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  • they hadn't been able to com e fo r the Erhard dinner at the ranch sh ortly a fter C h ristm a s, And the Donald Davids, h e’ s v ic e chairman of the F o rd Foundation, and I would adore to get him o ff fo r about a two hour talk about what that has done a ll
  • representing 18 d ifferen t Presidential adm inistrations in the White House, ranging from the George Washington china- - the emblem of the Cincinnati on it ^ t o the Eisenhower china,-^ith the elaborate gold m edallion. And in the center, there would also
  • Republican,^ during the Eisenhow er era, took out so m e insurance by giving a b y -p a rtisa n tinge to w hatever would now e m e rg e . And then, fo r the d ista ff side of the hou s e, came the big event o f the day, a fiv e o 'c lo c k reception fo r
  • Lady Bird to hair salon in Austin; Lynda Johnson to Dallas shopping; Lady Bird and Jessie Hunter to Denison to Eisenhower birthplace; lunch at Holiday Inn; to Fort Worth for tour by Ruth Carter Johnson of Museum of the Southwest; view Museum
  • Breakfast with LBJ; dress fittings; recording diary; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore; Prime Minister Yew gives speech; new Dwight Eisenhower portrait for the White House; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lynda meets ladies
  • White House" party for White House descendants; Lady Bird gives remarks and stands with Mamie Eisenhower in receiving line; photographs made of descendants; Lady Bird mentions guests and stories; gift of new Madison portrait; bowling, dinner alone
  • George Washington's birthday; Lady Bird to New York City to purchase clothing; visit with Lynda Johnson; Mollie Parnis reminisces about Mamie Eisenhower; lunch, looking out over Central Park; Lady Bird & Lynda Johnson to Mary Lasker's party; Lady
  • ; Lady Bird to beauty parlor; LBJ meets with advisors about Vietnam; LBJ meets with and gives speech to White House Conference on Education participants; dinners with aides and James Hagerty; Lady Bird's tv show on beautification; Dwight Eisenhower
  • Eisenhower; tea held for White House Committee on the Fine Arts, the Library Committee, and the Committee on Paintings; Lady Bird goes for swim; dinner is with the George Browns; LBJ calls Oveta Culp Hobby