Tagigh THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, January 1$, 1 X74 i~ageE~ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, January 18, 1q74 HERO'S WELCOME: Jerry Ford visits home town (Continued from Page 1) ter for the University in 1934 when "With all the corruption and the Wolverines had their worst dastardly deeds in today's world it season ever. As a junior congress- is good that we have a good God man he was noted for such drive 1 o v i n g man in government," and devotion to hard work that moaned another. then Vice President Richard Nixon . In a solemn and pious voice called Ford "the future of the Re- Ford addressed the luncheon and publican Party." extolled the spiritual virtues of Later in his career as minority football. "Football taught me the leader of the House of Representa- all important virtue of brother- tives, it was this same gung ho hood . . . the brotherhood exhibit- team spirit that led President ed when the blocker unselfishly Johnson to say, "the problem with clears the way for the ball car- Jerry Ford is that he has played rier." football once too often without his It is this kind of talk that the helmet on." people of Grand Rapids like, and it In an attempt to greet as large is this image of the never-say-die, a segment of the city as possible, gung ho football player that Ford Ford held a mid afternoon hand has retained throughout his life. shaking ceremony at the Grand' HE WAS an All-American cen- Rapids Calder Plaza. Hundreds of Ford supporters listened to the Calvin Christian High School band play the Star Spangled Banner as they made a quick pass and shook the hand of the Vice President. A GRAND RAPIDS policeman who was assigned to control the crowd said, "Jerry Ford has never done anything he can't be proud of . . . he isn't above helping the little guy." One young fan explained, "I ad-. mit that I don't know anything about politics but I know that he is an honest man." And a woman who waited 35 minutes to see Ford was abrupt as she claimed, "Jerry Ford is not just the ex-Congress- man from Grand Rapids. Get this straight - Jerry Ford is Grand Rapids." FBI plans probe of Watergate tape ga (Continued from Page 1) terday that the president asked through his lawyers this would be Woods last November if she would "a massive invasion" of W h i t e take responsibility for the erasure House privacy. of the entire 18-minute portion of The lawyers asked a federal the tape, rather than just a five-' judge to dismiss for a second time minute segment that she mentioned the committee's subpoena for the in her testimony before J u d g e five tapes which include conversa- Sirica. The Post said Woods re- tions the president had with his: plied "no." former counsel and chief Water-' Warren described the report as gate accuser, John Deaa.1 "false and incredible." THE FBI probe was requested by Most of Warren's daily p r e s s special Watergate Prosecutor Leon briefing touched on the highly sen- Jaworski after the experts indi- sitive issue of whether the presi- cated at least five erasures had dent - who today received anorher been made on a playback machine hard blow in a public opinion poll used by Rose Mary Woa y, the -would become personally involved president's private secretary. in a criminal investigation by the The Washington Post said yes- FBI. 1A FI M Friday Night TG Music &Hancing Beer & Wine Girls Free, Guys $1 .00 Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity 220 N. INGALLS 761-6515 8 P.M. A FACULTY FORUM ON THE Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs will be held jointly with the Senate Assembly 11 on JAN. 21, 1974, at 4:00 p.m. RACKHAM AMPHITHEATER A new Vice President for Academic Affairs is being selected. SACUA invites all faculty to discuss the issues arising in this selection. U 1 1 F, yWW yy ": rr :Y Wt .Wi rmsmmmmn^.9: ":. t: Y: X: N::: ". ":.W.ag ::r.ssism~m2 , W yr ..y".~.. .:".:..W"rA:ry .: W:rW"":""; .v:::"r...y?:?':'?::Jtt}r~::i?"::Q?"":::tyO::? '? .......y.....?;;1,