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- of an Antonio.
The academic awards
ere presented during the LBJ
School's Commencement convocation Guest speaker was Con
gressman Jim Wright of Fort Worth, Majority Leader of the
U.S. House of Representaliv s.
The awards, provided by the LBJ Foundation, were
- . Connally signs the deed of gift that transfer the title
to her notes to the LBJ Library.
two couples, in rhe pride of our lives. We
were two women so proud of the men we
loved. When Air Force One arrived in
Fort Worth, soggy clouds still enveloped
the I
- Walter Jetton rose to the chal
lenge. After throwing beef, staff,
and all the fixings into a caravan,
he traveled from Fort Worth to co
ordinate an outdoor feast that he
was to repeat numerous times in
the next four years.
On election night 1968, Ms
- of still photos and
mem ntos explained by cards. ii is
filled with sound and three-dimen
sional display,. It·. a dynamic trip
for those with limited attention spans
and is worth a visit of its own, even
before the remainder of the exhibit is
finished
-
President Kennedy on a whirlwind
fund-raising trip to San Antonio,
Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, and
Austin. Then, on November 22,
L963, during the motorcade through
Dallas, the unthinkable happened.
President Kennedy was assassinated.
Hours later, Lyndon
- could always tell a
story, and this is one great tale - a war
story, a coming of age story, an adven
ture story about flying and hopes and
dreams," Bob Schieffer. CBS News
Correspondent, recently said. A natjve
of Fort Worth. Mr. Wright began his po
- on "The Women's Movement
Through the Eyes of the Media." Panelists will include Sey
Chassler, Editor of Redhook Magazine; Peggy Simpson,
President of the Washington Press Club; and Isabelle Shelton
with the Washington Star.
Tuesday will be devoted to state
- World War ll.... She was,
she said, 'a one-person recruitment ef
fort.' She went out across the country
to recruit for the WACs. She had one
uniform, which she pressed every night
and wore the next day. And it was such
a huge success that they ended up
- of the Br'tish Kingdom after the dral t
agr ement wa, approve
at Runnymedc-t
come to the
United States. IL "" on v1 w m 1976 m Cahforni . Bcl'ore
that, 11v.as at th 1939 New Y
World's F-a1rand because
of the outbreak of World War II remained in Fort Knox
- in the 1930s. His most recent ef
fort is a work titled "And So It Will Be Here," a composition which sets
to music a speech delivered by Texas Governor Oran Roberts 100 years
ago, setting forth the state's hopes for its university. The Rostow work
- 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
- , dom stic and international
education programs, library dnelopment, an
- . The pastor,
the Reverend A. A. Lucas, was the
kingpin
of Houston's
African-
Barbara Jordan
11
American ministers. He took his reli
gious beliefs into the community,
saying that a prayer without action
"wasn ·1 worth a dip of scotch snuff."
Jordan's father
- ." To no avail;
Fort Sumter is attacked, and the slaugh
ter begins.
The war goes badly for the Union.
Lincoln cannot find the aggressive gener
al that he needs, one who will "go now,
and bring us victories." The most popular
field commander is McClellan, who
- such .i, (4) the
fkism.in Trophy won by the Longhorn star running back, Earl Campbell
in 1977.
Ai..
The Texas Memorial Museum
(5)
Founded as a major project of the fexas Centennial in 1936. the Tcxa,
\1emorial Museum was charged with covering the field
- Armed ervice I
Committee will give it a chance. There wiJJ be some kepticism ....
You've given North
Vietnam every chance to show good faith. They haven't. There is little else that can be done.
It's worth a try." Secretary of State Dean Ru k sits
- the great frontie:r of archlle turc is going tn bt the
r.:d1\cov ry of the village
William Ruskelshaus, Environmental Protection Agency
Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Architect
Acid ram provides graphic evidence of what happens to a soci
ety in trying to avoid
- of Americans who joined
Lady Bird Johnson in beautifying the
United States in the l 960s was ab
sorbing lessons about the worth of
wild places, the need for a balance
between humanity and nature, and
the power of government to protect
natural beauty
- Krim, and such then rising
young stars as Barbara Jordan and
Yvonne Burke.
