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- Jan 9, 1969
The White House
Thursday
Col Haywood Smith
Walt Rostow
Walt Rostow -
in the Lincoln Bedroom
Hon Joseph Barr, Secy of Treasury
To the East Room live
for presentation of NASA DISTINGUISHED SERVICEMEDAL TO
APOLLO 8 ASTRONAUTS
- by) ture
AWARDSCEREMONY on front lawn of Ranch w/ Press.
to the left of the podium were
Dr. Seamans Dr.
Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Nat'l Aeronautics & Space Administr
/Mr. Webb Dr.
James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA
Kurt H. Debus, NASA
Dr. Debus Dr.
/ Dr
- word for him
;
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9:00am President
Mrs.
Washington
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Paine , Acting
Jim
Marie Fehmer _
Director
of
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NASA
T- TJones /
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,__ President
took in car wit h him/
^_ Director
Jim
=
Webb
- whil e
he presente d award s t o
Harris
M Schurmeier
Ranger Pro ject Directo r
NASA
Medal for
Scientific
Achievement
NASA
Distinguished
Service Medal
Oak Leaf
Cluster
~Lt Cd r Joh n W . Youn g
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Major Virgi l Grissom
- SECRETARY
TO THE PRESIDENT
The President's plane touched down at Skid Strip, Cape
Kennedy AFB, at 3:36 p.m. The skies were overcast,
with a misty rain sprinkling approximately 200 Air Force
and NASA officials awaiting the Presidential Party.
More than 110
- visited by)
Attendance for Bill Hopkins ceremony:
William J. Driver, VA
Richmond Allan, Interior
Dean Hinton, State
Robert F. Allnutt, NASA
Arthur Hess, HEW
Arthur A. Davis, HUD
Mrs. Charlotte Alter, HUD
El son B. Helwig, Army
Jack Deinema, OEO
L. J
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WH.TE HOUSE Date
PRESIDENT LYNDO N B. JOHNSON
Aug
DAILY DIARY LBJ
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The President began his day at (Place) Day
Time Telephone
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In Out
Activity
Lo
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Dr.
Thomas
Payn e - NASA - fcHui
- A in 1965
Hon. Jame s Webb , NASA , Directo r Gordon , Dr . Horni g -- RE : Budge t fo r NAS A in 1965
December 22 , 1964
White Hous e
Tuesday
Hon. Dougla s Dillon , Secy , of the Treasury
Secretary Dean Rusk - Washington, D . C .
In th e office
- , Director, National Science Foundation
Hon. Sargent Shriver, Director, OEO
Hon. James Webb, Administrator, NASA
Hon. Kermit Gordon, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Hon. Gardner Ackley, Chairman, CEA
Larry
O'Brien
Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara
Bill
- r Jame s E . Webb , o f NASA,
Dr. Hug h Dryden - Asst . Administrato r o f NASA, JV , JJ , V M
The President visite d w / Dr . Web b and Dr. Dryde n durin g the flight - - goin g over
his speec h w / Dr . Web b t o se e i f he suggeste d any changes
- for the
Secretary's press conference
this afternoon
re above
To the office
To NASA
w/ Jac k Valent i an d Marvin Watson
headquarters
Arrived 4t h an d Independence . Greete d by Hugh Dryden and proceede d t o th e sevent h
floor an d t o Directo r Jame s Webb' s
- Anniversary of NASA
Senator Clinton Anderson
Norman Baker, President, Spac e Publications Daily, Washington, D C
3&aac William Hines, Vice President, Rocketdyne Division, Washington, DC
Cong. George Miller, Chairman, House Space and Aeronautics Committee
M
- Americans are proud of "this historic extension of man's knowledge ''He had
praise for everyone from James E. Webb, the administrator of NASA to "the. fellow who sweeps
out the dust i n the remote test laboratory. " The achievement allows man to look
-
McNamara
Ball
departs
at
5:54
(at
Roger
Smith
Hotel,
D.C.)
