01/08/1975
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"He has rendered an unbelievable service on behalf of his people, his State, and his country."
"There are few men in the United States Congress that I have known longer or respected more than the man that all of us honor here on this occasion today."
"May Eddie's wonderful sense of humor stay with us, too, lightening the burdens when things seem heaviest and reminding us all that even in serious times, we must never lose our gift of laughter."
"MRS. FORD and I join with the people of New York State and with all Americans who cherish a free and vigorous press in mourning the passing of Franklin Rockefeller Little."