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Betty Ford, Gerald R. Ford
Betty Ford, seated in a wheelchair, left, follows her husband, former President Gerald R. Ford's casket at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum on it's way to his interment on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (UPI Photo/Morry Gash/POOL)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, along with the children of former President Gerald Ford, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger unveiled a statue of the late former President Gerald R. Ford in the U.S. Capitol Building.
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EMAL delivered for carrier
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A new electromagnetic aircraft launch system for installation on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has been delivered to the U.S. Navy.
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ROCHESTER, Vt., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Tom Wicker, who covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy for The New York Times and stayed at the paper for decades, died Friday, his wife said.
LAKEHURST, N.J., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy reports its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System test team launched an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.
Ford statue headed for Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- A statue of the late U.S. President Gerald R. Ford will replace a 19th-century Michigan politician in Statuary Hall in the Capitol, officials said.
Northrop cuts steel for new Navy carrier
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 1 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman's Virginia shipyard has cut first steel for the CVN 79, the second ship in the U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carrier.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman is continuing work on the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier CVN 79 under a $323.6 million contract extension.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has received a $189.2 million contract modification to continue design of a new aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy authorized a contract modification with Northrop Grumman that funds ongoing design and planning for the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman announced a milestone in the development of the U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier following the completion of a design phase.
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