Fe railroad station. Only it isn't
RAILROAD
mil
in Canton any more. And the Rock
thuir
Island caboose sitting there isn't on the
LMII
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main line tracks. Both are at the hidea-
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Bulk of money goes to schools
Traffic fines major fund source for counties
By The Capital-Journal State Staff
weigh station. leads the list with $117.698. plus $62.630
The law. effective July 1.1973. gave the State Educa-
441. said. "In my computing the budget. there has
Butterfield
White House
CIA contact
SHINGTON (AP) - Former was on: the CIA payroll or whether
idential alde Aléxander Butter-
Nixon or other administration officials
of Butteni
efield would not have acted as a
agents.
spy in the White House. Prouty said
Butterfield could not be reached for
lid not know whether Butterfield
comment.
His wife called Prouty's description
of her husband's role "absolutely
-Staff photo by Bern Ketchum
Susan Ford, 18-year-old daughter of President and Mrs. Ford answered
The Capital Journal After finishing her first photo assignment of the day and
questions of the news media this morning as she held her first public news
before leaving for the next, she met with newspaper reporters and then held a
conference since starting work Tuesday as a summer photographic intern at
session for television and radio representatives.
Life in Topeka appeals to Susan
By ROGER MYERS
The President announced formally
conference in The Capital-Journal cafe-
the smaller communities of the state
Staff Writer
this week that he will be a candidate for
teria conference room, then went up to
while in Topeka and Rich Clarkson,
Susan Ford, speaking this morning
the GOP nomination for President in
the newsroom to answer questions for
director of photography for the papers-
at her first news conference since she
1976.
15 minutes before a battery of network
-said Susan will be given at least one
joined the photography staff of The
Miss Ford said she talks each day
cameras.
assignment that takes her "out into the
Canital-Journal as a summer intern
with her parents at the White House "I
The meetings with media represen-
state.
Miss Ford relaxes after work-
Susan to see
space launch
Busy schedule
tiring
By KATHY THOMAS
nis. One of the items she carried off the
Plans for continuing her education at
Susan Ford and her boss at the Capi-
Staff Writer
plane on her arrival Monday afternoon
Mount Vernon College in Washington
tal-Journal will leave Monday for the
Susan Ford said today she "loves to
was a tennis racket.
would not be interrupted, she said, due
Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canav-
go to a small town and just do your own
She said she has worked hard on her
to the campaign. She hopes to get a job
eral. Fla. to soo novt week's manned
thing" but admitted she would rather
assignments and SO far has preferred
on the newspaper there as a photogra-
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1975
The New York Times
Susan Ford Finds
A Superneat' Job
By WILLIAM E. FARRELL
Special to The New York Times
TOPEKA, Kan.
At 8:57 camera, Miss Ford's two Se-
A.M. on a recent day, Dick
cret Service men stood on
King, the city editor of The
the parched field; keeping
Topeka State Journal, handed
an eye on her. The sun was
a
slin of paper bearing
a
bright and hot the air still
or
alle
this
to
call
the
- Stoff photo by Susan Ford
Buyers in a Shawnee County Courthouse hallway listened Kelling with varying C interest Tuesday w as auctioneer Don Dain (Inset) sold land on which taxes were owed the county.
turt of , singh FRAN
A-2
The Washington Star
Sunday, July 20, 1975
Names/Faces
Susie Snaps the Sweatsock Set
The media's best-cover-
ed still photographer, Susan
Ford; was snapping away
in Durham, N.C., where she
was covering something
caled the USA-West
12
Could That Be a Ford?
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TOT
DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1975
Associated Press Wirephoto
Susan Ford can't quite hide behind sunglasses as she rides
Duinper scooter in Kansas City amusement park. Susan, working
as a summer photographer-trainee on Topeka, Kan., newspaper,
managed to spend most of the day in park. unrecognized.
ui WOI n,
likes job so far
Susan Ford went to work at The Capi-
Miss Ford, briefed on what her rou-
tal-Journal shortly before 9 a.m. today
tine duties would be when she reported
- and at 10:30 was out on her first
for work at 9 a.m., said she was eager
assignment.
