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- Lady Bird works at Johnson City home and gives tour to female press; to LBJ Ranch with NBC crew and George Stevens, for USIA film, "The President's Country;" after breakfast, filming and photos at the Scharnhorst; to Haywood and West Ranches to film
- Church services at Camp David; Lady Bird uses home movie camera; visiting with guests; John Steinbeck talks about Russia; crime in the District of Columbia; assistance for law enforcement officers; Johnsons and Grahams to bowling alley; Luci Johnson
- 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
- LBJ & Lady Bird have breakfast in bed; funny story about peacock; lunch with Lynda Johnson; boating with friends and followed by photographers; dinner at Haywood Ranch; visit with Jack Maguire about University of Texas; visit to Aunt Oriole's home
- n t h e r home to bed at the W h ite H o u se .
L y n n , o u r c o m fo rte r, w is e beyond h e r y e a rs ,
D e a r W a r r ie
sa id goodbye.
She
w a s going to catch the 5 :0 0 o 'c lo c k plane and L u c i, having f u lf ille d
Sa tu rd
- Poor weather delays flight to East Texas; Lady Bird answers questions from reporters in Shreveport, LA; drive to Dorris Powell's home in Karnack; new Karnack post office made with bricks from T.J. Taylor's general store; meeting about landscaping
- ; visiting and lunch by swimming pool; Lady Bird takes home movies; Dr. Davis makes LBJ the first honorary elder of the Christian Church; strike mediation falls through; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Johnson about jobs; back to White House; swimming & bridge
- Conference on Youth for Conservation and Natural Beauty group at ranch; LBJ reads proclamation for 1967 Conference; Lady Bird makes remarks; car tour of LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird gives deerskin bookmarks; work on James & Mary Davis' home; pick up
- ; LBJ & Lady Bird to dinner for Secretary & Mrs. Dean Rusk at Averell Harriman home; Lady Bird one of 12 best dressed; Herb Block cartoon about Peter Hurd portrait; toasts; Rusk speaks of role of U.S. in world; LBJ praises Harrimans
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast and go to St. Mark's Episcopal Church; to Jack Brooks' home for coffee; talk about House and Texas delegation; back to White House for office work; visit from Jack Valentis & Arthur Krims; tv and lunch; the Bob Jacksons
- a c r o s s the c o u n try , and you think th a t nobody o u ts id e
c a n e v e r b e a t u s - - w e , th e A m e r i c a n p e o p l e - - a n d w e c a n s o l v e a l l o u r
problem s h ere at home.
w hiners,
But m a y b e th e re a r e enough
- LBJ and Lady Bird go to Johnson City to vote, then by boyhood home and bank; LBJ invites press to follow them by the Lewis place and Hartman Ranch; Lady Bird invites women reporters to join them; Johnsons drive by Logan Ranch; office work; lunch
- Johnsons attend National City Christian Church; sermon on rioters; negative stories in the newspapers about renovation of Johnson homes; lunch with friends; viewpoint on business community and economics; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird goes
- ib le u s e s
of the p la c e .
A nd she h ad , in fa c t, so g e n e ro u sly in v ite d m e to com e up
to h e r A d iro n d ack s s u m m e r home^vlind to P alm B each b e fo re .
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A s m u ch a s I w ould love to,Xl h ad alw ays sa id
- Carpenter; meeting with Bess Abell; tea for Marilyn Walz; meeting, future transfer of LBJ Boyhood Home & LBJ Ranch to the National Park Service; bowling, massage & television; dinner with LBJ; Mary Lasker's book on health initiatives; phone call with Hubert
- Lady Bird's plane to Dallas is postponed and cancelled & takes later flight; Lady Bird visits at Luci Nugent home; Lady Bird to Salado, TX, for ceremonies honoring Liz Carpenter; Lady Bird gives impromptu remarks; Liz Carpenter gives speech; crafts
- ; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee
- a r v e lo u s
An e n g r a v i n g o f George
W ash in g to n and c lo c k s f o r t h e g i r l s .
Then d o w n s t a i r s
t o t h e E a s t Room f o r t h e r e c e i v i n g l i n e .
I 'm g e t t i n g
v e r y much a t home w i t h t h e
- L y n d a a n d G e o r g e h a d b e e n w i t h m e.
a l s o g oo d t h e a t r e .
I k n ow ,
I t w as
B a c k a t home I f o u n d th e m u p i n
t h e S o la r iu m b a r r e d fro m L u c i a few days I h o p e
sat
And
down f o r a l o n g
- LBJ & Lady Bird attend church at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church; LBJ & Lady Bird visit Percy Brigham at Blanco Nursing Home; Johnsons visit Johnson City bank, ranches, and the Hartman house, LBJ's poverty project; Late lunch; visit
- Lady Bird goes to hair salon and then meets Lynda Johnson at Boyhood Home; tree planting ceremony at Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions where Rebekah Baines and Sam Johnson met; Lynda Johnson's magazine article on "See America;" park is donated
- ; Mrs. Johnson returns to White House; Lynda Johnson home for Luci Johnson's baptism; article in Herald Tribune;
- Plantings at the LBJ Ranch; plans for the LBJ birthplace home; trees for Johnson City; renovations for the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ portrait by Peter Hurd; George Reedy and Bill Moyers; Lady Bird talks to LBJ on telephone about several topics; Lady Bird
- a s s e d .
come?
No
P o r te n t o f th in g s to
Ah, I c o u ld s e t t l e i n t o t h i s easy!
We went home on th e s h u t t l e and a t th e W hite House had lu n c h
on a t r a y w ith L u c i i n my room, worked w ith A shton i n th e a f
- Park; to future amphitheater & deserted brewery; Faison House in La Grange; Lady Bird plants pine tree; to William Neece home in Warrenton; tour of Winedale by Miss Ima Hogg; to Roundtop to restored homes, Lutheran Church & social hall; Johnsons to Hill
- g s ig n
ab o v e th e B ase O p e r a tio n s t h a t s a i d , "Welcome Home, Mr. P r e s i d e n t
and F a m ily ."
Lyndon made a b r i e f s p e e c h e n d in g w ith h e hoped t h a t
t h e c o u n tr y w ould b e a s u n d e r s ta n d in g
- e n Ly ndon began t o t a l k ,
qui e t l y , low key , g e n tle h i ^ a c t.
^ t woA good a n d 9- wo a
pAoud o^ him.
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dr i f t away ~ - l t wo.a abaul 11: 00
- ; speech and tree planting; to Carmel Mission & Big Sur Scenic Highway; speech; cameramen have to back up; to Big Sur State Park & Nathaniel Owing's home; nap; to Hearst's San Simeon Castle; receiving line & dinner
- Lady Bird & party board buses; briefing on Teachers Corps; stop at Silver-Webster High School; Lady Bird leads group along trail to Mathis home; Lady Bird visits with family, photos are done & all ride to school; ceremony; Lady Bird gives speech
- Lady Bird and the Ellingtons meet LBJ at airport; LBJ late because of ceremony at JFK grave; to Hermitage, with Lady Bird in horse-drawn carriage; Lady Bird & LBJ give speeches; to Andrew Jackson's gravesite; tour of home; motorcade to State Capitol
- Lady Bird's hair styled; LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Nugent fly to El Salvador; welcoming ceremonies at San Salvador; newspaper headlines; bus tour for First Ladies to President Sanchez' weekend home; Lady Bird describes coffee plantations, villages