(b.
2)
2)
(pics
taken
for
Cabient
Room w/
Jack
Valenti for
swearing-in
w/
Senator Anderson
for
Mr.
W.
Randolph
Lovelace
II
appointment
and
family)
Space
Medicine for
manned
space
flight
NASA
-
Dr George E
and
Mann
Larry
O'Brien
Liz
Carpenter
The
Postmaster
General
MW
M W in
w
Jacobsen
Seamans
Associate Adm
NASA
Dryden
Deputy
Adm NASA
Mueller
Associate
Adm
for Manned
Press Conferenc e - i n ova
ovall of c
Secy
Jake
LOB out
- . Tariff Commission to report to him by Jan 15, 1968,
in the fullest detail possible on the economic condition of the U.S. textile and
apparel industries.
Today signed proclamation, calling upon the Administrator of NASA and the
people of U. S. to join
- President
Director James Webb of NASA
* To Oval Ofc-w/GC
Joe Califano-pl
_ Secy Fowler
PRESS CONFERENCE - Oval Office
To O&ahg&Rg&^&eh the barber shop
To the Oval Ofc
Joe Califano - pl
Thursday
5, 1967
Twc Wmrt House n,,,.
October
5, 1967
- Herald
Tribune
OFF RECORD
until
Released Statement congratulating NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Ranger VII flight
McGeorge
Bundy
Walter
Governor
Jenkins
David
fr
mans
Lawrence
fr mans
returning
his call
FRIDAY
July 31 , 196 4
- :
Dept of Navy - Secy
Paul_H.__Nitze
NASA - Hon. James E. Webb
Dent of Labor - Secy Willard Wirt z
To Honorable Mentions:
Dept of Air Force - Secy Eugene Martin Zuckert
FAA - Hon. Najeeb E. Halaby
ICC - Hon. Abe McGregor Goff
ADDRESS by the President
1:15
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s Webb. , - Director, NASA ZZHI
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toiTE HOUSE
>ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
WA Y
* Sat began hi s day at (Place) The
'resident
In
Time Telephone
1
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Out
f or t
.
Lt
- that the President wouldn't get into trouble w/ the press.
I
RE:
; to
for
to
;/A^6?;
Marvin
Watson (pl)
the same trip -- and told him (as he had told BM ) -- that (A) he wasn't going
send a presidential jet; (B) that if they went at all, that NASA would have
- by the President to James E.
E . Webb,
fo r success of
o f today's rendezvous
rendezvou s
Administrator of NASA - congratulating Astronauts for
in Space.
- April 23
T
196 5
White Hous e
Director o f NASA . Jame s Web b
Philip Potte r
Philip Potte r
Secretary McNamar a
Secretary McNamar a
Senator Rober t Byr d
To th e office , accompanie d b y Bil l Moyer s
William S . Whit e (returnin g hi s cal l
-
and
Mrs
call
Brooks
Valenti
Marvin
Watson
James
Webb
Luci
Johnson
Geo
Reedy
Geo
Reedy
NASA
Administrator
returning
her
no
at
call
answer
home
yb
come
pick
up
signed
mail
Departed
ofc
for
Mansion
Secretary Mann
Reported
Upstairs
-
Telephone
f
1 l;45a t
Secy
Jan
31. 1968 /
White House Wednesday
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Gode
LD
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(include visited by) turc
McNamara
11:50a 12:00
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Hon. James Webb, Administrator, NASA OFF
RECORD
12:00 NDr.Thomas Paine Middleinitial:O
- . Rauen, State Director, US Svgs Bond Div, Chi, Ill
Wendell D. Macdonald, Bur of Labor Statistics,
L*
Abe Silverstein, NASA, Cleveland A
j
John W. Lehman , Bur of Labor S tatisctics, Cleveland
*/ *
Elmer P. Davis, Nat'l Labor Relations Bd, Ft Worth
- "type meeting
with Sub- cabinet level officers from the AEC, AID, Export-Import Bank, NASA,
USIA, and ACDA
ATTENDANCE:
Atomic Energy Commission:
Glenn T Seaborg, Chairman
Gerald F Tape, Commissioner
John T Ramey, Commissioner
Agency for Intl Development
-
MANY
'resident began his day at (Hace) The
Time Telephon
.<
hi Out
Lo
10:07p _^t
10:09p "
T0:48p" f
ll:15p To
White
e
Activity
LD
t JDir
House p^
(inciude visited by)
Conference
"
^w^
call with Joe Califano and Jim Jones.
