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    "ocrText": "Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 73) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJANUARY 9, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n7:10 a.m. THURSDAY\nPHONE\nL\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n7:10\nThe President had breakfast.\n7:59\nThe President went to the Oval Office.\n8:00\n8:10\nThe President met with his Counsellor, John 0. Marsh, Jr.\n8:10\n8:30\nThe President met with:\nDavid A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence\nAgency/Office of Current Intelligence (CIA/OCI)\nWhite House Support Staff\nLt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for\nNational Security Affairs\n8:30\n9:05\nThe President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.\n8:41\n?\nR\nThe President talked with the First Lady.\n8:43\nR\nThe President was telephoned by Congressman Albert H. Quie\n(R-Minnesota). The call was not completed.\n9:05\n9:20\nThe President met with his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.\nThe President met with:\n9:22\n10:15\nHenry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State\n9:30\n10:15\nLt. Gen. Scowcroft\nThe President met with:\n10:20\n11:15\nMr. Hartmann\n10:20\n11:15\nMr. Marsh\n10:20\n11:15\nMr. Rumsfeld\n10:20\n11:00\nRonald H. Nessen, Press Secretary\n10:20\n11:00\nMax L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative\nAffairs\n11:35\nP\nThe President telephoned entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford.\nThe call was not completed.\n11:43\n?\nP\nThe President talked with his Personal Photographer, David H.\nKennerly.\n11:46\n?\nP\nThe President talked with former President Richard M. Nixon.\n1:37\n?\nR\nThe President talked with Tennessee Ernie Ford.\n2:05\nThe President went to the Cabinet Room.\nGPO: 1974 OL 555-863\nPage 1 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJANUARY 9, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n2:05 p.m. THURSDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n2:05\n2:10\nThe President participated in a signing ceremony for\nExecutive Order 11832, establishing a National Commission\non the Observance of International Women's Year, 1975.\nFor a list of participants, see APPENDIX \"A.\"\nMembers of the press\n2:10\nThe President, accompanied by the First Lady, returned to\nthe Oval Office.\n2:10\n2:15\nThe President met with the First Lady.\nThe President met to discuss U.S.-Oman relations with:\n2:30\n3:20\nSecretary Kissinger\n2:37\n3:17\nQaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman\n2:37\n3:17\nQays 'Abd al-Mun'im Zawawi, Minister of State for\nForeign Affairs, Oman\n2:37\n3:17\nSayyid Tarik Bin Taimur al Bu Said, Personal Adviser\nto the Sultan on Diplomatic Affairs and Senior\nAdviser\n2:37\n3:17\nGhassan Shakir, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Sultan\n2:37\n3:17\nYahya Omar, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Sultan\n2:37\n3:17\nAbdul-Hafiz Salim Rajab, Minister of Communications\n2:37\n3:17\nAhmed Macki, Ambassador from Oman to the U.S.\n2:37\n3:17\nWilliam D. Wolle, Ambassador from the U.S. to Oman\n2:37\n3:17\nAlfred L. Atherton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State\nfor Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs\n2:37\n3:17\nLt. Gen. Scowcroft\n3:30\n3:35\nThe President met with:\nCarlos Romero Barcelo, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico\nand President of the National League of Cities\nMr. Rumsfeld\n4:38\nThe President returned to the Cabinet Room.\n4:38\n5:30\nThe President met to discuss the budget with:\nMr. Hartmann\nMr. Marsh\nCaspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education\nand Welfare (HEW)\nJames R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense\nRobert E. Hampton, Chairman of the United States\nCivil Service Commission\ncontinued\nGPO: 1974 OL 555-863\nPage2 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJANUARY 9, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n4:38 p.m. THURSDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\ncontinued\nAlan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic\nAdvisers (CEA)\nJames T. Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment (HUD)\nRoy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and\nBudget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and\nBudget\nL. William Seidman, Executive Director of the\nEconomic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic\nAffairs\n5:30\nThe President returned to the Oval Office.\n5:32\nThe President went to the Residence Library.