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Gerald Ford: “That wonderful applause kind of gives me goose bumps because you know Betty and the kids and my brothers and others from…”

On the recordApril 5, 1976
That wonderful applause kind of gives me goose bumps because you know Betty and the kids and my brothers and others from home helped, but it was your leadership and all of those great people all across the State of Wisconsin that put in time on phone banks.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Telephone Conversation With Warren P. Knowles, Wisconsin President Ford Committee Chairman, on the Wisconsin Primary...

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