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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Where was Betty Ford when her namesake clinic for substance abusers opened in 1982? Dashing off to Kmart with her husband to buy soap dishes for patients' rooms.
The former first couple were not the type to stand on ceremony when it came to helping others.
Perhaps no first lady in history has touched the lives of more Americans more directly than Mrs. Ford, who publicly admitted to her drug and alcohol addiction and also talked openly about her battle with breast cancer at a time when few public figures spoke about either.
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