Diary Entry - 03/14/1981
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with New York Mayor Edward Koch to discuss New York's budgetary concerns.
The President and the First Lady attend a performance of "Sugar Babies" at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
Three Pakistani aircraft hijackers surrender in Syria after they exchange 100 passengers and crewmen for 54 Pakistani prisoners.
Met with the editorial board of the Daily News. It was a good & friendly meeting concerned mainly with our ec. program.
Then went to lunch in Little Italy with Sen. D’Amato & Cong. Molinari & their wives. It was a wonderful experience—again the streets were jammed. Met with Mayor Koch later and ironed out some misunderstandings about our program. That night saw “Sugar Babies.” Again a great reception from the people in the theatre & from the cast when we went backstage to see Mickey R. and Ann Miller.
At the final curtain Mickey asked the audience to stay in place until we exited. As we went up the aisle the audience began singing “America the Beautiful.” We went to supper with Alfred & Betts, Claudette Colbert, Jerry Z. the Cowles etc. & all in all had a wonderful time.
Sunday—went to the Met for the Joffrey Ballet. Ron was flown in from the road company for the performance. I think I held my breath until he finished but he was good. Flew back to Wash.
