[p.3[ Mrs. Agnew left this morning to join VP Agnew at Taipeh. Meldy had breakfast with her—7:30—she was not awake so she (Meldy) waited for 8:30 AM.
Last Dec. 29, 1969 when I was playing golf, two sausage twin-rotor engine Navy (US) helicopters for VP [Spiro] Agnew landed at the golf course and obstructed the whole fairway. When we asked that they move a little to the side so we could play through they did not bother but said we could go right ahead and hit the helicopter with
5 Official Gazette January2, 1970:
“President Marcos stepped into the current efforts to clear up the alleged election irregularities in Batanes when he advised school teachers to testify at the Comelec probe of the case, directing at the same time the AFP chief of staff to provide protection for the teachers and all others who would testify at the hearings. The President’s action came on the heels of the plan of Comelec Chairman Jaime N. Ferrer to hold hearings in Batanes so that teachers and that other witnesses may testify. The Comelec has received reports judge and a fiscal had been going the rounds of Batanes towns the teachers that they would be charged with perjury if they testified.
Buckling down to his ever flowing paper work early in the morning, the President quickly whittled down the first pile of papers on his desk, dictating the issuance of an Executive Order creating a committee to conduct public hearings on the proposal of the NAWASA to hike service rates in order to meet financial commitments. Then at mid-morning, he received a group from Guam, headed by Island’s Speaker of the Legislature Joaquin C. Arriola. In the group were Mrs. Arriola, Lt. Gov. and Mrs. Kurt Moylan, and other islanders of Filipino descent. Accompanying the visitors were Secretary of Labor Blas F. Ople, Undersecretary Tomas dela Cruz, and PTTA Director Salvador Peña. The President was pleased with the memento presented by the Guamanians, consisting of colored rocks found on the island, mounted on a hardwood stand. The group came here primarily to represent Guam at the presidential inaugural. There were few other visitors, giving the President time enough to work on other State matters till lunchtime. Early in the afternoon, he sat down with his fiscal advisory council to thresh out current problems [at] the regular weekly meeting of the council. Present at the conference were: President Roberto Benedicto of the Philippine National Bank, Chairman Gregorio S. Licaros of the Development Bank of the Philippines, Secretary of Finance Eduardo Romualdez, Social Security System Administrator Gilberto Teodoro, GSIS General Manager Benjamin Rosario, Central Bank Governor Alfonso Calalang, Budget Commissioner Faustino Sy-Changco, Board of Investments Chairman Cesar E. Virata, Secretary of Commerce and Industry Leonides S. Virata and PES Director-General Placido Mapa, Jr. After the meeting, he crossed over to Malacañang Park for a bit of relaxation. Then he returned to his study to continue his labors. He worked through the evening.
MC: P1.USVP Agnew cut short his Manila trip and departed for Saigon. FM suspended NWSA rate hike and orders hearings. P.2 LP Neptali Gonzalez on FM Inaugural speeh “words are cheap and flighty, rhetoric is cheaper still.” Overstaying generals was a challenge to FM, only Rafael Ileto Commanding General Phil, Army is with term till 1973, AFP wants FM to keep Yan, Espino, Raval, and Lomibao (also Menzi). P.3 Sabah Minister Tun Mustapha Bin Harun New Year message hope for settlement with RP claim. P.7 Ting Jayme outlook for business and industry borrowing from weatherman “generally cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms during first half of the year and gradually clearing up during the latter part but with some overcast skies remaining at the end of the year.”