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- e h is m e e tin g w ith
P o p e Jo h n - - a q u ite r e a l r e la tio n s h ip .
W edding B le s s in g " .
T he h e a d lin e w a s ;
" P o p e M ay B e sto w
" P o p e P a u l VI i s e x p e c te d to b e s to w h is p e r s o n a l
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- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast with guests while others attend church; news articles about Johnsons and the wedding; Lady Bird bowls with guests; possible blessing of marriage by Pope Paul VI; gift from Tony Taylor of their mother's silver cups for Luci
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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F r id a y , M a r c h 3, 1967
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;It r e a lly began a t 12:05 a . m . w ith u s a rriv in g at Randolph
and ch an gin g to the J e tsta r bound
- for walk; LBJ picks up Lady Bird & Luci, and they ride around Lewis Ranch; Johnsons to runway to meet Jetstar with Lynda Johnson, Jo Anne Christian & Betty Furness, whom LBJ has appointed to a position; dinner; Paul Dresser is wounded in Vietnam
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- LBJ & Lady Bird have coffee; Lady Bird reads while LBJ telephones & watches television; Johnsons go for walk; tourists on Ranch Road 1; group of African-American children from St. Paul's School, 500 miles away, wait to sing for the Johnsons; LBJ
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- ; Johnsons and guests go to Commander John Paul Jones' house to see baby owl; bowling; early dinner; two-hour conversation; confrontation between LBJ and Dean Acheson; Speaker Rayburn's comments about Dean Acheson; donation by Phyllis Dillon
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style C o u rt H ouse, d e s c rib e d by M r.
Z i s s e r m a n , the r e s t o r a t i o n a r c h i t e c t ,
a s a s t r u c t u r e u g l y e n o u g h to b e b e
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I'd like to cat it about four meals in a row.
I lay on top and go t two shad es darker tanned.
I read T hC' Rich
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cousin s, Netti~· M J..::.o n P d lillo Woodyarcl and Due ilk Ptlt iU o Thomas and
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- to be sponsors fo r a h o m e _ a
Vi l lage, fo r the w ives o f dependent fa m il ie s o f o ffic e r s , p rin cip a lly A i r
F o r c e o ffic e r s , but the whole A r m e d F o r c e s in gen era l.
And actually,
I think, she cam e as a sort of e m is s
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w o u ld l o o k l i k ^ i f you s tu m b le d in to th e p l a n t . ..
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r o o m w in d o
- n d Ben C a b e ll; handsome young C o lo n el H ow ard B u r ri s
and B a rb a ra ;
the only n egro G e n e ra l- - I think he s t ill is -- M a jo r G en eral
Benjam in D a vis- - o r perhaps his son is a lso a G en era l by now.
MEMORANDUM
- - but 4 o*clock T ex a s ti m e at the L B J ranch, to be m et by a
grinn in g Jame s D a vis i n the little w hite g o lf ca rt ----- - and the p ro m ise
o f a re s tfu l to m o rro w .
- e- thatched Governor of Virginia and Mrs. Harris on .
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It is getting so that m ore for eign vis itors land in Willi am.::;burg than
- and gr a n d c h il d and ano th er r e l a t i v e - - a group of s ix .
When they s t a r t e d pouring into the li vi n g r o o m m y f a c e m u s t have
b e e n a s ig h t to s e e .
It turned out to be 18 in s t e a d of the two or t h r e e
- o se th in gs a r e com fortab ly arran ged for m y '
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g u e sts . It i s a gay and a ttra c tiv e room . But how l i ttle 3 -1 /2 y ea r s .in the
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He j u s t c a m e b a c k
f ro m a to u r o f a g r e a t m a n y S outh A m e r ic a n c o u n tr ie s .
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w a s v e r y p le a s a n t to s e e how M r s . L o n g w o r th w a s en jo y in g h e r s e l f .
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h a d b e e n p la n n e d e s p e c ia lly fo r h e r g r a n d c h ild , b u t I
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ta le n ts I w ish ed I p o s s e s s e d , the one I m o st en vied w as the a b ility
to m ak e w o rd s "m a r ch and sin g and connonade and ta lk the co o l,,
dem anding v o ic e o f r e a s o n ."
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Ap e . n i . J t k eJ i n. J j u^e
- re fresh m en ts
and a little vis itin g .