Susan enjoys
visit at park 7/28/75
Berry's World-
Topena State Journal
KANSAS CITY (AP) - Susan Ford
was almost, but not quite, ignored Sun-
day during a visit to the Worlds of Fun
© 1973 by NEA Inc Ambery
"If you don't mind - I'd rather not
know where Susan Ford is and what
she's doing this week. It makes me
too envious!"
Tapeks Daily capital 7/24/75
Topeka state Journal 7/31/75
-Staff photo by Susan Ford
Lawrence Rusch, who farms near 53rd and California, checked an ear of his
cornithis morning as he contemplated weather conditions that have threat-
ened Shawnee County's No. 1 crop. Officials say the situation is "critical"
and two inches of moisture are needed in the next week.
A-8
ton
Star
Wednesday, July 16, 1975
United Press Internatic
large crowd of Muscovites gather around television sets at the Kosmos Space Pavil
on in Moscow to watch the blastoff of the Soyuz for its meeting in space with the U.S
Apollo. Another group of spectators (below) are the American astronauts waiting
be launched into space. They are (at right from front to back) Vance D. Brand
-Associated Press
Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin gestures
Thomas P. Stafford and Donald K. Slayton. It was the first time the Russians ha
The Apollo Saturn 1B rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral as spectators watch from
one of the observation points near the Kennedy Space Center.
excitedly as he watches the Apollo launching at Cape
permitted live coverage of a space launch.
Canaveral.
the oldest man ever to ex-
highway patrol, 750,000
SPACE
Dr. James C. Fletcher,"
on, I think, a long program
perience a space flight.
people jammed the roads
administrator for NASA,
with the Soviet Union.
around Cape Canaveral to
called it "an absolutely
If the trouble with the
"MAN," SAID SLAY-
see the Apollo's Saturn 1B
fabulous launch." Speaking
hatch is overcome and all
Continued From A-1
TON, whose career as a
rocket lift off at 3:50 p.m.,
with Soviet Ambassador
else goes as planned, the
astronaut was delayed by a
exactly on schedule. The
Anatoliy Dobrynin, who
Apollo will overtake cosmo-
The elation of an almost
heart condition, "I tell you
crowd, according to official
witnessed the launch at the
nauts Alexei Leonov and
perfect launch yesterday
this is worth waiting 16
estimates, was. larger than
cape, Fletcher added:
Valeri Kubasov aboard
was expressed by Donald
years for.
all but two of the nation's
"And this is the first step
Soyuz around noon tomor-
K. Slayton who, at age 51, is
According to the Florida
lunar landing missions.
on a long mission, but also
row and execute a tricky
link-up symbolizing inter-
national cooperation in
space.
THE ASTRONAUTS
FIRED the powerful serv-
ice propulsion engine on the
Apollo craft twice last night
in the first of a series of
us
points near the Kennedy Space Center.
Canaveral.
the oldest man ever to ex-
CE
highway patrol, 750,000
Dr. James C. Fletcher,
on I think, a long program
perience a space flight.
people ammed the roads
administrator for NASA,
with the Soviet Union.
around Cape Canaveral to
'MAN,' SAID SLAY-
called it "an absolutely
the trouble with the
see the Apollo's Saturn 1B
Continued From A-1
TON, whose career as a
fabulous launch." Speaking
hatch is overcome and all
rocket lift off at 3:50 p.m.,
with Soviet Ambassador
else goes as planned, the
astronaut was delayed by a
exactly on schedule. The
Anatoliy Dobrynin, who
Apollo will overtake cosmo-
elation of an almost
heart condition, "I tell you
crowd, according to official
witnessed the launch at the
nauts Alexei Leonov and
launch yesterday
this is worth waiting 16
estimates, was larger than
cape, Fletcher added:
Valeri Kubasov aboard
xpressed by Donald
years for."
all but two of the nation's
"And this is the first step
Soyuz around noon tomor-
who, at age 51, is
According to the Florida
lunar landing missions.
on a long mission, but also
row and execute a tricky
link-up 'symbolizing inter-
national cooperation in
space.
THE ASTRONAUTS
FIRED the powerful serv-
ice propulsion engine on the
Apollo craft twice last night
in the first of a series of
maneuvers to adjust their
orbit for the rendezvous.
"Sort of like being bump-,
ed. by a truck," said astro-
naut Vance Brand of the
initial burn of less than a
second.
After docking the space.
