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SOURCES: FORMER PRESIDENT GERALD FORD'S HEALTH TAKES TURN FOR THE WORSE... DEVELOPING...

According to a statement from an assistant to Ford. Banner only so far.

U.S.S. Gerald Ford Wednesday, June 14, 2006 Ronald Reagan has an airport named in his honor, as does John Kennedy. Now we find former President Gerald Ford will apparently have a more mobile tribute. The Senate Armed Services Committee has struck upon the idea to call the first of a new class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers the U.S.S. Gerald Ford. Michigan Senator Carl Levin is the ranking Democrat, he and committee chair John Warner made the addition to the national defense authorization act. Levin says it speaks to the respect given to Fords' work in healing the nation, and...

An Open Letter to the Press in Western Carolina From: John Armor, Candidate for Congress, 11th District Date: 16 March 2006 re: certain comments by Deborah Potter on behalf of Congressman Charles Taylor Ladies and Gentlemen, Below is an exact and complete copy of an e-mail that Charles Taylor's Press Secretary, Deborah Potter, sent to Don Yelton, a friend of mine. (For those who don't know me, I'm a lawyer and author who lives in Macon County, and I'm running against Taylor in the Republican primary.) The Potter e-mail refers to me as "Armor and his bunch of left-wing radicals...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...

Letter from President Ford to Prime Minister Rabin September 1, 1975 SECRET His Excellency Yitzhak Rabin Prime Minister of Israel Dear Mr. Prime Minister: I wish to inform you that the U.S. recognizes that the Israeli-Egyptian Interim Agreement entailing withdrawal from vital areas in the Sinai constitutes an act of great significance on Israel's part in the pursuit of final peace and imposes additional heavy military and economic burdens on Israel. I want to assure you that the U.S. will make every effort to be fully responsive within the limits of its resources and Congressional authorization and appropriation on an...

<p>THREE decades after being sent to prison for trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford, Charles Manson disciple Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme has found love - with a lesbian serial killer.</p> <p>Kristen Gilbert, a former Northampton, Mass., veterans affairs nurse, was convicted in 2001 of poisoning four patients in her care. Now she is said to be carrying on a caged-heat affair with none other than Manson's former groupie Fromme.</p>

TIME MAGAZINE</FONT COLOR> SEPTEMBER 15, 1975THE GIRL WHO ALMOST KILLED FORD</FONT COLOR> Her name was Lynette Alice Fromme, and she was the first woman ever to attempt to kill a President of the U.S. Her manner was gentle, and while she was pretty in a freckle-faced, red-haired, little-girl sort of way, she would turn few heads on the street. But the 27-year-old woman behind this innocent facade was anything but normal. In her way, Lynette Fromme was as much a social aberration - an amoral freak - as Lee Harvey Oswald, the killer of John F. Kennedy, or Sihan...

Dear Lord, There's a young man far from home, called to serve his nation in time of war; sent to defend our freedom on some distant foreign shore. We pray You keep him safe, we pray You keep him strong, we pray You send him safely home ... for he's been away so long. There's a young woman far from home, serving her nation with pride. Her step is strong, her step is sure, there is courage in every stride. We pray You keep her safe, we pray You keep her strong, we pray You send her safely home...