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'COP,•. women hCre By Patricia Moore When Betty Ford entered a crowded VIP and Mrs. William Wood-Prince;·'lho brought reception that preceded the Repupllcan wom Mme. Chagall to the eveqt. · en's luncheon Tuesday, her local hostess, Mts. Franklin G. Clement of Lake Forest ·'JIOpe McCormick looked a little nonplussed got a kiss on the cheek from Mrs. Font :Mrs •. witil Mrs. Ford,encouraged her, "Just zoom Clement explained that she and her first bUs in.~· band, Walter Goodspeed, lived .in Grand Ra That's exactly what Mrs. ford did during pids and took ballroom dancing lessons from ,Ul !he p~li~ mo111.ents ".~ o~ yisit to -. " ~~!Y J elµ'S 9• .'~:Sl!e .. a g . teacli- . :~... -11 e ·es1 n . p unged "I'm still out of breath from the last 10 months/' she in with a smiling, unflappable style. She Jis· CAMPAIGN FINANCING was a luncheon tened attentively as 14 ;candidates told her topic. Lola Flamm, underdog candidate fqr told the 650 women. (Photos by Fred Stein) . ~ ,abotit $eJr campaigns, patiently signed. au~ Cook Co~nty clerlc, ·~d. ~·someone wlll,give. ' . l .· 8}gn · grapb.8, an(l tool.c ~e tizpe t'O most of theti.l . 1$1,000 to a male candid~te and $40 t~ a worn~ · . · Mary. McDonalcl~ who is e~pected to wJn .u ( 1l~;,'1. · , , . to Mazy 14-Y or' Lillian_ or whoJPever. She 1 ;an. l ~ow . ~t ~au•e 1t .~appened. a GOP,i,capdidate ·for; the· Cook County -~¢ 1),,./..,~-t .. ~). j chai1iied 650 Republicap. women 'an
Women's Year. . . . lieve,. their. :~~ole i~ spciety - ~i}~:~~~::~t'~'-114 :"'onday. After her s~. whi~h, like all f~wmg much·m_ore · th~ .women . . , 2.J..../-\ ,.'t· ;.~.. ~>;~~- :' : /J i ' Greater Clevelarid IWY Congress 1~. Canada ~ · !~em ·1$urope ~ :. activities, is' free and open to the ie~e theiM'ole . ~. ~ ,.·~.! public, Mrs. Ford will lanch ~~ . • "~iXty-~our- per cent of the u:s: Bond Court Hotel . with 10 Clever women pc>tted ·believe thetr role is land women estimated to be most changing·,.;( great deal," MI'S. "Gillis influen_tial in last Sunday's PD' \ sa.id~ "Whereas. in C~~a, 433 Magazme. · think so. "In Western Europe, just Mrs. Ford will be guest of honor ' 29% believe it." at a small reception in the hotel MI'S: Gillis said the results indi- before returning t9 Washington. CCite U.S. women think they have Two polls will be released at the \ come a long way and that they congress today, including one probably have a better life than showing 443 of local women said womt!n in other countries; · ·they ~id. not fee) discriminated ,. .she said, the piternal;iQ~al poll, •Jaiull eompared ·• 27'1 Of del'.Wl'itten by the. ·Charles· F. ~- Qmitnaed oa Page tt-A et~ Poundation of ~aytoli, is . a; APlr.Clda~)·.~ .F· •·~· ~ elating tb women. _.... . < •. • -:: .. ; , ..a ~1 womei: ·ji;jibn· of ·.-,e · °"' , nd ·· ~ ·'liwe' ~ questtons 1 : · '.I'!, bout · the ideaf life "and about t ~~" available cqmmunity services for . t• : ~ . women, Mrs. Rawson said. d .. } ;'( FlrtST LADY - wJl1l~iJ W~Sri l ~GTJ~ CA?> -- FIRST LADY B~TIY FJnD , ~rlJ STlrik~J ri~AT~D u~oA1~ LAST Y~AK WHi N Srl~ CAM?A I G~~D FUn THi ~QUAL rilGHl~ A~~ ~DM~~T , WkS TJ a~ A F~AfURiU s?~AK~ri TUDAY AT A WOM~N ' S c0~F~rl~~c~ I N CLEVSLA ND . SHE WAS TO ADDriiSS THi G~~ATiri CLEViLA~D CUNGri~Ss JF I ~ TLKNATl u AL w~ME ~ ' S Y~AK o~ TH~ OP~~ l ~G DAY UFA THk~E - D~Y cu~Fiki NCE 0~ ~ uMi~ ' S ISSUES . 0Trl~ri SP ~AK~R S INCLUDS MAJAME VIJAY LAKSHMI PANDIT OF I ND IA , F Jk~~R PR ~ S ! D i~ T OF THi U. N. G~~EHAL ASS~MBLY , AND JILL rtUCKELSHAUS , HiAD UF TH£ U. S. '.JA f l lJ !-J AL COMM I SS I ON U : ~ THE UBSirlVA NC £ OF llHJ::R ;~ ATiu .~ AL WOt'i.C:N ' S Yi.Ai\ . MRS . FOriD , ~CCJM~A~ I ED BY S I ~ M£~BE~S OF H~A STAFF R~ D l ~ n~PGnTtnS , WAS TO FLY TO CL~V~ L A~D ABJAriD A 40 - PASSi~GiK MILIIAkY DC9 J~T .
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'" .... .:... fl #- f ~ i • .. · ~'.!' t '. ,-',~ "... • ftermath ....o., an-abottidtr/~·-~, dutatioii in birth· .control ...... : ·:._1ii·J: J • ~ • • Dy Mary Strassmeyer The clinic, located in the small basket They ti\cluded con· cre's a lot tnore to bir,th con::-: University-Cedar Medical Building doms, foam, vaginal creams and ud abo1·tiop than little round at 10900 Carnegie Ave., has been jel~ies, diaphragms, pills and inter· that say1 ·''Women are not o~n a little more than 18 months. uterine devices. She said there is machines." It is one of four area clinics, plus counseling available on withdraw some hospitals, that pro.vides abor· al and rhythm methods as well. lunteers at the Natihnal tions, but it differs from the other . Mrs. Sterh said that once the th Car~ Services .booth at the clinics. in .th~t it is a nt>Ii-Pi'?fi~ counseling is completed, the meth~ ter Cleveland· International orgamtahon. Therefore, any en's Year Congress were giv od of birth control ·used is left profits are plowed back into '.torripletely tip to the woman. "If hl'm away until they ran out. education. was about noon yesterday, she doesn't ·want a birth-control Prcterm offers pregnancy test inethod, we cari'.t force it on her," closing pay 8f 'it~M ~~r~ti~fl! ing, counselingi birth-control infor-; Mrs~ Stern said/ · . c' ress. (",'f • ,I,, l•i1•,'1. '..,·,' ' I mation and ·supplies an~ .~family !:i r.ms; diaphragms and !itJtr~ute~ d the: women wore them., planning as well. as .abortions. , jnf~:·d~yic~s·· .are included in 1 the seemed to have a Jot of fun If an abo~tion is desired' after· $160 f~e patients pay for a :first': 1 lhtt P'.oln Oeoler/,amts A, Hat.;lt i11r, lhe1n. So did the men who counseling. it is provided by Pre and a follow-up visit to .Preterm. with them. term up to 12 weeks or pregnancy. If a woman .decides, after courisel- Marge Sachs (left) brought a straw basket filled with the different types of birth control materials to the IWY workshop on "Abortion: A t, as the panelists at yester-: The procedure used is vacuum as· l'·;j; .. in~~( not, t~ , have an ~b9rtio.n! al~ 1 .. Women's Experience.