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  • Press relations
  • Lady Bird to St. Barnabas Church with Dorothy Territo & Simone Poulaine; flight to meet Liz Carpenter and female press at Jefferson, TX; small crowds at Marshall airport and downtown; Lady Bird tours Excelsior Hotel; lunch at Guarding Oak & Ruth
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  • Lady Bird's Landscapes-Landmark tour in Greyhound bus with Cabinet wives & press; Damfrey's Wayside Shelter dedication ceremony; planting a dogwood; Interstate 95 plantings and Highway One; visit to Monticello & heirs of Thomas Jefferson; Lady Bird
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  • Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
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  • Lady Bird meets with decorator about LBJ Ranch house; Lady Bird with John William Klein to decorate the Lewis Ranch and Haywood Ranch houses; boating on the Llano River; Lady Bird and guests watch LBJ's press conference; appointment of Thurgood
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  • 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
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  • Peter Hurd is working on LBJ portrait; Johnsons and guests to Central Christian Church, Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions the ecumenical group with them; communism; group to LBJ's boyhood home followed by the press; Bob Akers' appointment to USIA
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  • Lady Bird at meeting on LBJ Library; Lady Bird hosts tea for Mount Holyoke and Connecticut College women; Bill Moyers has press conference about LBJ Library; Lady Bird continues with the tea event; LBJ signs a bill in the Rose Garden; Johnsons
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  • State of the Union Speech; Fishbait Miller; Press Corps; Lady Bird's meeting about her upcoming trip to Pennsylvania
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  • LBJ has a fever; Lady Bird and Liz Carpenter work on beautification; lunch and discussion about presidential libraries; Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell; LBJ has press conference; representatives chosen for Churchill funeral; Nicholas Katzenbach
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  • to dinner to talk about the Pennsylvania Avenue Plan; farewell party for Hortense Burton; drinks in the living quarters; Valentis invited to dinner; press complaints
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  • LBJ, Lady Bird and Luci Johnson to Red Mass at St. Matthews; LBJ spends day in bed; dinner with the Jack Brooks and Bill Whites; George Reedy and the press; visit with Luci and Lynda Johnson
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  • Air strikes in Vietnam and attacks on U.S. Embassies; press stories of secrecy in government; LBJ's public approval rating; Lady Bird meeting about possible Virginia trip with Diplomatic Corps; meeting about decorating West Hall, Solarium
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  • Lady Bird walks White House grounds; Lady Bird joins LBJ, Jim Hagerty and Leonard Goldman of ABC about TV show on beautification; Lynda Johnson's European trip; the eighth Congressional reception; LBJ, the press, and alleged suppression of news
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  • Johnsons to Methodist Church in Johnson City; drive by old Johnson house; to Lewis place; LBJ allows press to follow him; Senator Eugene McCarthy makes speech at University of Texas before visiting the LBJ Ranch; Elementary and Secondary Education
  • p a rlo r this m orning, to get ready fo r the weekend, cost m e hearing Lyndon's f i r s t T V press con feren ce. I did get to listen to the last part o f it on the radio, and it was strong and good. But I wouldn't say the " A P lu s " p erfo rm
  • Visits by Darrel Royal, University of Texas football coach, and the Houston Symphony; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ's first press conference; luncheon with Miss Ima Hogg and others; visit with friends, Ann Clark and Mrs. Herring; stories about
  • relaxation, and talking with the press people, with F ra n ces L ew ine and H elen Thom as, whom I had named Gemini, the twins, as w e w e re coming down. fro m T i m e the L ife man, who’s Nan Robertson and Jean (somebody) having a difficult time doing
  • ; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird gives short speech; reception for Alabama women officials; presentation of watercolor to Lady Bird; relaxing on the plane with press; dinner with LBJ at Marshall McNeil's; news coverage of Huntsville trip
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  • Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to Smithsonian for "Reading is Fundamental;" welcoming speech by Dillon Ripley; speeches by Lady Bird & Margy McNamara; LBJ Library meeting covered by press; Lady Bird bowls with Muriel Humphrey & Jane Muskie; press take
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to University of Syracuse for Communications Center dedication; LBJ gives speech; Gulf of Tonkin incident; return to White House; office work and session with dressmaker; nap; meeting with CPA for net worth release to press; dinner
  • in Washington. And eith er Max or B il l sa id , "T h e p ress is one of the g rea t parts of the g o v e r n ment, and the White House that cuts it s e lf o ff fro m the press^ cuts i t s e l f o ff from a la r g e part of governm ent. " IS. MEMORANDUM T H