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- Lady Bird's 54th birthday; Luci, Pat, the Nugents and the William Feldsteins visit; Lady Bird selects location for the cherry trees that Mary Lasker gifted her; LBJ meets with his staff; lunch; Lady Bird & Lynda scout the area for the LBJ state park
- ; Sargent Shriver on "Meet the Press;" Johnsons call Shriver; discussion about Vietnam; Lady Bird reads newspapers; Johnsons & guests to bowling alley; call to Luci Johnson Nugent; dinner; LBJ falls asleep during movie; bridge game; Commander Jones' girls
- 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
- LBJ returned to White House last night after Veterans of Foreign Wars speech in Detroit; Lady Bird worked all day Monday on filming of family quarters; Lady Bird works on scripts for more filming; filming in Lady Bird's bedroom; Luci Nugent
- staff; Johnsons fly to Houston Astrodome for Humphrey rally; new Houston highway; Lady Bird reminisces about 1941 campaign; Lyn Nugent walks with grandfather; speeches by Ralph Yarborough, LBJ & Hubert Humphrey; return to LBJ Ranch; LBJ's speech on tv
- Thanksgiving Day; Johnsons to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church; press invited for coffee, cookies & photographs; family photos taken at LBJ Birthplace & LBJ Boyhood Home; Luci to University of Texas football game; LBJ teaches Lyn Nugent to dance; LBJ
- Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
- ; LBJ and group on motor boat; Lady Bird and others on large boat; Lady Bird has Thornton Wilder's "The Eighth Day;" Lynda Johnson has date with Chuck Robb; dinner at Haywood Ranch; birthday cake for Luci Nugent; massage and to bed
- Wilder; nap; Johnsons & guests helicopter to beach house; LBJ & younger people on speed boat; Lady Bird and others on larger boat; Lady Bird swims; Lady Bird, Don Thomas & Jesse Kellam discuss KTBC; dinner at the Haywood Ranch; Sunday is Pat Nugent's
- ; Lady Bird makes phone calls; bids for LBJ Library come in within the budget; the Nugents arrive; all helicopter to Haywood Ranch to join Lynda & Chuck boating; dinner with the J.J. Pickles; back to LBJ Ranch & to bed
- Johnson family to National City Christian Church; to Abe Fortas' home; Johnson family have lunch together at the White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird goes swimming; Lady Bird records her diary; LBJ visits with Luci & Pat Nugent; Lady Bird has
- to Lewis Ranch, Mr. Yinski's home and the Hill Ranch; back to the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird joins LBJ at the Moursunds' for supper; Lady Bird takes care of grandson, Lyn Nugent
- Christmas eve; LBJ returns home from trip; LBJ is first President to circumnavigate the world; LBJ, Lady Bird & family visit for two hours about the President's trip; LBJ goes to mass with Luci & Pat Nugent; Lady Bird goes back to bed; LBJ
- , Lady Bird & friends go for drive; LBJ swims & stays on diet; "Sound of Music" & "Dr. Zhivago" movies shown at the ranch; men have domino tournament; Luci, Pat & Lyn Nugent visit; Lady Bird reads "Nicholas and Alexandra" in her renovated bedroom
- nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
- LBJ and Lady Bird attend Red Mass at St. Matthews Cathedral with Luci, and Pat Nugent; Lady Bird reflects on bronze plaque in church about President Kennedy; Johnsons go to Jack Valenti's for coffee; lunch back at the White Housie; LBJ takes a nap
- ; Lady Bird back to White House; wedding gift for Luci Johnson; funny story about 25 tourists as stand-ins; LBJ gives speech to American Alumni Council; talk with Luci and Pat Nugent about wedding; Lady Bird reads press stories about White House weddings
- and Pat Nugent to swimming pool with guests; lunch on the terrace; naps; Johnsons watch "Meet The Press;" LBJ praises telephone operator; integration at University of Alabama; article about White House renovations
- ; Johnsons meet more guests at the heliport; Courtenay Valenti gives LBJ kisses; Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent arrive
- Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
- LBJ goes to mass with Luci & Pat Nugent; visit of Prime Minister & Mrs. Levi Eshkol of Israel to the LBJ Ranch; lunch; LBJ & Lady Bird fly to San Antonio to meet visiting Israeli officials; LBJ & Prime Minister Eshkol give speeches; back to the LBJ
