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...Resemblance. Ford's press conference was his first as President but the 56th that he has held since Dec. 6, when he was inaugurated as Vice President. It took place in the White House's East Room, which was jammed with newsmen, just as it had been for his predecessor's infrequent sessions with reporters-37 in 5½ years as President. But there the resemblance to the Nixon press conferences ended...
Both Greeks and Turks feared for the safety of those who had remained in their homes during the fighting but were now trapped in territory controlled by the other side. At Aloa, the Turks showed newsmen a mass grave that held the remains, so they said, of 57 Turkish Cypriots who had been murdered by Greek extremists. They uncovered only five corpses however. The Greeks countered with their own accusations of rape and murder. According to U.N. officials, both sides were exaggerating their tales of atrocity...
Aside from the indications that Kissinger's role in U.S. foreign policy may change between now and 1976, his ability to muster support among newsmen and Congressmen and his God-like status abroad seem to be wearing...
...Washington newsmen got acquainted with Jerry terHorst in his new job, and speculated about the treatment the press can expect from President Ford, one voice reversed the question: How should the press treat Ford? Veteran Washington Post Columnist David S. Broder had some pointed advice for his colleagues. "We can play a helpful part in bringing the presidency back to human scale," he wrote, "if we back off just enough to let Jerry Ford have room to be himself." Broder then offered three self-restraining reforms...
Just two days before becoming President of the U.S., amid the tense expectation of a Nixon resignation, Vice President Gerald Ford visited the office of House Republican Leader John Rhodes. What new political turn was being hatched, newsmen wondered, in this pivotal day of Ford's career? When the session was over the incredulous press heard that Ford had simply taken time out for a short prayer meeting with Rhodes, a Methodist, and a longtime Republican colleague from the House, Congressman Albert Quie of Minnesota, a Lutheran...