Diary Entry - 09/28/1982
Key Facts
President Reagan speaks with Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The first reports appeared of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules.
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Cap signed order for Marines to go ashore Wed. A.M. Israelis will withdraw to So. of the airport—Marines will be stationed at the airport. Spoke to 65 C.E.O.’s everyone in support of our program. Spent afternoon getting ready for press conf. Have just had it & made it through O.K. Everyone says “best yet.” My favorite ans. was to Sam D. who asked if I didn’t think I had something to do with our ec. problems which I’d been laying on the Dems. over the past years. I said: “Oh my yes. I share the responsibility—I was a Dem. for years.”
