When President Ford called for ideas to conserve energy, the third-graders at the Sodt Elementary School in Monroe, Mich., decided to see if they could help. The students drew up some pledges and got the neatest penman in the class Brock Horsley, 8 to print the list on an outsize, 2-ft. by 3-ft. sheet of paper. Then they mailed it off to the White House. There a delighted President Ford called in reporters and read out some of the suggestions:
"We will turn off all lights when we're not using them.
"We will ride our bikes . ....
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