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OCR Page 1 of 5[2/5/70]
(Huebner) JK
February 3, 1970
Suggested Remarks #1 -- Airport Arrival in Indianapolis
Governor Whitcomb, Mayor Lugar, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It's good to be back in Indiana, "Back Home in Indiana, 11 as the
song puts it. As you know, this was my mother's home state and it's
a state where I have always felt especially at home. After all, Indiana
gave me the largest margin of victory of any state in 1968.
I remember well my last visit to Indianapolis a year ago last Sep-
tember. A lot of things have changed since then - - including the impres- -
sive development of this airport -- but the warmth of your welcome has
not changed and neither have my feelings for the people of this city and
state. Not too long ago I was honored to have the Philadelphia Orchestra
play "Hail to the Chief" for me. And I am just as honored to have the
champion Ben Davis High School Band play it for me today. To that
band - - and the four other fine high school bands out here - - I say thank
you.
Indianapolis, of course, is famous for many things. There is one
rather remarkable fact about this city that may not be so well known - -
a fact that Vice President Agnew wants me to point out. Indianapolis has
given the nation four Vice Presidents: Colfax, Fairbanks, Marshall and
Hendricks. Now I'll grant that these names are not exactly household
words - - perhaps not even in Indianapolis. But back in those days there
were no television networks to make a Vice President famous.
Another little-known fact about Indianapolis is that the man who
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