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newsmen in a lobby of the Los Angeles Music
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Center, says looking at pictures of Vietnamese
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refugee children makes her "want to adopt them."
About 2
She hasn't told the President of her feelings, she
them a
replied to a newsman's question.
AP photo
announ
When First Lady Relaxes at Luncl
By FRANCES RUSSELL KAY,
As it turns out, President been barnstorming South- the Dorothy Chandler Pavi-
She greeted the members
However, Dolores, a
and Mrs. Gerald Ford's
ern California (Bakersfield
lion's Great Hall, must have
(in groups of 10) during the
Ribbon member, di
Palm Springs vacation isn't
to San Diego) between golf
tired the First Lady who,
preluncheon reception in
make the luncheon.
much of a vacation, after
games, the First Lady, Bet-
when questioned later, the Founders, stopping to
But Vondell (Mrs. I
all, it's more a change. of
ty Ford, who says she's get-
said, "I feel fine.' But she chat with a few, before
C.) Wilson of Encino die
EVENING OUTLOOK Thurs., Apr. 3, 1975-29
Betty Ford, Music Center Love At First Sight
STORIES By TONI MYRUP FRANK
Ford has taken a special interest in
music and the arts, particularly as
she read with the same warmth and
S
Editor, Outlook on Living
congratulated members of
they affect children Bringing music
ease, Mrs. Ford said
tion in the Founder's Room before
the
father and has the family Bible
for "the fantastic task" they
Perhaps you, know that most of
the luncheon and, though she had
ha
detailing the family tree.
and the arts to the
accomplished and said
asked that no formal receiving line
PLEDGES AID TO VIET ORPHANS
Betty Ford visits
L.A
First Lady Betty Ford, who has maintained a
Mrs. Ford said she primarily has been resting during
special interest in children throughout the years, said
this vacation and feels in excellent health.
Wednesday in Los Angeles that she is making plans
to aid the war stricken youngsters in Vietnam.
SHE WAS HONORED at the luncheon, held on
the glittering second floor of the Dorothy Chandler
S.
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First Lady Is
Hailed Here
By CAMILLA SNYDER
Herald-Examiner Staff Writer
There were, according to Mrs. Richard Wolford, "few
regrets" received in response to some 250 invitations to the
iet retugees evoke
Lady's sympathy
LOS ANGELES (AP) - First
group of 400 social and civic lead-
Betty Ford said Wednesday
ers, organized by Mrs. Norman
pictures of Vietnamese refu-
Chandler in 1968, which has
children made her "want to
raised approximately $4 milliion
ont
them
to support the Music Center
Associated Press
eant offers hand to First Lady as she ar-
geles for luncheon Wednesday. Mrs. Ford
n Springs later in the day.
2 Part IV-Fri., Mar. 14, 1975
Los Angeles Times
NEW VEEPS-Among the new vice presidents of the Blue Ribbon 400
introduced at Wednesday's meeting were, from left, Mmes. Thomas
Trainer, Thornton R. Bradshaw and Charles B. Thornton
Times photo
ON VIEW
Blue Ribbon 400
to Honor Betty Ford
BY JODY JACOBS
Times Society Editor
That's quite a coup The Amazing
At Wednesday's meeting seven new
Blue Ribbon has come up with for its officers were formally presented to
divict of the - tone the Mrs. Norman
United Press International
Max Genet, general manager of the Mis-
and lifetime membership before the Pres-
sion Hills Golf Course near Palm Springs,
ident played a round of golf on the course
presents President Ford with a desk set
Wednesday afternoon. He shot an 86.
Ford hits best round of golf,
then takes on ills of nation
By DOUG McMILLAN
returning to the desert resort at
The President faces a rigor-
Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
about 3:45 p.m.
ous schedule today, flying to San
PALM SPRINGS - Presi-
The First Lady was there as
Diego at 7:30 a.m. for a breakfast
dent Ford shot his best round of
guest of honor of the Blue Ribbon
with western news executives,
golf Wednesday since coming to
400, a group of social and civic
the Press Conference, a speech to
the desert firing do BA of Mission
women who have been instru-
the White House Conference on
THE DAILY ENTERPRISE
County Page
Thursday, April 3, 1975
B-1
resure
United Press International
Max Genet, general manager of the Mis-
and lifetime membership before the Pres-
sion Hills Golf Course near Palm Springs,
ident played a round of golf on the course
presents President Ford with a desk set
Wednesday afternoon. He shot an 86.
Ford hits best round of golf,
then takes on ills of nation
By DOUG McMILLAN
returning to the desert resort at
The President faces a rigor-
Press-Enterprise Staff Writer
about 3:45 p.m.
ous schedule today, flying to San
PALM SPRINGS - Presi-
The First Lady was there as
Diego at 7:30 a.m. for a breakfast
ent Ford shot his best round of
guest of honor of the Blue Ribbon
with western news executives.
8
EYE
WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY, FRIDAY, APRIL 4,1975
Missy Chandler; Margaret Pereira: Liz Familian! Anne Johnson; Helen Wolford; Gale Hayman; Natalie Wood;
Betty Ford: Dorothy Chandler
Photos by Frank Diemhammer
FORD PHILOSOPHY: The Academy Awards' fans' bleachers greeted
but seem disturbed by questions on Vietnam. "It's a tragic situation. I've
Betty Ford outside Los Angeles' Music Center Wednesday, prompting
thought about adopting some of the children, but I'm afraid it wouldn't
one of the Blue Ribbon 400 luncheon hostesses to remark, "It's too bad
go over too well with the President. He has four now, you know, and he
she has to see it this way." But Dorothy Chandler defended - "This is a
figures that's enough." She admitted the Palm Springs vacation had pro-
busy place and things must go on as usual" - and led her guest of honor,
vided a good rest: "I'm not a golf freak. so I've been relaxing. which is
ON VIEW
First Lady Takes a Holiday Break
BY JODY JACOBS
low profile from a bungalow at nearby Thunderbird
Times Society Editor
Country Club. Wilson's secretary at the Los Angeles head
First Lady Mrs. Gerald Ford breaks a 10-day vacation in
quarters for his Trans World insurance company has been
Palm Springs devoted mostly to "sunning" and "relaxing"
told not to give out any information on the Fords' visit
And telephone operators at Thunderbird
Blue Ribbon 400 Honors First Lady
Cos Angeles Times
BY JODY JACOBS
IE
Times Society Editor
It was originally meant to be a private event. A social
afternoon and a special tribute to a "courageous and love-
ly lady" from some of the city's most culturally and civic-
oriented women.
PART IV
But when the guest of honor is the First Lady, well,
then even a group as prestigious as The Amazing Blue
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1975
Ribbon 400 can't have it all its own.way.
And that's why Wednesday afternoon's reception and
luncheon for this distinguished guest in the Music Center's
Carey as bestman <
"Give all the orders you can now. It's
the last day you'll be able to," was best
man Hugh Carey's mandate for his eld-
est son Christopher before the 27-year-
old assistant banquet manager at the
Waldorf-Astoria married education
major Bonnie Bresler Blum, 25, at a
Queens ceremony. The New York gov-
ernor, father of 12 and a widower, is
eminently eligible himself but demurs,
pleading, "I'm too busy with the state
UPI
budget. I couldn't handle a family
budget, too."
Jorgensen's snow fun>
Like any government leader, Danish
Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen
craves a close look at his nation's
natural resources. Strong-armed wife
Ingrid was only too happy to oblige dur-
ing an Easter weekend sojourn to the
Jorgensens' retreat north of Copenha-
gen. Smack in the middle of a snowball
fight, she gave the 52-year-old Social
Democrat a bull's-eye view of one
product Denmark possesses in abun-
dance.
PHOTOREPORTERS
2018 WORLD
Betty's birthday <
Cakes and champagne were Air Force
One's fare as President Ford and aides
returned to Washington from Palm
Springs, for next day was Betty Ford's
57th birthday. The First Lady, who had
journeyed to California on doctor's
orders to bake out some of her winter
weariness, still looked a bit gaunt and
peaked. Nevertheless, she smilingly re-
minded her husband and her son Jack,
23, that she alone would decide how
many candles would go on the cake.
UP-056
(THE FORDS' VACATION)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD SAID TODAY HE AND HIS WIFE,
BETTY, INTEND TO GO TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS, BUT THE
OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY WILL BE GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD WILL SPEND THEIR VACATION FROM MARCH
29 TO APRIL 7 IN PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. THE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE SIDE
TRIPS TO SAN DIEGO AND THE NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE AT ELK HILLS,
CALIF..
FORD ALSO WILL ADDRESS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
MEETING IN LAS VEGAS, NEV., ON HIS WAY BACK TO WASHINGTON APRIL 7.
THE PRESIDENT SAID HIS CHILDREN WILL SPEND EASTER ELSEWHERE. HIS
SON, MIKE, 24, AND MIKE'S WIFE, GAYLE, WILL BE IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE
MIKE IS A SEMINARY STUDENT. JACK, 22, WILL BE AT UTAH STATE
UNIVERSITY; STEVE, 18, WILL BE IN WYOMING, AND SUSAN, 17, WILL BE IN
WASHINGTON.
SUSAN WILL BE TAKING HER SPRING VACATION EARLIER. SHE LEAVES MARCH
20 FOR A SKIING TRIP TO VAIL, COLO.
UPI 03-11 01:03 PED
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BETTY 3-30
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (UPI) -- BETTY FORD, WHO HAS BEEN SUFFERING
L TELY FROM AN ARTHRITIC AILMENT, STEPPED OFF AIR FORCE ONE SATURDAY
WEARING A NECK BRACE CONCEALED BENEATH A SCARF.
