De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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Saturday - 25 July 1964 0900 - 1030 1100 1400 - 1700 Sunday 1030 13,00 1400 Monday 0800 0900 1000 1045 1115 1300 1345 1430 1530 Supervised 30-minute SOF filming onboard ship. Supervised CJIC radio interviews aboard ship. LT Stack went to CJIC -TV and edited film for 30-minute TV special. In addition he wrote the script for the show and laid out a staging and lighting plan., 26 Ju1y1964 Attended a champagne breakfast given by the mayor and the city councilmen at the Ojibway Hotel. The mayor presented the city keyand other -gifts to the shipls skipper. Met with the CO and XO to plan tentative sked for the Duluth visit. Departed for Duluth, Minn. Arrived 2100. - 27 July 1964 ' , Met with LCDR D. D. Main at the Naval Reserve Training Center. Discussed the tentative schedule for the shipvs visit. U Met with SGT Art Hardt, local Marine recruiter, and set up appointments with local media by phone. Interview withthe militaryeditor at the Duluth News Herald. Arranged for coverage of all DeSoto County activities in Duluth. c Met with the newsman Dick Daily at WDSM-TV. Arranged for interviews, coverage? and placed TV spots. Taped a 9-minute interview at KHOH radio. Taped 7 -minute live interview at WEBC radio and placed spotso . Taped a 4-minute interview at WAKX radio and placed spots. Met with Port Authority officials and made arrange- ments concerning.ship's berthing facilities. Obtained FAA and Coast Guard clearance for. the UDT demonstration. v ..17.. 1 i I i . . . -. . ' I: xl -- . i . e . . .. ,. iliiri ' - 5:5-T1n:ZJi2s37fEf3i

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Monday - 27 July 1964 lCon'tJ 1630 1700 Metwith Mr. Ed Freimuth, Public Relations Dir- ector for Duluth Port Authority, and arranged for press conference coverage by the Superior and Duluth newspapers. Mr. Freimuth also placed stories on our Duluth visit with the Minneapolis papers. Taped a 1 1X2 VTR interview at KTAL-TV,placed spots and arranged for TV coverage of the ship's visit. Tuesday - 28 July 1964 0900 0930 1030 1300 1430 1600 1700 Cut a 5-minute taped interview at KDAL radio and placed spots. Interview. with the military editor at the Superior Daily Globe and arranged for press coverage of the ship's visit. A Taped eight 1-minute spots at WDSM radio. Also placed advertisementin the stationlsl daily news- letter to the business community. Cutug two 30-second spots and a' 7-minute interview at WKLK radio in Cloquet, Minn. Met with the editor of the Cloquet Pine Knot a bi-weekly newspaper. Placed a story on the ship's visit to Duluth and arranged for the paper's coverage of DeSoto Countyls arrival. t with Mr Ed Freimuth and discussed media Me 1 -. coverage for the formal reception aboard DeSoto County. 4 Met with Mr. Don Olson. chairman of the Thursday noon Rotary luncheon. We confirmed final arrange ments for participation by DeSoto County personnel at the luncheon. Wednesday- 29 July 1964 0800 Met DeSoto County upon her arrival at the Port Terminal. Docks. 1000 Conducted a press conference aboard the ship. ..13-