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Johnsons & guests to San Fernando Church in San Antonio for Latin American Ambassadors service; none of the Ambassadors attended; sermon on Vietnam; Johnsons to Balcones Research Center for meeting about LBJ Library stone; helicopter to Camp Mabry;…

Johnsons sleep late; Lady Bird describes arrival ceremonies for President & Mrs. Sunay, Turkey; Sunays are taken to Blair House; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson lunch; tour of Beautification projects with Mary Lasker & Nash Castro; decision on dogwood…

Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer;"…

Rain overnight; Driskill Hotel and site of LBJ Library in Austin; Lady Bird reflects on college years; meeting Harry Ransom to see documents from University of Texas collection, including George Washington letter; upcoming visit by Stokely…

Lady Bird records diary, does office work and makes phone calls; Lady Bird visits with Richard Myrick & Roy White about landscaping for LBJ Ranch; Bob Kleberg party flies to LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird reminisces about LBJ & Congressman Richard Kleberg in…

LBJ leaves next day for German Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird cannot go with him; Lady Bird works on family album; lunch; drive through Watts Branch on way to Betty Talmadge's home to play bridge; Lady Bird describes Watts Branch; Lady Bird…

LBJ & Lady Bird wake early, but LBJ barely slept; LBJ leaves for Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird to home of Mrs. George Maurice Morris, originally located in Revolutionary War, Connecticut; lunch with Marny Clifford and to Fredericksburg;…

Lady Bird watches Chancellor Adenauer's funeral on television; annual meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Oveta Culp Hobby donates Waterford Crystal chandelier; Lady Bird is in receiving line at Senate Ladies Luncheon;…

Lady Bird meets with Roy White about renovation plans for LBJ Ranch house; drive up to runway to see the wildflowers; drive on backroads to Austin; Lady Bird describes the scenery; to Luci Nugent's new home for visit, lunch & unpacking; Lady Bird to…