25 years in congress. And then into his president ial and postpresident ial experience. In the first gallery, we feature his foundational years. He grew up in grand rapids, michigan, but he was not born in grand rapids. He was born in omaha, nebraska. His mother had married a businessman in omaha by the name of leslie king. So, she was dorothy king. They had a child in july of 1913. They named him leslie lynch king, jr. He is the person we know as gerald ford. We have his christening gown and a few other things of interest, but one of the things we feature in this case is the baby book. A lot of mothers keep books on their children, even today. Dorothy was no exception back in 1913. She began keeping a book on the babys experience. We cant present the real thing, but we present a duplicate in flip form. Some of the things you see are the first picture of dorothy with the baby. He was born in a house in omaha, nebraska, his grandfathers house. Some of the other interesting features abou
Program was started by a three person committee, but they wanted they wanted to take it possible for American Cities to commission an original work of art for that city. We were the first city to ever receive a grant from the endowment to be used specifically to commission an original work of art for a specific civic site. It was 16 years old. It was in the spring of 1930 and he was working at bills place when he noticed a new car pulled up and stopped in front of this store. This big fellow stepped out any stepped into the entryway of the sedre and cost pau for a long time. Ford asked him if you help him. The man city where Leslie Lynch King junior. He said no, im gerald ford junior. He said you are my son, im your father. I want to take you to lunch. Welcome to grand rapids on American History tv. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners, for the next 90 minutes we will take you to michigans secondlargest city. Once called Furniture City. We begin with a tour of the newly updated
Of alabama even into parts of georgi are areas that dont normal see this much snow. That whole area of moisture is movi our way and will move our way. A Winter Weather advi from the pennsylvania border right down i95 down toward Fredericksburg Ba towards the blue ridge. Blue ridge. In souther maryland. The only exception. St. Ma county westmoreland now under a winter storm warnin expecting to see more wint weather there and more snow in that area. Heres what to expect. Snow moves in around 3 00 a. M. Just about everywhere. The roads will become covered quickl wel see major rush hour delays. Cancellatio and clos as well. Well kp y updated on those thro the night tonight at 11 00. Tomorr starting at 4 00 a. M. Thank you, doug. News4ay wil start early tomo morning to to minute on School Delays and travel conditions. Tune in tomorrow from 4 00 to 7 00 a. M. Right now, the countdown is on for the legalization of mariju in the district. But its turning into a showdown between city leaders an
From the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Right now at 11 00 oclock authorities rescue a oneyearold boy from a river in allentown. They say his mother through him off a bridge and then jumped in the water herself. Good evening everyone, im gnat brown. Thanks for jing us. The baby and 19yearold woman are both in serious condition and expected to survive. Eyewitness News Reporter matt rivers is following this story and joins us live from the cbs3 sat center. Matt . Natasha Police Say Witnesses watched this entire scene unfold around 1 45 p. M. This afternoon. We have a map to show where you this happened. It happened about 50 miles north of philadelphia in the city of allentown. It happened along the hamilton street bridge in that city which lies above the lehigh river. Police say the child fell 52 feet into just 4 feet of water. A section of the river police say is filled with rocks. The mother had walk about halfway across the bridge when it happened.
From the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Right now at 11 00 oclock authorities rescue a oneyearold boy from a river in allentown. They say his mother through him off a bridge and then jumped in the water herself. Good evening everyone, im gnat brown. Thanks for jing us. The baby and 19yearold woman are both in serious condition and expected to survive. Eyewitness News Reporter matt rivers is following this story and joins us live from the cbs3 sat center. Matt . Natasha Police Say Witnesses watched this entire scene unfold around 1 45 p. M. This afternoon. We have a map to show where you this happened. It happened about 50 miles north of philadelphia in the city of allentown. It happened along the hamilton street bridge in that city which lies above the lehigh river. Police say the child fell 52 feet into just 4 feet of water. A section of the river police say is filled with rocks. The mother had walk about halfway across the bridge when it happened.