Digitized from Box 8 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

FOR IMM$OlATE RELEASE MARCH 17. 1975

Office of the White House Press Secretary (South Bend. )

THE WHITE HOUSE

INVITEES AT THE MEDIA EXECUTIVES LUNCHEON UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Mr. Charles T. Alexander Ms. Helene R. Foellinger Publisher &: Editor President Dayton Journal Herald Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

Mr. Lea Biedman Mr. Walter Friedenberg President Editor Midwestern Broadcasting Company Post &: Times Star Traverse City. Michigan Mr. Harvey Jacobs Mr. Thomas L. Boardman Editor Editor News The Mr. Barry Karns Mr. Jerr.y Chapman Editor, Editorial Page General Manager Detroit News WRTV- TV - Indianapolis Mr. Richard B. Leonard Mr. John P. Cb,rke Editor Pre3ic.eni ~,;; P~'i";::dshel' Mil"r~'aukf!e Journal Springfield State J ournal/R::> J~'; ter Mr. George Lyons Mr. Frank B. Crane Vice President &: General Manager Editor WZ ZM-TV - Grand Rapids The Indianapolis Star Mr. Dan Mahoney Mr. Eugene Cryer President Edit..:>:: Dayton Newspapers, Inc. Rockford. Illinois Star Dayton Journal Herald/News

Mr. Carl G. DeBloom Mr. Bob McBride Executive Editor Station Manager Columbus Dispatch WJBK-TV - Detroit

Mr. John F. Dille. Jr. Mr. William McCarter Chairman of the Board Executive Vice President and WSJV-TV - South Bend General Manager WTTW- TV - Mr. Neil Durrough Vice President &: General Manager Mr. Robert B. McConnell WBBM-TV - Chicago Vice President &: General Manager WISH- TV - Indianapolis Mr. Charles Egger Editor Mr. John McCutcheon Columbus Citizen Journal Editor. Editorial Page Chicago Tribune Mr. Louis Erlicht Vice President Mr. Eugene McPherson WLS-TV - Chicago Vice President &: General Manager WLWI-TV - Indianapolis

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Mr. Bazil O'Hagan Station Manager WNDU-TV - South Bend

Mr. James R. Osborne Vice President & General Manager WXYZ-TV - Southfield, Michigan

Mr. Thomas Pugh Associate Editor Peoria Journal

Mr. James E. Rasmussen Publisher & Editor Gary Post Tribune

Mr. L. H. Rogers II President Taft Broadcasting Company WKRC-TV - Cincinnati

Mr. Willard Schroeder President WOTV - Grand Rapids

Mr. Franklin D. Schurz, Jr. Publisher & Editor South Bend Indiana Tribune

Mr. John B. Sengstacke Chairman & Editor Chicago Defender

Mr. Joe H. Stroud Editor Detroit Free Press

Mr. M. C. Watters Executive Vice President Scripps Heward Broadcasting Co. WCPO-TV - Cincinnati

Mr. John F. Wolfe Publisher Columbus Dispatch

Mr. Martin Wolman Publisher Wisconsin State Journal Madison, Wisconsin

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