Nobody wanted the house at 649 Union Avenue in Grand Rapids. The Veterans Administration, which received title to the property in 1972, had reduced its original asking price from $12,500 to $5,500 last month. Still no sale. One local speculator offered a dismaying $100. Then, not long ago, the VA and the rest of the nation learned that President Ford had lived in the house from 1923 to 1930, years that included his football-hero days at nearby South High.
Suddenly the VA was deluged with offers, despite the fact that in recent years the three-story house has become a victim...
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