That meant about 213 m e m b ers strong, and this
included the T ex a s State Society or rather the B oard of D ire c to rs of the
c,
T ex a s State Society, and a ll the officers thereof, who w e r e being
- d to s p e n d the n e x t f o u r t e e n
days in n e g o t i a t i o n s
to prevent a s t r i ke .
was a most u n i q ue -White House vi s i t /
said
goodbye to them^and
important word to me was St e i b e n 's
the l a s t
And
and
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w i t h Lynda B i r d who h a d , b l e s s h e r , b e e n
standing in lin e
a t t h e House Embassy t o u r , h a vi n g h e r
ti
s m a l l t o u c h o f co m e -o n t o t h e i n d e f a t i g u a b i e l i n e
of
t o u r i s t s who m i
- as o v e r I s lip p e d b a c k in to
th e liv in g ro o m and w a tc h e d th e end o f th e m o v ie w h ic h w as lig h t
an d fun in a s ty le a s n ew a s pop a r t and vi n yl d r e s s e s , a n d th e n
to b e d by m id n ig h t. . .
T he r
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w e r e , le d b y th e tw o c h a i r m e n , J a c q u e lin e S h a rp , a N e g ro g i r l , a n d G e o r g e
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WA3BINOTON
W e d n e s d a y , D e c e m b e r 2 8, 1966
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A n d g e o g
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T o d a y h a s r u n th e g a m u t f r o m e x a lta tio n to g r ie f , f r o m
a f i r s t s u c c e s s to a f i r s t tr a g e d y in th e s p a c e s to r y .
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- t b u s i n e s s a t th e R a n c h .
R a th e r c a lle d .
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I w o u ld b e l o n e s o m e i f t h e r e w e r e e v e r a tim e ; w h e n
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W e d n e sd a y , M a rch 3 , 1966
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lo v e , and it w a s the end of a day sp a r k lin gw ith s u c c e s s .
It w a s 10:30 b e fo r e a ll ou r g u e s t s d e p a r te d and that in i t s e l f , i s a '
c r it e r
- th is w o n d e r f u lly g e n e r o u s th in g l a s t y e a r , w ith m e a s s p o n s o r ; a n d a g a in
th is y e a r .
A n d I 'm a s g r a te f u l a s any one o f th e 6, 000 c h i l d r e n .
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W in z o la M c C le n d o n b e g a n
- t h a t i t w a s b a d g o in g .
B ut we
m a d e o u r w a y a c r o s s th e r i v e r o n c e m o r e a n d t a c k l e d i t .
;
S u d d e n ly w e c a m e u p o n a Vi te x t r e e - - I c a n o n ly c a l l i t a t r e e b e c a u s e
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TH E W H IT E HOUSE
• WASHINOTOM
W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 9, 1965
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a t th e d o l l s lin in g th e w a l l s o f th e p a r l o r , n e w ly d e c o r a t e d , h
- p a r t y an d I f e lt h a p p y .
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B a r t l e t t h a d b e e n e s p e c ia lly a r tic u la te and in te r e s tin g in
h e r c o n tr ib u tio n u p s ta i r s a b o u t w h a t youth h a d done in A la s k a , p r in c ip a lly
- e o f i t - - "Vi c t o r y Thro u g h A ir P o w e r ".
A n d h e s a i d , " Y e s , I s p e n t m o r e th a n 50 y e a r s o f m y lif e w o rk in g bn
a i r p l a n e s a n d n o w I a m a 'c h im n e y s w e e p '
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A n d l a t e r th e S e c r e t a r y o f S ta te .
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i t a b r i g h t e v e n in g f o r h e r to o , a n d to sh o w m y a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r th e v i t a l i t y .
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V‘: ;H e a d S t a r t p r o g r a m a n d t h r e e o f th e l i t t l e c h i l d r e n i n a H e a d S t a r t c l a s s ' - - .
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a N e g r o , one a L atin A m erica n , and one w hite ch ild - - co m e up
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G o ld , s il v e r a n d b ro n z e m e d a llio n s w h ich c o m m e m o ra te d the v i s i t of
P o p e P a u l VI to I s r a e l , a n d v e r y w o n d e rfu l m e d
- to a s k M r s . M ilto n G ordon, on th e
C h ild r e n s C om m it te e o f N ew Y o rk C ity , vi^ ose o r g a n iz a tio n h a d g iv e n m e a
v e r y g e n e r o u s a w a rd fo r m y w o r k in H ead S ta rt.
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