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  • of the coasts of the United States. There are more than 250 national parka and historie areas. In our varied America of 50 States, there are places for raft rides, pac:k trips, ski-ing, boating, biking, and tbey are available to pocketbooks of all sizes
  • · place to a thou së.rnd other places , in the United States, in Europe, in Latin America, in Cana da . A celebration likc this can be a great instrument of understan din g . Lé1st year, my visit to EXPO vvas also my discovery of Ca nada . I carne aw2y ç
  • . President Carter said he exerts his efforts for peace ""only after we [getj the personal approval of the President of the United States ... Every agreement that we try to con­ summate must be approved in advance by the White House. We are very careful about
  • are anti-slavery, CiYil War and Reconstruction, Western expansion. temp ranc . and Progressive Era Reforms. The exhibit will be on display in the Library until the end of Februar). 199 . Another, somewhat smaller, exhibit at ·the Library is "Workers
  • in the desert, but a leafy oasis. ' . All over the United States, towns and cities are giving new attention to ways of becoming more beautiful. A young town like Page need not batt le old blight. It can write its own future , and the road to beauty should
  • Sur highway -­ a highway so beautiful that one cannot look at it witbout wishing that all highways in the United States could make as much of their own particular natural surroundings. And today we have flown across the Grand Canyon country, settled
  • Association. Fc::ir eleven years, she ha.s Àeen the guiding spirit behind New York 1 s "Heart of America" ball. Together with Athcr special eveats undar ber diroction, this bas brought more than one million dollars to programs of the Arnerican Heart
  • 11 Joseph Pulitzer, Igor Sikorski, Alexander Graham Bell, George Santayana, David Sarnoff, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Father Flanagan are but a few. Our very name, America, comes from Amerigo Vespucci. Down the bay is the great Verrazano Narrows Bridge
  • , there are hundreds of historic reminders of our c ountry's proud beg innings along with hospitality that is legendary. Over 100 years ago William Makepeac e Thackeray called Richmond the "merriest and most picturesque place in America. " I am personally delighted
  • of Senegal. The spring and summer of 1966 had brought poor weather conditions and a small harve l for the African repub­ lic In September of 1966, enghor visited President Johnson to r que t 193,0 0 ton of United States millet to feed his hungry people
  • ... seems bent, especially in the House of Representatives, on undoing much of the social and economic advance the United States has made during the last half cen­ tury." It is interesting to note that back in 1964, it was a Democraticlandslide in CongTess
  • : "The promise of America is a simple promise: Every person shall share in the blessings of this land." On Education: "I believe that every boy and girl in this great land has a right to all the education he or she can use ... I intend to work to make this right
  • Issue Number L Vlll August I, 1994 America in the Sixties Library Opens Permanent Exhibit Whar rhe nation looked like in the years of the Johnson Presidency is rhe subject of a new permanent exhibit at the Library. Designed and constructed
  • rights movement. Professor Branch had just published a second volume on that slice of American history, titled Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65. His first volume, Parring the Waters: America in the King Years I 954-63, won the Pulitzer
  • struggle to make life better for our unfinished America. That wa a time of trying, not always 5ucceeding, bu always seek­ ing solutions.'' The ren vation, underta en y the Univer ity of Texas, d ubles the gallery space in the mus um. The exhibits
  • right to left, as the isitor ees the po ters.) 4 materials to 2. Inside, workers tear out wall·. er Areas at the Library Begins 3. While conslruction is in proj!r ss, visitors use a lemporar)· enlrance (left) lo a lem­ porar) e,hibil (below
  • in Nashville. "AMERICA ... "(see pages 7-91 of women in early American Society. It opened in Plymouth in June, 1976, and then went to five major institutions in the United States. The exhibit was at the LBJ Library from March 15 through April 23. rARTOONS
  • wants to give Bill an ambassador­ ship. He mentioned a number of countries-Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Uruguay. I am so happy for Bill-to be an ambassador of the United States of America-to represent his country ,to another country-has always had a pull
  • , "Korea: America's First Limited War," can be obtained from the Library's museum store for $8.95. cAJtTHUR TO l'E SIGNED f'Y Photo by Pat Burchfield _,.,. my duty aa Prraidt!nl and Com­ Stat-,a nuhtary forctea LO r.-placr you a• Po
  • ," the exhibit-which General Powell called "America on display"-was commissioned by the National Archives. After it leaves the LBJ Library on August 31, it will travel to the other Presidential Libraries, end­ ing up at the Archives building in Washington, D.C
