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...week's end, the Ford camp's joy over Florida was considerably dampened by a scandal involving Campaign Manager Howard ("Bo") Callaway. He owns a two-thirds interest in Crested Butte, a ski resort near Aspen, Colo. Crested Butte wanted to use 2,000 acres of federal land on nearby Mount Snodgrass for a second, $45 million ski area. The U.S. Forest Service tentatively turned down the proposal in January 1975 on grounds that Crested Butte did not draw enough skiers to warrant the expansion...
...July 3-the same day that he resigned as Secretary of the Army to become Ford's campaign manager-Callaway called together officials of the Forest Service and its parent agency, the Agriculture Department, in his Pentagon office. He claimed last week that he had merely reargued Crested Butte's case. In any event, the three Government employees who opposed the new facility were transferred to different jobs, and in December permission was granted for the expansion...
Democratic Senator Floyd Haskell of Colorado ordered his Interior subcommittee to investigate. Callaway professed his innocence, and Ford declared that he had "full faith" in him. Nonetheless, Callaway has "temporarily" stepped down from his job until the investigation is over. He is succeeded by Political Director Spencer, who masterminded Ford's primary victories...
Howard ("Bo") Callaway, head of Ford's campaign, has urged the President to distance himself from Kissinger, and to tell him to lower his voice for the primary season. Kissinger heard some of the talk played back in gossipy Washington. He asked Callaway over to chat about the problem. Bo explained his "distance" theory. Henry countered that Presidents were not credited with leadership by being distant from their Secretaries; they were either leaders or they were...
...campaign organizer from California who is Ford's political director. Spencer, 49, managed Reagan's winning gubernatorial campaign in 1966. The White House recruited him in September to take over authority for the Ford election committee's day-to-day operations from inexperienced Chairman Howard ("Bo") Callaway, who now serves essentially as coordinator of campaign activities...