Diary Entry - 06/21/1981
Key Facts
President Reagan spends Father's Day with his son Ron.
In separate accidents on Pacific Northwest mountains, eleven climbers are buried in a glacial avalanche on Washington's Mt. Ranier.
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A beautiful day—we swam & sat in the sun & after lunch returned to Wash. The 4 of them left by shuttle for N.Y. Negotiations are still going on to try and head off tomorrow’s illegal strike by the air controllers. I told Drew L. to tell their Union Chief I was the best friend his people ever had in the W.H. but I would not countenance an illegal strike nor would I permit negotiations while such a strike was in process.
