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This file from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library holds press releases and statements that House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford issued between January and April 1966. Most cover Vietnam policy, the war on poverty, inflation, foreign aid, the federal budget and changes in his press staff. An April 21, 1966 statement says the Air Force told Ford it would contract a university with no close Air Force ties to have scientists study unexplained UFO sightings and make the report public. According to Ford, his call for congressional hearings led to this study.
CONGRESSMAN GERALD R. FORD HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER NEWS RELEASI For release at 12 noon Tuesday, }mrch 15, 1966 Washington -- House Republican leader Gerald R. Ford today named Paul A. }tiltich of Booth Newspapers as his press secretary, effective immediately. Miltich, 46, succeeds James M.Mudge, who resigned to become chief of the DETROIT FREE PRESS City-County Bureau. Miltich will be giving up a seat on the House and Senate Press Galleries' Standing Committee of Correspondents. He was elected to the post last January •. Ford's new press man has covered Washington for 8~ years for Booth Newspapers, concentrating on the activities of Michigan members of Congress. Prior to that he worked for 11 years as both reporter and desk man for THE SAGINAW NEWS, one of the nine Booth newspapers. Miltich was graduated "with distinction" in June, 1941, from the University of Minnesota, where he was elected to honor societies for creative writing and outstanding work in literature artd languages. He is a native of Virginia, Minnesota. # # # # # # # # # #
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 55 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.