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WFMYNews2.com
April 26, 2018
1. Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, commonly known as the Unabomber. Kaczynski is one of nation's most well-known criminals with connections to Sacramento. Kaczynski became a notorious domestic terrorist for building untraceable bombs and either hand-delivering or mailing the explosives, killing threeÃâà...
The Detroit News
April 17, 2018
Cascade Township – Testing of private drinking wells near a western Michigan airport has found chemical contaminants after a report identified the airport's extensive use of toxic firefighting foam. WOOD-TV reports that Ground Water Systems tested 20 wells at homes near the Gerald R. Ford InternationalÃâà...
Oakland County 115 News
April 15, 2018
Explore: Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids. (Crystal A. Proxmire, April 15, 2018). Grand Rapids, MI -Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the United States, and his legacy is memorialized in Grand Rapids at the museum of his name. Located at 303 Pearl Street NW, the riverfront building with mirrored walls andÃâà...
San Antonio Express-News
April 9, 2018
President Gerald Ford visited San Antonio on April 9, 1976, rattling the “swords of peace” in front of the Alamo, according to the San Antonio Express-News lead story, and took the Alamo by storm, according to another on the front page. Express Newsletters. Get the latest news, sports and food features sentÃâà...
WZZM13.com
April 8, 2018
Sunday, April 8 would have been Betty Ford's 100th birthday. The former first lady died at the age of 93 in 2011, but her legacy lives on. Betty Ford spent her life in politics, raising awareness about breast cancer and being a supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. As the wife of Gerald R. Ford, BettyÃâà...
The Desert Sun
April 6, 2018
Ford was 93 when she died July 8, 2011, in Rancho Mirage – about 4Ãâý years after the passing of the nation's 38th president and her husband of 58 years, Gerald Ford. For nearly 35 years, the Fords called the valley home, retiring to Thunderbird Estates in Rancho Mirage – known as a playground forÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 6, 2018
The USS Gerald Ford was completed behind schedule and over budget when it was commissioned in July 2017. It turned out to be the costliest ship the Navy has ever built, at a price tag of $12.9 billion. As has been reported, the Navy wanted to temporarily ditch shock testing in an effort to fast-track theÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 5, 2018
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan endorsed shock testing the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the lead of ship of the U.S. Navy's latest class of carriers, in a March 26 letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, Bloomberg reports thisÃâà...
USNI News
April 4, 2018
The following is the March 30, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the Report: CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy's new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class ofÃâà...
Journal & Topics Newspapers Online
March 22, 2018
The Indian Trails Library was created in 1971 and Buffalo Grove made national news when U.S. President Gerald Ford visited Buffalo Grove High School in 1976. In the 1980s, the village really took off. Its first first post office was established, more parks were built, businesses boomed and more servicesÃâà...
WAMU 88.5
March 22, 2018
One whom the work force especially admired as a successful director, for example, was an elected politician: George H.W. Bush, who served in the post under Gerald Ford. Perceptions of success and failure have depended heavily on the troubles of the times and events largely outside a director's control.
Business Insider
March 20, 2018
USS Gerald Ford The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is seen underway on its own power for the first time on April 8, 2017 in Newport News, Virginia. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via Getty Images. The US Navy is exploring the prospect of acquiring two Ford-classÃâà...
Newsweek
March 19, 2018
President Donald Trump may have seen his approval rating get a slight bump this month, but he is lagging well behind his predecessors at this point of his presidency, a new poll shows. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Sunday shows Trump's approval rating stands at 43 percent,Ãâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 19, 2018
As McCormack explained, the Navy will use the post-commissioning shakedown to test all of the new systems onboard Ford to identify any deficiencies or fixes that might need to be made. Ford will then move into a post-shakedown availability where the shipyard will make any needed corrections andÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 13, 2018
Set in the Thunderbird Country Club, the contemporary house was built in 2016 on what was once part of former President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford's estate. The previous house, once home to actress Ginger Rogers and next door to the Fords' longtime residence, was used during their ownership as aÃâà...
School News Network
February 27, 2018
The documentary, “Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward, and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game,” debuted in 2011. In an effort to bring the message to a wider audience, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation worked with the filmmakers and Dr. Allison Mannville Metz,Ãâà...
grbj.com
February 23, 2018
The 20-year plan focuses on airfield and terminal needs, including replacement of the tower and a future parking structure. Courtesy Gerald R. Ford International Airport. The 20-year master plan for the Gerald R. Ford International Airport is nearly complete. The plan outlines how to accommodate futureÃâà...
Fox17
December 31, 1999
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It's the busiest time of the year for both workers and travelers at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids. That's why the airport is reminding you of some helpful tips to get through security a lot faster. Just last year the airport saw nearly 3 million people and isÃâà...
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