THE NATIONS FIRST LADY TOLD REPORTERS, HOWEVER, THAT SHE FEELS
WEL. "I REALLY DO," SHE SAID, "I FEEL FINE." MRS. FORD HAS BEEN
SUFFERING FROM ARTHRITIS IN THE NECK AND BACK.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD ARRIVED TO SPEND A WEEK-LONG VACATION
BEGINNING WITH EASTER, HOLIDAY -- FOR WHICH MRS. FORD CHOSE NO
SP CIAL OUTFIT.
"ITS NOT IMPORTANT WHAT I WEAR," MRS. FORD COMMENTED. "EASTER
ITSELF IS WHATS IMPORTANT."
THE FORDS PLANNED TO ATTEND EASTER SERVICES AT ST. MARGARETS
EP SCOPAL CATHEDRAL, A 10-MINUTE DRIVE FROM A PRIVATE HOME IN WHICH
THEY ARE STAYING AT A COST OF $100 A DAY.
THE RESORT-STYLED RESIDENCE, COMPLETE WITH THREE SWIMMING POOLS,
IS OWNED BY FRED WILSON, AN INSURANCE EXECUTIVE AND CLOSE FRIEND OF
THE FORDS. ITS LOCATED IN EXCLUSIVE THUNDERBIRD HEIGHTS, JUST
OUTSIDE OF PALM SPRINGS.
MRS. FORD SAID SON JACK, 27, A SENIOR AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY,
WOUL VISIT THEM DURING THE HOLIDAY. SUSAN, 17, IS TAKING A SKIING
VACATION AT VAIL, COLO. FOR THE PRESIDENT, PLENTY OF GOLF IS PLANNED,
ALONG AND THE TYPE OF SOCIALIZING FAMILIAR DURING HIS WINTER SKIING
VACATION LAST YEAR IN COLORADO.
UPI 03-30 07:30 AED
Wednesday, May 21, 1975
THE SAN DIEGO UNION
A-3
First Lady Meets Some Big Babies At Zoo
-Staff Photos by Jerry Rife
Mrs. Betty Ford feeds Connie, an 18-
Children's Zoo by crew of the aircraft
trainer Joan Embrey and behind Connie is
Babyfrhino seems unimpressed that First-Lady. Children's Zoo was last on
$250
month old Asian elephant donated to the
carrier Constellation: Behind Mrs. Ford is
Charles Bieler, Zoo director.
he is having his back scratched by the the two-hour tour. (Story on Page A-1)
San Diago Union 5/21/75
Staff Photo by Jerry Rife
Mrs. Betty Ford says goodby to Loret- during visit to San Diego Zoo. With her is
ta Lynn, a baby chimpanzee she met trainer Jo Anne Thomas.
Busy First Lady
Enjoys Zoo Visit
Related story - D-1; Pictures - A-3
By RAY KIPP
The nation's First Lady eral hours out yesterday to
visited San Diego yesterday
visit the Zoo and spend some
D-6
EVENING TRIBUNE
San Diego, Tuesday, April 29, 1975
ART ARENA
Asian galleries ready
opening by First Lady
By JAN JENNINGS
gree from UCLA and his
TRIBUNE Art Writer
master's degree from Co-
Preparation is in prog-
lumbia University. He holds
ress for the annual meeting
another graduate degree,
and President's Reception
equal to a doctorate. from
LA JOLLA LIGHT
Page - 26 Thursday, May 1, 1975
Mrs. Senn to head Asian arts
Mrs. Richard E. Senn of
field of Asian art, making
La Jolla has been elected
purchases for the gallery
chairman of the Asian Arts
subject to final approval of
Committee of the Fine Arts
the Gallery's Art
Society of San Diego.
Acquisition Committee,
She will serve a one-year
helping to arrange
term beginning this month.
exhibitions and sponsoring
Mrs. Senn also serves as
lectures and educational
chairman of decorations for
programs.
the 50th annual meeting,
reception and dinner of the
Fine Arts Soceity. At the
May 20 dinner, First Lady
Betty Ford will officiate at
the ribbon-cutting opening
the newly installed Asian
Mrs. Richard Senn
Galleries.
existence some years
The Asian Arts Com-
before.
mittee, though formally
It was established to aid
organized in 1948, was in
the Fine Arts Gallerv in the
DECORATIONS FOR A FIRST LADY - Mrs. Earl Cross,
appeared as a special guest. The women are members of
Wilfred Matheson and Mrs. Donald Gaw prepared center-
Ikebana. San Diego chapter, and live in Poway and Rancho
pieces to be used during the 50th anniversary celebration for
Bernardo.
the Fine Arts Gallerv in La Jolla Tuesday when Betty Ford
Bill Dennis Photo.
Ikebana Decorates
Tables For Mrs. Ford
Members of Ikebana Inter-
Wilfred Matheson. of
national were in charge of
Rancho Bernardo.
table decorations at the 50th
Mrs. Robert Storjohamm
anniversarv dinner of the
of Poway. business ad-
Fine Arts Gallery in La Jolla
ministrator of the gallery.
Tuesday attended by First
said 45 members par-
Lady Betty Ford.
ticipated in the event since
Mrs. Ford was a special
each of the 35 arrangements
guest for the event which in-
were made individually. The
cluded a ribbon-cutting
materials used were from
ceremony opening the Asian
the park and many of the
Art Gallery.
member's gardens.
Area residents who are
At the gallery's entrance
RANCHO BERNARDO NEWS 5/22/75 P9 13
members of the San Diego
and on the stage of the
chapter of Ikebana are Mrs.
Copley Auditorium were
Earl Cross and Mrs Donald
four six-foot arrangements
Gaw of the StoneRidge area
using King Protea and char-
of Poway. and Mrs. Edison
treuse Pin Cushions. a rare
Albright. Mrs. Louis
flower from Hward Asper's
George. Mrs Fred Gray.
Green Valley Nursery in
Mrs Gordon Pearson and
Escondido.
A-1
TIMES ADVOCATE -ESCONDIDO 5/21/75
Betty Ford
busy on SD
Staff Photo by Dan Rios
FIRST LADY BETTY FORD WITH HENRY GARDINER
Betty Ford stays
Staff Photo by Dan Rios
FIRST LADY BETTY FORD WITH HENRY GARDINER
Betty Ford stays
busy on SD tour
By KATHLYN RUSSELL
had everyone craning necks eagerly
T-A Staff Writer
towards the door.
When she did arrive, looking elegant
SAN DIEGO - First Lady Betty
and happy. Mrs. Ford made a short
Ford petted an aardvark and said that
speech saying how pleased she was to
she watches television during a visit to
be at the gallery. "It's a thing with
Straws
CLASSIFIED ADS
OBITUARIES
The San Diego Union
WOMEN
in the Wind
107th YEAR
PAGE D-1
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1975
LAUDS FINE ARTS SOCIETY
By Eileen Jackson
Great art is enduring and it can afford
the partial eclipse it got last night at the
First Lady Opens
Fine Arts Gallery when First Lady Betty
Ford, distinguished special guest, took the
spotlight at the Fine Arts Society's glitter-
ing 50th anniversary celebration.
New Asian Section
The First Lady was impressed (and said
so) with the handsomely presented ancient
arts in the Asian Galleries, which she
By S.A. DESICK
join the gallery's exhibits of
Gale, Mrs. Robert L. Maw
opened during a gold-ribbon cutting cere-
Mrs. Betty Ford injected
Renaissance, impressionist,
and Franklin L. Miller.
mony.
early American and modern
The original board of trus-
S:D.4/9/95 S.D. 4/9/7
First Lady To Visit
For Gallery Event
First Lady Betty Ford
will be in San Diego to open
the Fine Arts Gallery's new
Asian galleries on May 20,
Mrs. Jack L. Oatman, Fine
Arts Society president, an-
nounced.
"The 50th annual meeting
of the Fine Arts Society of
San Diego has been set for
Tuesday, May 20, in order
to welcome as special
guest, Mrs. Betty Ford,
wife of the President," Mrs.
Oatman said.
The original date for the
event, May 9, was changed
at a meeting called follow-
ing word from the White
House early yesterday af-
ternoon that Mrs. Ford
would be able to be here.
Mrs. Ford will be honored
at a reception and dinner
following the annual busi-
ness meeting to take place
at 5:30 p.m. in the gallery.
MRS. BETTY FORD
She will cut the ribbon, offi-
and the exhibition of Japa-
cially opening the new gal-
nese screens and costumes
leries, after dinner.
to be on display that eve-
Invitations will go into the
ning.
mail at the end of April,
Mrs. Ford celebrated her
Mrs. Oatman added.
57th birthday yesterday at a
Mrs. John D. McCausland
White House dinner party
has been named chairman
Fourteen friends were in-
of the event. An Asian
vited to the buffet dinner in
decor will complement the
the family quarters of the
newly arranged galleries
White House.
Wednesday, May 21, 1975
THE SAN DIEGO UNION
D-3
Monique Meets First Lady
sun
Stellar Gallery Event
5-9-75
The format is being perfected for the
Fine Arts Society's tripleheader 50th anni-
versary meeting, member reception and
dinner Mov 20 ...
ATTENTION: Mr. Peter Sorem, Advance Man To Mrs. Gerald Ford
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4/1/75
New York Post
FOUNDED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN 1801
DOROTHY SCHIFF Editor-in.Chief and Publisher
PAUL SANN
Executive Editor
JAMES A. WECHSLER
Editorial Page Editor
ROBERT SPITZLER Managing Educa
Published daily except Sunday. Owned by the New York Post Corporation, 210 South St., New York,
N.Y. 10002. Dorothy Schilf, President. Byron 2. Grasnberg, Treasurer. Jean Gillette, Secretary.