Washington Star 8/6/75
Kansas Apprenticeship
Susan Ford Finds
Job 'Super-Neat'
New York Times News Service
TOPEKA, Kansas. - At
8:57 a.m. Dick King, the
city editor of the Topeka
State Journal, handed a slip
of paper containing a pic-
ture assignment to the
young blonde woman with a
camera bag.
"Right now, as fast as
you can get there," King
told President Ford's 18-
year-old daughter, Susan.
The picture deadline for the
afternoon paper was 10:30
a.m.
"Yeah," replied the ap-
prentice photographer and
within three minutes, with
an agility all the more
remarkable because she
was wearing cumbersome
slip-on shoes, Miss Ford
United Press International
was in the newspaper's
parking lot accompanied by
an Ford discusses her film with Topeka Capital-Journal staffer Jeff Jacobsen.
two Secret Service agents.
Susan's Stepping Out Again
That pretty cub photographer for the make Topeka news
Capital-Journal, cover it. Kansas Gov. Robert F. Bennett private
Susan Ford, continues to and
as his well wife as have invited about 50 people to a at the
Washington Star
of the President's daughter
8-8-75 p.2 8-8-75- p.2
Washington Star 8/6/15
-United Press International
Susan Ford discusses her negatives with Topeka
Capital-Journal photographer Jeff Jacobsen.
Kansas Apprenticeship
Susan Ford-Finds
Job 'Super-Neat'
United Press International
recommended that Miss
TOPEKA, Kansas. - At. Ford study with him.
8:57 a.m. Dick King, the "Super" neat, " is Miss
city editor of the Topeka Ford's assessment so far of
newswalk- July 21, 1975- P. 33
Bern Ketchum-Topeka Capital-Journal
Susan Ford and fellow photographer: VIP debut
Susan's front-page photo: Land auction in Topeka
Cagney recited from his own poem on
man's inhumanity to nature: "When
man considers just what man is/Happy it
be that short his span is."
Su
tern," Susan is obviously either a Very
"Staff photo by Susan Ford," read the
Impressive Photographer or some other
credit line under a front-page shot in The
kind of VIP; she is being sent to Florida
Topeka Capital-Journal. The picture of
for this week's Apollo launching, and
prospective buyers at a Shawnee County
then to Durham, N.C., to cover an inter-
land auction was taken by intern Ford on
national treak
Time- May 19, 1975 p.36
PEOPLE
SUSAN FORD
S
MAIN
PHOTOGRAPHER FORD READIES HER CAMERA &
FINDS FATHER A WILLING SUBJECT
While President Ford fielded ques-
tions at his White House press confer-
ence, at least one photographer focused
on him with special an With charge
Vicksburg Evening Post, Vicksburg, Miss., Tuesday, July 1, 1975 - 7.
Susan Ford
Student Intern
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Su- its
Ford will be a student To-
2 - Vicksburg Evening Post, Vicksburg, Miss., Saturday, July 12, 1975
san tern photographer for The The To
and
A Family Campaign
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Susan Ford says her father never really
polled the family before deciding to seek his own four-vear term
SAILING BUFF - President Ford's 17 year old daughter
Susan hoists the sails, (left), and takes the helm, (right), of a
Manfuso of Washington, D.C. Miss Ford took part in
41-foot sailboat Friday during Bicentennial ceremonies on
"Operation Sail '76'', a program designed to emphasize
America's heritage of the Sea.
Florida's Gulf Coast. With her is school chum Barbara
(AP Wirephoto)
B-Wed., July 9, 1975
The ClationsLedger 5
Vicksburg Evening Post, Vicksburg, Miss., Monday, July 14, 1975 - 7
(AP Wirephoto)
TALKING WITH THE PRESS Susan Ford, daughter of
President Gerald Ford met and talked with members of the
press on Friday at the Topeka Capital Journal where she is
working as a summer intern photographer. Miss Ford said
that she will help her father with his re-election campaign.
On The Job
Susan Ford, daughter of the President, looks over the results of her first day at work
Jacobsen. Miss Ford is to spend six weeks
as an intern with the Topeka Capital-Journal. With her is staff photographer Jeff
The Clation=Lebger JACKSON DAILY NEWS 3
ment at the newspaper. -AP Wirephoto
working in the photography depart-
Sunday, July 6, 1975
Section A
Susan Ford Celebrates 18th Birthday
picnic There about 75 friends on the south lawn of the White House.
