[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 40 (Monday, October 7, 1996)]
[Pages 1963-1964]
[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 28

    In the morning, the President traveled from Houston, TX, to 
Providence, RI, arriving in the afternoon. Later, he made a conference 
call from the Westin Hotel to African Americans for Clinton/Gore '96. He 
then attended the Democratic National Committee reception for 
Representative Jack Reed at the Westin Hotel.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Fall River and Boston, MA. 
Later, he attended a Democratic National Committee reception and dinner 
at the Meridian Hotel in Boston. After midnight, the President returned 
to Washington, DC.

September 29

    In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with House 
Speaker Newt Gingrich, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, House Minority 
Leader Richard A. Gephardt, and Senate Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle 
concerning his effort to arrange a Middle East summit meeting at the 
White House.
    In the afternoon, The President had telephone conversations with 
Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister 
Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and King 
Hussein I of Jordan inviting them to a summit meeting at the White 
House.

September 30

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Mubarak of Egypt concerning the situation in the Middle East 
and Mr. Mubarak's inability to attend a summit meeting at the White 
House.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Letitia Chambers 
to be a Representative, and James C. Hormel and Prezell R. Robinson to 
be Alternate Representatives to the 51st session of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jane

Lubchenco to the National Science Board, National Science Foundation.

    The President declared a major disaster in South Carolina and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in the areas struck 
by severe winds and flooding associated with Hurricane Fran on September 
4 and continuing.

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October 1

    The President announced his intention to nominate Judith Espinosa to 
be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship 
and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation.
    The President announced the nomination of William W. Ginsberg to be 
Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance at the Department 
of Commerce.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Marilyn Golden to 
the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.

October 2

    The President announced his intention to nominate Daniel R. Stanley 
to the Postal Rate Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate George W. Black, 
Jr., to serve as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.

October 3

    In the morning, the President traveled to Buffalo, NY. In the 
afternoon, he traveled to Chautauqua, NY.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Karen T. Scates to 
the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Rear Adm. R.M. 
Mitchell, Jr., to the Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind 
or Severely Disabled.
    The White House announced that the President signed legislation on 
October 2 that will expand duty free treatment of products imported from 
the West Bank and Gaza Strip and help spur economic development 
throughout the region.