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- ra ry .
We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich
D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e .
But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
- LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
- o u t V e r n a ,
a n d S e n a to r a n d M r s . K a r l M undt.
d e c lin e d .
I o b s e r v e d th a t the R o b e r t K en n ed y s
M r s . K ennedy is aw ay .
T h e r e w e r e tw o G o v e r n o rs : R ic h a r d H ughes of New J e r s e
- of the C a r ly le .
-ylew
He R a n te d
to talk b e a u tific a tio n w ith m e, and p a rtic u la rly to te ll m e about h is own
p ro je c t. S te rlin g G a rd e n s, a la rg e tr a c t of fo r e s t land, only an h o u r's
d riv e fro m New Y ork C
- New York
- New York City
- looking - putting away the la s t things that w e re
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h ers.
I ’ m not about to say goodby to som ebody as dear as W a r r ie Lynn,
ju st'^so long fo r now,^
A little a fte r 4 we choppered out to A n d rew s, and went to New Y o r k f or
the New Y o
- & Lady Bird to New York Gala; private dinner with Arthur Krims and Ed Weisl Srs.; reception at Arthur Krim's
- into one of the gu est ro o m s, although a s he
exp lain ed w e w ould not b e th ere that night.
don't you a ll co m e up to New Y ork w ith u s?"
And then he sa id , "Why
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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- New York
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; dogs are racing on White House lawn; Air Force One to New York with guests for signing of the Immigration Act of 1965; LBJ delivers speech at ceremony; Johnsons see Erich Leinsdorf whom LBJ helped
- New York City
- for th e Prirr.e
New Z
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Mini~:L
- Lady Bird presented leather copy of "The President's Lady"; stag luncheon for Prime Minister of New Zealand; Lady Bird's appointment at Phillips Art Gallery; visit with Texans at luncheon; American Field Service reception and LBJ's speech
- c a m e in .
A nd th e n l a t e r M o llie
I f it t e d a l l the th in g s I h a d s e l e c t e d e a r l i e r th is y e a r - -
a n e le g a n t w h ite ev en in g d r e s s w ith lon g s le e v e s , a n d b o ug ht a d e l i c i o u s
new p
- New York
- Lady Bird awakens to LBJ working in bed; they talk and have breakfast; Lady Bird flies to New York City for clothes shopping and fittings; article about Ed Clark; hair styled for evening; Lady Bird & Bess Abell go to "I Do, I Do" play; Lady Bird
- Pierre Hotel, New York City
- ~~-quite the flare of a State Dinner.
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cAt my table I had the pxa:x1u1k President, the Ambassador, T£~J.are ,
Virginia, Frank Pace who had been my host when I had been given an award
in New York last December.
It was so good to get
- ay 9» 1964
P a ge 3
Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the
dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r .
The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity.
fie ld , w ith
- New York
- New York
- im p r e s s e d a s I to g e t i t !
A nd
My sp eech w as
j u s t to c o n g r a tu la te New Y o rk o n s e ttin g a n e x a m p le and le a d in g
-i
1965
F r id a y , M ay 7th (c o n tin u e d )
th e w a y , bu t s a y in g , "D on't r e s t
- New York
- Lady Bird to New York to shop for clothes at the Carlyle; Lady Bird chooses clothes by Mollie Parnis who loans her own shoes; "Salute to Spring" in the rain; ceremony in front of New York Public Library with entertainment--all cancelled and moved
- New York
- that Lyndon and h is sta ff kept on the
D o m in ica n situ a tio n .
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M r s . S m ith had com e down fr o m New Y ork to w rap up our va rio u s
p r o je c ts - - L u c i's S o la riu m and m y sittin g ro o m and th e W est H a ll, and,
m o r e im p o
- , and M r s . H a rris o n , on th e ir
way to New Y o rk , m et us the re , and we had a ceremony dedicating th is
v e ry complete fa c ility fo r the to u ris t -- picnic tables under an a ttra c tive
lit t le ro o f, a barbecue p it, w ater fountain
- k e lin g .
F ir s t I tr ie d the a llo v e r m a sk and the f in s .
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b e s t e x p e r ie n c e s - - a new w o rld .
It w as one of l i f e ’s
S ea fa n s, fr a g ile a s la c e , g r e y
■ and p u rp le and g r ee n , w avin g g en tly
- a y b u r n s ta tu e in th e new R a y b u r n H o u s e O ffic e B u ild in g .
de W e ld o n and i s a g if t o f th e T e x a s S ta te S o c ie ty .
I t was by F e lix
T h e o utc o m e o f th e lo n g ,
lo n g c o n v e rs a tio n s and in v e
- Dedication of Sam Rayburn statue at new Rayburn House Office Building; Lady Bird gives short dedication speech; Lady Bird stops at Inaugural Committee office to thank staff ; Lady Bird works on Inauguration planning; Lady Bird starts new diet
- THURSDAY, JU LY 2, 1964 - page 1
T h u r s d a y , J u ly 2nd, L u c i 's 17th b i r t h d a y .
