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50 Years Ago, My Father Wrote the Headline ‘Ford to City: Drop Dead’
30 October 2025 at 15:00
It’s rare that a headline outlasts the person who wrote it. But long after my father’s death, “Ford to City: Drop Dead” still reverberates.
The New York Daily News headline on Oct. 30, 1975, after President Gerald R. Ford refused to help New York City during its fiscal crisis.
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