~' With. her on the workshop panel ere Betty Orr piratiori1 .which takes .about ~ 5. to :, "btit-.$15· of• the. $160 .• lSi refunded. afte~iiqon s ·.wprks~op on 1 and Francine Bishop (right). 20 minutes. · .; J "•it • I rtion: A Wornen•s Experi• 1 tThat :·$15".fyis u~ed. fo~f~fa~~ratory ' ~ •' l •• I fees; Mrs~· Blshop sai4d~ i ·;: ~,:),: · ' saW,;. "We. doh't Iwant toI • see '.'Because we don't want to soo • ' {:~·~ • Lf 1 1 en ret~rning to our clinic.'' women ~eturning to the dirllc,'~ " M'6st of 'li1~ questions.' ciiine is better to tell your parents. P~r it for 14 .. year-olds. We try to be. In 1973, thert; wern 615,000 abor (' panelists, Shirley Stern; MrS. Sachs said, "we provide full ~rom young. pedple in ihe audience ents, once their' initial anger and careful, 'and we have to ask for tions. Two-thirds of them were pa:. p Sachs, Betty Orr and Fran counseling on the various birth and co.ncerned teen-age abortions: remorse are over, are more under pr6of of age if we believe a girl is tients 25 and uniter. One-third Bishop; were from Preterm; a control methods, and they are "In Ohio, children tinder 18 need standing than kids think. a borderline case.'' were 20 and under. rom, tax-exempt clinic for demonstrated." their par.ents' consent for an .abor ''Sometimes, young people under She quoted U. S. Department of "It's the young peopl•? who are Lion founded by women for . Mrs. Sachs brought along all the tion," Mrs. Sachs said.; "Girls who 18 try to get , by us without their. Health1 Education and Welfare getting abortions." Mrs. Stern en. diffcrent bkth control devices in a are 16. 17 and 18 need support. It parents' consent. We just can't do statistics on abortion surveillance. said. ; men~ s : ..,~-a~_: Pr6g.r:am:· ·s:.: free~ ;wiae,: .· 11a·ndsOffie · -,, By Mary Strassmey~r_, .., ... .And they have beell working for il~thing..;; - · Betty Ford. the Kitchen ::Band, Lily Tomlin, the St. Adalbert Soul Women. :like Olive; Tabor, '!WY Choir, diabetiS tests, Ossie Davis, program c~airman; LOis Goodman~ helium-filled balloons,~.Ruby Dee unit leader.· or coordinator- for all and the Fred Astaire Bicentennial of Saturday's activities; Jane Out Dancers-take your pick. calt .arid Jane King,. unit chairman .Incongruous as the line-up may and co-chairman for Sunday's ses seem, they'll all be gathered to sions; and Dee Character,. unit le.ader for Monday's activities. gether under one roof next. week end as Greater' Cleveland .Women like Muriel Jones, IWY celebrates the International assistant chairman; Sally_ Gries, Women's Year. treasurer; Rena Blumberg and .A few months ago, few :G.reater Sandy Johnson,. publicity coordina- Clevelanders. had heard of the tors and .Vi- Colombi, wb0: has · worked with all the women'-S \ ~\ · International Women.'.s' ~Y..ear, which is the calendar/year 1975 groups in town to Se~- UJ> the . ·\I booths~ and Joanne Kaufman who I and .so proclaimed bf~'the United ~~l\ Uned up the stars. Nations General AssemJ>It·>''as a Olive Tabor, program chair year to focus attention!.tiiroughout man. "We thought we'd be lucky ·to ; - the world on the ·status of have :ioo non-profit booths,.. Mr&-~\. "omen."' ·.: :;ar:>, Colombi said. "Now we .have over :Well>· parts of ihe{\f~~id" have 200 and· a -waiting list." had their. celebrationS,\,anq riow it · The entire congress bas ·gone is Greater Clevelan~srt~rn. By like: that. Top entertairiers and .... speakers have cul thei.t fees to now, it:.is hoped that.·m0st of the l' citizency has heant.:-;of..:.the IWY come to Cleveland next weekend, and that many of them will be on The release _of statiStics on a · · band at the Cleveland Convention special Gallup Poll on· ·~what ·nu Ceriter for the Greater Cleveland Women Really 'Think and Want?~· \\ \ International Women's Year Con wi~l be· made Saturda~ morning·; . gress. just after the opening c.eremonies • 1 The congress will run .. from 9 of the congress. a.m~ to 9 p.m Saturday, . $unday Speaker will be a former Great~ and Monday. There will be some er Clevelander, Mrs. PJlyllis· L. thing for everybody-from the Gillis, executive- di~tor of the First Lady of the U. S. to helium Gallup Internationai · Research· filled balloons for children: Institutes, Inc. There will 145 workshop ses .Sally Gries, IWY treaurer. The former Phyllis Helper, Mrs. sions ranging from consumerism Gillis is the daughter of: Mr. and , to. the decriminalization.. of prosti Mrs. Sidney Helper of Lylidhurst. ' tution to homemaking··to· cbifd S~e is ~ ~duat~ .p.t... c:;ieve-laa.