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- joined the staff of National Security Adviser Walt Rostow. Later that year he became President Johnson's press secretary. Ir was not an easy job: the civil rights struggle, riots in the cities, the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, and the Vietnam conflict saw
- , Lady Bird al buried in thi hal low d ground Ii es on-in the pccta ular b auty that can be found not ju t in wildflow er acr . our ranges and prai ries, but in p ckets of natural beaut in ju t about very city in our nation. Colonel Clark recalls
- ~· . Around the Big Country Edited by Kim Hope ·1 :I Beautiful roadsides i don't go unrewarded ..I -- - TEXAS PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU DALLAS Amarnlo. TX News (Cir D 74.319) ( No~,..ation deserved As drivers p'ls through the nation's cities on major
- ~· . Around the Big Country Edited by Kim Hope ·1 :I Beautiful roadsides i don't go unrewarded ..I -- - TEXAS PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU DALLAS Amarnlo. TX News (Cir D 74.319) ( No~,..ation deserved As drivers p'ls through the nation's cities on major
- Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty. The President's Council bas led the nation's concern for quality in the se six years since its establishment. The Citizens Advisory Committee bas been tackling some of the really challenging issues: how
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Reception for Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty, 3/29/1968"
- , to improve this cit y -- our Nation 1s Capital. You al'e the doers „„ you do not dream idly nor give up in despairl You are showing all7f~ how each person ca!l coutribute something of positive v alue. Your accompliahments ar e impo!i: ant -- to your families
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, the White House, 6/11/1968"
- implement what is already underway, supplement what should be underway, a nd be the catalyst for ac tion. I have never received such truly thrilling mail as was p rompted by the announcement of this committee. Their.ghtful sugg estions of "what wa have don3
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Meeting to Discuss Formation of a Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 2/11/1965"
- is an expert on both ..... Nancy White, a President~ al appointee on the National Council on the Arts. We are most appreciative to ber and her committee who have put together this fashion show. And now, Miss White - ######
- - THE WHITE HOUSE Mr. Secretary, Friends l'm so happy that all of you could be with us today to honor the Citi zens Advisory Committee on Recr6ation and Natural Beauty and to mark another stride forward in the efforts to make our Nation more beautiful. You
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967"
- call for a "revival of the spirit" among the developed nations of the world. Miss Ward noted that the Western nations ar emerging from a 25-year bonanza, a remarkable period graced with unusually good growing weather (a period that brought a tripling
- Remarks of Mrs . Lyndon B. Johnson at a tea for members of the Fine Arts, Painting and Advis ory Committees on the Restoration of the White House, May 7, 1964 Friends : Welc om e to this house to which, under the inspira tion of Mrs . Kennedy, you
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Tea for Members of the Fine Arts, Painting and Advisory Committees on the Restoration of the White House, 5/7/1964"
- of its visitors. Our nation 1 s cëp ital has a history of beauty, a record of questing for grace and symmetry and vbtas that canpel the eye. We are indebted to L'Enfant in designing a city for posterity when Washington was a village almoet lost in the mud
- visitorso Our nation's ccp ital has a history of beauty, a record of questing for grace and symmetry and vistas that canpel the eye. We are indebted to L'Enfant in designing a city for posterity when Washington was a villa.ge almost lost in the mud. lt has
- leaves National Airport bound for Bermuda Naval Base. 5/15 Tuesday. Bermuda: inspection tour of naval installations; meets Mr. Murphy, acting Governor General of Bermuda in Hamilton. 5/16 Wednesday. Bermuda: discussions re: surplus property. Committee
- the administration was planning a congres sionally-established commission to coordinate bicentennial activities throughout the nation rather than a Presiden tially-appointed committee to plan a world's fair. Late in January, 1966, Califano, by now a Johnson aide
- has the Navigation School affected the life of San Marcos?” 2/18 LBJ makes speech on House floor re: absenteeism. 2/18-19 Walter Winchell is called to testify before the Naval Affairs Committee. 2/26 LBJ makes speech on House floor. 2/26-27 LBJ
- and outdoor recreation facilities of any state in the Nation. And I appreciate, Governor, your taking your know-how to the recent state beauty cenference in my native Texas. Nebraska is truly "Big Sky" country! There is no inspiration more rewarding than
- remember the moment when Omaha won the 1965 National Cleanest Town trophy. It is thrilling for me today to be able to visit your fine city and see first hand all the work you have done. Today's meeting is proof that beautification is sweeping the country
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966"