A Hollow Laughter
On their television sorenne lost violations of the Euris Accords
4/6/75
10
from Peking that Chinese sources consider Chiang Ching-Kuo
rather pro-Moscow, in contrast to the rigid anti-Soviet
stance of his late father.
***
Soyuz Mission Aborted, Cosmonauts Well
Moscow--The Soviet Union announced early Monday that a
Soyuz manned space shot aborted automatically soon after
launching Saturday and the craft returned safely to earth.
The Tass News Agency said the two cosmonauts aboard the
craft were recovered and are feeling well. (UPI)
***
FROM SUNDAY PAPERS AND TV
PRESIDENT
Cooper Rollow,
President Ford spins football
Chicago Tribune
yarn on himself
Efforts are underway to get President Ford into Chicago
next Aug. 1 to address the Football Writers Association of
America and attend the College All-Star game. It should
not be too tough a decision for the President. First, the
exposure obviously would be politically expedient. Secondly,
he loves football anyway. So perhaps on the first day of
August, he will take the rostrum at the Bismarck Hotel, and
maybe he will even start out with a little joke as he did at
the 1974 Hall of Fame dinner in New York. " there was a
dinner when I was introduced by a former teammate from my old
Michigan football team," Ford said that evening. "And I'll
never forget that introduction. He said, 'Ladies and Gentlemen,
it might interest you to know that I played football with
Jerry Ford for two years--and it made a lasting impression
on me. I was quarterback. Jerry Ford was the center. And
you might say, it gave me a completely different view of the
President.''
NBC Network News
President Ford Greets
WTOP-TV
Orphans
NBC Network News and WTOP-TV each gave one-minute-plus
stories with film of President Ford meeting a Pan Am 747
carrying 300 Vietnamese orphans at San Francisco's airport.
11
NBC reported that doctors said 31 of the children were almost
dead, suffering from shock and dehydration. Some have
chicken pox, so Mrs. Ford--left exceptionally vulnerable to
children's diseases by chemotherapy treatments--was kept
separated from the children.
President Ford spent five minutes aboard the plane then
carried two children to a waiting ambulance (on film).
Ford Job Rating
ABC's Reasoner Report aired the results of a poll
commissioned from Lieberman Research, Inc., which interviewed
by telephone 600 people in 12 cities and towns about President
Ford's performance.
Asked how they would rate the job President Ford is doing,
35 per cent of those polled rated it excellent or good and
61 per cent rated it fair or poor.
On the question of preference for Ford or Vice President
Rockefeller, 50 per cent said they would rather have Ford as
President, 20 per cent said they preferred Rockefeller and
24 per cent wanted neither.
Asked, "Are you as proud of being American as you used
to be?" 43 per cent said they were as proud as ever, and 54
per cent said they were not as proud.
Asked, "Do people in this country care as much about
helping each other as they used to?" 35 per cent said yes, and
62 per cent said people do not care as much as they used to.
To the question of whether people have as much energy
as they used to, the response was a little more positive than
that, but not much.
To the question, "How do you feel about the future of the
United States," seven of 10 were optimistic and one in four
was pessimistic.
DAILY NEWS
15c
NEW YORK'S PICTURE NEWSPAPER ®
Vol. 56. No. 245
Copr. 1975 New York News Inc.
New York, N.Y. 10017, Monday, April 7, 1975*
Price 20c beyond 200 miles from N.Y.C.
2D MISSING CHILD
IS
FOUND DEAD
Story on page 3
Docs: Many Viet Orphans Sick
This Babv's
DOCS: Many Viet Orphans DICK
This Baby's
Future Is in
America's Hands
President Ford cradles a Vietnamese orphan
in his arms after he and wife, Betty, met
mercy flight in San Francisco late Saturday
night. A total of 313 children, including 100
survivors of Friday's plane crash, were on
the plane. Another flight arrived early yes-
terday in Seattle, Last night, a plane with
children from Vietnam touched down at
Kennedy Airport.
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Children Thru
The Eyes of
The World
They whimpered- a nd they
cried and they squealed. And
they looked with bewilder.
ment at the television lights
and flashing light bulbs in
San Francisco a nd Seattle.
But nowhere did they hear
the sounds of guns or bombs
which, until this weekend, had
been a part of their daily
lives. This was the scene on
the West Coast late Saturday
and early yesterday as hun-
dreds of Vietnamese orphans
arrived in the United States
-
to begin new lives with adop-
tive parents. President Ford
and the first lady were on
hand to welcome the babies
in San Francisco. A little
later, a Pan Am 747 ferried
in another planeload at Seat-
tle, continuing the biggest
mercy airlift in history. They
whimpered and cried. But
they were safe-and free,
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Volunteers feed Vietnamese babies at the Seattl e Airport following arrival of evacuation plane.
DAY APRIL 7, 1975
UPLTelephoto
Associated Press Wirephoto
Orphan gets his first look at his adoptive country as he is held by volunteer aboard bus in San Francisco.
can mas me puzzied.
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DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1975
Pain & Illness Also Ride Jets
Docs Plead for Help With Orphans
By THEO WILSON
Staff Correspondent of The News
San Francisco, April 6-An "incredible scene of deprivation and illness," with
babies near death, in shock, and in pain from infected wounds suffered in Friday's
Saigon plane crash, was described today by volunteer doctors treating the Vietnamese
orphans arriving here by the
hundreds this weekend.
most critically ill were taken to
were brought to the Presidio,
hospitals here.
In an emotional appeal for
Stalcup said, "By American
help from pediatricians and
The others were taken to the
standards, one half of them
Presido, the Army post that has
pediatric nurses, the exhausted
converted tw 0 buildings into
should be in hospitals right now.
doctors said that with handreds
nurseries that are filled wall to
By Vietnam satndards, these were
of orphans landing tonight and
wall with infants, some of them
the cream of the crop, the health-
tomorrow, "we are running out
newborn, some ill of chicken
iest they could find to put on the
of manpower our resources
pox, fever or pneumonia.
plane.
have been strztched to capacity.
"There were children on the
"Two were in shock when
We meed help."
plane with infected sutures from
they were examined at the air-
A total of 313 children, in-
the crash wounds and with rela-
port. It was a difficult trip for
cluding the 100 plane crash
tively serious head injuries,"
the very small infants. The chil-
Associated Press Wirephoto
survivors, arrived last night on
said Dr. Alex Stalcup at the
dren had been traveling upward
Betty Ford smiles as she watches Vietnamese baby being carried
the flight met by President and
Presidio.
to Army bus by volunteer at San Francisco Airport.
Mrs. Ford. Forty-seven of the
Describing the children who
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South Viets, onMove,
Retake Coastal City
Saigon, April 6 (Combined Dispatches)-South Vietnamese troops re-
occupied today the key coastal city of Nha Trang, 188 miles northeast of
Saigon, in the first major move by government forces into territory lost to
the Communist-led sweep last month.
Meanwhile, the United States continued to build up its 7th Fleet off Vietnam, and
informed sources said that marines were prepared to land in Saigon to evacuate Amer-
icans and some Vietnamese if the capital city were attacked or refugees sparked chaos.
To the south of Saigon, at
least 80 people reportedly starv-
ed to death aboard a ship carry-
ing refugees; two American-
charter
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Tuesday, April8, 1975 THE WASHINGTON POST
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President Urges Optimism
By Lou Cannon
called the United States' today, praising the broadcast- Union and to U.S. allies in
Washington Post Staff Writer
Moral obligation" to Viet- ers for their accounts of Europe.
LAS VEGAS. April 7-Pres- nam.
mercy flights of Vietnamese
High-ranking White House
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The Washington Star
Tuesday, April 8, 1975
Names / Faces
'Andrews? We Have a Party Aboard'
Just 45 minutes out of Andrews Air Force Base, Air
UP-055
(HEALTH)
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (UPI) BETTY FORD WHO WILL BE 57 TOMORROW
SAYS HEALTH "IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD."
"I DON'T MIND GETTING OLD," SHE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH UPI
SATURDAY, "BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO AVOID IT. SO I MIGHT AS WELL
ACCEPT IT."
MRS. FORD, WHO UNDERWENT BREAST CANCER SURGERY LAST FALL AND HAS
SUFFERED A PAINFUL ARTHRITIC CONDITION IN HER NECK AND BACK FOR MORE
THAN 10 YEARS, SAID, "I FEEL IN GOOD HEALTH AND I FEEL FORTUNATE."
FOR HER BIRTHDAY, THE PRESIDENT GAVE HER A WHITE MINK CAPELET,
WHICH SHE HAS ALREADY WORN. SHE SAID HER HUSBAND "HAS AN AWFUL TIME
TRYING TO THINK OF GIFTS" AND SHE HAS TOLD HIM HE DOES NOT HAVE TO
BUY HER ANYTHING ELSE.
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FORDS-ORPHANS
BY HOWARD BENEDICT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP): FIRST LADY BETTY FORD PUT HER ARM AROUND THE
STRANGER AND ASKED WHY SHE WAS CRYING.
THE WONAN SAID SHE WAS AFRAID THE VIETNAMESE ORPHAN SHE HAD ADOPTED
WAS DEAD, BUT SHE HOPED FOR A MIRACLE. AND LATER SHE LEARNED THE
CHILD WAS ON A JUMBO JET PARKED ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY.
