Wow...AP really went out of their way to diminish his life there didn't they?
RIP, President Ford. He was a good man, and the press in general at that time went out of their way to make him look like an idiot and a bumbler every moment of his presidency. They were very fond of taking and publishing pictures of him stumbling or bumping into something or having any of the normal minor accidents that go with moving around a lot in crowded public places. This was supposed to indicate that not only was he a klutz, but he was a stupid right-wing capitalist pig, etc., etc., etc.
Most people have probably forgotten this, but I think that the Ford presidency was the very first one where the press felt they could get away with that level of disrespect and ridicule. It was, of course, because Nixon had been so thoroughly discredited, and they now felt it was open season on any GOPer. Furthermore, Ford was basically a nice guy, like Bush, so he was easy to attack.