\ rearing to running for public of Heights High SebMl and .r,fichiga~ fice- There will be lectures on State University and received her I assertiveness and consciousl)ess master:'s degree in journalism raising for men and for women. fromtfo~thwestemUnjtersity.,~· ~: , . .. - ··-· r There will be some 250:-display Top entertainment stars will ap- · · bobths. Over 200 of them will be pear Sunday and Monday. They in- 1 set up and manned.. by.,non-profit dude .a_ctors Lily . Tomlin, Ossie l organizations. Thirty-three will be Davis and Ruby ·Dee.: There will commercial, like the balloon be dancers,: singers and the Kitcb booth. en.Band ~appearing ev~ry day. Largest exhibit of all. \till be the The biggest name of all; Mrs. International Ladies. Garment Gerald Ford, will: appear some Workers Union booth. In:,it, union time after the o~niug ceremonies members will work on actual gar Saturday morning~ The. White ments and show a pictorial history House has not yet confirmed her of the union. arriv.al time in Clflveland, Mrs. Evelyn Bonder, "Godmother" of the congress is woman." York said. Evelyn Bonder director of Project There is no admission charge to . EVE (Education, Voluntarism and anything- from Berty Ford to the Employment) at Cleveland Com means she helps give the founda Fred Astaire Bicentennial ·Dane-· munity College. Mrs.: Bonder tion money away). ers. In addition, tt..ere will be a learned about IWY celebrations She is.Gwill York. day-care center for children aged early in the year in Boston. She "I figured I had three- qualities 3 to 6. ~ returned to Cleveland, got togetb the Greater Cleveland IWY Con., Directed by Mrs. Sylvia Easley, \I ~r a nucleus of 40 women, and ap gres.s needed," she said. "I was not. who heads. the preschool ='rogram proached the Cleveland ass0ciated with a women's libera.. at th~ Cleveland Music School Set · Foundation for support. tion group. I could find funding for_ tlement; the .·day~ center will not· jl1st-"lt~'. the <'hildren. In She got it, and the Cleveland tte.- lvcal congress; ::m! I ~:is Congress was on its way. Then a available for free." ~tead~- they will !;>e allowed to pa_rtfctpate in 3!°t> SCt@nCe· I chairman was needed. She was So- for montns, Gwiil York and, JYture, found within the Cleveland Foun literally, hundreds of other Great· and language experiences. It ma}'i· er Cle:velanders have been work well prove' as worthwhile for the i dation where she is vice chairman 1 of the distribution colnmittee (that ing. towards buil~ing the.C!>ngr~. Continu~d on Page 11 /~. ... . 'T ~ J:r ·:·~ J ...... ~-,~& Gray Pa~fijer lilaeier ·urges seiifots to fig~'~;. By Jane Scott ' t i' • • · . ·human need at any ag: and C3fj'O... : ~ ·· I Golden-ager. n. A frail little into iate years, she beheves. 1;'· a I randmother, rockin away in her "It is also wanrith and clo5en~-. · · .. ~ j lulir, with bifocals slipping, of!. and general touch. They ~e~~o :F I er nose ·and nothinL on.her.mjpd. separate husbands and wives .m :~ 1 If that's your definition of an_ nursing homes. Now they don't.,dO' • this as much. Companionship is : Ider per.wn, you've been br~i'n-: crucial to an older person," ·she i ashed.;:>. · · said. ''Who says that only-. you~, can '~And I know an 85-year-old. e beautiful and .useful?" · gr~at randrnottier Lydia Bragger. asked woman who ·once said· that' she· n International Women's Year could be arrested for the thoughts. ongress audience yesterday. :•we that cross her mind," she added~: eed to improve our image/' Another myth is forgetfuln.esi • You know, the picture of grandfa-· · :.\.lrs. Bragger means busin~. ~ ther running around looking for • She is a co-founder of the Gray the glasses which he plopped OJ! ..mthers, a social action group.: Accent on age. "We don't top of his head. . nd she is chairman of its media need a pat on the head. atch committee. Senility is a "wastebasket term~ We're liberated," says Mrs. often used to cover many prob- She may be responsible for Lydia Bragger•.•• lems. · · "'.. -. · · hanging a national broadcasting )de. 'i:iut som~ of us are our own· ple are ju~t: a little shocked. by worst enemies, Mrs. Bragger be "I was watching the Carol BW:. that name. A TV producer bad: lieves. ett show, when someone .in the called them that once after the udience- asked her how she would group participa~ed in a pro~est. ~'We try to look younger.~.We can't erase wrinkles.; We are';~!> e at age 70. She assumed a silly, "At first we apologized and anxious about looking yout~ful )Othless-looking, shuffling pose; were a little defensive. Now we· iell, I'm 72, and I got mad," sai_!I that. we aren't attractive.. We have· come right out. with it. If you don't to -know that there is. beaut}' at- - trs. Bragger. like the name, then you're· not .any age. rm proud fo. be ·old," she She wrote to the president of ready for what we're into," _Mrs; said. _ :.ss:TV. Within 10 days her com Bragger said~ .. , nitte~ was. meeting with a vice "I embarrass my .children, rm ,resident in charge of program afraid, but they're getting rised to ;4.1'"' ...i .i riing. Result? The word "age" will .it. Remember, when you're old,. •. ...;._ .. e added to the paragraph in the you have nothing to lose but your ,roadcast code about sensitivity to boredom and your loneliness." 'Nothing to ·1o?e ace, color and creed. What the Gray. Panthers are Gray Panthers. Some older peo- into is a new, just way of life for but boredom J ..:.. ·:.. • all, she said. They're not into ~he "playpen theory•• of some senior and ..:.. . loneliness~••-""""-I>\.• : centers, concentrating on pinochle and potlucks. ·· ...... The hearing aid industry in New -· - . ~- . ac-·' York can tell you about their .Age iS a fulfillmen~. not ~~ -··· tivi ties. tegration, she added.. · - ·i. "We did- a hearing aid survey ...,~, However, young people are~-a!59' ·~~ . -1 with Ralph Nader's Retired joiniitg the Gray Panthers, liea~ ~ Professional Group. 'I went to nine quartered at 3700 Ches_?iu~~ :; dealers. and got seven different Philadelphia. ... ~~ diagnoses, and . the prices ~ar!_~ drastically," .JW's~ Bragg~r ~· : . . Stand up and demand-,J.®r - :rights, Mrs. Bragger said.~ .• • . • ; · Result? K hearing aitt.:~ensing bill was ,- held up· in Albany and Older people· too of~ ~~pt another bill submitted. -· · · casual examinations from doctors. ..Now we've'·gotten: a grant _to - - "One. woman complained :a~ut find out -what is right ~bout -nurs.J.1 pains in her right leg. 