WASHINGTON for (AP) - Susan Ford celebrated her 18th birthday Saturday with a
Vicksburg Evening Post, Vicksburg, Miss., Thursday, July 10, 1975- 9
salute her was interest a chocolate cake in the shape of a camera with Susan's picture
photo intern in photography and the start of her six-week summer on job top as to a
Susan Ford Photographer
on a Topeka, Kan., newspaper.
TOPEKA, Kan (AP) - With
been paid.
Vail,
Susan Colo. danced with her date for the occasion, Brian McCartney, a friend she met at
Secret Service agents in tow,
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'display'
We were shocked to see President
Ford's daughter photographed with
her Secret Service protector
forav. " The States- Item.
SPEAKS out - Susan
Ford says she would be of-
fended it it were suggest-
ed she got her summer job
with the Topeka Capital-
Journal merely
1100. Jusan grana
Photo Desk
ΓOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL
3290 EUCLID HEIGHTS BOUL.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, 60607
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO,
Dear Ms. Ford,
The UPI ran the enclosed snippet in The Cleveland Press (as, I assume, they
ran it throughout the nation).
I am sorry that people have proffered unkind and insulting comments to you
regarding your right or ability to hold a summer job in newspaper journalism. I
have not seen anything whatever, thus far, to indicate that you are in any way
unqualified to do your work creditably, and to earn your pay.
However, if you sincerely believe that your being your father's daughter had
nothing to do with your getting your current position in Topeka, I must sadly beg
to differ with you.
I think that you, as a native Michiganite, collaterally of the District, have
as much in common with the photojoumalistic life's blood of northeast Kansas as Mr.
David Eisenhower had with theujunior Baseball Writer's desk in Philadelphia.
This is not to say that you are incapable of performing your job. It is to
say that you are fooling yourself if you think that there were so few qualified
applicants for summer photo-internships in Topeka that the publishers of your pa-
per were constrained to broaden their talent search to Washington, D.C.
Bosh!
Let me tell you that I have friends who have graduated from the Medill School
of Journalism (probably, after Columbia's, the best in the USA) who can not find a
decent job. I know photographers a half-dozen years your senior who can probably
shoot the camera eyes off your pal Kennerly, who also cannot find steady work. I
know that here in NE Ohio, there were, on average, 18 applications for each posi-
tion as summer-intern with our major, daily newspapers; and this 18:1 ratio had no-
thing to do with securing sinecures in particular areas of journalism, such as your
own Photography.
Nor am I particularly confident that a handsome young woman who has been put-
tering around with a camera for eighteen months as a part-time avocation is profes-
sionally prepared for a daily regimen of big-city photojournalising. I know pros, who
are ten years your senior, who still do not have themselves anywhere near down to a
successful photographic technique: and these are guys who've gone through Journalism
School, and then cubbed their way through daily newspapering for a half-dozen years.
Furthermore, how many non-President's daughters could have been admitted in-
to (let alone afforded) Ansel Adams' Master Classes at the age of seventeen years?
Not many.
I am confident that you yourself probably did not exert "pull" to get your po-
sition. But then again, I doubt that Lynda Bird Robb, Julie Nixon, David Eisenhower
were trying to exert "pull" on their own behalves either.
Two years ago, the publication Rolling Stone carried a quote from your older
brother, detailing just what he thought about the qualifications of the children
of Messers. Johnson and Nixon to hold their "creative" writing jobs. Do you recall
it? It might be worth re-reading.
I myself have been in professional and free-lance journalism for a number of
years, and have close acquaintances on the staffs of many of the largest dailies
in the United States.
I categorically tell you that there is almost no way in which a girl whose pri-
mary qualification was one month's prepping with Adams in the Rockies could ordinari-
ly be considered for a paying position at a major daily in a region about which the
prospective journalist had no specific prior knowledge, let alone experience.
This just is not the way the game is played.
The children of famous parents have an awesome burden to bear. Yet it is by no
means a sure-thing that the children of the rich and powerful must lose either their
identities or their self-respect in the process of growing up "protecting" their pa-
rents' image. There are the Rockefellars, the Effrem Zimbalists, the Gus & Buddy Bells
the Renoirs in France, the Mendelssohns in Germany, the Mozarts in Austria, etc., etc.