  • ries presents the official documentary record of the major for ign policy initiatives of the United States of America. Today, the seri s can be found in libraries and cla srooms around the world-and on the Intern t. 'An invaluable resource for gov
  • Wilson, Archivist of the United States (right) and Ramsey Clark. former Attorney General (below). Wilson described the mission of the N.itional Archives: ··Wi preserve and make available for research the heri­ tage of America. Records about art
  • the United Nations divided by the conflict of ideology and power, and so she became the prophet of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Are we ready to fig ht similar battles against new foes in our own day? If not, our grief is an empty thing
  • planners through Washington reveals they are scouting not only for funds, but for style and direction for their communities. - 1­ MORE .- . ..!"' The question in America now is, whotbei' the sldll and talent and know-how ia rising to fulfill the de
  • president." C-SPA has put hundreds of the tapes on their web site, and with historian Michael BeschJos ·' first volume on the tape·, Taking Charge, !hey are bringing home to America the earth and inimitable character of Lyndon Johnson. This, plus said
  • The Sights and Sounds of an America that was ... see pag 4 Cohen Joins LBJ School Cohen Wilbur J. Cohen, who was Secretary of the U S Department of Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare in 1968, has been appointed first occupant of the Sid Richard­
  • ) and laid the reath, assisted by oloncl Mark Graper, Commander, 12th Flying Training WiJ1g, Randolph Air Force Base. As he was coming to maturity in Great Britain in th 1960 , Mr. Turpin said, the media ther made the United States out to be, somehm
  • --and a World War unmatched: in its destruction. They chronicle the end of colo­ nialism-and the beginning of the Cold War and the Atomic Age which still threaten mankind. 4 They cover the time when liberty was challenged in Europe and Latiin America and Asia
  • performance. 9 Symposium Probes Vietnam and Diplomacy by Ted Gittinger "The Vietnam War: International Perspectives," a scholarly symposium held over an October week-end, gath­ ered historians from Russia, Japan, Korea, China and the United States
  • , "is just as bipartisan as breathing." Credit: Ausrin America11-S1ares111an David Kennedy LibraryMounts Workof Black Artists An exhibition which proved to be immensely popular was "Harlem Renaissance: Art of Brack America," on display in the Library
  • . But that was not what Woodrow Wilson chose to do, and that has not been America's role in the twentieth century world. Thanks to him and to the long-running aftereffects of World War I, the United States has tried again and again to shape events that have seemed
  • , one of the symposium keynoters, "is a massive demographic change that may indeed be the biggest stolfy in America in the next century." He pointed out that minority groups under the s,ixth grade in Houston schools and under the fourth grade
  • and schol rs, providing the largest coll ction of material and informauon on the United States Congress outside of Washington, D. C. A pecial service of the Center will be the maintaining of records on the locations of other congressional papers, thus
  • . The resurrected characters assessed America''J progress as a nation as it prepares to celebrate its 200th birthday. The touring company, from T pl niversity, has performed in 'ational Parks throughout the United States. The longest manuscript m the bicentennial
  • ." 2 Two historical figures came to life on the stage of the LBJ Auditorium. The first was. Abigail Adams, in ,the person of Rebecca Bloomfield, who has created a one-woman show on the celebrated-and outspoken­ wife of America's second President
  • of the program to reach 5,000 hours of service. Photo by Charles Bogel Veterans Group Visits Library On November 11 each year, a parade through downtown Austin honors America's veterans. The parade ends at the state capitol building, where the various units di
  • in this nation," he maintained, "and won't be through most of the 1980s.'' With sufficient capital, he said, electric power could reduce the total energy cost. Wall W. Koslow proposed a program which h said would give the United States "a net export position
  • other day," said Roosevelt ... and Claude was out the door! H said he didn't gee his project but he was the best informed man in America about Robert Livingston. Roosevelt was a very good politician . . . he loved politics. He ~aw a great number
  • and Records Administration http://archives.gov http://www.discoverlbj.org/ Air Agreement Air Force One Travel [copy of headings from manifests] Air America symposium (CIA air service/Vietnam search & rescue) Aircraft (including Air Force One) see also Pilots
  • use social secretarv, mused .. hree of them I liked ,·er)' much, j one I am in love with." rhat fourth United States Chief or itocel is !Vlrs. Abell's 36-yrar-old ;band, Tyler, who was sworn in lay as the successor to Angier Idle Duke in an unusual