'WeU,~you ing homes;·.We're writing a booklet know, you're 83 now; the d9(:tor to tell families what to look for, told her. She stood up and~.said and we're observing what is 'But iny left leg is 83, too; an«!' it's wrong, too," Mrs. Bragger said. .all right: ".Mrs. Bragger sai~~: The Gray Pcinthers are also The program was presented m working for passage of a national the Convention- Center bj. the health bill with free covurage for Mayor's Commission on .Aging.~ Mrs. Anna V. Brown, executive all. . . • •.· • director, introduced the speaker. Meanwhile, the group is work ing to dispel _myths. One of the Other speakel'.S were Salli biggest concerns sex. Tonnison of Columbus, an evalua tion and training consulta.\lt ~nd "I talked to many young people Helen Holt, deputy director- of in college. I asked them their atti housing for the elderly and hapd tude toward sex between their icapped, Department of Housing parents. The words the~ · "lS<:d most and Urban Development. often w:re 'dead' or . 'imJJOS:qible.' "I don't know abQut · anyo_ne How silly!" MfS. Bragger said. else,'' said great-grandmothel' That gleam in grandpop's eye is· Elizabeth Morgan of Cleveland'~ more than just the sun shining on King-Kennedy residP.1'ce. "But !'~ J. . bis bifocals.. Sex is a normal, joining the Gray_Panthers.'~ (I ' ·' I ' ~ l • • 4 '1 Urge~ va.1nmen ·tQ be,.proud of.\: : hpm~rriafcing By SUE KINCAID underestimate their acc0ittpll$ji- ·and RUSTY BROWN ments in the home. · 'First Lady Betty Ford ·said here "I am here because I believe the today she is distressed that through best way tQ celebrate lntemational all the debat~ · on women's rights, Women's Year is to examine the ~ there has been a lack of appreciation very reai problems wo'men face I for the roles of women as wives and to~ay' rtot the progress of ycster· . mothers. day,"she said. I · · : ' "We have to, take the •just' oui of •Just a housewife' and show our "While many opportuniile~ are pride in having made the home and open to wotnen, too many are open t famlJy our lives• work,'' ;Mrs. Ford I said in r'emiirks.prepared ro1·her 4d~· TlJtn lb rage A 7 dress to the lnternational Women's· Year congre~s ih· the Convention' · Centct.' · '"' ·. '. . . · . , . . . Sponsors wet,e pt~dktlrig that 3o,c. 000 womert ...... and men too - would att~nd twy. events during the week· end. Mrsi Ford was to tour e'xhibits at the Cohvention Center prior to her speech. '%Is year Is not the tlme to cheer tit~ visible few, but to work for the ./ invi~ible many whose Jlves. are still ·restricted by cudc>1n and code," Mrs. WOM'EN'S CONVENTION OPENS - Early .H6~~~ Generai Assembly t 'Zelma George, a .. or: Ford. said. ~tHvttt~ to tod~"v~·s · ~pen in~ ceremonies of the ClevelanCfer and former I.JN ambassador, ar\dlJlll' .. .. : "Trying 'to opeti 'up new choices lntarnational Women's Yeilr Congress at Cleve ' Ruckelshau~, keynote speaker of the convention. and opportunities, women must not land's Convention Center were these three prlncl-· Mrs. ~uckelshaus i's chairman of the National pals. ihey are Madrime Vilava Lakshmi Pandit Commission on the Observat'lce of l nternationa~ (left), first woman president of the United Na- Women's Year. (Press photo by Bernie Noble) Turn to the Variety section for word portraits of some of the Cleve land Congress of IW1:'s stars. ·You'll II I find interviews and excerpts from - • speech texts today on Pages B 1 and 2. 9ETTYFORD - --.,. PAGE A7 l ·l lI I ( I \ EARLY ARRIVALS-These persons were Women's Congress at the Convention Center this among the first to arrive to be on hand for·fhe morning: · · (PressPhotobv Bernie-~oble) opening ceremonies ·of the International ' BettY Ford addresses iVfY:, ~ges p ride in homemdkingi I Continued from Page One ney general who resigned in protest eluding' status of the homemaker. en~ only to the-lucky few. Many bartj.ers of Watergate events. forcement of anti-discrimination continue to block the paths of most Io her address, Mrs. Ruckelshaus laws, reproductive freedom, the arts· women, even on the most basic issue said the' national commission's top and women in government. of equal pay for equal work, Mrs. priority is ratification of the Equal Touring the exhibits with Mrs.. Ford said. Rights Amendment. She congratu- Ford and Mrs. Ruckelshaus was .Ma.:: Cleveland:s IWY celebration is the· lated Ohio for passing it. dame Vijaya _Lakshmi Pandit oi largest in the country. "In the last 50 years. a case-by- India, the first woman president (i~ Visitors were e~ected to attend case approach, (anti-) discrimjnation i:~i:tlyt~e Uliited Nati~n~-.Ge~er'!l\- 150 workshops, near nationally laws and regulations have not. sue- , ,. khown speakers and entertainers cee ~' . ~ ...... W:omen get new directions ••• • • one to grqw By Mary' ~tiassmeyer themselves as persons. whether with. making. the .Corigr~ mean •<"'J''-• -''!'' The Greater Cle.\Teland Interna- men or women. ingful in the future liveSi of Great tional Women's Year:~Congress, · They are encouraged about er Clevelanders. months m the making ~and inqst themselves and about women's For a beginning;_ he~ follow-up successful in terms -of. numbers at- role. in today's society. They. have committee plans a summary of te,qcling, is over. : . . l_ear:ned -that women are persons. Congress proceedings. ,N~xt comes ~;Now> where do::;;.