[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 10 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Pages 316-317]
[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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March 1

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to New 
York City.

March 2

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to 
Washington, DC. In the evening, they attended a gala at Ford's Theatre.
    The President declared a major disaster in Arkansas and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms and tornadoes March 1 and continuing.

March 3

    In the afternoon, the President met with Senators Daniel Patrick 
Moynihan and Jesse Helms and Representatives Lee H. Hamilton and Larry 
Combest in the Oval Office to discuss Government classification issues.

March 4

    In the morning, the President traveled to Little Rock, AR. In the 
afternoon, he traveled to Arkadelphia and College Station, AR. In the 
evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint John R. Phillips to 
be a member of the President's Commission on White House Fellows.
    The President declared a major disaster in Kentucky and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the 
area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning March 1 
and continuing.
    The President declared a major disaster in Ohio and ordered Federal 
aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by 
severe storms and flooding beginning February 28 and continuing.

March 5

    In the morning, the President had a telephone interview from the 
Oval Office with James A. Barnes of the National Journal.

March 6

    In the morning, the President traveled to Lansing, MI. In the 
evening, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President declared a major disaster in Indiana and ordered 
Federal funds to sup

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plement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe 
storms and flooding February 28 and continuing.

March 7

    The President announced his intention to appoint Dianne Welsh Bleck 
to be a member of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Air Force Academy.
    The White House announced that the Russia-U.S. summit in Helsinki, 
Finland, will begin with an informal dinner hosted by President Martti 
Ahtisaari at the Presidential Palace on March 19. The summit will 
continue with meetings between the President and President Boris Yeltsin 
of Russia on March 20. The President will depart for Copenhagen, 
Denmark, on the evening of March 20.
    The President declared a major disaster in Tennessee and ordered 
Federal aid, including individual assistance, to supplement State and 
local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, 
and tornadoes that began on February 28.
    The President declared a major disaster in West Virginia and ordered 
Federal aid, including individual assistance, to supplement State and 
local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, heavy 
rains, and high winds that began on February 28.