- & Matianna Taylor arrive; John Hills' gift of 140 quail for Johnsons; LBJ, Pat Nugent, Tony Taylor & Secret Service round up escaped quail; telephone staff, Secret Service, WHCA & military staff share refreshments; open presents; to Midnight Mass
- with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
- ; tour at Buchanan School; to Capper Housing Project & Syphax School; small dinner party for friends & family; Pat Nugent to Vietnam soon; Nelson Rockefeller is not running for President; Laurance Rockefeller & LBJ State Park; LBJ calls Nelson Rockefeller
- Lynda Robb returns from California seeing Chuck off to Vietnam; LBJ's speech on Vietnam; LBJ goes to church with Luci & Pat Nugent; LBJ visits with Hubert & Muriel Humphrey; Lady Bird's "See America" trip; Horace Busby & Lady Bird work on LBJ's
- Luci Nugent's 21st birthday; Lady Bird works on narrative for "Crossing the Trails of Texas" film; 50 magnolia seedlings germinated from tree at The Elms; meeting about Latin American trip; telephone call to Luci; Lady Bird views Harry Truman film
- update; Johnsons to Luci's house for "press" birthday party; LBJ cuts cake & opens gifts; back to LBJ Ranch for birthday party; Lynda Robb arrives; dinner in front of three tvs watching convention; Vietnam plank of platform; Pat Nugent & Chuck Robb
- LBJ leaves wake-up call for 2 a.m.; LBJ meets with General Creighton Abrams; LBJ back to bed at 8 a.m.; Lady Bird works on script for July 1968 film; meeting on oral history project; Luci Nugent portrait for LBJ's present; Lady Bird to hair salon
- Richard Nixon wins Presidential election; LBJ & Lady Bird call Hubert & Muriel Humphrey; Gerard Nugent has back surgery; Hubert Humphrey & Richard Nixon give speeches; Johnsons make additional election phone calls; Johnsons & Arthur Krims drive
- Lady Bird & Mary Lasker work on LBJ Library; Lady Bird chooses paintings for Cedar House and Davis House; Davis daughter to work at KTBC; Lady Bird to Luci Nugent's home; Lady Bird picks up Mary Lasker at airport; Lady Bird & Mary Lasker
- Lady Bird has hair done; doctor gives Lady Bird flu shot & B-12 shot; LBJ & Lady Bird meet plane from Washington, DC; Lyn Nugent unhappy for family photos; LBJ announces appointments at press conference in LBJ hangar; lunch; more family photos; LBJ
- Lady Bird views areas at LBJ Ranch that needs wildflower seeds and describes how previous plantings are blooming; back to LBJ Ranch to work on renovations to the house; dinner at Luci and Pat Nugent's; to Rebekah Johnson's former home on Harries
- Four-year anniversary of the Johnsons arriving at the White House; preparations for Lynda Johnson's wedding; office work; Luci Nugent is making a photo album for Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird visits with house guests in the Solarium; Lady Bird bowls
- has tour of new wing & visits patients; photos; small buffet supper & bowling for staff & friends; group watches movie, "Live for Life;" LBJ to Dallas for Rural Electrification Administration meeting; Luci Nugent accompanies LBJ
- Bird; reception for Democratic state chairmen; Lady Bird to David Lloyd Kreeger home to see paintings; Lady Bird critiques paintings; to John & Ashton Gonella party; dinner at White House with Lynda & Chuck Robb; Chuck & Pat Nugent leaving soon
- to Bethesda for meeting with LBJ and Abe Fortas about the overwhelming duties of the presidency; dinner with Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; LBJ talks about soldiers in Vietnam
- Press stories on engagement of Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; visit of Peter and Henrietta Hurd; lunch with Hurds , Jack Brooks, et al; unveiling and discussion of the Hurd portrait of LBJ; portrait receives poor reviews from the Johnsons; Lady Bird
- Stories about Luci and Pat Nugent's engagement; Lady Bird reminds daughters of plane arrival; Lady Bird has coffee and talk with Bill White about his book; departure of Jimilu Mason; Lady Bird enjoys flowers and visits Malecheks; Lady Bird to family
- Lady Bird views possible house for Luci Johnson in Austin; Pat Nugent and Lady Bird measure rooms; lunch at Youngblood's Restaurant; back to LBJ Ranch; guests there for tours of Texas poverty programs; tours through Reagan & Scharnhorst ranches
- Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry
