Word: fords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aside as unimportant Carter's failure to consult them. Said Maine Democrat Edmund Muskie: "We have been committed to normalization for six years, and everyone in Congress must have been aware that this dialogue was going on." Among other supporters of Carter's action were two prominent Republicans: Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger. Kissinger's only reservation was that the U.S. should fulfill its "moral obligation to the people of Taiwan...
Former President Jerry Ford dropped by for a visit. The Presidents' Club always honors its members. Carter yielded another half an hour of his precious time...
...freezing wind was whipping across Jamaica Bay when the bandits struck at 3:05 a.m. They drove a stolen 1978 black Ford van along North Boundary Road and turned onto a roadway at the north end of the Lufthansa cargo area. The thieves first stopped and clipped a chain securing the gate, and then proceeded about 400 ft. to a ramp. There an airline employee, Kerry Whalen, challenged them. The gang pistol-whipped him, threw him to the floor of the van and drove onto the loading bay area...
...Security system?as well as the budget?will be in deep trouble. Says Alice Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office: "If you're really concerned about the growth in Government, then you have to go after the uncontrollables." Adds Rudolph Penner, a former economist at OMB under Gerald Ford: "Cutting $30 million here or $100 million there is the approach one is forced to take unless you tackle the entitlement programs...
...lover of Western boots and country music ever since his Oklahoma-born buddy Mickey Mantle introduced him to them, Martin plans to open a chain of Western boutiques. The specialty: boots. His first shop, Billy Martin's Western Wear Inc., opened last week in Manhattan, and Mantle, Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto stopped by to check out the fancy footwear. "It's just a sideline," cautioned Martin, who has a commitment to manage the Yankees again in 1980. To keep in touch, he has roped in all the Yankees to come to a social at the store next...