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- foundations. You have the ear of the Nation, and the Nation needs your action. The next three days will be a time of self-testing for each of you. Your steering committee bas given you a fine framework. It is up to you to build on it. You will feel
- for the American people. So what I try to do in this book is to see the war from LBJ's eyes." Katharine Graham, long-time publisher of the Washington Post and now chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post Company, was interviewed by a panel
- envi ronmentalists" in the nation, Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly,a member of the committee selecting the award winner, intro duced Chafee, calling him "The Senate's premier environmentalist." Chafee
- Endowment for the Arts, the Library will host a majur national Symposium on "THE ARTS: Y ars of Development, Time f Decision." That evening, as the major event in this year's program, the Friends of the LBJ Librar ,,..-it be invited with the symposium
- ; John M. Newman, Univer sity of Maryland; John Prados, specialist on national security and military history; and Brian VanDe Mark, U.S. Naval Academy. Professor Cable was lead speaker at the conference, which attracted some 200 scholars from across
- , Gerald F rd awarded the Presidential Medal f Freedom to Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and 16 other Americans who have distin guished themselves in serving their country. Mrs. Johnson is the first First Lady and only the twe fth woman to receive the nation's highest
- for the fut ure of retarded cbildren. Muriel is a member of the President'& Committee on Mental Retardation and ' a member of the Advisory Board of the National Association of Retarded Children. Muriel Humphrey. *- *2 ..*
Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Restoration Luncheon, the White House, 10/15/1968"
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- happened in tbe last few years. So much has happened because you made it happeno Fro:n the Repo:-t of the President 1 s Task Force on Natural Beauty in November 1964, to the study of the Special Committee on Historie Preservation in 1966, to tbe feast
- of some of the hard choices facing the country. ".\t risk." he said. "is not simply much of our national wealth. but much of our industrial and national self esteem and our claim to moral integrity.'' Califano McPherson More Evenings at the Library
- of ourselves as a very young, very new nation. It is sometimes difficult for us to realize that among the nations of the world we ha-Ye the oldest democ ratic constitution in existence. Surely the exper iences of your years here at school have brought you very
- Security File document LBJ's performance a,; chainnan of the National Aeronautics and Space Council. Those earching for the offi cial r cords of tht! Preparedness Subcommillec. the Space Committees and the pace Council. however, should contact the ational
- problem. Now I hear ycu have a committee to make Washington, D. C. mor e beautiful. Can you foi.ks c ome ov~r here and clean up the rubbish an::i rci.ts in my neighbor's yard? 11 One earnest g~ntleman described at great length his abi'l.ity to mak e a m
- Issue Number LV June 1, 1993 EveningProgramsat Cactus Pryor (cover) has been a top entertainer in Austin for almost S'O years. During the Johnson admin istrationhis fame became national as the President and First Lady asked him to performat
- terans Day Committee, which for many ye rs past has had its annual Veterans Day observ ance on the State apitol ground , thi year brought its ceremony to the Li brary Plaza. The program included muic by the Fort Hoo Army B nd, flyover by ergstrom Air
- LUNCHEON, THE WHITE HOUSE Welcome to this house 1 This morning you saw some of tbe charms - and the challenges -- of this city. This is the third luncheon that bringe us togetber: the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, and its generous
- of President Kennedy's task force on health and social security. 'ow he is a· member of the National Commission on Social Security and chairman of the NationaJ Commission on Unemployment Compensation. Professor Cohen·s experience with HEW began in 1961 when
- Foundation to honor the late D. B. Hardeman, former aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn and noted authority on the history and operation of the Congress. Members of the committee are: Donald C. Bacon, coeditor of the Encyclopedia o/ rhe United States Congress; Dr
- . architeclllrc. economics. reli 0 ion. wars and government, as well as tht: history of families, towns and cities the National Archives gathers up the chronicles of this nation, transmitting them from generation to generation. and in doing so creates a spirit
- . Polk, who added more to our national empire than anybody. There is where Daniel Webster stood and said, ''I know no north or south, no east or west." Then I stopped ·rnd said, 'But I know many of you are here in the Capitol for the first time and I know
- . 3 SymposiumProbesTensionBetweenPresidencyand Press A political phenomenon of recent times is a growing antagonism between the White House and the cor respondents who cover it. In March, a symposium co-sponsored by the Library and the National
- 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
- staff and now Director of the Center for Legislative Archives in the National Archives and Records Administration, memorialized the At the conclusion of the wreath-laying at the Ranch, those of the Johnson family who were able to attend posed