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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1975

Page

8

Ford Orders New White House Outdoor Pool On South Lawn

Construction began on a roughly 20 by 50 foot outdoor pool on the White House South Lawn near the Oval Office. The project, funded by private donations around $61,000, aims for a July 1 completion and will belong to the White House for future presidents.

White House Ford South Lawn Knoll Oval Office Washington Harry S. Truman Ron Nelsen Nessen A. J. Seahorn Hayward Calif U.S

Rockefeller buys $35,000 surrealist bed for Admiral House

Vice President Nelson Rockefeller has purchased a seven foot mink covered bed designed by Max Ernst for his new Washington home. The bed will occupy the master bedroom of Admiral House, the official Second Family residence. Rockefeller and his wife Happy plan to sleep on it, while the gallery notes the piece as an apparatus for dreaming. The exact price was not disclosed.

Franklin D. Roosevelt White House Nixon Richard M. Nixon John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson New York UPI Nelson Rockefeller Washington Rockefeller Max Ernst Admiral House Happy Leonard Hutton Galleries Maine

Reagan speeches may earn him seven hundred thousand

Former Gov. Reagan commands a high speaking fee and may earn nearly $700,000 this year. The San Francisco Examiner reports he has turned down about 3,500 invitations since leaving office in January and positions himself to challenge President Ford next year.

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