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- —I congratulated them on Jimmy's being in the
House, and Loraine McGee, very tan, without Gale, who's o ff making a
speech.
And from the Court, there were our life-long friends, Abe
and Carol, and B ill Douglas and Cathy—and I must confess looking
- Lady Bird has hair styled & makeup done; filming of ABC's Howard K. Smith interview; phone call from Muriel Humphrey about Mike Douglas show; Lady Bird has lunch with the Bill Hayes family; visit with Lynda Robb; nap; work on Chad state dinner
- . So I
heartily enjoyed Diana's refreslunerits, went home a little past 7: 00 for the
walk slowly through the first floor of the White House. Already, the wedding
f
is confined to history.
A 16-foot spruce tree -- beautifully shaped -- went up today
- real happy that we'd come.
There were two young Rowes
home, Clarissa and young Jim, and B ill Bundy and their son, who is studying
government at Harvard under [Richard] Neustadt, and Mrs. Stroud [? ].
Lyndon was in a mellow mood, amusing, jovial
- s i d e t h e p o i n t .
And t h e n t o t h e b e a u t y
p a r l o r an d t h e n t o work w i t h Ka n d i
in t r a n s f o r m i n g
some o f my e a s t e r n f a b r i c s i n t o ha n d so m e "a t home"
c l o t h e s f o r s m a l l d i n
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house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous
inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own
groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or
from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
- n e a t th e b o y h o o d
home.
I l e f t i n a r u s h a f t e r 4 : 3 0 to h u r r y b a c k to th e m a i n h o u s e a n d
change clo th es and get re a d y for m y tea.
I h a d l o n g l o o k e d f o r w a r d to
t h i s - - m y g r o u p
- Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Boyhood Home in Johnson City; Lady Bird is recorded reading script; late lunch; Lady Bird records narrative to be used at the LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird has tea for her restoration friends from Fredericksburg, TX; tours
- home; drive around town, Caddo State Park and to Lady Bird's childhood home, the "Brick House;" tour by Ruth Taylor; photos for press; helicopter back to LBJ Ranch; funny story about Ashton Gonella in Shreveport airport; Johnsons and guests to West
- Lady Bird drives alone to St Barnabas Episcopal Church; long meeting with Roy White about renovations to LBJ Ranch home; lunch; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird & Luci, Pat & Lynn Nugent fly to Amarillo; Joe Batson takes them to Neil Johnson
- u sin e ss
c o n fe re n c e w ith J o e .
t o g o home w i t h h i m ,
J o e h a d a s k e d h im
T rudyeh ad cooked th e
t h i s he f o u n d a v e r y p l e a s i n g
" o f my h u m b l e o r i g i n ."
to
He h a d b e e n h a v i n g
So I
- Surprise birthday party for Ashton Gonella at Patsy Chaney's home; beautification meeting, with LBJ joining to give inspiring talk; LBJ reminisces about NYA highway parks in 1936; Johnsons meet Prince Juan Carlos & Princess Sophia of Spain; Lady
- watches home movies; small dinner party; architect chosen for LBJ Library; Poverty programs; photographs by Okamoto; talk with Luci Johnson; Pope's visit to New York; upcoming State of the Union
- LBJ and Lady Bird look at samples for the LBJ Library; LBJ leaves for Honolulu; Mrs. William Westmoreland and daughter, Kathryn, travel with the President; Lady Bird works on her home movies; Lady Bird invites guests to bowling and dinner; Lady Bird
- 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
- 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
- at William Deason's home; Lynda Robb to Marine Ball
- g e n t s .
M r s . John T . J o n e s who is c h a i r m a n of the
It w as a b rig h t, w a r m , sunny T e x a s day, the s o r t that
m ade me wiSh that we w e r e going to sta y a t home lo n g e r .
We d ro v e to the A d m in is tra tio n
- Luci & Pat Nugent's home, Austin, Texas
- 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
- Christmas Eve; Tony Taylor had brain surgery at Mayo Clinic; LBJ is home from Bethesda Naval Hospital; Johnsons have party for close friends; Johnson Family exchanges gifts; LBJ is buying the White House Christmas ornaments for the LBJ Library; LBJ
- 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
- at the Riverwalk; ride on the river; dinner at La Paloma del Rio; private party at Nancy Negley's home
- on Johnson City boyhood home; astronauts and wives to Paris Air Show; to State Department reception; astronaut wives borrow clothing from Lady Bird and Lynda Johnson; dinner with Governor Tom Dewey
- 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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And tn e n -it ujcla t i me. to go home and eve.Agbodg. began t o
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dr i f t away ~ - l t wo.a abaul 11: 00
- 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
