[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 30 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
[Pages 1478-1479]
[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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July 19

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to New Orleans, LA.

July 20

    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced the appointment of Richard Davies, Susan 
Savage, and Thomas L. Strickland as members of the National Recreation 
Lakes Study Commission.

July 21

    In the late afternoon, the President signed the National Underground 
Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 in an Oval Office ceremony.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ritajean H. 
Butterworth to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Leigh A. Bradley 
to be General Counsel at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Bernard Rostker to 
be Under Secretary of the Army.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John Melvin Yates 
to be Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea.

July 22

    The President announced his intention to nominate James E. Newsome 
to be a Commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Harry J. Bowie to 
be a member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank.
    The President declared a major disaster in Indiana and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding on June 11-July 7.

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July 23

    In the afternoon, the President met with President Julio Maria 
Sanguinetti of Uruguay in the Oval Office.
    The President declared a major disaster in Tennessee and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by flooding and severe storms on July 13 and continuing.
    The President announced the release to 11 States of $100 million in 
emergency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds.

July 24

    In the morning, the President met with University of Georgia 
gymnasts in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Robert L. Mallett 
as a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Robert Elliot Kahn 
as a member of the President's Information Technology Advisory 
Committee.
    The President named Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar to be Special 
Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for Caspian Basin 
Energy Diplomacy.
    The President declared a major disaster in Wisconsin and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms, straightline winds, tornadoes, heavy rain, and 
flooding on June 18-30.