[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 39 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Pages 1426-1427]
[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 20

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled from 
Palo Alto, CA, to San Francisco, CA. In the evening, they returned to 
Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.

September 21

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to New 
York, NY. In the evening, they attended a reception for the 52d Session 
of the U.N. General Assembly in the Starlight Room of the Waldorf 
Astoria Hotel.

September 22

    In the afternoon, the President met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif 
of Pakistan in the 12th Floor Conference Room at the United Nations. 
Later, he met with Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral of India in Room 35 
H at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a 
performance of ``Carmen'' at the Metropolitan Opera House. Later, they 
returned to Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.
    The President announced the nomination of former Governor Richard 
Frank Celeste of Ohio to be Ambassador to India.

September 23

    The President announced his intention to nominate Stanford G. Ross 
to serve as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board. Upon his 
confirmation as a member by the Senate, the President intends to 
designate Mr. Ross as Chair of the Board.
    The President declared a major disaster in New Jersey and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms and flooding August 20-21.

September 24

    In the morning, the President traveled to Pittsburgh, PA, and in the 
afternoon, he traveled to Little Rock, AR.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Joseph B. Dial to 
be a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Barbara Holum to 
be a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Shaun E. Donnelly 
to be Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate Edward S. Walker, 
Jr., to be Ambassador to Israel.
    The President named James M. Lyons to be Special Adviser to the 
President and to the Secretary of State for Economic Initiatives for 
Ireland.

September 25

    The President announced his intention to nominate Arthur Bienenstock 
to be Associate Director for Science at the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James E. Hall to 
be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James Carew 
Rosapepe to be Ambassador to Romania.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Peter F. Tufo to 
be Ambassador to Hungary.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David W. Wilcox to 
be Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department.

September 26

    In the morning, the President traveled to Houston, TX, arriving in 
the afternoon. In the evening, he returned to Little Rock, AR.
    The White House announced that the President named the 1997 
recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities 
Medal. The Medal of Arts recipients are: Louise Bourgeois, Betty Carter, 
Agnes Gund, Daniel Urban Kiley, Angela Lansbury, James Levine, Tito 
Puente, Jason Robards, Edward Villella, Doc Watson, MacDowell Colony, 
and Jane Alexander. The National Humanities Medal recipients are: Nina 
M. Archabal, David A. Berry, Richard J. Franke, William Friday, Don 
Henley, Maxine Hong Kingston, Luis Leal, Martin E. Marty, Paul Mellon, 
and Studs Terkel. The President and Hillary Clinton will present the 
awards on September 29 at the White House.