THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Itinerant Chief Executive

For Jerry Ford it was a more or less typical week: Charleston, Durham, Paris (France, that is). When he gets back from there, he will undoubtedly hit a few places like Des Moines, Madison and Manchester. Then he will be off to Anchorage, Peking (China, that is), Manila, Jakarta and Honolulu. That will take the President up to mid-December; and after a short desk stop in the Oval Office, he will emplane for the ski slopes of Vail, probably with a rally or two on the way. And after the holidays, presidential primary...

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