\n5:32\n6:00\nThe President met with his Television Adviser Robert A. Mead\nto work with the teleprompter in preparation for his\nState of the Union Message. For a list of others present,\nsee APPENDIX \"B.\"\n6:03\nThe President returned to the Oval Office.\n6:31\n?\nR\nThe President talked with Vice President Nelson A.\nRockefeller.\n7:20\nThe President returned to the second floor Residence.\n8:05\nThe President and the First Lady had dinner.\n9:19\nThe President went to the South Grounds of the White House.\n9:19\n9:28\nThe President motored from the South Grounds to the\nWashington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue.\nThe President was met by:\n\"Bo\" Schembechler, Head Football Coach, University\nof Michigan\nAlan Levy, President of the Alumni Committee for the\nUniversity of Michigan\nNorman Daniel, former University of Michigan football\nplayer\nGPO: 1974 555-863\nPage 3 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJANUARY 9, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n9:19 p.m. THURSDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\nThe President attended the Eastman Kodak American Football\nCoaches' Association Coach of the Year Banquet.\nMembers of the press\nThe President was escorted by Mr. Schembechler to an off-\nstage area.\nThe President was escorted to the head table by Bill Murray,\nExecutive Director of the American Football Coaches'\nAssociation. For a list of head table guests, see\nAPPENDIX \"c.\"\nMr. Murray presented the President with a Kodak All-American\nfootball and autographed book from Paul \"Bear\" Bryant,\nHead Football Coach, University of Alabama.\nBob Blackman, President of the American Football Coaches'\nAssociation presented the President with the American\nFootball Association's Tuss McLoughery Award.\n9:54\n10:57\nThe President addressed approximately 1,300 dinner guests,\nincluding football coaches from colleges and universities\nthroughout the U.S.\n10:11\nThe President went to the Cabinet Room in the Washington\nHilton Hotel.\nThe President met for a photo opportunity with:\nGerald B. Zornow, Chairman of the Board, Eastman\nKodak Company\nMr. Blackman\nMr. Murray\nEddie Robinson, Vice President of the American\nFootball Coaches' Association\nDarrell Royal, Vice President of the American\nFootball Coaches' Association\nBen Martin, Vice President of the American Football\nCoaches' Association\nDick Bartlett, Director of Public Relations Eastman\nKodak and Master of Ceremonies\nRoy Kramer, football coach at Central Michigan and\nCollege Coach of the Year\nGrant Teaff, football coach at Baylor University and\nUniversity Coach of the Year\nGPO: 1974 555-863\nPage 4 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJANUARY 9, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n10:22 p.m. THURSDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n10:22\n10:32\nThe President motored from the Washington Hilton Hotel to\nthe South Grounds of the White House.\n10:35\nThe President returned to the second floor Residence.\nGPO 1974 OL - 555-863\nPage 5 of 5 Page(s).\nAPPENDIX \"A\"\nAttendance confirmed\nby Noreen McDaniel\nJanuary 9, 1975\nall present\nThe Cabinet Room\nLIST OF INVITEES TO SIGNING CEREMONY FOR THE EXECUTIVE\nORDER ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE OBSERVANCE\nOF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR\nThe President\nThe First Lady\nVice President Nelson Rockefeller\nThe Honorable Rogers C.B. Morton - Secretary of the Interior\nThe Honorable Frederick B. Dent - Secretary of Commerce\nThe Honorable Peter J. Brennan - Secretary of Labor\nThe Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger - Secretary of Health, Education, Welfare\nRobert S. Ingersoll - Deputy Secretary of State\nLaurence Silberman - Deputy Attorney General\nJohn Murphy - Deputy Administrator, AID\nEugene Kopp - Deputy Director, USIA\nAmbassador William Buffum - Assistant Secretary of State for\nInternational Organization Affairs\nAmbassador Carol Laise - Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs\nWilliam Hitchcock - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational\nand Cultural Affairs\nRoy Morey - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organi-\nzation Affairs\nVirginia Allan - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs\nSanford Menter - Executive Director, Bureau of International Organization\nAffairs, D/State\nRussell Heater - Agency Director for Labor and Women, Bureau of Inter-\nnational Organization Affairs, D/State\nShirley Hendsch - Coordinator of International Women's Programs,\nBureau of