Ford, President Gerald

July 6 Former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton appeal to President George W. Bush to take action to prevent the federal assault weapons han from lapsing. However, Congress is expected to end the current session without further action. 

September Under President Gerald Ford the Domestic Council Drug Abuse Task Force issues a report that recommends that enforcement be concentrated on the most dangerous drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, and barbimrates, while marijuana should be given a low priority. November 25 After Colombian police seize an unprecedented 600 kilos of cocaine at the Cali airport. Drug traffickers assert their power by killing 40 people in the city in one weekend. 

The route taken by President Gerald Ford from Washington, D.C., to Tokyo, Japan, via Fairbanks, Alaska. Panel A shows the route on a Mercator projection Panel B shows the route as a great circle. Adapted from Muehrcke and Muehrcke (1998, 526). 

The following heavily censored transcript of Congressional testimony is the closest to a public admission of the change to be found in the records of the time. A discussion took place between the Commander of the Chemical Corps, Major General William M. Creasy and Representative (later to became President) Gerald Ford. 

The Act passed in 1976 represented a compromise between environmental protection and industry concerns. The White House expressed this balance in a press release issued when President Gerald Ford signed the bill [12] ... 

Awarded the National Medal of Science by President Gerald R. Ford in 1974. 

Ford, 1976a. Gerald Ford. National Medal of Science . The President s Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony in the East Room, October 18, 1976. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 12, No. 43 1535-1536. 

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