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- of news about tl.e
times the spc·ed of sound at 80, 000 feet.
s:
For instance, yesterd ay
-71 that flies at three
It was deli\·ered too much by
rote, too much like readin g , although there were moments of humor.
I di
- Informal press conference in LBJ's office; Goldwater calls LBJ "the biggest faker of all time"; LBJ walks ground with press; lunch with Senator Richard Russell; visit from Alabama relatives who tell about public accommodations; dinner with friends
- children leave. We went first to 30th
Place, that I’d lived and loved for so long--18 years it was--and then to Mrs. Hendrick’s, and
looked at some chintzes. As usual, didn’t find just what we wanted; came home in time for
a 4:00 meeting with Clark Clifford
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the family graveyard.
the biting wind.
And this morning we were heavily bundled up against
The country is gray and sere.
The only splash of color
the small p ilo t [?] down by the river close to the Lutheran Church.
is the time I shall want to travel
- gy, horn-rimmed
glas s~s
and the: most
comical of exp ressions of distress on he r face, biting h(·r lip, was ent itle d
"Luci Goofed." And anothe r, really quit e> attractive, of Van Cliburn,
Luci (pretty this time) and t he kin
- at the door.
It was one of the most relaxed and satisfying parties I've been to in a
long time, partly because I was still flowing from that sensation of obligation
finished -- job accomplished.
I had told the White House that there would be no one for supper
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by telling
group
.s
amu~ed
had delivered
and had done very
at the amount
of time
well.
a
He
she spent
on
only boys.
mountain
climber,
Mr. Dyringfurth,
Helen's
&f:fi-e-of Virginia
came
inl'\ or perhaps
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there
-
Byrd
him self
- and we
- and who I somehow feel most
drawn to is Kenny O’Donnell, because I will never forget the way he looked that night in the
hospital on November 22nd.
After they left, our long-time favorite friends came for dinner. Upstairs, on the second
floor, informal
- back some
of our birds in our own hands, the birds that I love so much that we’ve been accumulating
through the years.
We had dinner with just the Frank Ikards, Mary Lasker, and Jack, and Homer Thornberry.
Lyndon’s going to have a hard time doing
- is going to
i f this
He a ~ked Hubert to call if.il:ciel to stay for dinner with
u:. .
and the six of
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Thornberr~
hnd I t;ot the
UG
who arrived in just a few minutes
had a delightful time .
I have no illusioqs that
a rresident and his '/ice
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than I had thought that man of iro n would.
He mentioned they would have
had their thirtieth a n n iversa ry in a few months.
A ft e r eve ryb od y le ft, I took the time to do some reading and som e
w ork, and then clo se to seven, J e s s e and I
- the
publicity is ugly and it w ill be used abundantly by the Republican party fo r
the next five months I expect.
A t any rate, it was Abe*s opinion to do nothing, at least fo r the time
being.
I asked Elaine to go down and tel l Charlie Cutler I thought he
- something to them.
Lyndon said to
President Truman, " I'v e been looking over a ll these b ills I passed, and I
want you to know, over and over and over they began in your time, they were
your ideas.
I was just able to build on the good things you'd
- LBJ Library meeting; office work; two-hour interview with Henry Branden of the London Sunday Times; lunch; Lady Bird to Shady Grove Music Theatre; Laurance Rockefeller and Project Trailblazers; Lady Bird greets cast of "King Arthur" & gives short
