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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • plane available for Kennedy family; Lady Bird has coffee with houseguests; phone call from Luci Nugent; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Robb; LBJ has meetings & telephone calls; Lady Bird thinks of dangers to her family; LBJ gives television speech
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • ; Lady Bird, staff & friends discuss press visit & riots in Washington; Lady Bird talks on phone with Lynda Robb; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter work on speeches & talk to John Connally about Hemis Fair visit; the Secret Service change Lady Bird's arrival time