RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Former first lady Betty Ford left $500,000 to the California addiction treatment center she co-founded after her own battle with alcoholism, officials said.
Mary Pattiz, chairwoman of the board at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, said Wednesday $400,000 was a direct bequest to the center and another $100,000 will come from a foundation set up by Ford and her late husband, President Gerald Ford, The Desert Sun of Palm Springs reported.