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Back Home, Homage To a Favorite Son (Ford)

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 2 -- The line just kept growing.

Dozens of mourners became hundreds and then thousands. An hour's wait became two, then four, then six. Soon, the numbers and the time grew beyond counting as citizens young and old turned out Tuesday night to honor a president who had once lived among them.

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