Yet it would be self-deceiving to presume that others cane. handle the cele-
brity of parents. Last month, offspring of 4 major Hollywood stars committed suidide.
And at Yale, Sargent Shriver's son displays a moral decadence which is the embarass-
ment of Silliman College, where he lives.
There is no reason for me to suspect that you are either a young photographic
Mozart, nor a dissipated Robert Shriver. Indeed, I know of no reason to regard you
as anything other than a totally normal, rather cute young woman. But this will not
alter the fact that, so long as your father is President, you will never be "just an-
nother girl, just another worker, just another anything".
I may be wrong, But I venture to guess that there are no other summer interns
in Topeka who sport round-the-clock Secret Service escort, and armed supervision.
Journalists who wield Nikons for most big-city papers sooner or later are sent out
to cover that cunfrontation with police, or that torch-job, or that shoot-out with
robbers, deep in the bowels of that big-city's ruff-tuff ghetto area. What will the
Secret Service do if you were assigned that duty? Would they let you go? I doubt it.
I can totally empathize with you in your career aspirations. You have attained
legal adulthood. You have done relatively well in your schooling. Like most other ci-
tizens, you dream of establishing a vocation, a reputation, a sense of achievement in
your own given field. And just because you are the daughter of an important man is no
more reason for you to be discriminated against in such aspirations than it is if your
parents had been poor, untrained members of some "minority" group.
But I wonder whether you are really cognizant of the present condition of the
national Economy? I don't mean gold "floats" and prime-rates and conspicuous consump-
tions. Simply, that millions of people are out of work, and that one of the areas to
have been hardest hit is your own age-bracket.
How do you think the auto-worker, married, with three kids, and out of work
for six-months, feels cashing his welfare check, when he turns on the tube and is
compelled to hear your father declaim on the necessity of his having a $60,000.00.
swimming pool for him to be able to function?
How do you think the young blacks and chicanos feel, having been rejected at
factories all over town in their quest for a first paying, self-respecting job, to
turn on the tv and hear your father declaiming about how much fun it is to be doing
the slopes at Vail in his pretty, new red jump-suit?
Well then, how do you think my college friends feel when they search out jobs
such as the one-you are now tying down, because of your father, and they come up emp-
ty? Here is a group hundreds, thousands strong, possessed of longer and superior pre--
paration than you are, deprived of even the low-paying position you hold as a summer
lark. What to you is a grand adventure is, to them, a matter of desparation. Some of
these lads are married, some already have children. But you have the job.
This state of affairs is cruel precisely because it is neither their fault nor
your fault. But when I see these unemployed journalists just-hanging around, seething
with frustration and hurt, it is indescribably sad. Do you know, I know guys who can
quote Racine, Polybius, Montesquieu, Proust, and cannot get a job even on your part-
time level? I no longer know how to face them.
No one wishes you more well in your job than I do, so far as a stranger can
wish another success. But your public pronouncements about your job do seem like
crocodile tears, and I wish you'd stop that.
yours most sincerely, Leof. Moldav
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Could That Be a Ford?
DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1975
Associated Press Wirephoto
Susan Ford can't quite hide behind sunglasses as she rides
bumper scooter in Kansas City amusement park. Susan, working
as a summer photographer-trainee on Topeka, Kan., newspaper,
managed to spend most of the day in park unrecognized.
Part
BERRY'S WORLD
.BY JIM BERRY
© 1975 by NEA. Inc. JimBerry 8.r
Easy, basic foods
2/31/75
Topeka State Journal
-Staff Photo by Susan Ford
Mrs. Rick Enewold enjoys serving her family tasty meals that are easily prepared.
and two inches of moisture are needed in the next week.
ened Shawnee County's No. 1 crop. Officials say the situation is "critical"
corn this morning as he contemplated weather conditions that have threat-
Lawrence Rusch, who farms near 53rd and California, checked an ear of his
-Staff photo by Susan Ford
Tapeka state Journal 7/31/75
Susan enjoys
visit at park 7/28/75
Topeka State Journal
KANSAS CITY (AP) - Susan Ford
was almost, but not quite, ignored Sun-
day during a visit to the Worlds of Fun
amusement park in Clay County.
President Gerald Ford's daughter