S e v e n te e n th w as a v e r y s p e c i a l y e a r w ith m e - - th e y e a r
w h e n I b e g a n f a llin g in lov e w ith s o m e b o d y new e
- ro u n d s of P r i m e M i n i s t e r
a n d M r s . H o ly o ak e of New Z e a la n d .
It i s a lw a y s a s p e c i a l a n tic ip a tio n w hen the g u e s t i s s o m e o n e I
have m et b efo re.
And I h a d s p e n t a p a r t of th is m o r
- Arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Holyoake, New Zealand; Lady Bird names guests; Leon Uris offers manuscripts to LBJ Library; Lady Bird has remarks about Lyn Nugent; lunch; recording diary; visit with Lynda Robb, Luci & Lyn Nugent; massage
-
h a d c o n d u c te d th a t o n e - d a y to u r th ro u g h the old 10th D i s t r i c t to s e e
g r a s s r o o ts u rb a n ren ew al and T exas re s to ra tio n s .
M rs.
E. T . X im e n e s of San A ntonio.
And D r . a n d
H e 's a new R e
- guests visit upstairs & receiving line; Lady Bird mentions guests; exchange of toasts; new strain of wheat for underdeveloped countries; entertainment is Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass introduced by Lynda Johnson; former Mexico President Mateos in coma
- l s l i g h t l y a n n o y in g
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a n d t r i v i a l . I w o n d e r if th e a n s w e r is t r y to f e e d th e m (new
spaerpole)s o m e t h i n ^ ”^ ^
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m o r e s u b s ta n tiv e . I c e r ta in ly h
- Lady Bird works on Inaugural plans; Lady Bird to party for Martha Hodges; 1959 visit of Mexican President Lopez Mateos; Lady Bird talks about Luther Hodges; Lady Bird invites friends for drinks and swim; dinner with LBJ and Luci Johnson; news media
- .
Word
h a d come t h a t Rusk was i l l ,
w ith a bad c o ld , unable
c o n fin ed t o h is bed
to be a t t h e f u n e r a l .
D illon
was i l l t o o , a n d t h e m o s t s h a t t e r i n g news was t h a t
McNamara was i n Walt e r Re ed w i t
- e r a tio n A r t, b e c a u s e
on M onday I w ill be going to New Y o rk and I w ill b e h a v in g lu n c h w ith
M a ry L a s k e r an d p o s s ib ly M r. F o s s b u rg h .
A nd I w an t to b e a lit tle b it
p r e p a r e d f o r how I'm
- r a i l s i l v e r s ic k le of a new m o o n a n d the b r e e z e on the to p d e c k
w a s v e r y w e lc o m e ,
I s e t t l e d down f i r s t f o r a long d i s c u s s io n w ith A lan B oyd a b o u t the
freew ay
c o n t r o v e r s y in San
- LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests
- s t of w a lk in g
o u t lo o k in g m u c h m o r e a t t r a c tiv e an d on top of the w o rld .
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A t 2 :0 0 w a s m y m a in m e e tin g of the day .
M a ry L a s k e r h a d c o m e dow n fro m New Y o rk a n d N ash , G e o rg e H a rtz o g
- m e to so m e new A f ric a n country, an d h e d id n 't know the
la n g u a g e .
She w a s w o r ry in g a littl e b i t a b o u t how h e w ould g e t a lo n g in
s c h o o l a n d e v e ry th in g - - how
aken ew f r ie n d s .
tm
S o lic ito
- s s L a lla ,
a s n o rm a l and in a tten tiv e a s any A m erica n th ree and four y ea r o ld s.
We a r e trying out a new fo rm a t for w in ter a r r iv a l c e r e m o n ie s - honor guard and N ation al A n th em s under the N orth P o r tic
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; Lady Bird to Spanish class; Johnsons welcome King Hassan of Morocco; new winter ceremony format; Lady Bird does office work, has lunch & watches entertainment rehearsal; Lady Bird lists houseguests with some from Marshall
- e
N o b o d y w o u ld b e l i e v e i t .
T h ird , K T B C
's p la n e,
T h e c o m f o r t o f h a v in g a
p riv a te , d isc ree t,m
odeoftravell e a v i n g a t th e h o u r w e w a n t e d , c o u ld b e q u ite w ip e d o u t b y
new
- New York
- Johnson women to New York; Lady Bird buys dress for wedding and flies back to White House; phone call with Betty Weinheimer about LBJ Birthplace; lunch; meeting with Liz Carpenter about press; meeting about travel for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent
- Carlyle Hotel, New York City
- G rou
n o u sk i, s a id h e w a s fo llo w in g in the f o o t s t e p s of Ju s t ic e
G o ld b erg in tak ing on th is new a s s ig n m e n t an d s a id
h is m i s s i o n i s to b u ild new b r id g e s , h o t ju st to P o la n d , b u t
- h e 's a N egro.