¥e.Jgo from and don't warit to remain iri the a council of the committees work~ here? · - '"'\~ " background of the mainstream of ing for women and a piace where life-. women can go- for help and res In closing ceremonies. Moriil~y pite, a place lo'cal planpers are night, Congress- planner:s talked The,person entrusted with the ~alling WomenSpace. · . about the future. Chairman Gwill j~b- ~f. what happens next is Eve Y9rk repeated theo:.phrase she had lyn: Bonder. Mrs. Bonder, director So .far, WomeiiSpace-i is just · used many times..:durilig the past of Project EVE (Education, Volun another idea that -is being talked months: ·• k • _ tar1Sm and Employment) at • about and exP,lored. WomenSpace -- - of.'-\~- •. It n~eds Cleveland Community College, is needs money. ae-< perma:. . , We don't know where· we'r:e the.Congress' "godmother." nent headquarter&· Planners are going. We haven":t lieen,there yet." hoping for some foundatfon sup Then she added~ '·'But what a It was she who dreamed of an port. beginning " lWY congress in Cleveland. It was " I believe WomenSpace will be she who gathered together a 'The beginning was~ in many come a reality." Mrs. York said. n~cleus of 40 women and ap- . ways, beautifuL 1~he1;~: three-day . proached the Cleveland Founda l\Irs. Bonder and her committee meeting attracteQ:;..45;000 tnen and have their work cut out for them. women to the Cleveland Conven-· tion for financial support. There has been talk about tion Center, one-third .more than She got the support The Con- another women's congress. but no planners had anticipated· -gress became a reality. And, along definite plans have been discussed. Most of those who attended the way, it became the largest and There is pressure:~to do it '?gain went home with a feeling of mos't significant celebration of soon. like within the next yepr or warmth about the- whole thing. IWY ijl the country. two-. Now Mrs. Bonder is charged They had learned something about They agree that there is too· mucf~ follow-up work to be done out of the recent Congress without • formulating plans for· anothel' one lo.w gear righ~ away.. · ' In summing up the weekend ac Today has been prodaiined as activity. "We ju~t physically could" tivities, words like '.'warm." "in "Alice Doesn't" da)'.. a nationwide n't do anything more after the formative" and •·something·\fo_r women's strike sponsorid by the IWY Congress," said Jean Jordan, everybodf' keeii cropping up. ·;But National Organization far Women community eflordinator. there iS another one, too. H is to call attention to women's civil ;::No one in Mayor-·· Ralph: "conservative." · rights. J. Perk's office has heard about the The Congress was· planne<\ by Although many Ohio- women strike, and Cleveland personnel women in traditional orgaqiza symphathize wjth the idea. few direc-tor Maurice Moffat said he tions. its chairman, Gwilt Yof,r. a actually contemplate participating . expeeted womei to be on the job. past president of the Ju ior by walking off their jobs, accord League of Cleveland, Inc. as ing to an Associated Press story A spokesman for the IWY Con chosen because, for one Cleveland's NOW chapter is urg gress said she hadn t heard about she was not associated ing a consumer boycott as its only the strike either militant women's group...... I ""'"°•\ w.·o.men get new directions y I • • • o-ne to grow By Mary ~t~assm~yer ~th~mselves as persons-. whether with making the Congt~ mean The Greater Cle.veland Interna~~ men or women. ingful in the futur-e- lives4 of Great tional Women'$i: Year· Congress, · They are encouraged about er Clevelanders. ~ntlts m the ma!tf~g. and ·1Tlqst themselves and about women's For a beginning..; he~follow-up successful in term~of.·numbers.at~ role... in toqay's· soci~ty. They; have committee plans a summary of tending, is ove~!' · ·· · ,f ·' learned .that women are persons Congress proceedings. ;~xt comes .Now where do ~we -.go fr Monday ; ' ..- ,;..,~.A "\. . "" pite,,,.a plac~· lo'cal · plaijiiers are 1 :~ight, Congress:~ planners talked: ~ The.\ person entrusted· with the calling \\fomenSpac~:"'' · · about the future. ·€hairman Gwill job.tof\vhat happens next is Eve 1 •Y:Qrk< repeated' the:'phrase ~tie ~ct; lyn~ ·Bonder. Mrs. Bonder, direcoor So :.far; WomenSpac~ is just used many times,,,during the pasr,C · ·:oi:.i>roject EVE (Education~ Volun another idea that ·is:beirig talked· irioriths: ·~ · . · · ·.faffs"m . and Employment) at • about ~and explore~. WonienSpace »J«'~ . Cleveland Community College, is needs. money; It n~eds ~ perma ·we don't -itifovit~t,vhere- we·i:e theCongress' "godmother." nent headquarters.; Plan~rs are g°'6ing. We haverrlf~~n}there yet-;1 hoping for some- foundatihn sup- Then she added~ NBut what: a It was she who dreamed of an port. · beginning • - IWY .congress in Cleveland. It was ' "I believe WomenSpace will ·be she who gathered together a ~tie beginning'tW1is: in many come a reality." MI'S. Yorkfsaid. . ways, beautifu\:.!:!J'fiei" three-day nucleus of 40 women and ap pr_oached the Cleveland Founda Mrs. Bonder and her committee meeting attracteo:=45,000 -inen and:' -have-their work cut out for ..them . women to Cifveland Conven .tion for financial support. tlie · There has-' been talk tabout tion Center, on&:tl'lird ~more than She· got the supporf The Con another women's congress. ~ut no planners had anticipa~~ gress became a reality. And, along definite plans have been diseussed. ;.Most of. those wh~ attended the way, it became the largest ·and There is pressure-to do_ ii ~gain w~nt hoine wittt- .. ~J~ <;~ s,~'o·-tv-< v p 8 ;lETTY 10-26 ~'I GPT LO PY HELE ~I THOMAS UPI WHIT HOUSE REPORTER l·.l~SHJ\1GTO~ CUPl) -- FIRST LADY Bf.TTY F'JRD LIT A TORCH ON THE 1 ,;.~:-- 1 1JMGTO"-' M'.)NUMl' T GROUNDS SUNDAY TO DPE:i.; A F'OUl1 - DAY ~ATIO.