De Soto County (LST 1171) - Naval Cruise Book

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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-

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A --V --..4...., . . Wednesday - 29 July 1964 tCon'tj 1100 1200 1500 Met with the CO of the ship and the X0 to discuss the schedule of events for the Duluth visit. Attended a luncheon given by the JCs in honor of all of the ships' captains currently visiting Duluth. Met with Mr. Ed Freimuth and confirmed press coverage of the Rotary luncheon. Thursday - so July 19640 .0900 1030 1200 1300 Friday 0800 0930 1100 1400 Met With Mr. Freimuth and planned ceremony for the arrival of the captains of foreign vessels who were to attend the reception aboard DeSoto County. In addition, we arranged for press coverage of the reception. Met with the program director at KDAL-TV and , made finalarrangements for VTR taping of a 30- minute show on Friday morning. Attended the Rotaryluncheon where LCDR Mann and MAJ OlBrien spoke, and the choral group performed. 4 Departed for Marquette, Mich. 31 July 1964 Met with SGT Scott, Marquette recruiter, and discussed a tentative sked of events for the ship's visit. ' Met with the program director of WDNJ radio and taped a 10-minute interview, Cto be aired twicej. Arranged for station coverage of the ship's visit and placed spots. Met with Mr. Jack Dempsey of WLUC-TV, planned the format for Monday's VTR taping. Made arrange ments for a Sunday evening live interview and for SOF coverage of GEN Berkeley's arrival. Met with Mr. Thomas Moore, Marquette City Manager, and attended to admin details concerning the shipls visit. In addition, we arranged for a sound truck to carryya message all over town inviting the public to visit the DeSoto County. -19- I l I