    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 17 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
    [Page 770]
    [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 25

        The President had a telephone conversation with President Boris
    Yeltsin of Russia on Russian Foreign Minister Victor Chernomyrdin's
    mission to Belgrade.

    April 26

        The President announced his intention to appoint David Ibarra to be
    a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Board of Visitors.

    April 27

        The President named Lloyd N. Cutler as Senior White House
    Representative on Pacific Salmon to coordinate U.S. strategy for Pacific
    salmon treaty negotiations with Canada.
        The President declared an emergency in Florida and ordered Federal
    aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by
    fire hazards on April 15 and continuing.

    April 29

        The President announced his intention to appoint Eric Lander and
    Ruth Patrick to be members of the President's Committee on the National
    Medal of Science.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Felix Sanchez to be
    a member of the Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory
    Committee.

    April 30

        The President announced his intention to appoint Walter Parker as
    the Academic Representative to the Arctic Research Commission.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Robert Raben to be
    Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the Department of
    Justice.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Earl S. Richardson
    to serve as Chair and Willis B. McLeod to serve as a member of the
    President's Board of Advisers on Historically Black Colleges and
    Universities.