IT HAPPENED ON A RAINY SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD
FLEW/HERE FRON THEIR PALM SPRINGS VACATION HOME TO GREET A CHARTER
PLANE CARRYING 325 VIETNAMESE ORPHANS TO NEW LIVES IN THE UNITED
STATES,
THEY CAME, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID, BECAUSE THEY ARE DEEPLY TOUCHED
bi IGHT 05 THE SOUTH VISTNAMESE PROPLE EVATHE
THOUSANDS OF THE INNOCENT WAR ORPHANS.
WHILE THE FORDS WAITED FOR THE SICKEST OF THE CHILDREN TO BE PLACED
IN AMBULANCES AND BUSES, THE FIRST LADY APPROACHED THE CRYING WOMAN
STANDING NEAR ONE OF THE BUSES.
THE WOMAN TOLD HER THE CHILD SHE HAD ADOPTED MAD BEEN A PASSENGER ON
THE AIR FORCE C5A GALAXY THAT CRASMED AFTER TAKING OFF FROM SAIGON
FRIDAY, KILLING UP TO-200 PERSONS, MOST OF THEM ORPHANS.
SHE SAID SHE WAS AFRAID THE CHILD HAD DIED. BUT CHE CAME TO GREET
THE CHARTER JET THIS NIGHT BECAUSE SHE HEARD-THERE WERE 40 SURVIVORS
OF THAT CRASH ON BOARD, SHE HOPED FOR A MIRACLE.
WITHIN AN HOUR SHE HAD II. DOCTORS REPORTED THE BABY WAS ON THE
PASSENGER LIST,
THERE WAS SHEER EXCITEMENT, BOTH ON THE PART OF THE WOMAN AND MRS,
FORD, SAID THE WHITE HOUSE AIDE WHO TOLD THE STORY. III WAS VERY,
VERY TOUCHING.
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WHEN THE SICKEST CHILDREN, MOST OF THEM WITH CHICKEN POX OR
DIARRHEA, WERE REMOVED FROM THE DI ave, PRESIDENT BOARDED AND
OBSERVED AN EMOTIONAL SCENE -- NEARLY 300 CHILDREN, MOST CRYING AND
SQUIRMING IN BASSINETS.
THE PRESIDENT RICKED UP A SNALL GIRL WEARING ORANGE AND YELLOW
PAJAMAS AND CARRIED HER DOWN THE COVERED FRONT RAMP AND ON TO A BUS
THAT WOULD WHISK HER TO A NEARBY ARMY MEDICAL CENTER.
THE PRESIDENT REBOARDED THE JET AND EMERGED MINUTES LATER WITH A
TINY BOY WRAPPED IN A RED BLANKET. HE BOARDED A SECOND BUS AND SAI
DOWN NEAR A FRONT SEAT, LOOXING INTO THE CHILDS FACE AS VOLUNTEERS
BROUGHT OTHER ORPHANS ABOARD,
MRS. FORD INITIALLY WAS NOT PERMITTED NEAR THE PLANE BECAUSE 18 OF
THE CHILDREN HAD CHICKEN POX. WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN DR. WILLIAM LUKASH
SAID THE CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT SME IS RECEIVING AS A RESULT OF
RECENT BREAST CANCER SURGERY DESTROYED HER IMMUNITY AGAINST INFECTIONS
FROM CHICKEN POX VIRUS. SHE HAS NEVER HAD THE DISEASE.
First Lady
takes tour
of camps
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After her briefing by
Graham and Nick Thorne,
coordinator of the civilian
agencies helping the refu-
gees, Mrs. Ford went to the
area where the volunteers
have established their head-
quarters.
She talked to a number of
ths people from the agen-
cies, then proceeded to
Camp 8.
Khoy also asked her to
express to President Ford
the gratitude of his people
for the help they have re-
ceived. She told him, "I will
give him that message -
that is why I am here
today."
U.S.Envoy Sara to W eicome ДИШИТ un uvinny
From News Dispatches
and press agency coverage
homeland was a "criminal early Sunday, President
SAIGON, April 6-Opposi-
and the effect will be tre-
operation."
Ford met one of the air-
tion politicians made public
mendous."
In Stockholm, about 100
Sunday a letter from a top
planes in San Francisco and
A U.S. embassy spokesman,
persons protested at the
South Vietnamese govern-
carried a young girl onto
asked for comment on the
U.S. embassy over the OF
ment official saying that
letter, said Martin "has had
phan airlift, delivering to
American soil One 4-month-
U.S. Ambassador Graham
as his overriding concern the
embassy officials a resolu
old child died en route to
Martin had expressed the
welfare of the orphans." The
tion describing it as
the United States, and some
opinion that the evacuation
spokesman said Dan and
"kidnaping." A Swedish
50 children were seriously
of orphans will help shift
Martin met last week on the
adoption agency also con-
ill and being treated for de-
American public opinion to
United Press International
President Ford holds a Vietnamese infant at San Francisco airport. Story Page A15,
TIMES ADVOCATE - MAY 22, 1975
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Associated Press Photo
MRS. FORD HELD A SPECIAL HAND AT CAMP PENDLETON
Mrs. Ford
hopes visit
spurs aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - First Lady
Betty Ford says she hopes her. visit to
Vietnamese refugees at Camp
Pendleton. Calif., will help inspire
more American familes to sponsor im-
migrants still waiting for new homes
Mrs. Ford toured a tent camp at the
sprawling Pacific Marine base
Wednesday, bringing assurances of
this country's sympathy and warm
welcome to the war victims.
Standing in the center of a basket-
ball court in a recreation area ringed
by refugees, Mrs. Ford said:
"My husband, my children and I
have suffered with you - what you
have had to go through. And I only
hope that we can give you some help
and inspiration and some sunshine in
your life."
Mrs. Ford came to the camp with
one question to ask the officials in
charge: "Why is it taking so long in
processing?"
They told her Vietnamese families
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AY, APRIL 7, 1975 -
Price higher in air delivery cities.
Associated Press
An American woman escorting South Vietnamese children signaling that there was
room for more in the van taking them to Saigon airport yesterday for flight to the U.S.
Many Children Found Ill
OnArrival From Vietnam
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND
Special to The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 morning were reported hospi-
As stepped-up emergency air- talized with similar ailments.
THEY d to
of former
med during
U. S ma
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Mrs. Ford Is Deeply Touched
mre it for
Americans
1 would be
By Plight of Child Refugees
tect it as
said one
Associated Prese
Vietnam army. She said it was.
happened
LOS ANGELES, April 3
a "working' 'vacation, but he
Da Nang
First Lady Betty Ford says she
if frantic
"is trying to take a couple of
is so touched by the plight of
hours off each day."
refugee
Vietnamese refugee children
Asked if the President wasn't
fleeing the armies sweeping
playing golf while Saigon, figu-
through South Vietnam that she
'safe-con-
ratively, W as burning, she
would like to adopt them.
the Com-
said:
Mrs. Ford, in a brief news
le neces-
"I happen to know my hus-
conference after a luncheon
band is working very hard on
Wednesday at the Music -Cen-
the problem."
nd mer-
ter, said:
Mrs. Ford said her reaction
ive tried
"I feel as everyone does that
on seeing the pictures of the
om lost
it's tragic and there's no ques-
war orphans was, "I want to
the past
tion in my mind that the whole
adopt them."
minimal
world is touched by it."
She said, "I feel these chil-
Ips and
The First Lady, vacationing
dren are children that have to
ach Da
with her husband in Palm
be given the opportunity to
a.
Springs, flew to Los Angeles
grow like the rest of us."
u river
for the luncheon.
tricky
SHE ADDED, however, she
scellent
SHE DEFENDED the Presi-
had not talked to her husband
7e even
dent for vacationing while
about adopting a Vietnamese-
ships,
large sections of South Vietnam
child.
are being overrun by the North
"I don't think it would go too
4/3/75
well," she said. Mrs. Ford had
lunch with the Music Center
Blue Ribbon 400 women's
group, an organization of social
and civic leaders who were in-
strumental in founding a n d
maintaining the Los Angeles
center
Mrs. Ford returned to Palm
Springs after the luncheon.
ON VIEW
chairman and Mrs. James F.LeSage as decorations chair-
Los Angeles Times
Wed., Apr. 2, 1975-Part IV 3
man, the decor of the Grand Hall will be enchantingly Or-
iental that night. So will the entertainment that will in-
Corps in Los Angeles who are members of the committee
clude Rosalind Chao's classical Chinese dancing and Jeff
and their international-minded husbands.
First Lady Takesa Holiday Break
Chan with his troupe performing the Chinese ceremonial
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lion dance. But since this committee was founded in 1952
Correct your calendars, s'il vous plait. That Evening
to further worldwide understanding, Mrs. Vittorio Farinel-
With Rosalind Russell takes place April 10 at the Santa
BY JODY JACOBS
h. wife of Italy's consul general, has made arrangements
Barbara Museum of Art.
Times Society Editor
low profile from a bungalow at nearby Thunderbird
through Italian trade commissioner Dr. Vittorio Sanguin-
Country Club. Wison's secretary at the Los Angeles head-
First T adv. Mrs/Gerald Ford
etti's office to make sure all the wines served that evening
quarters fond World insurance company has been
Women Votern Dlan
LA Times 3/31/75
WORSHIPERS - The President and Mrs. Ford after Easter services in
Palm Desert. Between them are Bishop Robert Wolterstorff, left, of the
Episcopal Diocese of San Diego and the Rev. John Dean Harrison.
