[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 52 (Monday, December 30, 1996)]
[Page 2543]
[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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December 23

    In the morning, the President traveled to Camp Lejeune, North 
Carolina. In the evening, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jose-Marie 
Griffiths to the National Commission on Libraries and Information 
Science.
    The President announced his intention to designate Robert (Tom) 
Marsh to serve as Chair, and Samuel R. Berger and Jamie S. Gorelick as 
members, of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure 
Protection.
    The President declared a major disaster in Oregon and ordered 
Federal funds to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by flooding, land and mud slides, wind, and severe storms 
beginning November 17 and continuing through December 11.
    The President declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania and ordered 
Federal funds to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by severe thunderstorms, high winds, rain, and flooding 
November 8-15.

December 24

    In the evening, the President visited Pentagon City Mall in 
Arlington, Virginia, for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Later, he 
and Hillary Clinton watched Chelsea Clinton perform in the Washington 
Ballet's annual holiday production of ``The Nutcracker'' at the Warner 
Theater.