[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 37 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Pages 1746-1747]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Digest of Other White House Announcements

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The following list includes the President's public schedule and other 
items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary 
and not included elsewhere in this issue.

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September 9

    The President announced his intention to appoint Gary W. Divine to 
the National Partnership Council.
    The President also announced his intention to appoint Mr. Divine to 
the Federal Salary Council.

September 10

    In the morning, the President traveled to Kansas City, MO. While en 
route aboard Air Force One, he had a telephone conversation with 
Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany.
    In the afternoon, the President attended a Democratic National 
Committee luncheon and reception at the Westin Crowne Centre Hotel. 
Following the reception, he traveled to St. Louis, MO. In the evening, 
he traveled to Pueblo, CO.

September 11

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Sun City, AZ. In the 
evening, he traveled to Mountain View, CA, where he attended a 
Democratic National Committee dinner at a private residence. He then 
traveled to Fresno, CA.
    The President declared a major disaster in West Virginia and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by Hurricane Fran and associated heavy rain, high wind, flooding, 
and slides on September 5-8.
    The President declared a major disaster in the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico and ordered Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local 
recovery efforts in the area struck by Hurricane Hortense beginning 
September 9 and continuing.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert S. LaRussa 
as Assistant Secretary for Import Administration at the Department of 
Commerce.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Walker Lee Evey to 
the Committee for

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Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.

September 12

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 
and then to Santa Monica, CA.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jeffrey A. Frankel 
as a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Charles Gueli to 
the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Raynard C. Soon to 
be a member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ada Demb, Walter 
Falcon, and Goro Uehara as members of the Board for International Food 
and Agricultural Development.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Kenneth J. Arrow, 
Elsa Garmire, and Joan Argetsinger Steitz to the President's Committee 
on the National Medal of Science.
    The President asked the Congress to provide $400 million in 
emergency funds to fight forest fires and made available $50 million for 
the temporary housing of flood victims.
    The White House announced that the President announced that 
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke will lead the Presidential delegation to 
Bosnia to observe the September 14 elections.

September 13

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to 
Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Adm. Stansfield 
Turner (Ret.) as a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors.
    The President announced his intention to appoint George Newton as 
member and Chair and Edward Lee Gorsuch II, James A. Palmer, and John 
Eyres Hobbie as members of the Arctic Research Commission.
    The President declared a major disaster in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local 
recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding associated with Tropical 
Depression Fran on September 6-8.