Times photo by Joe Kennedy
Wash
Fords Reported in Palm Springs
star
President Ford and the First Lady are in Palm
4/2/74
Springs, Calif. There is news of their stay. Mrs. Ford
"looks good and feels good," according to her secre-
tary. The Fords have entertained Bob Hope, former
A-2
Gov. Ronald Reagan, Eva Gabor, Frank Jameson and
retired Army football coach Earl (Red) Blaik. Frank
Jameson? He's married to Eva. President Ford, seat-
ed in a shopping center, signed a book, "Five Star Re-
cipes From Friends of Mamie and Ike," while Alicy
Faye and Dolores Hope were also signing copies. Miss
Faye is married to Phil Harris, Dolores to Bob. The
book is being sold for charity. Miss Faye threw her left
arm around the President. Ford kissed Mrs. Hope. His
daughter, Susan, is at the White House where she is
safe. The President heads for San Francisco Friday.
-John McKelway
UP-060
(FIRST FAMILY)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- BETTY FORD IS REGAINING STRENGTH DAILY FROM
HER SCHEDULE LIGHT.
HER LATEST BOUT WITH ARTHRITIS. BUT DOCTORS STILL WANT HER TO KEEP
PRESIDENT'S PHYSICIAN, AS SAYING THE FIRST LADY SHOWED "GREAT
A WHITE HOUSE AIDE TODAY QUOTED DR. WILLIAM LUKASH, THE
FAMILY QUARTERS.
IMPROVEMENT" WEDNESDAY AND IS SPENDING MORE TIME UP AND AROUND IN THE
THE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM HER CALENDAR SO THAT SHE CAN FULLY RECOVER FROM
MANY OF MRS. FORD'S PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS HAVE
ARTHRITIC ATTACK WHICH OCCURRED TWO WEEKS AGO.
12 IF YEARS. DOCTORS SAY IT IS AGGRAVATED WHEN SHE BECOMES TOO ACTIVE.
SHE HAS SUFFERED FROM THE AILMENT IN HER BACK AND NECK FOR NEARLY
THEIR 98TH ANNUAL DINNER AI THE STATLER HOTEL.
NIGHT IN THE INITIATION OF NEW MEMBERS INTO THE GRIDIRON CLUB AT
SHE IS FEELING WELL ENOUGH, MRS. FORD WILL TAKE PART SATURDAY
TODAY TO SPEND HER SPRING VACATION ON THE SKI SLOPES.
MEANWHILE, SUSAN FORD FLEW TO VAIL, COL., ABOARD A COMMERCIAL JET
FRIEND, BARBARA MANFUCO, 18, OF CHEVY CHASE, MD., AND A SECRET
PRESIDENT FORD'S 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HER CLOSE
SERVICE AGENT.
EASTER. SUSAN PLANNED TO STAY AT VAIL UNTIL MARCH 31, THE DAY AFTER
SPRINGS, CALIF.
FORD AND HIS WIFE PLAN TO SPEND THEIR EASTER HOLIDAY IN PALM
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(FORD)
WASHINGTON (UPI) PRESIDENT FORD WAS WORRIED TODAY THAT CONGRESS
MIGHT TAKE OFF ON A 10-DAY EASTER VACATION BEFORE IT PASSES AN INCOME
TAX CUT, A SPOKISMAN SAID.
"IF THE SENATE TAKES ITS VACATION WITHOUT A TAX CUT, THE PRESIDENT
WOULD FIND THAT UNBELIEVABLE," PRESS SECRETARY R ON NESSEN TOLD
REPORTERS. "THE PRESIDENT IS VERY, VERY CONCERNED IF THEY GO WITHOUT
PASSING THE TAX CUT.
"HE FEELS PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS AND BUSINESSES ARE CUTTING
BACK. HE JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY CONGRESS WON'T PASS A TAX CUT
QUICKLY WHEN EVERYONE AGREES IT'S NEEDED."
THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A $21.3 BILLION TAX CUT -- ABOUT $5 BILLION
MORE THAN FORD REQUESTED. BUT THE SENATE STILL IS CONSIDERING IT.
BOTH CHAMBERS ARE PREPARING TO LEAVE SOON FOR AN EASTER RECESS,
THE SENATE ON MARCH 21 AND THE HOUSE ON MARCH 27.
NESSEN'S STATEMENT, ECHOING PREVIOUS WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS THAT
CONGRESS IS ACTING TOO SLOWLY ON FORD'S ECONOMIC AND ENERGY PROGRAM,
FOLLOWED A ONE AND ONE-HALF HOUR MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS TOP ADVISERS TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF HIS PROPOSAL FOR A 1974
INCOME TAX REBATE.
REFERRING 10 THE 10-DAY HOUSE RECESS IN EARLY FEBRUARY, NESSEN
ADDED, "THEY" ALREADY HAD ONE AND NOW THEY ARE ABOUT TO TAKE
ANOTHER."
FORD HIMSELF ANNOUNCED EARLIER IN THE DAY DURING A CEREMONY IN THE
OVAL OFFICE THAT HE ALSO PLANS TO TAKE AN EASTER VACATION. HE SAID HE
AND HIS WIFE, BETTY, INTEND TO GO TO PALM SPRINGS, CALIF., MARCH 29,
AND RETURN APRIL 7.
BUT WHEN NESSEN WAS ADVISED BY REPORTERS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD
DISCLOSED PLANS FOR A VACATION, HE REPLIED ONLY THAT THE TRIP "HASN'T
BEEN ANNOUNCED."
THE MEETING BETWEEN FORD AND HIS ADVISERS APPARENTLY HINGED ON THE
POSSIBLITY OF & COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS AND
THOSE SET FORTI BY REP. AL ULLMAN, D-ORE., CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
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TAX.CUT (TOPS N67)
BY FRANK CORMIER
WASHINGTON (AP) -- PRESIDENT FORD MIGHT VETO A RECESSION-FIGHTING TAX
CUT EXCEEDING HIS REQUEST AND FORGO AN EASTER HOLIDAY IN ORDER TO
PRESS CONGRESS TO ACT QUICKLY ON A MEASURE TO HIS LIKING, HIS
SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
PRESS SECRETARY RON NESSEN TOLD NEWSMEN FORD 'MIGHT WANT TO VETO''
A COMPROMISE TAX BILL BEING NEGOTIATED IN A SENATE-HOUSE CONFERENCE
AND ABANDON TENTATIVE PLANS TO FLY SATURDAY TO PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.,
FOR A NINE-DAY VACATION.
ASKED WHY FORD WOULD REMAIN IN WASHINGTON, NESSEN SAID, ''HE WANTS
TO STAY HERE UNTIL A TAX BILL IS PASSED.
NESSEN SAID HE WAS UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE PARLIAMENTARY SITUATION
INVOLVED IF FORD TRIED TO PRESSURE CONGRESS INTO REMAINING IN SESSION
NEXT WEEK TO DEAL WITH THE TAX QUESTION.
BUT NESSEN MADE IT CLEAR FORD WOULD WANT CONGRESS TO REMAIN ON THE
JOB, AND FORGO ITS OWN EASTER HOLIDAY IF HE EXERCISES HIS VETO
POWERS.
WHILE SOURCES SAID DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST
ASIA WERE ANOTHER FACTOR THAT COULD CAUSE FORD TO CANCEL OR DELAY
HOLIDAY PLANS, NESSEN SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS RECONSIDERING HIS PLANS
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAIN STATUS OF THE TAX CUT BILL.
HOUSE SPEAKER CARL ALBERT EXPRESSED DOUBT THAT FORD WOULD RECALL
CONGRESS FROM ITS RECESS.
ALBERT SAID HE WOULD GO AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR A TRIP TO MAINLAND
CHINA, SCHEDULED TO START BY THURSDAY, ON WHICH HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
JOHN J. RHODES ALSO IS BOOKED.
''THIS IS A PRESIDENTIAL MISSION, ALBERT SAID. "WE ARE SORT OF
LOCKED INTO IT
"I WOULD BE THE HIGHEST RANKING OFFICIAL TO VISIT THERE SINCE
(FORMER PRESIDENT) NIXON. I HAVE BEEN ASKED REPEATEDLY TO GO. THE
STATE DEPARTMENT ASKED ME TO GO. I'M KIND OF CAUGHT.
"IF HE SHOULD CALL US INTO SESSION, I GUESS I'D COME BACK.''
ASKED WHETHER THE HOUSE MIGHT POSTPONE ITS RECESS, SCHEDULED TO
BEGIN AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, IF IT APPEARED THE TAX BILL
COULD BE ENACTED THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, ALBERT QUESTIONED WHETHER THE
HOUSE COULD MUSTER A QUORUM.
"WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON VARIOUS CONTINENTS," ALBERT SAID.
03-25-75 13:10EDT
UP-047 (FORD VACATION) (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD MAY CANCEL HIS EASTER EVENTS VACATION IN THE
WASHINGTON BECAUSE OF THE PENDING TAX CUT BILL SAID AND TODAY.
