Diary Entry - 01/02/1988
Key Facts
President and Mrs. Reagan attend the opening of the Bob Hope Cultural Center.
President Reagan conducts a conference call with Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney, on a treaty with Canada.
An Ashland Oil Company tank collapses sending more than 700,000 gallons of oil into the Monongahela River.
A few shots on the practice tee, then over to the tennis court to watch mixed doubles—Howard B. & Jean Smith against Bill Webster & Betz Bloomingdale. Before lunch a phone call to Brian Mulroney (P.M. Canada) and then the signing of the new trade treaty between the U.S. & Canada—an historic occasion.
A pleasant lunch in the game room & out for 9 holes of golf. I got one par & some good drives. In to pack & off to the Cultural Center to present an award to Bob Hope. It was a fun evening—good entertainment by Lucille Ball, John Forsyth and a number of others. Then home to a late supper & to bed.
