[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.