IN MIDDLE CALIFORNIA EAST AND INDOCHINA, NOTED FORD'S WHITE CONCERN HOUSE OVER SOURCES A TAX CUT BILL WHICH CONFERENCE WAS
THESE SOURCES TO BE COMPLETED LATER THIS WEEK COULD BY A WELL HOUSE-SENATE DECIDE TO VETO THE
EXPECTED COMMITTEE. FINAL BILL POLITICAL IF IT GOES SOURCES DRAMATICALLY FORD'S SAID TIME FORD WOULD BEYOND BE THE TAKEN $20 UP BILLION WITH KISSINGER'S THE MARK. SUDDEN
OTHER FOREIGN SOURCES EVENTS SAID INCLUDING THE FAILURE PEACE OF AGREEMENT, HENRY THE
CRUSH OF NEGOTIATE AN ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN LEFT-WING
ATTEMPT TO ONSLAUGHT IN CAMBODIA AND SOUTH VIETNAM, OF
RUMBLINGS COMMUNIST IN PORTUGAL AND THE ASSASINATION OF KING FAISAL SAUDI
ARABIA. PRESSURES, THEY SAID, PLAY A PART IN FORD'S SAID THE DECISION
TO RECONSIDER WILL HIS MAKE A DEFINITE DECISION TOMORROWY. SATURDAY. THE PRESIDENT FORD HAD AND
ALL OF THESE VACATION PLANS. WHITE HOUSE SOURCES
PRESIDENT PLANED TO FLY TO CALIFORNIA INCLUDING
MRS. PLANNED FORD TO ORIGINALLY MIX WORK WITH REST DURING THE NINE-DAY TRIP,
SOME PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
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PALM SPRINGS (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD HOSTED A SMALL PRIVATE DINNER
PARTY LAST NIGHT AT HIS VACATION VILLA IN HONOR OF FORMER CALIFORNIA
GOV. RONALD REAGAN AND HIS WIFE.
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD MET REAGAN AND HIS WIFE, NANCY, AT THE
ENTRANCE OF THEIR RENTED RESIDENCE. FORD GREETED MRS. REAGAN WITH A
KISS ON THE CHEEK. ASKED IF THEY WERE GOING TO TALK POLITICS, FORD
LAUGHED AND SAID, "WE'RE JUST OLD FRIENDS."
MRS. FORD, WITH A BIG SMILE, CHIMED IN, "WHAT ARE POLITICS?"
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FORD
BY FRANK CORMIER
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (AP) -- PRESIDENT FORD HAS LET IT BE KNOWN
INDIRECTLY THAT HE ATTRIBUTES HANOI'S MILITARY SUCCESSES IN SOUTH
VIETNAM TO ITS VIOLATIONS OF THE PARIS ACCORD AND CONGRESS' FAILURE
TO GRANT MORE AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM.
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY RON NESSEN TOLD NEWSMEN MONDAY HE WAS
STICKING CLOSE TO WORDS FORD HAD USED WITH HIM IN PRIVATE AS HE SAID:
"I KNOW HE (FORD) FEELS THE PULL BACK OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE
FORCES TO A LINE WHICH PRESIDENT THIEU FEELS IS DEFENSIBLE WAS CAUSED
BY TWO THINGS: ONE, THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PARIS ACCORD BY THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE; AND SECOND, BY THE EFFECT ON THE MORAL OF THE SOUTH
VIEINAMESE OF THE PROSPECT OF NO FURTHER AMERICAN AMMUNITION AND
EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD ENABLE THEM TO FIGHT FOR THEIR OWN SURVIVAL."
NESSEN'S COMMENTS CAME AFTER FORD DECLINED FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT
DAY TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO QUESTIONS FROM NEWSMEN ABOUT THE SITUATION
IN VIETNAM.
DURING AN AIRPORT STOPOVER AT BAKERSFIELD, CALIF., CBS WHITE HOUSE
REPORTER PHIL JONES TRIED TO ASK HIM ABOUT VIETNAM, BUT FORD
INTERRUPTED HIM WITH A LAUGH AND BEGAN JOGGING TOWARD HIS WAITING JET
SOME 100 YARDS AWAY.
JONES KEPT PACE WITH FORD AND WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE HIS QUESTION, BUT
THE PRESIDENT, WHO WAS GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR AND SEEMINGLY
ENJOYING THE EXERCISE, CONFINED HIMSELF TO CHALLENGING THE NETWORK
CORRESPONDENT TO KEEP ABREAST OF HIM.
AFTER FORD RETURNED TO PALM SPRINGS FROM BAKERSFIELD AND AN
INSPECTION TOUR OF THE ELK HILLS NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, NESSEN WAS
ASKED IF FORD'S TROTTING WAS AN EFFORT TO AVOID TALKING ABOUT VIETNAM.
"I WOULD NOT THINK SO,'' HE SAID. ''I THINK YOU KNOW HIM BETTER
THAN THAT.
A REPORTER THEN NOTED THAT FORD WAS NOT RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS ON
THE SUBJECT WHICH ''AS YOU CORRECTLY POINT OUT, HE NORMALLY DOES,'
AND ASKED IF IT MEANT A NEW VIETNAM POLICY STATEMENT WAS IN THE WORKS.
"I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY STATEMENT ON VIEINAM,' SAID NESSEN. HE SAID
FORD WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO AND ADDED, ''I HARDLY
THINK THAT IS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE ISSUE.'
WHEN ASKED WHY, IN A NEWSMAN'S WORDS, ''THE PRESIDENT RAN AT
BAKERSFIELD AIRPORT,' NESSEN REPLIED, "I DID NOT SEE WHAT HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS RUNNING.
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WASHINGTON
(UPI)
HIS CALIF,, SHEILA EASTER TO RABB TRIP SPEND TO SOME THE --FIRST TIME WEST IN LADY THE BETTY SUN HER EVEN FORD IF MAY THE FLY TO PALMS POSTPONES SPRINGS,
BILL MAY STILL GO TO WEIDENFELD, CALIFORNIA ON THE MRS. THURSDAY. FORD
OSTEOARTHRITIC RECUPERATING FROM A PAINFUL EVEN IF THE TAX
MRS DECISION FORD IS DELAYS FORD IN WASHINGTON.
CUT
HER SHE TO ALSO RELAX IS SCHEDULED IN CONDITION THE SUN. IN HER NECK AND BACK. BOUT HER WITH DOCTORS A CHRONIC WOULD LIKE
RIBBON LOS ANOLES ON APRIL 2 SPONSORED TO APPEAR AS BY A GUEST OF HONOR AT LUNCHEON BLUE IN
400 WHO ARE PATRONS OF THE MUSIC A GROUP CENTER CALLED IN LOS THE ANGELES. AMAZING A
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LOS ANGELES (AP) FIRST LADY BETTY FORD SAYS SHE IS SO TOUCHED BY
THE PLIGHT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN FLEEING THE ARMIES SWEEPING
THROUGH SOUTH VIETNAM THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THEM.
MRS. FORD, IN A BRIEF NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER A LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY AT
THE MUSIC CENTER, SAID "I FEEL AS EVERYONE DOES THAT IT'S TRAGIC AND
THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS TOUCHED BY
IT.
THE FIRST LADY, VACATIONING WITH HER HUSBAND IN PALM SPRINGS, FLEW
TO LOS ANGELES FOR THE LUNCHEON.
SHE DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT FOR VACATIONING WHILE LARGE SECTIONS OF
SOUTH VIETNAM ARE BEING OVERRUN BY THE NORTH VIETNAM ARMY. SHE SAID
IT WAS A "WORKING" VACATION, BUT HE IS TRYING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF
HOURS OFF EACH DAY.
ASKED IF THE PRESIDENT WASN'T PLAYING GOLF WHILE SAIGON,
FIGURATIVELY, WAS BURNING, SHE SAID, "I HAPPEN TO KNOW MY HUSBAND IS
WORKING VERY HARD ON THE PROBLEM.
MRS. FORD SAID HER REACTION ON SEEING THE PICTURES OF THE WAR
ORPHANS WAS, "I WANT TO ADOPT THEM.
SHE ADDED, HOWEVER, SHE HAD NOT TALKED TO HER HUSBAND ABOUT ADOPTING
A VIETNAMESE CHILD.
"I DON'T THINK IT WOULD GO TOO WELL,' SHE SAID.
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(FORD)
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD TOOK OFF HIS SUIT
COAT, DONNED A WHITE HARD HAT AND TOURED THE NAVY'S ELK HILLS OIL
RESERVES MONDAY TO DRAMATIZE HIS FIGHT FOR CONGRESS TO PASS BY MAY
DAY A NATIONAL ENERGY PROGRAM.
"ITS BEEN WONDERFUL," FORD TOLD NAVY CMDR. R. G. MARTIN AT THE END
OF THE TOUR OF THE RESERVE WHICH IS PUMPING 3,000 BARRELS OF OIL A
DAY. "WE'LL BE BACK WHEN YOU'RE UP TO 400,000 BARRELS A DAY."
FORD BROKE AWAY FROM HIS EASTER HOLIDAY RESORT AT PALM SPRINGS AND
FLEW TO ELK HILLS "AS A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS INTEREST IN TAPPING ELK
HILLS FOR A BILLION BARREL RESERVE OF OIL FOR CIVILIANS PLUS 300
MILLION BARRELS FOR THE MILITARY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY," PRESS
SECRETARY RON NESSEN SAID.
FORD FLEW AIR FORCE 1 FROM PALM SPRINGS TO BAKERSFIELD, PAUSED TO
THANK 4,500 CHEERING CALIFORNIANS, BOARDED A HELICOPTER, AND
EXCHANGED HIS SUIT COAT FOR A WHITE WINDBREAKER AND THE HARD HAT.
HE MADE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO THE 65-YEAR-OLD,
48,000-ACRE RESERVE THAT UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN TAPPED ONLY LIGHTLY FOR
NAVY USE.
BRIEFED BY FOUR NAVAL OFFICERS COMMANDING THE FIELDS, FORD ALSO
TOURED A PRODUCTION CENTER, A GAS PROCESSING PLANT AND OIL SHIPPING
FACILITIES.
