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Exhibits-section employees painted the house annually. They also built a front portico, dug a fish pond and equipped it with a pump and lights, and made shelves, telephone stands and an Oriental fruit bowl for Hoover. They repaired his air conditioners, stereo equipment, tape recorders, television sets, electric wiring, lawn mowers and a snow blower. They sodded portions of his yard, installed artificial turf, planted shrubbery, built a deck in the rear of the house, a redwood fence, a flagstone court and sidewalks. They designed and constructed a power-operated window, reset clocks, polished metal, retouched wallpaper, provided firewood...
...halfway up the curving northwest driveway. On winter nights its 105-ft.-tall crown framed the floodlighted White House portico, its graceful branches seeming to cradle the mansion. In summer it rustled softly and spread soothing shade across the lawn. Old 75's trunk was 8 ft. thick at the base. It was the most solid citizen of the front acres. Teddy Roosevelt's children played around it. Mourners leaned on it when they brought John Kennedy's body back to the White House. The televi sion journalists knew a friend when they saw one: John Chancellor...
...guard at the northwest gate looked a bit startled as Jones rolled in. But Jones had his congressional pass. He pedaled casually along the drive to the north portico, where Kings and Prime Ministers arrive in purring Rolls-Royces. He had decided beforehand that it was not necessary to bring his padlock. Jones glided right up to the steps. "Best parking place on the grounds," said the delighted cop. The Congressman flicked his kickstand in place, straightened his tie and went in to hear the most powerful man in the world talk about saving energy. Another Carter Administration first...
Carter managed to minimize the inevitable awkwardness of his visit to President Gerald Ford, who was still smarting from the first electoral defeat of his career. While waiting for his guest at the south portico of the White House, Ford stood unsmiling and he did not indulge in his customary banter with the press. But Carter eased the tension by kissing Betty Ford warmly on the cheek. Seated on apricot damask wing chairs in front of the fireplace for an hour, the two men discussed the nation's problems, including the possibility of Carter's meeting with world...
Secret Service agents were not allowed to accompany the Americans. The visitors were taken by Chinese escorts in Chinese limousines for the ten-minute drive to the plain, yellowish home of the Chairman. Ford's car was driven into a carpeted portico. The Americans walked down a long hallway where Mao's famous Ping Pong table stands. Part way down the hall, the party was directed left into Mao's study. He was sitting in a light green overstuffed chair. A nurse helped the 81-year-old Mao stand up and he greeted the Ford family first...