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Digitized from Box 12 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
JULY 1, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
10:00 a. m. POSTING
The President's Schedule
The President came to the Oval Office at 7:40 a.m. today. He held meetings
with members of his staff until about 9:45 a. m.
At 9:55 a. m. the President left the White House by motorcade to the Sheraton
Park Hotel, where he is to address the 66th Annual Convention of the NAACP
at approximately 10:30 a. m. A travel pool, which has been posted, accompanied
the President. His remarks will be piped into the Press Room on the public
address system and an advance text was made available for release upon
delivery.
At approximately 11:00 a. m. the President leaves the Sheraton Park Hotel
and travels to the National Institutes of Health. There he will participate
in swearing in ceremonies for Dr. Theodore Cooper as HEW's Assistant
Secretary forHealth and Dr. Donald Fredrickson as Director of the National
Institutes of Health. No advance text is available, but the remarks will
be piped in the Press Room on the public address system.
The President will return to the White House at 12:25 p.m. At 12:30 p.m.,
the President will greet those attending a meeting of the National Voluntary
Social Welfare Leadership Agencies which is taking place today in the
Family Theater. About fifty representatives of volunteer social agencies
are attending a meeting arranged by the Office of Public Liaison. They will
hear remarks by HEW Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger, Assistant Labor
Secretary William Kolberg, and LEAA Administrator Richard Velde. No
coverage is planned.
Press Secretary Ron Nessen will hold his briefing at 1:00 p.m.
At 2:00 p.m. the President will attend an Economic/Energy Meeting in the
Cabinet Room. This is one in a series of meetings of this group, which
are scheduled regularly to discuss topics of major concern in the economic
and energy fields. No coverage is planned.
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At 3:15 p.m. the President will greet the 1975 Presidential Scholars in
the East Garden. He will have brief remarks. There will be open coverage
and the remarks will be piped into the Press Room. There will be no
advance text. The 1975 Presidential Scholars are a total of 121 Presidential
Scholars--from the 50 states and the territories--are in Washington for
a two day event, which concludes with the White House reception and a
presentation of medallions. Following the East Garden event, they will
have a tour of the White House.
Official Announcements
1.
A Message to Congress proposing three rescissions and reporting
twenty-seven deferrals. The rescissions total $123.7 and the
deferrals total $2, 729. 4 million. (Copies available separately.)
2.
A letter to the President of the Senate proposing a Joint Resolution
which would provide Congressional approval of the "Covenant to
Establish A Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in
Political Union with the United States of America. " (Copies
available in the Press Office.)
Presidential Travel
JULY 4-Friday
On Friday evening, July 4, the President, as previously announced, will
travel to Fort McHenry in Baltimore to participate in the sixth annual
"Our Country" Bicentennial program, which is co-sponsored by the
National Park Service and the Baltimore Federal Executive Board.
The Fort McHenry Bicentennial celebration is in two parts. The first part,
"The Dawn's Early Light, " includes overnight camping at the Fort before
a dawn (4:00 a. m.) reenactment of the British attack on the Fort (September
13-14, - 1814). It was this battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write
the Star Spangled Banner. The second part of the program is "Our Country,"
which runs from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The President will participate in a program beginning at 8:00 p.m., which
includes the raising of a 30 by 42 foot replica of the American Flag which
flew over the Fort in 1814; a naturalization ceremony for about 40 new
citizens conducted by U. S. District Court Judge Edward S. Northrup
remarks by the President and Mayor William D. Schaefer and others, and
a fireworks display.
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JULY 11-13-Friday to Sunday
On Friday through Sunday, July 11-13, the President will travel to Traverse
City, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois, and Mackinac Island, Michigan.
On Friday, July 11, the President will participate in the National Cherry
Festival Parade at Traverse City. The parade is the culmination of a week
long National Cherry Festival held annually in Traverse City (the area
produces 70 percent of the world's sweet cherries). The President will
then fly to Chicago to attend a 6:00 p.m. (CDT) reception and address
the dinner meeting of the mid-American Committee, an organization of
Chicago-based international businessmen at the Palmer House. The
President will remain at the Palmer House overnight.
On Saturday, July 12, at 11:30 a.m. (CDT), the President will hold a
press conference at the Palmer House. The format will be the same as
other out-of-town press conferences, with questions alternating between
the traveling White House press and the Chicago area press. The President
will then address the Chicago State University commencement ceremony
at 2:00 p.m. (CDT), at the Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place.
The President then will fly to Traverse City, Michigan, to play the last
nine holes of the Walter Hagen Memorial Golf Tournament at the Traverse
City Golf and Country Club with Senator Robert Griffin (R-Michigan).
Saturday evening, the President will attend a 9:00 p.m. (EDT) performance
of the National Music Camp's National High School Band at the Kresge
Auditorium of Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan. Following
the performance, the President will spend the night at the summer Governor's
residence, which is maintained by the Mackinac Island State Park Commission
on Mackinac Island, Michigan, as the guest of Michigan Governor William G.
Milliken.
On Sunday, July 13, the President will address an 8:30 a.m. (EDT)
breakfast meeting of the Sixth Circuit Conference of the Federal District
and Circuit Judges of the Sixth Circuit at the Grand Hotel. The Sixth
Circuit includes the States of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
The President will return to Washington Sunday evening.
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