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Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. Digitized from Box 19 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library .,.- .. ... .. ·I f ...... ·;. 1 t It .'Betty· Ford, wlt- of.th.e President: w~ s.:rrounded by a ~rowd at~ Re~~bltcan women's 'fund.raf4ing lu.nch~on TuesddY_ ~ \iur_- ~ .·~UUm t. 1.lq.~ but the·cr1,tS1i'.didn'.t seem to lio~er . her. • . -;::; efi". 1-'\ \~1Sit 7_-:--:'. ii !~ Betty · Ford charms \' '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<J Vava .~ . Mrs• .OlUe Clark., wl¥>'s Jn the very unfavor­ in th~ suburbs, is. unhappy · that the lJnlt.ed. ' :.; ." ~ . I Chagall, : . ,., . , . of ZefO. wJfe ~f Marc Chagall. 1 able pasitlo~ ~g for tqe C!)Ok County Republican .Fund is giving dollars to.tlle ". "She was v~ry kind," · smiled_Mme. ~:.:;,, ~rd as.a RepubUcan In the city, a~mitted Women Power committee. Tile ·14 candidates gall. "She said she admires my husband:" .... ., · the going is tough. "I don't even· have the are to spilt proceeds ·r~ 1Uesday's lunch- wnMRN D~wvv 1111~1. c+.rt. t>oh ..- ~ney to pay oft the 11q~ I already owe." eon, 11tlm1tfd at $8,000. · ' · Mrs;Eera• #".Ii ~ : tOp draw' .·: .. IWY . Co)1ire~s , ·tO teatu'ril talk ::_"' By Mary St ssmeyerf"~1 ·;,y Betty Ford·-. Mrs. Gerald .Ji'ord, the natfo~/~ first lady, wiij make her first Cleveland appearance today, the From First ·Pa e " The c0ngress is expec_te(i' to at- opening day of .the Greater Cleve- men in a nat,io~ poll wbc) fe1t tract women athletes:· wo~en lilDCI -International Women's Year ey are not discriminated shqw . business luminaries an~ ~ anhe''Cleveland Conven- gainst. ... ;. C' r dignitaries from aroliild ·the world. ti.on Center. The poll results .. we\.e reveal~ They incl!!de India's Madam Vi- Mrs. Ford will arrive · from esterday by former ~ 'Clevelandt!r' Jaya Lakshdti' Pandit, ,the first Wasfiington--afl0:30 a.iii. She will hyllis L. Gillis, uecutive direc· ·",wolllal'l president of ,"~h~ U.N-, tour the ,-congress's 250 exhibits or of the Gallup' IntetnationaL Re- . General Asse~.bly, .col':"llmst Ann , and its day .. care center. before earch Institute Irtc; . · ·>~ders, tenms. pro J';'lle Heldman going to.Public '·Music·Hall·for. her . ..,. · ,. , . , and actors .Ossie Davis, Ruby .Dee speech at 1'2:30' p.m. · .1· Gallup dt~ an ~oternational ·poll .·and Lily Tomlin:. .,., ;._ : . , , . .. i9n the question, What Do Women w k- h · · ·11 d i · · · · ·· Till. c is . 'We've , Come a Lon& , .~eally f Think and Want'" ..\ . 11 or , s ops .\YI e ve Jn to Way; ~ut ·We've Got a Long Way .' 'flere was conducted by Bart::ra wo~~n s roles .10 ind~~· um~~· to Go.. ,{ Rawson/ consultant to the Cleve~ poh~1cs, iµ~d~cine,.:. sp~rts; the 1 :Mi's, Ford will. be introduced by' :-land.Foundation, and an IWYcom:: · ~;i.:::and gove~en_Ld·; 't, be th Jfil Ruckelshaus, chairman of the mittee. · c?n~ ·is. sai o e National Commission on the O}>; 1,frs. .Gill~ said the international la!g.est of its - ~d IP the ':J.S . .servance of .the International poll shows women in the U. s. be- Th~ , Congress nms from 9·,-.m. 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 . 10- 25- 75 l 0: 3JiDT ------ -- -- ~----. --- 1.5.5 f\ ?£J?L I T !.. -~s CL.:.V .... LA i.) (.£\?) -- fIJ<Sf U\DY ·;:.TTY FvitLJ ¥:ILL SPEAK ~.J.J 1)-{ v? ." I ~~G DAY SATUKDAY .JF A TH,\i:.i:.. - DAY I Tt..111~ATIO AL ioJUI~!..·~ · S Y;:..Ar; uBS.::r{VA ~r_ . 11."iS . Fu.-W WAS SCHCDUL:J Tu ADDrlt.SS A LU lCHiu.~ GATH.C..riLiG J, A '~ AS y_T U.JDISCLuS.:.O TJ?IC • .3H·.:. {1AS ALSu Tv ATT.t:. !~ O A i<l::Cc.PTll.. .~ . uTH:::n WHJ WILL /-\?Pi.Ar{ JUrlhlG TH::: Trlnic. DAYS OF 'i.V,;.. ·iTS I :LUD L'-lDIA ' S VIJAYA L~K:.:) H:1 I ?A.~iHT , TiE FI11Sf W0r1A;-J ?1iE.SID.:. lH JF T 11. U II .D rATIO.JS G::..:hliAL ASSi:.bBLY , G:JLUi11.HST A;·u LAirn£rlS , Tc...JiHS ?itv JULH MiLDMA~·j Arn TELEVISIU.~ COi1lSDIL'lN ..... LILY Ti.ML I i~ . ,, .. ··~ ' ""' ,, - \ AIRPORT WELCOME - First Lady Betty Ford (left) received a bouquet of flowers from Mayor Perk and his wife L1Jcllle when she arrived ~t Cleve­ land ~Ins Aln>ortthis moming prior~~ t~ VWel'n. tlonal Womeri'1 ~ ' RuttrMnter, t!W1'taltf'M!lrldor {rfDht),:holds 1 gift the Perkl e•v• Mrs~ ~Ol"CS ..::.