FORD ASKED TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, SURPRISING MARTIN AND HIS MEN.
"HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT," SAID MARTIN'S ASSISTANT, LT.
CMDR. T.W. BONE.
FORD, SINCE HIS DAYS AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE, HAS MADE A
SPECIALTY OF OIL AND ITS CONNECTION TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
FORD RETURNED TO PALM SPRINGS FOR A BIT OF RELAXATION. HE HAD A
GOLF DATE WITH BOB HOPE AND FRIEND LEON PARMA AT THE EL DORADO
COUNTRY CLUB.
MRS. FORD APPEARED TO BE ENJOYING THE SUNNY WEATHER AT THE RESORT.
UPON ARRIVING SATURDAY NIGHT, SHE SHUCKED OFF THE NECK BRACE SHE
SOMETIMES USES FOR HER PAINFUL ARTHTITIS.
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LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- BETTY FORD SAID SHE IS so SADDENED BY THE
1975
PLIGHT OF VIETNAMESE WAR ORPHANS THAT SHE'D LIKE TO ADOPT THEM, BUT
THEN ADDED THAT WITH FOUR CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN, SHE DOUBTS THE
PRESIDENT WANTS ANY MORE.
THE FIRST LADY, ATTENDING A LUNCHEON FOR SOCIALLY PROMINENT LOS
ANGELES WOMEN WEDNESDAY, SAID SHE WAS DEPRESSED BY PICTURES AND TV
FILM OF CRYING VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN, CALLING THE SITUATION
"TRAGIC, TRAGIC."
SHE WAS SO MOVED THAT "I WANT TO ADOPT THEM," SHE SAID.
SHE SAID HER HUSBAND "IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE OUT BY PLANE AND SHIP."
SHE SAID SHE WAS CONSIDERING WHAT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND
AROUND THE WORLD COULD DO TO HELP THE REFUGEES.
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(BETTY)
PALM SPRINGS (UPI) BETTY FORD "LOOKS GOOD AND FEELS GOOD" AFTER
SEVERAL DAYS OF RELAXING IN THE SUN BESIDE THE POOL AT THE VACATION
WHITE HOUSE HERE, HER PRESS SECRETARY SAID YESTERDAY.
THE FIRST LADY, WHO HAS AN ARTHRITIC CONDITION THAT PINCHES A
NERVE IN HER NECK AND MUST SOMETIMES WEAR A BRACE, APPEARED TO BE
SUFFERING FROM THE AILMENT IN WASHINGTON BEFORE COMING WEST.
HER 57TH BIRTHDAY IS NEXT TUESDAY, AND SHE IS PLANNING TO
CELEBRATE BY ATTENDING A PEARL BAILEY CONCERT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
IN WASHINGTON. SHE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HER BIRTHDAY PRESENT FROM THE
PRESIDENT -- A WHITE MINK CAPELET SHE WORE RECENTLY TO THE GRIDIRON
DINNER IN WASHINGTON.
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WITH AIRLIFT
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (UPI) -- PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD HAD
TENTATIVELY PLANNED TO GREET THE PLANELOAD OF VIETNAMESE ORPHANS THAT
CRASHED TODAY IN SAIGON.
A WHITE HOUSE AIDE AWAKENED AT THE PRESIDENTIAL QUARTERS AND TOLD
OF THE CRASH DESCRIBED IT AS "UNBELIEVABLE AND SHOCKING" AND TERMED
IT "TRAGIC." IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN IF THE PRESIDENT WAS
AWAKENED.
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN RON NESSEN SAID THURSDAY THE FORDS WERE
"TERRIBLY TOUCHED" OVER THE FLIGHT OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE ORPHANS
AND HOPED TO WELCOME THE FIRST GROUP AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE IN
CALIFORNIA MONDAY WHEN THE C5A WAS TO HAVE LANDED IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THE FIRST LADY TOLD REPORTERS WEDNESDAY SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT
ONE OF THE ORPHANS BUT SHE DOUBTED IT WOULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE FORDS
ALREADY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.
"MRS. FORD IS TERRIBLY TOUCHED, AND SO IS HE," NESSEN SAID
THURSDAY. "ALL THESE ORPHANS COMING HERE ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS
OF BEING ADOPTED."
FORD SAID HE HAD DIRECTED THAT MONEY FROM A $2 MILLION SPECIAL
FOREIGN AID CHILDRENS' FUND BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FLY 2,000 SOUTH
VIETNAMESE ORPHANS TO THE UNITED STATES "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."
"I HAVE ALSO DIRECTED AMERICAN OFFICIALS IN SAIGON TO ACT
IMMEDIATELY TO CUT RED TAPE AND BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES FOOM
PREVENTING THESE CHILDREN FROM COMING TO THE UNITED STAES," FORD
SAID.
"THIS IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO, AND WE WILL DO MUCH, MUCH MORE,"
FORD SAID.
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NIGHT LD
BY HELEN THOMAS
UPI WHITE HOUSE REPORTER
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (UPI) -- PRESIDENT FORD HAS ASKED SECRETARY
OF STATE HENRY A. KISSINGER TO STAY IN HIS POST THROUGHOUT THE
CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL TERM AND KISSINGER HAS AGREED, WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY RON NESSEN SAID SUNDAY.
NESSEN TOLD NEWSMEN FORD MET KISSINGER IN THE WHITE HOUSE OVAL
OFFICE EARLY LAST WEEK AND SAID, "I WOULD LIKE YOU TO STAY ON UNTIL
AT LEAST THE END OF THIS TERM. IT IS MY DESIRE."
KISSINGER REPLIED, "THAT ALSO IS MY DESIRE,' NESSEN TOLD A NEWS
CONFERENCE IN THIS MILLIONAIRES' RESORT WHERE FORD WAS OPENING A NINE
DAY WORKING VACATION CLOUDED BY REPORTS OF THE COMMUNIST CAPTURE DA
NANG.
FORD, STAYING WITH HIS WIFE IN A $100-A-DAY RENTED HOUSE, WAS
GETTING SOME INFORMATION FROM KISSINGER AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL IN WASHINGTON ON THE INDOCHINA SITUATION, NESSEN SAID. HE
SAID THE KISSINGER TOLD HIM SUNDAY MORNING HE WILL FLY TO PALM
SPRINGS TO JOIN THE PRESIDENT LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
ADMINISTRATION SOURCES AND NEWSPAPERS HAVE SPECULATED THAT
KISSINGER WAS DISGRUNTLED AT EVENTS WHICH HAVE UNDERMINED HIS
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS IN SUCH PLACES AS INDOCHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
ACCORDING TO THESE REPORTS, THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZEWINNER ONCE HAILED
AS "SUPER K" WAS THINKING OF RESIGNING.
FORD HAS MADE NO SECRET OF HIS DEVOTION TO AND ADMIRATION OF
KISSINGER, THE ARCHITECT AND PRACTICAL FIELD COMMANDER OF THE FOREIGN
POLICIES OF BOTH FORD AND HIS PREDECESSOR, RICHARD M. NIXON.
IT WAS KISSINGER WHO ENGINEERED TWO YEARS AGO THE SIGNING OF THE
PARIS PEACE ACCORDS ON VIETNAM, CLEARING THE WAY FOR U.,S. MILITARY
WITHDRAWAL FROM VIETNAM. SUNDAY, THE WHITE HOUSE TELEPHONES AND TELEX
CARRIED FORD NEWS OF THE FALL OF DA NANG, SOUTH VIETNAM'S SECOND
LARGEST CITY AND MAJOR PORT.
NESSEN TALKED TO NEWSMEN ABOUT FORD'S DECISION TO SEND U.S. NAVY
SHIPS ON A MERCY MISSION TO RESCUE CIVILIAN REFUGEES TRAPPED BY
COMMUNIST FORCES ON THE VIETNAM COAST. NESSEN WAS ASKED WHAT THE
SHIPS WOULD DO IF FIRED UPON BY THE COMMUNISTS.
"THEY WOULD PULL BACK AND GET AWAY," NESSEN SAID. "THE PLAN IS TO
AVOID HOST IL IT IES AND GET AWAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."
NESSEN SAID THE SHIPS WERE ORDERED TO STAY IN POSITIONS OFFSHORE
"WHERE THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO COME UNDER FIRE."
FORD FLEW TO THIS SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESORT AFTER SIGNING A
$24.8 BILLION TAX CUT BILL DESIGNED TO REVERSE THE RECESSION.
HE AND MRS. FORD ATTENDED EASTER SERVICES AT THE 200-SEAT
ST .MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL.
MONDAY, FORD WAS MAKING A HALF-DAY FLYING TRIP TO CALIFORNIA'S ELK
HILLS NAVAL RESERVE TO SURVEY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED OIL FIELDS THAT
HE HOPES TO TAP FOR NATIONAL USE.
THE FORDS WERE TAKING THEIR FIRST VACATION SINCE A CHRISTMAS
SKIING HOLIDAY AT VAIL, COLO. FORD TOLD REPORTERS THE PALM SPRINGS
STAY "WILL GIVE BETTY AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SO ME REAL GOOD SUN, WHICH
SHE NEEDS VERY BADLY."
MRS. FORD HAS BEEN RECUPERATING FROM ANOTHER BOUT WITH A CHRONIC
ARTHRITIC AILMENT IN HER NECK AND BACK.
SHE HAD NO SPECIAL EASTER OUTFIT AND COMMENTED: "IT'S NOT
IMPORTANT WHAT I WEAR. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE DAY ITSELF."
FORD HAS THE SNIFFLES AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A ROUND OF GOLF
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER CHURCH SERVICES.