•JAL C'"'l'l1\Jn·r IO~ OF THE GIRL SCOUTS . · S"'"' ~.LSO ACCEPTED THE "GIRL ·SCOUTS' 200TH BIRTHDAY BOOK TO THC: ··.cTJrl' ." ,_ArL , P~S . FORD M1n TH~ PRESIDEl\!T DROPPED QUARTERS 1111 THE "TRICK 'lQ TW!.llT" 8~\l\JKS HELD BY SEVERAL COSTUMED YOU~GSTERS ro· LAUNCH Cli~tffT)lfn, DAN 1·JY KAYE ' S HALLOWEEN DIVE ON BEHALF' OF THE UNITED NATIONS I''TEr.rnAT !') \tAL CH ILDREr..! S EMERGE CY FUND . TH' F'oqos PO 'ED FOR PICTURES WITH THE 'cHILDRE~~ IN THE DIPLOMATIC ~"C>7PTI')\1 ROOM TO KICK OFF' KAYE'S FUW"' - R.O.ISI~rn n·RIVE IM 65 CITIES • . l 1adyhke does not,~~Utre>'s~stilf:' ·~ · placed ... on-.women's ence." . · -.' ;./~ .,: - ~bt}haviorif;and i$aid the The President's wife has Americatt housewife has een criticized for her ·~~t.- been ~- ~ll;~h ~.aligne~~:;.. ~poken comments Ol\'~.. :a· "MY ·own support oPthe nge of issues from sex to Equal ·•.Rights '1lmendme.nt arijuana. She defended has• shown what happens ~he practice in. a speech ~ when a definition of proper re an audience of'several behavior collides witJii:: an ousand - possibly }ier individuaF.s·right to per5on ~ggest audience to date - al opinions~·~ she said. "I do t the G_reater Clevela~d not believe that being First nternat1onal Women S;: LadY\, should prevent me ~ear Congress .~ from expressing my views. She flew here from · • · ·· ashington for the day to "I spoke out on this ~. ake the speech promoting important ·issue because of ratification of the Equal my deep personal convic ights Amendment, and to tions. ·Why should my hus unch with Mme-.: Vijaya band's job or yours prevent ~Lakshmi Pandit of India, us from: being ourselves? former president of the Being ladylike does not re First Lady Betty Ford, the featured guest at the jtJ.N. General Assembly, quire silence." Cleveland Congress of the International Womens Year I. and a group of Cleveland's ,. ; i.- ·. · ·, . yesterday, visits a Model Day Care Center. I )most influential··. .w~ ··,,, en..~· .··. Mrs. :1ford .apparently 1 · ~ , _ referred specifically to i. / WHILE "MRS.·~ :,f or.d charges. by ERA op~nlt. those .of us who support women must not tmderesti- . ,spoke, a small·: group -of that the First Lady illegally ERA is to help remove this mate their accotnplish- 1 young women at one side-of -used government facilities cloud of fear .and confu ments in the home.'' she 1 the. auditorium field an, and staff~ lobby for ERA.. sion.~· said. "We have to take that orange banner with black 'just' out of 'just a house-: 1 : letters reading;,. . "Stop THE CONTROVERSY; She said; the amendment wife' and show our pride.in· !. Ford's cutbacks. ·o~ .\fOOd 'Mrs. Ford said, has~ide "will not be alter the fabric having made the home and .1 lstamps, social ~er.Vices! veloped among people who of ·the Constitution · - or family our life's work." lwomen 'demand·~jobs, i... roll fear change and she prO: ' force women away from back· price$, end ~ili~y. ._posed that ERA pro~nents- their families~" Mi's. Ford remained to spending." _ . ... 'shouldtlower the, tenor of hear Mrs. Pandit, express The group ._id~tified the debate~ She has been ~'distress ing her views as a longtime f themselves. ~g../. th"e. .. · ·R ed." she.,said; that one out .diplomat, tell the gather "Women's Caucusllof.,Youth The debate -over ¥ A growth of the argument ing: "I have never tried to Against War.and Fascism~· h:is~bes~me too emot1on,a1 over ERA "has been the be a cheap imitation of a , IThey left the hall after Mrs.· ~lus~ of the fears -of lack of appreciation of the man. I didn't want to be." Ford completed her speecru, SC?m.e ...-. both men and role of women as wives and and stood outside chanting; won:ien -~ about ~he mothers." Mrs. Ford was greeted af fhange~ ,.al.read_y. · ~aking the airport by Republican· ~la~ m iAmerica, she ..tn trying to open up I Mayor Ralph Perk; who said. "A!td part ?f the job of choices and opportunities, 4>0WW « .Qj .. UP-034 CWHITE HO USE BA SH) CBY ~ELEN THOMAS) WASHINGTON CUPI> -- BROADWAY STAR PEARL BAILEY DANCED WITH PRESIDENT FORD AND EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT, SANG A DUET WITH ACTOR OMAR SHARIF AND HEISTED VICE PRESIDENT NELSON ROCKEFELLER'S HORN-RIMMED BIFOCALS DURING A SWINGING EVENING AT THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY. PRESIDENT FORD AND HIS WIFE BETTY, ELEGANT IN A BROWN AND WHITE ESTEVEZ GOWN, STAYED ON THE DANCE FLOOR UNTIL L:30 A.M. EST, LONG AFTER SADAT, THE GUEST OF HONOR, AND HIS WIFE HAD DEPARTED. MISS BAILEY, WHO HAS PERFORMED SEVERAL TIMES AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WAS AT HER BEST AT THE SADAT DINNER, WINNING SEVERAL STANDING OVATIONS AND THE LONGEST APPLAUSE HEARD IN THE EAST ROOM IN MANY A YEAR. "IT WAS BRILLIANT," SAID SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER. "SHE KISSED ME." MISS BAILEY BEGAN TO SNARE HER AUDIENCE WHEN SHE BORROWED ROCKEFELLER'S GLASSES TO READ A SONG. SHE PUT THEM ON, THEN CRACKED, "WHERE DID THE PEOPLE GO?" H~NDING THEM BACK, SHE ADVISED ROCKEFELLER, "DON'T SIGN ANYTHING WITHOUT THESE." BUT LATER ON IN THE BANTER HE HANDED THE SPECTACLES BACK TO HER AND SAID HIS WIFE, HAPPY, WOULD LEAD HIM HOME. THEN SHE SANG ABOUT PLACES ON THE SADAT ITINERARY, BRINGING GLEEFUL HOWLS WHEN SHE REACHED "I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN." THAT WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH "CHICAGO" AND "THE EYES OF' TEXAS." DURING ONE OF HER MOST FAMOUS NUMBERS, "HELLO DOLLY," FORD ROSE FROM HIS CHAIR ANO TWIRLED HER AROUND FOR THE FINALE. MISS BAILEY RETURNED TO THE MICROPHONE TO SING "HAPPY BIRT~[)AY" TO FORME.R STAGE STAR NANETTE F'ABHAY~ MISS rABRAY, WHO HAS A HEARING DEl'ECT, RESPONDED IN SONG AND SIGN LANGUAGE WITH "SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW," REDUCING MANY TO TEARS. MISS BAILEY· AND HtR HUSBAND, DRUMMER LOUIS SELLSON, WERE INVITED TO SPEND THE NiGHT. UP I 10-~ 8 10 : 3 1 AE S , J.A- hut./_!