1970

November 7, 1970

Sprained my right thumb very badly last night I could not grip a glass to drink but I played golf at Kaniao anyway because I found out that I could grip the club and when I relaxed my grip and wrist, I could drive farther. Imelda is in high spirits and full of...

November 6, 1970

Dra. Aragon and Isidro, the obstetricians and gynecologists of Imelda, are here and have just examined Imelda as we would like to have another child. And they are very optimistic that she is quite ready for it. There seems to be no reason why we should not have...

November 5, 1970

My game slumped to 75 at John Hay although I was one under par up to the 6th hole. Felt a little tired. And Imelda is out of sorts because of the extortion activities of the Boehms [Dovie Beams] woman who has now demanded $780 thousand from US-V Arts, the producer of...

November 4, 1970

Hit a 72 at Camp John Hay this morning with the same foursome, Maj. Jim Ball, CO [Commanding Officer] of the base, Ricky and Helen Cu-Unjieng whom  invited to come up to Baguio. Signed the Peace and Order Fund bill which seeks to raise about P90 million for salaries...

November 3, 1970

Hit a 71 at Camp John Hay golf course. And I seem to have more stamina. This is the second day I have played golf, slept only five hours last night and improved on my 75 yesterday. But the most surprising thing is I have been running up the hills and I do not feel...

November 2, 1970

Bongbong returned our call at 6:20 AM as I was dressing up to play golf at Camp John Hay. He is now 6 stone and 10 pounds or 94 pounds from 72-74 pounds when he left. He has grown 1¼  inch to 2 inches in a period of two months. He may be accelerated next term and he...

November 1, 1970

Arrived in Baguio at 6:30 PM after a trip by train to San Fernando from 5:00 AM to 11:00 AM. We were going by the boat 777 but Capt. Ogbinar advised against it as there was a gale warning west of Luzon from the SW. The destroyer No. 76 came through and met rather...

October 31, 1970

I write this after the confrontation conference with the Free Farmers Federation, the Lakasdiwa and Khi Rho demonstrators. Judge [Alejandro] Sebastian has lifted the arrest and injunction against the farmer-couple (the Bhadys) and their lawyer, Atty. [Camilo] Sabio,...

October 30, 1970

Played golf in Wack Wack for the first time in months. Imelda passed for me and we passed by our old house in Ortega. Could not open the safe where the guns and ammo are. Conferred with Sec. Vicente Abad Santos and the protagonists in the case that gave rise to the...

October 29, 1970

PAL [Philippine Air Lines] may have another strike as they have fired [Felix] Gaston, the President of the pilots association and are screening the employees for their refusal to return to work immediately. Called up [Rafael] Ygoa and he says that they will take back...