Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997 5 Digest of Other and land slides beginning on December 20, White House Announcements 1996, and continuing. The following list includes the President's public Nominations schedule and other items of general interest an- Submitted to the Senate nounced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue. NOTE: No nominations were submitted to the Senate during the period covered by this issue. December 30 In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton traveled to Hilton Head, Checklist SC, where they attended the annual Renais- of White House Press Releases sance Weekend. In the evening, the Presi- dent attended a dinner honoring retired Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., at the Hilton The following list contains releases of the Office hotel. of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as items nor fully covered by entries in the Digest January 1 of Other White House Announcements. In the morning, the President had a tele- phone conversation with Chairman Yasser Released December 29 Arafat of the Palestinian Authority to express Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry condolences on the attack on civilians by an on the Guatemala peace accords off-duty Israeli soldier in Hebron, West Bank. Released December 31 In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy and Chelsea Clinton traveled to St. Thomas, Press Secretary Mary Ellen Glynn U.S. Virgin Islands, for a vacation. Released January 1 January 2 The President named the winners of the Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry 1996 National Medal of Arts and the Charles on the attack by an off-duty Israeli soldier Frankel Prize in the Humanities. He and the in Hebron First Lady will present the awards on January Released January 2 9 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, in Washington, DC. Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy The recipients of the National Medal of Press Secretary Mary Ellen Glynn Arts are: Edward Albee, Sarah Caldwell, Released January 3 Harry Callahan, Zelda Fichandler, Eduardo (Lalo) Guerrero, Lionel Hampton, Bella Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Lewitzky, Vera List, Robert Redford, Mau- Press Secretary Mary Ellen Glynn rice Sendak, Stephen J. Sondheim, and the Fact sheet on the President's decision on title Boys Choir of Harlem. III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic The recipients of the Frankel Prize in the Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 Humanities are: Rita Dove, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Daniel Kemmis, Arturo Madrid, and Bill Moyers. Acts Approved by the President Released January 3 The President declared a major disaster in Nevada and ordered Federal aid to supple- NOTE: No acts approved by the President were ment State and local recovery efforts in the received by the Office of the Federal Register area struck by severe storms, flooding, mud during the period covered by this issue. VerDate 05-AUG-97 14:25 Aug 15, 1997 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 E:\TEMP\P01JA4.003 pfrm07.