IN COMMEMORATION OF PRESIDENT GERALD FORD, THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE WILL OBSERVE TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE AT 8:30 A.M. (CHICAGO TIME), TODAY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2006.  A BELL WILL SOUND TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF SILENCE AT 8:30 A.M., AND ANOTHER BELL WILL SOUND AT THE CONCLUSION OF SILENCE AT 8:32 A.M.