[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 17 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Pages 707-708]
[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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April 18

    In the afternoon, the President met with President Carlos Menem of 
Argentina at the Sheraton Hotel in Santiago, Chile. He then attended a 
working luncheon with Summit of the Americas leaders at the Camino Real 
Restaurant. Following the luncheon, the President attended summit 
sessions at the Sheraton Hotel.
    In the evening, the President met with President Fernando Cardoso of 
Brazil. Later in the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended 
a dinner with summit leaders and their spouses at Canon's Courtyard at 
La Moneda Palace.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Hannah Diggs 
Atkins, Luke R. Corbett, Donald F. Ferrell, Robert M. Johnson, Linda 
Petree Lambert, Gary Marras, and Richard E. Williams to the Board of 
Directors of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust.

April 19

    In the morning, the President attended Summit of the Americas 
sessions at the Sheraton Hotel. In the afternoon, the President and 
Hillary Clinton returned to Washington, DC, arriving the following 
morning.

April 21

    In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the President signed 
the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Henry L. Solano to 
serve as Solicitor at the Department of Labor.

April 22

    In a morning ceremony in the Diplomatic Reception Room, the 
President presented the Harry M. Yount Ranger of the Year Award to Mike 
Anderson of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC. Following the ceremony, 
the President traveled to Harpers

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Ferry, WV, where he and the Vice President helped volunteers maintain a 
section of the Appalachian Trail in Harpers Ferry National Historic 
Park. He and the Vice President then toured the John Brown Museum.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate George Williford 
Boyce Haley to be Ambassador to Gambia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Katherine Hubay 
Peterson to be Ambassador to Lesotho.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William D. Clarke 
to be Ambassador to Eritrea.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Laurence J. Cohen 
to serve as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
    The White House announced that the President will travel to Dover, 
DE, on May 8.

April 23

    In the morning, the President met with President Saparmurat Niyazov 
of Turk- menistan in the Oval Office. Following the meeting, the 
President hosted a working luncheon for President Niyazov in the Old 
Family Dining Room.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Nikki Rush Tinsley 
to serve as Inspector General at the Environmental Protection Agency.

April 24

    In the afternoon, the President attended a memorial service for 
Vivian Ercel Jones Williams, mother of his personal secretary, Betty 
Currie, at the Community United Methodist Church in Arlington, VA.
    The President announced the appointment of J. Gary Burkhead to the 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council.
    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, tornadoes, and flooding on April 16.