James Webb, NASA
- the southern evada water project, Nevada, an d
for other purposes .
Issued report to the Congres s describing a six month period o f -impressive
accomplishment b v NASA •
Issued progres s report on November Civil Rights Conference
Nominated Dr . -Walter R
- days, and
is departing today -- she wanted to say goodbye and thank you to the President)
Joe Califano
James Wibb, Administrator of NASA
Wilbur Cohen - wasn't in the office -DID NOT TALK --left word.
Wilbur Cohen (returning the President's call)
Mrs
- and subtractin g from the prepared statements w / George Reedy, Marvin Watson , Jack Valenti
and Horace Busby - - Chairman John Macy, MpMMk, James Webb, NASA also joined in discussions
Mrs. Johnson arrived
To the front lawn for PRES S CONFERENCE w/ Mrs. Johnson i
- b o f NASA "
10:45a t
Georg
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ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N
e Februar
MARY
resident bega n hi s day at (Place) .
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In Ou
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Whit
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- :55a To
10:00a t
:1
1
11, 1967
Oval Ofc
James Webb - Director, NASA
:
Charles Schultze
- pl
Walt
Rostow - pl
George
Christian - pl
~~
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'KITE HOUSi D
ate Aug
11,
1967
ENT LYNDO N B. JOHNSON
MARY
resident began his day at (Place) The
Tune
- , George Christian,
Charles Maguire, Ashton Gonella, Jim Jones, Haywood Smith, Gary Gross,
Dr. Lukash, Frank Wolfe, mf
Helicopter arrived Michoud
--Reception line included, NASA Director James Webb
and Apollo One astronauts, Wally Schirra and Walter
- Phillip
12:26p Hon.
12:26| Dr.
12:31p Hon.
12:55p Larry
Charles Zwick, Director, BOB - in
S. Hughes, Deputy Director, BOB
Tom Paine, Acting Director - NASA
Donald Hornig
W. Marvin Watson - joined the above -- to
Levinson Commission
12:08p f
Walt Rostow
- to find him customers
for important jobs in Washington. And he said well Friday
"go on and get the one for that girl that's going to
NASA."
Dec
16, 1966
- E. Webb, NASA Administrator '
James E. Webb. :
10:50p Dinner
.-'
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:-
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in family quarters with Mrs. Johnson and Lynda.
f
10:56p j
t Judge
11:30p |
Retired
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- 1 .,,-.-,-,-,..-,•;
A. W. Moursund, Round Mountain, Texas
- --Houseguests
Retired
ATTENDANCE AT BUDGET MEETING, page 6
William Driver, Veterans Administration -- and John Shytle
Ralph Roberts - DOS
Robert Seamans, NASA --and Willis Shapley
Sargent Shriver, OEO -- and Robert Lennie
Hon. John W. Gardner, HEW -- and James
- . Frelinghuysen
Cong Thomas L. Ashley
Cong and Mrs. William T. Cahill
Cong and Mrs. John M. Slack, Jr.
Cong Neal Smith
Hon and Mrs. Dean Acheson, Former Secy of State
Hon and Mrs. George W. Ball, Under Secy of State
Hon and Mrs. James E. Webb, Adm., NASA
Hon
- , Executive Director, NASA Science & Technology Information
Facility Documentation, Inc. , College Park, Maryland.
