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...over 60 who can handle the trails at Vail as well as President Ford does, and then be attacked by the media for being uncoordinated and clumsy, deserves the support or, at least, the sympathy of those who wish they could do as well...
Congress was on vacation. For part of the week, President Ford was skiing in Vail. Then, like many a middleaged, Middle American couple, Betty and Jerry Ford welcomed the New Year by sitting at home in front of their television set, sipping champagne and swaying gently to the mellow music of Guy Lombardo. On New Year's Day, the Fords invited some of their Midwestern friends -Michigan Senator Robert Griffin, Wisconsin's John Byrne and Melvin Laird, Minnesota's Clark MacGregor and their wives-to a White House dinner. The point of the informal gathering...
After Gerald Ford took his widely televised spill on the ski slopes at Vail, Colo., Press Secretary Ron Nessen berated reporters for neglecting the President's accomplishments in office to spotlight his unfortunate footwork outside the White House. Last week syndicated Columnist Max Lerner, a liberal, added a complaint that the press has created an undeserved "ordeal of ridicule" for Ford that "will affect not only his personal showing against Reagan, which isn't so important for the nation, but also the Administration conduct of foreign and domestic policy, which is." Americans, said Lerner, "can afford to distinguish...
...according to NBC Anchor Man John Chancellor, who last week paused in his newscast to comment that the Vail wipe-out that inspired Nessen's complaint occurred during a Nessen-arranged "photo opportunity." When the President takes a header, Chancellor said, "that's news, and we're going to cover it." Indeed, the President can hardly expect journalists to do anything but report the tumbles along with the triumphs-especially this election year as Ford reaches for all the headlines and air time he can. His abundantly reported China trip last fall produced a bonanza of favorable...
President Ford signed Senate Bill 848 into law while vacationing in Vail, Colo. guaranteeing restitution to the city for an eight-year construction slowdown on the project...