HE ALSO INTENDED TO PLAY GOLF MONDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THE ELK HILLS
TRIP.
NESSEN TOLD REPORTERS THERE ARE NO PLANS TO SPEED UP THE RETURN OF
GEN. FREDERICK C. WEYAND, ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF, PRESENTLY ON A FACT
FINDING TRIP IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, AS A RESULT OF THE FALL OF DA NANG
AND THE SEIGE ON PHNOM PENH.
FORD IS SCHEDULED TO CONFER WITH WEYAND SATURDAY IN PALM SPRINGS.
KISSINGER WILL FLY HERE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY TO BE ON HAND FOR THE
MEETING TO REVIEW THE FAST-DETERIORATING MILITARY SITUATION IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA.
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FORD, HALDEMAN, SCOOP, LIBERACE, AT YOUR UNBASIC RESORT.
BY RICHARD H. GROWALD
UPI SENIOR EDITOR
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. (UPI) THE COMMUNITY PRESIDENT AND MRS.
FORD HAS SELECTED FOR THEIR EASTER HOLIDAY IS NOT YOUR BASIC AMERIAN
RESORT.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE H.R. (BOB) HALDEMAN, APPEALING HIS WATERGATE
CONVICTION, ALSO WAS SPENDING HIS EASTER WEEKEND, VISITING HIS
MOTHER.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL GIFTE SHOPPE RACK
HOLDS POSTCARDS SHOWING THE LOCAL HOMES OF LIBERACE, LUCILLE BALL,
DEAN MARTIN, STE VE MCQUEEN, ALICE FAYE AND PHIL HARRIS, RED SKELTON,
BOB HOPE AND ELVIS PRESLEY.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE DEMOCRATIC SEN. HENRY (SCOOP) JACKSON OF
WASHINGTON, ONE OF FORD'S 1976 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RIVALS, WAS
HOLDING A RALLY TODAY.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE THE FORDS, ATTENDING EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES
AT A RANCH-STYLE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HEARD SAN DIEGO'S BISHOP ROBERT
WOLTERSTORFF PREACH:
"GOD'S MESSAGE IS THE SAME THE WORLD OVER. IT IS AN EASTER MESSAGE
NOT ONLY FOR THE AFFLUENT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT FOR THE ARID,
DROUGHT-RIDDEN AFRICA, STRIFE-TORN AND STARVING BANGLADESH AND
VIETNAM."
THE CLERIC WAS FLOWN FROM SAN DIEGO ON A PRIVATE PLANE PROVIDED BY
BANKER-BUSINESSMAN LEON PARMA, A GOLFING FRIEND OF FORD'S WHO SAT IN
A SECOND ROW PEW WITH THE PRESIDENT.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE THE WEALTHY COME TO WINTER AND EARTHQUAKES
COME LESS OFTEN. LOCATED ON THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT EARTHQUAKE BELT,
PALM SPRINGERS LIKE TO SAY THEY HAVEN'T FELT A GOOD THUMP SINCE 1968.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE THE FORDS HAVE COME FOR NINE ANNUAL
HOLIDAYS, AND LAST YEAR, AT THEN-PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S
SUGGESTION, STAYED WITH FORMER AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN WALTER ANNENBERG
AT HIS 250-ACRE ESTATE.
FORD ENJOYED HIS HOST'S PRIVATE 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE, DOTTED WITH
11 FISH-FILLED PONDS, BUT, FRIENDS SAID, WAS NONE TOO HAPPY WHEN
ZEALOUS ANNENBERG GUARDS BARRED ENTRANCE AT THE GATE TO A YOUNG LADY
ESCORTED BY FORD'S SON JACK AND TO NEWSMEN THE THEN VICE PRESIDENT
WANTED TO TALK WITH.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE BOB HOPE DRIVE AND FRANK SINATRA DRIVE MEET
AT THE ANNENBERG ESTATE.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE ROBERT HARTMANN, WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR AND
FORD'S CHIEF POLITICAL AIDE, IS STAYING IN GINGER ROGERS' HOUSE.
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1ST ADD RESORT PALM SPRINGS XXX HOUSE.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE, UP BEYOND HOA GY CARMICHAEL'S PLACE, SITS
THE $355,0 HOME OF BEVERLY HILLS INSURANCE BROKER FRED WILSON,
BEING RENTED BY THE FORDS AT $100 DOLLARS A DAY, THE COST OF THE
WILSONS' STAYING AT THE THUNDERBIRD COUNTRY CLUB DURING THE
PRESIDENTIAL OCCUPATION. HOME, STYLED EITHER AFTER AN ADOBE HACIENDA
OR AN ELIZABETHAN STATELY HOME.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE THERE IS A RESTAURANT WHERE YOU CAN WEAR A
TUXEDO OR EVENING DRESS TO DINE ON CHICKEN FRIED STEAK.
PALM SPRINGS IS WHERE GEORGE SEVERANCE, 9, ACOLYTE AT THE CHURCH
WHERE FORD WORSHIPPED, TURNED TO FELLOW ALTERBOY MONTE WILSON, 10,
AND SAID HE WANTED TO TELL THE PRESIDENT A JOKE HE HA
Wash Star 4/7/75 p-1
Operation
Baby Lift
Is Ended
SAIGON (AP)-Operation baby
Lift, the massive, four-nation evacu-
ation of orphaned Vietnamese from
war-threatened Saigon; ended today
with the departure of two planes
leaded with 223 ernhane for the
N Y Times
4/1/74 p.11
FORD PLAYS GOLF;
SEES OIL FACILITY
Is Dinner Host to Reagans
on California Vacation
By JOHN HERBERS
Special to The New York Times
PALM SPRING, Calif., March
31-President Ford broke into
a sprint today at the Bakers-
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP)-
THE FORDS are paying $100 a day
President Ford has asked Secretary
rent to stay at the home of insurance
of State Henry A. Kissinger to re-
executive Fred Wilson, an old friend.
main in his post at least until the end
Today, Ford was to fly 200 miles to
of Ford's present term, in January the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Re-
1977, according to Press Secretary serve in California's central valley
A2
Monday, March 31, 1975 THE WASHINGTON POST
President Starts
Coast V acation
By Lou Cannon
Washington Post Staff Writer
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,
"It would be deeply disturb-
March 30-President Ford at- ing for all civilized mankind."
tended Easter services and
Despite his concern for the
golfed under sunny skies here refugees, Mr. Ford was in ob-
Ford Partly Blames Hill
For Viet Military Losses
By Lou Cannon
from Weyand. There appears full production. Navy officials
Washington Post Staff Writer
to be a growing belief among
told Mr. Ford that Elk Hills
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,
White House officials that the
was capable of producing 160,-
March 31-President Ford par-
South Vietnamese government
000 barrels of oil daily within
-
Home of the President's host
President and Betty Ford are staying in the
Valley. Pictured are the estate's large out-
$355,000 home of Fred C. Wilson at Thunder-
door pool, which features a decorative un-
bird Country Club in Rancho Mirage. From
tain, and the airy glass-walled living r om
the spacious four-bedroom house, the Fords
which includes a long bar and a pool sto ked
are able to survey the entire Upper Coachella
with goldfish. (Related story on County P ge)
THE
SUNDAY
PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Desert & Pass Edition
Sunday, March 30, 1975
B-1
A view of the front of the Fred C. Wilson home where the President and Betty Ford are spending an Eas
Fords stay in home built for relaxed li
By DOUG McMILLAN
sheet, who was U.S. Ambassador to
ma, an executive with the Ryan
At one of the
Press Enterprise Staff Writer
Great Britain at the time. But the
Aerospace firm in San Diego,
fountain inlaid 1
RANCHO MIRAGE - As Presi-
Ford family found the security at the
Parma, a native of Riverside,
bronze statue 0
dont taken ---- at eso 311
3 where the President and Betty Ford are spending an Easter holiday.
e built for relaxed living
Ambassador to ma, an executive with the Ryan At one of the turns is a double-jet
time. But the Aerospace firm in San Diego
fountain inlaid with mosaics. A solid
security at the Parma a native of Riverside bronze statue of a nude perches on
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Thursday, April 3,7975 THE WASHINGTON POST
R
Luxurious Vacation Milieu
Ford's Holiday Site a Favorite of the Very Rich
By Lou Cannon
The embedded institutions off questions from reporters $35 a day: Eleven rooms
Washington Post Staff Writer
of the presidency have
about world events while
for Press Office officials at
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,
worked just as well for Mr.
the President was golfing in
$40 a day have ben rented
April Few Presidents of
Ford in this instance where
the sun without any appar-
at the International Hotel
the United States have ever
secrecy and isolation are
ent cares. The press secre-
which is the headquarters
vacationed in more lavishly
thought to be required as
tary's apprehensions have
for the White House press
FINAL
STOCKS
The Deser
Our 48th Year
32 Pages, 3 Sections
Palm Springs, California
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JUST FRIENDS - Ex-Governor Ronald Reagan stands
ident's vacation home in Thunderbird Heights. Asked
Eisner
next to Betty Ford, and President Ford next to Nancy
about political talk, they all smiled and replied "we're
They cite
Reagan at dinner party Monday evening in Pres-
just good friends. (UPI Telephoto)
under the sma
de
Desert Sun
alm Springs, California
Tuesday, April 1, 1975
10 Cents
Rule On Center
Planners Oppose
Smoke Tree's Bid
By STUART HEINEMANN
zoning that would allow it to build a
Staff Writer
"junior" department store.
Future expansion plans for Smoke Tree
The council will be asked Wednesday