The President had suffered a heart
attack the year before and another
would take him off a month later. He
ascended the steps to the stage of the
LBJ auditorium with some effort
- star Hugh
O'Brian), Mrs. Johnson acknowledges the accolades of the audience.
Library Hosts Lady Bird's 80th Birthday
It was an exercise in nostalgia, humor
and reminiscence; and underlying it all
was a consideration of the influence
one woman had
- with appointees and with tal
ent scout John Macy and others involved in the seleclions.
"Quincy"
Recreates"Lyndon"
Jack Klugman, whom TV v1ewus r member for his
starring roles in "Quincy" and "The Odd Couple", took on
what he called "the most demanding role
-
at the women's underwear in the Sears' catalogue ..
• • •
SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN OF DELAWARE:
Excerpts:
In the next few years we will do one of two things: We'll
either deploy a new, so-called strategic defense system - Star
Wars - or we will achieve the most far
- -
•
F
o
Media Personality Addresses Audience of Friend
Cokie Roberts. star of television
and National Public Radio, and the
daughter of Congressman Hale and
Congresswoman Lindy Boggs. de
lighted an overflow audience with
her analytic deftness
- to the public on
June 5. On the evening before, 800 members of the Friends
f the Library gathered for a preview of the new displays, a
buffet supper on the plaza and a gala program of entertain
ment by Opera Diva Leontyne Price, Broadway star Carol
Channing
- .
The materials were generally
regarded by scholars to be of great
benefit. "A Godsend," one historian
said. Robert DaUek, author of Lone
Star Rising, the first of a projected two
books on LBJ, called the release
"good news for historians." Robert
Divine
- a telegram
from his French friend: "Please join
us to celebrate good news. Love, Ida
and Claude." With the Shah's bless
ing, Hoveyda tlew to Paris, where his
Vietnamese contact told him that
while Hanoi welcomed the Iranian
initiative,
the North Vietnamese
- left: Dr. David on S. H. W. ~icol, Dr. Gunnar Myrdal, Dean Rusk, Aha Myrdal, and Dean Elspeth Rostow.
Reprint,
- of his family
said he \\anted to be the bride
at every wedding, and the
corpse at every funeral, so we
can be sure that he would be
in his own words 'delighted'
to be the star attraction here
tonight And he woul have
especially liked taking over
another
- not true, and you '11 still just be in your assistant secre
tary's job. come m after dinner for dancing."
The real stars at the top of the social ladder always are the
occupants of the White House. And White House parties almost
always have a purpose
- concerts during the month of June. The series,
12
BAND
billed as "Evening Concerts Under the Stars," included a mix
ture of classic band pieces, selections from musical comedies,
marches, and songs associated with the University.
LBJ Foundation Board
- to live it
fuUy. We were on the Jet Star by 7,
on Air Force One by 7:30-Mrs. J.
admired the butterfly blouse Mother
had lent me, apolog,ized when Yuki
landed squarely in the middle of my
white silk skirted 'lap. Again, after a
hearty breakfast
- of kidney
failure at 86.
Walt Whitman Rostow, 1916-2003
Photo by Yoichi Okamoto
Walt Rostow's desk in his office in the LBJ Library, as it was
on the day he left it to go into the hospital. Photo by Charles Bogel
7
Wallace M. Greene
Retired four-star
- leaders. film stars,
educators, entertainers, friends and neighbors from the
Texas hill country - and representatives
of t.hc highcsl
echelons of the American political scene from the New
Deal to the ixon Administration.
At President Johnson's request
- ).
\
Encouraged by a friend who had recently taken a job in
Washington, Lois Nivens decided to take the Civil Service
examination in early 1941. In July, she received a telegram
offering her a position with the War Department in Wash
ington. In August, she began
- A.'isistant
Secretary for Public Affairs in the new Department of Education
Her return did not go unheralded. Editorialized the Washington
Star: "Hold everything, you people who go around bad-mouthing
the Education Department. The new Federal agency can't
- and
Gloucester."
(Below) Stars from George Washington's
uniform.
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- will to beat
the Russians, so important in the past,
is no longer there. But the Mars
program is in place. Planning goes
on. The development of hardware
continues. We still look to the stars.
John Wiljcml: '· .. 1ww we louk back and say,
'Oh. going lO