·.~~-' -Steve. Ford. 1>?andd-o1, Ou '-r I'm elated! You!ve restored' my t4"X1 faith in the press, and Steve Ford bu- 1 restored my faith in people (in high- ~ \ er-up positions). Cheryl Bentsen's ar- . ~-: ticle (Oct • . 16), "Steve Ford: 1 Name for a Cowboy," was practicing \ something 1 thought the press: knew nothing about-"If you 'can't say- : something good about someone, .don't: , ~ say it at all." The article was so good. · · ~: it made my ·day;-. and for the first: ' .·· time made me feel like-. someone ini the White House finally is someone· I'd lave to.meet. l LINDA WEAVER ". '.k '·· ,,, No~~ ...1: Can't you people .find more inter- . esting items to print than the lackl~ · ter ambitiori of Steve Ford. the mecJi.: ocre son of a mediocre father? · Shame on you for·wasting 5o much space! EDWARD NEWMAN.: Woodland ffillS: \ . . A-2 I The Washington Star October25~ ~975 Saturday, I I -. ~~:,,_,':'.'·~-- . ~m_-_· ...: --·· . .- _.. I Natnes 1~. rdces I I I / ' ·: . ~ Cr• -..... A Piddling: St()ry: - Susan Ford brought- four. of the five 5-W.e.ek-old puppies of Liberty, the- First Family's golden retriev er, mto the White House press room to perform for assembled staffers and media persons. They perform ed as might have been~xpected. Two of them left pud dles on the gold.carpet. I I I I t I t I I UP-062 CBETTY) CBY HELEN THOMAS) '>IASHIN GTON CUPl) -- BETTY FORD, WHOSE DOCTORS SAY IS HJ "EXCELLENT HEALTH" WITH NO SIGNS OF CANCER, HAS TAKEN ON MORE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES A~D WILL MAKE A SPEECH IN CLEVELAND SATURDAY. WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN DR. WILLIAM LUKASH SAID THURSDAY FOLLOWING A M~DICAL CHECKUP AT BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL SHE SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF ~ ~£CURRENCE OF THE D ISEA SE MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER UNDERGOING REMOVAL OF A CMJCEROUS BREAST . M~S . FO~D CONTINUES TO TAKE CHEMOTHERAPY EVERY FIVE OR SIX WEEKS TO PREVENT ANY RECURRENCE OF CANCER FOLLOWING HER OPERATION ON SEPT . ?'3, t974 . TUE FI~ST LADY WILL FLY TO CLEVELAND SATURDAY TO TAKE PART IN A LOCAL MEETING OF THE CO~GRESS _OF I~TERNATIDNAL WOMEN'S YE~R. SHE ' LL SP~AK ON "WOME ~ AS A FORCE FOR PEACE." )'~SUNDA Y, 1'1RS. FORD WILL PARTICIPATE Pl A GIRL scour PROGRAM AT rw:· 'iJASHINGTON MONUMENT AND THE FOLLO I G DAY SHE WILL PLAY HOSTESS TO U!SITil\IS PRESIDENT ANWAR SA~AT OF EGYPT. TH~PE ARE INDICATIONS MRS. Foqo VILL NOT YET TAKE ON· A HEAVY SCH::TJULE OF OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES, BUT SHE APPARENTLY IS BEGINNii\3 TO H'CQ:AS~ SUCH APPEARANCES ON A CAREFULLY PACED SCALE. SHE DOES NOT PLA~ TO ACCOMPANY THE PR~SIDENT TO CALIFORNIA WEDN SDAY FOR T~O DAYS OF' REPUBLICAN FUND RAISING EVENTS IN LOS ANGE:LES AND SAN FRANCISCO. SHE APPEARS DRAWN AND TIRED AT TIMES,· BUT MADE TWO STAND - IN APPEARANCES FOR THE PRESIDENT THIS WEEK WHILE H~ WAS RECUPERATING FROM A SINUS COLD. SHE PLANTED AN AMERICAN ELM ON THE WHITE HOUSE .GP0UNDS AN.D POSED FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH STACIE MECHAM, LL, OF BAK~qSFIELD , CALIF., THE 1976 EPILEPSY FOU~DATION POSTER CHILD. F0LLOWING THE FOUR - HOURS 8F TESTS AT BETHESDA, LUKASH SAID THURSDAY THE PRELIMINARY TESTS WERE " ENTIRELY NORfrlAL" AND THERE WAS "~10 I ND ICAT ION OF A NY REC UR RE ~CE OF CAN GER ." t!P1 10-24 11:49 AED .. •'? l~ ..... •) ro ~TTY lC-25 ~·I ~ ~ L > 1)y Sl\RA F:1ITZ SL ·v·LAND (UPI) -- BETTY F1q:;, ·~HJSE F~Ar~K EXPRESSifJ.:s OF OPINION l-!A\W <'t[irnED UP THt<~ PUBLIC O'J MO~E THAN O'E OCCASIJ~J , SAID SATURDAY gµ;:- •ILL CO'\JTI TO SPEAK CUT BECAUSE "St.ING LADYLIK!:. DOES N'JT REnllI~• SILE'VCI ... ~?S. F1RD HA~ ~~E~ CRITICIZED FOR HER OUTSPOKE~ CJ~Mg~TS ON A J:/A~IGt:- 'JF ISSUES F-{O!Vl SEX TO f"IARIJUANA . SHE DEFSNC'.:D THE PRACTICE I'J A SPC-EC~ PREPA~ED F'.)~ A~l A LID n:·~cE OF SEVi!:RAL THOUSAND -- PClSSIBL y HER P!G'l';'~T AUDIENCE TO rATE -- AT THE GREATER CLEVELA"lD INTERNATIJNAL ~~ME 'S YEAR CONGRESS . SH'• FLEW HERE FR()M WASHINST·JN FOR THE DAY T) MAKE: THE SPEECH pqo~JTI~G RATIFICATICl~ OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, A~D TO LU~CH ~ITH M~DA~~ VIJAYA L~~SHMI P~~DIT , FO~M£R PRESIDENT OF THE U . ~ . GE'''!:RAL ASSEMBLY, A~D A GR'JUP OF CL~VELAND ' S M'JST I~FLUE~HIAL WOMEN . Mqs . FORD WAS GqEETED AT THE AIRPORT BY REPUBLICA~ ~AYOR RALPH PP'K , w1 1 0 ASKED HE!i TO "T LL THE PRESIDE:H TO STAY WELL -- WE rJ~ED HIM ~oat'·'JO .·· SHE R'.£PLIED " .LL , HE SC:iMED JUST FINE TODAY. •• U~P S~Ef..CH DEPLOqED REST .ICT IONS STILL PLAC~D ON WOt"E~ ' S BEHAVIOR A~~ c~ID THE A~~~ICA~ HOUS~~IFE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH MALIGN:.D. ""f.Y ')'1P~ SUPPORT 0 F' TH£ H'' UAL RIGHTS A~.~: ~.JD ~E '.'JT HAS S HO'>JN WHAT UAPP'7'1J~ ~}IE"l A DEFI'JITIJ~J OF' P~1Pi.!:~ BEHAVI'JR COLLID!.S ·~ITH AN I.,'T)IVI'IUAL ' S 'iIGl-!T TO PERS8 AL OPPJI'J'~S ," SH~ SAID. "I 2·) .~OT r-lELIEVE THAT FC:.I~G FF~ST LATJY SHOUL p;~.!.vi:.~r ME FR-J.'tl EX?RE:SSING '.liY Vl£WS . "I .:paKF-: OUT 0 .. THIS IM?OnTANT IS.3UE BECAUS~ OF :'ilY DEEP PERSQrAL ~· 1 vrcr11~·:- . WHY SHC:ULD MY HUS84 . • JOB QR YOU:1S PRc.VE.'.JT us FR'J:·' 1371" G "d'7~,ELVES? g~r:~G LADYLI~r~ L .-~.J ~'JI RrQUIHE SILENCt£." ~-= • F'J~D APP.