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Medal of Freedom Award List at the White House
President Ford announces the Medal of Freedom recipients including John Bardeen Irving Berlin Norman Borlaug Omar Bradley Arleigh Burke Bruce Catton Joe DiMaggio William Durant Archibald MacLeish James Michener Georgia O Keeffe Norman Rockwell and others. Some winners attend in person while others send representatives. several will receive later. Also features a note from Nottoway County Jail inmates backing Sheriff Ray Royall amid corruption charges.
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Washington
Ford J. W. Abel
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
John Bardeen
Champaign
Ill
Irving Berlin
New York City
Norman Ernest Borlaugh
Mexico City
Army
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arleigh A. Burke
Bethesda
Naval Operations
Alexander Calder Bruce Catton
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankee
William and
Ariel Durant
Los Angeles
Arthur Fiedler
Boston
Henry Jacob Friendly
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
James Dewey Watson
Cold Spring Habor
N.Y
White House
Bardeen
DiMaggio
MacLeish
Rockwell