International Organization Affairs, D/State\nBernice Baer - IWY Task Force Member, D/State\nJewell LaFontant - IWY Coordinator, D/Justice\nWilma Victor - IWY Coordinator, D/Interior\nJudith Chadwick - IWY Coordinator, D/Commerce\nCarmen Maymi - IWY Coordinator, D/Labor\nFlorence Perman - IWY Coordinator, D/HEW\nEleanor Shannon - IWY Coordinator, D/Transportation\nMary Becker - IWY Coordinator, AID\nMildred Marcy - IWY Coordinator, USIA\nPatricia Hutar - U.S. Delegate to U.N./ Commission on the Status of\nWomen\nRita Johnston - U.S. Delegate to Inter-American Commission of Women, OAS\nDr. Ruth Bacon - Director, U.S. Center for IWY\nAPPENDIX \"A\"-2\n1/9/75\nWHITE HOUSE STAFF PRESENT AT IWY COMMISSION SIGNING\nJANUARY 9, 1975\nVice President Nelson Rockefeller\nGwen Anderson - Deputy Assistant to Counsellor Hartmann\nWilliam J. Baroody, Jr. - Assistant to the President for\nPublic Liaison\nHal Horan - UN Affairs Director, National Security Council\nJeanne Davis - Staff Secretary, National Security Council\nPatricia S. Lindh - Special Assistant to the President for\nWomen\nKaren Keesling - Director, Office of Women's Programs\nNoreen McDaniel - Secretary, Office of Women's Programs\nAPPENDIX \"B\"\nAttendance confirmed by\nAnn Grier\nTELEPROMPTER SESSION\nResidence Library\n(All persons listed may not\nJanuary 9, 1975\nhave been present during\nthe entire time stated.)\nThe President\nRobert Mead, Television Adviser\nRonald H. Nessen, Press Secretary\nDonald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant\nRichard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant\nRobert T. Hartmann, Counsellor\nAlan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)\nJohn W. Hushen, Deputy Press Secretary\nHelen M. Collins, Secretary to Mr. Mead\nCdr. Thomas A. Coates, Chief, Audiovisual Branch, White House\nCommunications Agency\nAnn J. Grier, Secretary to Mr. Mead\nalso present were several television technicians from the media\nAPPENDIX \"C\"\nAttendance confirmed\nby Tom Ward, Eastman\nKodak -all present\nAmerican Football Coaches' Association\nKodak Coach of the Year Awards Dinner\nWashington Hilton Hotel\nJanuary 9, 1975\nHead Table Guests\nCarmen Cozza, Trustee of the American Football Coaches' Association (AFCA)\nand Head Football Coach at Yale University\nFrank Kush, Trustee, AFCA, and Head Footbal Coach at Arizona State\nUniversity\nHarold \"Tubby\" Raymond, Trustee, AFCA, and Head Football Coach at\nthe University of Delaware\nBen Martin, Trustee, AFCA, and Head Football Coach at the United\nStates Air Force Academy\nJake Gaither, honorary Trustee, AFCA, and former Head Football Coach\nat Florida A & M University\nDarrell Royal, First Vice President, AFCA\nJerry Claibourne, Trustee, AFCA, and Head Football Coach at the University\nof Maryland\nEddie Robinsin, Second Vice President, AFCA, and Head Football Coach\nat Grambling\nDee Andros, Trustee, AFCA and Head Football Coach at Oregon State\nUniversity\nGerry Zornow, Chairman of the Board of Eastman Kodak\nThe President\nBob Blackman, President, AFCA\nDick Bartlett, Director of Advertising and Promotions, Eastman Kodak\nBill Murray, Executive Director AFCA\nRabbi Laszle Berkowitz, Rabbi, Falls Church, Virginia\nLloyd Jordan, past President, AFCA\nFrank Welsh, Vice President and Director of Corporate Relations,\nEastman Kodak\nBob Lund, General Manager Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors\nCorporation\nDon Furot, past President, AFCA\nBill Pedersen, Assistant Vice President and Director of Advertising\nand Promotions, Eastman Kodak\nRip Engle, past President, AFCA\nKen Mason, Assistant Vice President and General Manager of the Motion\nPicture and Audiovisual Markets Division, Eastman Kodak\nAbe Martin, past President, AFCA\nLen Casanova, past President, AFCA\nCharles B. \"Boud\" Wilkinson, past President AFCA\nAPPENDIX \"C\" -2\n1/9/75\nHead table guests\n(continues with lower table)\nAll guests at this table are Head Football Coaches at U.S. Colleges\nand Universities and are past recipients or 1974 nominees for\nthe Eastman Kodak Coach of the Year Awards.\nMurray Warmath\nLynn Waldorf\nClarence Stasavieh\nBo Schmbechler\nBen Schwartzwalder\nJim Root\nJoe Paterno\nLarry Naviaux\nEdward Mylin\nJohn McKay\nWilliam Kern\nWoody Hayes\nBennie Ellender\nBill Edwards\nPaul Dietzel\nDuffy Daugherty\nJack Curtice\nPaul \"Bear\" Bryant\nFrank Broyles\nJim Butterfield\nWayne Hardin\nDennis Haglan\nBob Thalman\nRoy Kidd\nGene Windham\nDick Crum\nRoy Kramer\nTom Osborne\nRon Schipper\nMaxie Lambright\nGrant Teaff\nLaVell Edwards\nRon Meyer\nJim Socher"
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