~~:.HLY REFt:RRt:D SPECIF'ICALL Y TO CHAR3ES BY ERA 'JPPIJ'l'"'"T3 THAT rw~ FIRST LACY ILLf:.3ALLY USED GOVERN~ENT FACILITIJ!:S AMD ~T :'.FF TO LOBBY F'OR ERA . ~QS . FJRD SAID THE CO~T~OV~RSY HAS DEVELOP~D AMO~G PEOPLE ~HO F~AR CHP.1 'F A.JD SHE PROR:JSED THAT i;~A P~OPON:.NTS SH'JULC LOWER THE Ti'JOR OF FE 1)EPAT~ . "Tl-'E D~BATE OVER ERA HAS BECOr1E TJO ~MOTIONAL Bt:CAUSI!: OF THE FEARS :JF SOME: -- BOTt.1 r11~~ AND W0:'12:~J -- A38UT THE .CHANGES ALREADY TAKP-JG. PLAC~ I"' AMERICA ," SHE SAID . " AND PARI :IF THE JOB OF THOSE OF US WHO 0 SUPPORT ERA IS TO HELP REMOVE THIS CLOUD OF FEAR A~D CONFUSION." SHE SAID THE AMENDMENT ••• "'HLL NOT BE ALTER THE FAs.:nc OF THE co~·srITUTIO~J -- OR FORCE VJOME:'J AWAY FRO~ THEIR F'AMILIE:S . " SHE i.fAS BEEN "DISTRESSED," SHE SAID, THAT ONE JUTGROWTH OF THE A P".JU:"'~'H :JVER ERA "HA 5 135: EN TH~ LAC~ OF A PPRECI.~T IO:~ OF THE ROLE OF ~OM~' t: WIVES AND voTHE~S . " "Iu rnyr~:G TO OP.''' UP CHClICES AND OPPORTU'JITIES, ''0"1Et~ MUST NOT 1 0 JJ• "" .... r•,~~.. rTlltf\Tj;"_, _:-t - ruEIRn _ .Acroiv. v 1·,1 LI,..H¥.'""\'TS- ,.:!!.... IN, TH'"".c.. HOMri!!., .. Sllr ,,,.. ""ID..J • •• ,~t. ' HA\/r.- T) T ~!C r::AT 'JUST' our OF ' J!.1ST A 1-:'JUSEWIFE' A•J!.' SH'J'~l )UR ?RID~ IN 1 ~ Au I' ~ ' A"" - r HE H : •;:: M: D rt: rY' l Ly '.) u... L IF~ ' s "0 R!' • " ·pr 10-25 12:57 PED .. U P-"45 October 31. 1975 Dear Jeffreys Thank you so mw:h fo% send ing me a copy of The Lantern. The photo in the paper was terrific and :I Immt Mrs. Ford will. enjoy seeing it. :I alao appreciate your sendinq me a copy of t:be pboto of Mrs. Ford and Janet Dunbar. Z will malce sure that both get thea. Si.nc:erely. Sheil.a Rabb Weideni:eld Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford Mr. J ef~rey Yapalater The Ohio State Daily Lantern 281. JournaU... Building Ohio State univerai ty 242 w. 18th Avenue Colambua. Ohio 43210 I ., ,. II r,.t (._ . ' an . I ~ I ~ """ c-a_~ - ..... : .o.~ ~ '1:1• a -, ,... c - ~.. :ac Q... 1 - Ill 0 First Lady visits Ohio. ,,Cl \ . . J1" '· l ·,I Betty Ford travel~ to Cleveland Saturday to give a speech on women'• 'O consclousnesa. at tb,e ln~rnatlonal Womens Con;re11 at Public Au tJ ditorlwn.- See stories on page 3. b f -IP -a~ ;;;> .£ Cl.l• -c :a .,' 0 ~ E-oc - \ .~ ·.·•·.· \ t f A ' I . \. sles •trains ot'The ~~it~ Ht1mn' of the ilnd a narrator extolling ~'he sees to.be done and he w~nts to.help.:• tes the hand-pumping; Co.nstruc: :efs, bureaucrats, grandmothers, / immune except babies, who ln• · a wet one planted on their heads. t as the big.race for mayor in Col am not going to comment on the ~s except to say the slogans ofthe :enders (Mayor 'rom Moody's Effective" and City Councilman emond's "Pre:;cription for Prog u~d more like laxative adver· .,.. >t group unique .in an election is " Please note this does.. not in·\ ~ryone who is not a worker or e, for less than }\alf_of a.11 eligible to the.polls. Forthese non-voters, . . ' e , r LUfen PM!la-.,. MIN7 ~...... '.: " . , Madame-t Pandlt, addrt!lsln1 the men (lt "Where ls your husband?'; asked slx-ye&J'·old i.aura Wilchek. "He can't Cleveland Congress of Intern•· higher al';V•Y• come wbere .I ~~~~Land I __ean't -_ always g~ ~here ~··goes ,'.'·,', jc·:,~ Uonal ,Women'' year, -sal~, "I've sc>ciate e said. · answ~red Mrs .. Fo~ ~-;Jf:!f~;-to a child .ce\ebrate t~t the Mrs. For~ later highlighted the International W-orneri•s· Year is to >rafew CLE°vELAND - Fjrst Lady Betty . Greater Cleveland Congress of In- exa~ine' tbe very real problf!JDS vomen, ·Ford was in Cleveland Saturday and· ternational Women's Year and stres- women face today, not the progress of 1 ·ot the made a stop at the child ~·are centet sed this .theme of independence for Yesteiday,'··· Mrs. Ford said. · : . · lfornia where Laura Wilchek, 8, of Nortli: w~men when she addressed 3,000 at '''This year is not the time to cheer tressed Olmsted ~sked, "Where is your hue-~:. the·Cleveland Convention Centei:. · the visible few, but to,work f'Or the ikelyfo band?" · · " .. ' ,,. invisible many,.wbose lives are still women "He's back home working,~· Mrs. MAPAM. Vijaya Pandit, foriner re~tric~~ - by cu..tom and code,";me it what Ford answered. "He cari't always president of the Uriited Nations said. , . .f ::---.--~·c . come where: I .come, and I can't al- Genera~ Assembly also spoke. ?rlr~ Ford~' . sd port of tb• . .-ii':oual 'Air. Ja1d her Pt (ERA) - ~ •hts Ametidmen fih••' · ~ -- ~------""'=- ...... •&£• ns•-'when a de i~- shown wb~t haC~a\iior collides with ~·,, ~ion c;»fpropf er . e divldual to penonal o>: the rtghto an in .. opinions.'' - ld mfhusband's job ~r uWh;Y .shou rrom being ou~e- yours pi:evef~~ike does not requite lves? ~e.~ng a id ., . . silence, she ~a,. d. the debate •abo'1t ~rs. · Ford ~1 co1iie' .too emotional the ERA .has . ~ of many about because'of'::.1e:e;i':ce fn America. cha~ges ta .in very natur'. Js \' Chang~ _bYb. 1:1t is also-often P,~ threatenllli+ u . · . . \..: , . ;' ductive,".. slle said. · ,_.. the yelr-ltiie, "l bop& ?1976 will·be· · tY the ·2'1tb rernainin& f~~r sta~::d~id. "It will ~- amendnient, _Mrs. boliC\ e\tent .dur 1 , be an important. syd · t 0 sbow that ing our 200th bi~h a~x ertment in ·" !· the great Ade1:a:Onti~ues to elt· h~!P~.~ ~ee o . ,_ ,, i>~~ $at 28 I October 1975 Mrs. Ford c/o Sheila Weidenfeld 1700 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 Sheila: Many thanks for your assistance. Without your help, I doubt I would have had the opportunity to shoot some of the photographs I did. Enclosed you will find some of the shots I took. One of the first lady during the luncheon at the Bond Court, and another of Janet Dunbar. Please foward these to both of them. Again, thanks ...'1> ~ t« :.·. .... GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY The item described~ has been transferred from this file to: . Audiovisual Unit Book Collection :.. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids Item: ;I. S x 7" /?,W pA-tlos bf!- 13? ,,.)- IWY lm.~ ,;. t).J.~ 0'11tJ 10 /,}. '!"/~ The i tern was transferred from: W.u~kl.). ~ I 'f Initials/Da te lt.J- 3/lb ' .