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Gerald Ford: “Obviously, we were deeply concerned about the fact that the water was high and the power was out.”

On the recordMarch 15, 1976
Obviously, we were deeply concerned about the fact that the water was high and the power was out.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Telephone Remarks at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Grand Rapids, Michigan

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