And M u riel — who had
co m e b a ck a ll the w ay from W averly ju st for th is p arty and w a s te llin g u s
about h er new d a u g h ter-in -la w -to -b e^ Donna.
H er illn e s s of v ir u s pneum onia
h a s b een ra th er
- it ie s , A u stin am ong th e m .
T h ey a r e so fu ll o f youth and en th u sia sm , I w as d elig h ted to s e e
O pera in d eed has a new fa c e .
N ex t I w en t to the Red R oom to m e e t two w o rk ers o f PR O JEC T
HOPE and to r e c e iv e
- went
b a ck u p s ta ir s to m y d esk , w h ere the u gly h ea d lin es of the day s t ill aw aited
m e , unchanged by the p lea sa n t beginning.
H ow ard C lo s e s Down in P r o te s t - B r ita in s F a c e New T a x -B ite Wage
C o n tro l.
C o n
- a n d le r s o f L os
A n g e le s T im e s, o u r o l d f r i e n d s t h e
Ep H o y ts o f t h e
D e n v e r P o s t , t h e young A r t h u r S a lz b a r g e r s o f th e New
Y o rk T im e s. T h e T e x a s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n , i n t e
- a b l e to
look a r o u n d a n d s e e W a r r e n W oodw ard now in his new r o l e w ith
A m e r i c a n A i r l i n e s , b u t s t i l l s o m e b o d y t h a t I can s o r t of go up a n d le a n
m y head on his s h o u ld e r .
W e w e r e going
- , when the
sw itch w a s p u lle d .
M ean w h ile , in the 100 y e a r s , the i n t e r c o a s t a l c a n a l h a s gone
a l l the w ay f r o m New J e r s e y , down to/\ I t h i n k / \ a p p r o x im a t e l y J a c k s o n v i l l e
an d m e a n w
- r o m New Y o rk t h a t h e o r I e i t h e r w e r e ,
e n t h u s i a s t i c a b o u t a c q u i r i n g f o r the W hite H o u se.
A v e r y l a r g e C o p ley , but i t ' s a b o u t 5 x 8 f e e t; I th in k h a n g in g i t w o u ld
p o s e
- Engelhard; Lady Bird attends Mellon dinner; Lady Bird mentions article in New York Times about the arts
- in g to g eth er in a sp a c e sh ip
to new a d v en tu re, to con q u er a new w orld , than to shoot down
ea ch o th e r 's p la n es a s w e had to la s t nigh t.
to a c tiv ity o v e r V ietn a m la s t n igh t.
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T his tim e it r e f e
- a m e o v e r about
1840 fr o m G e rm a n y , and sh e w a s t e llin g about how h a rd h e r fa th e r
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w o r k e d in th is new p io n e e r la n d .
T h e r e w a s a p o e m about it .
And th en sh e w a s a ls o t e llin g abou t how m u ch
- in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.
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1965
M onday, M a r c h 29th
B e g a n on an u g ly n ote, w ith NEW SW EEK g r e e tin g u s w ith a s t o r y ,
"In c o n tr a d ic tio n to th e P r e s id e n
- l ar ou n d th e per ipheryof
my well loved Austin.
c e n te r s on on e
Ther e ar e sp r ingi ng up shopping.
very hi l l and v a lle y a n d paAtjufus. landA
moAch ajowa o^ new houAeA,
Some o
- e t S e rv ic e m e n - - fro m New Y o rk Sunday
m o r n in g , A u g u st 7 th , on P a n A m e r ic a n f o r N a s s a u .
A lth o u g h I k e e p on #
.
ta lk in g a b o u t i t in f r o n t of h im an d e v e n th e S e c r e t S e rv ic e
- of V e r m o n t, And H ew lett and M ary A lic e Sm ith of
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MEMORANDUM
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WASHIMOTOM
, 1967
W est V ir g in ia .
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The room w as fu ll of new fa c e s and of c o u r se the o b ject
- is "Guys and Dolls" by the New York Center Light Opera Company; LBJ leaves for Guam; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke;" Lady Bird is leaving for Virgin Islands the next day
- s
th e m a s t e r g u e s t r o o m u p s t a ir s and s a v in g th e G ay R o o m fo r th e
G o ld b e r g s , p u ttin g th e G r o n o w sk is in th e c h ild r e n 's r o o m a n d th e
L a r r y O 'B r ie n s in th e new t r a ile r dow n th e
