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be with friends, to exercise and to catch up -on the thinking
work that
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a day full of appointments ·does not permit.
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.-This day b_egan early .with-~going
- was among them.
A ft e r v isitin g with them , I went to the m o vie theatre and saw f i l m s
taken at the ra n c h -w h e n the children w e r e young, Lyndon during W orld
War II, a ll of which I soon re c o g n iz e d with dism ay w e r e just the lea
- H:y in;:;. Swi ss bank or sornething and b e ofr on an
isl ~1 nd.
Whe11 I sa id go odbye to them rny next appointment was already
waiting for me.
by and have a
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wh i c h Margy h a d g iv e n u s and t hen a b o u t 1 0 :0 0 we w e n t
down t o s e e T h u n d e
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p u s h , p u s h , p u s h t h r o u g h m a s s e s of h u m a n ity , w h ic h n e v e r s e e m e d
to b o t h e r the e b u l l i e n t Ts ii vanana.
And f in a lly a c h a n c e to s i t down at
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John b o w in g h o s p ita b ly , know ing e v e r y o n e o f u s by n a m e .
B ut a s tr a n g e ,
w h ite c a ta c ly
- o r b o a t in
s e a r c h of L yndon.
T hey c o n fid e d th a t L yndon w a s a good w a t e r s k i e r j
s a w h im out on s k ii s l a s t y e a r a n d h e ' s p r e t t y good a t it ,
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Lady Bird Johnson's Diary, December 1-28, 1966 [Book 39]
Box Number
Restriction Codes
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(B) a o a e d by statute or by ths agancy wtiich originatad tha documant.
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- ld go u p i n p a r t of th e
open s p a c e .
A s I w a lk a d r i v e a r o u n d th e c a m p u s , ‘I a m c u jo U y a w a r e o f
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, how c r o w d e d i t i s b e c o m in g . .vT h e f o r t y a c r e s i s now j u s t a n a f f e
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h a m :a n d g r its , a n d h o t b i s c u i t s , a n d \
- , c o u ld w ith c l e a r c o n s c ie n c e .‘th ro w c a u tio n to the w ind b e c a u s e I w a s going to
n e e d a l l th e s tr
- g w o u ld b e c o m p le te w ith o u t
h im ,- ii^ h e s ta ff, J im J o n e s , a n d M a rie , M a ry R a th e r , L a r r y T e m p le .
D in n e r w a s a l l L y n d a B i r d 's f a v o r ite s - s te a k , a n d s p in a c h , h o m e m a d
- is s a p ic tu re -
A nd P a t r i c k lo o k e d a d o r a b le in h is
A ir F o r c e u n ifo rm m ad e b y L y n d o n 's ta il o r to m e e t h is D addy in
H a w a ii.
A nd i t w as an a b s o lu te ly h e a v e n ly p ic tu r e o u t th e r e w
- h a d i n t e nded to go a lo n g - th e y d i d n ’t l e t h i m .
And
a l s o m i n u s L y n d a B i r d , w ho w a s the m a d d e s t o f the l o t .
So s h e h a d s p e n t o n e m o r e n ig h t i n H a w a ii, a n d w a s goin g to c a t c
- n c e s s e s , a n d a l l t h e a s s e m b l e d p o l i t i c a l
f i g u r e s , b u t t h e S w e d e s w ho p u t t h i s g r e a t
festive holiday
to g e th e r and then e v ery b o d y spoke, including once m o r e m y
ii
c o n t r i b u
- hich he c a u g h t
from
L y n d a B i r d a f t e r she got b a c k f r o m H a w a ii, and the a n tib io tic s
h a d h a d s o m e th in g of a slo w in g down e f fe c t on h i m .
B ut time
I b e l i e v e th e d ays in th e su n a t th e r a n
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in s p ir a t io n - and r e a l l y , I think, that she w ould be the n atu ral one to do
this - and I want h e r t o , a n d I hope she w i l l .
I a ls o told h e r , r e m e m b e r in g
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v e r y w e l l what C l a r k had said to m e , that he
- he danced enough
numbers to be p o l i t e
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nd then took his departure.
But a lot of people ling ered f o r a
gay e ve n in g .
One of the b i t s of conversation I enjoyed most was
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when Jane Freeman said Oh lets go dance, and the
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e ld e r in th e C h r is tia n c h u rc h .
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I a s k e d th e C h ie f to ta k e h e r u p s o m e s le e p in g
m e d ic in e , a n d s a id m y g o o d n ig h ts .
w a s in b e d a t a r e a s o n a b l e h o u r .
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- b e c a iis e y o u d o n 't h a v e th e fu e l to co n tin u e g e ttin g th e jo b d o n e w ith o u t
th e m o m e n tu m o f s u c c e s s .
M o re f ittin g s in th e a fte rn o o n a n d d e s k w o r k .
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c h i l d r e n w i t h ^ b m e 'b a b y s i t t e r "an
c o m e 'o v e r
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a n d s o m e t i m e s e v e n off of th e g r a v e l .
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w ife i s o u t in H a w a ii.
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to c r o s s the th re s h h o ld
- t 130 of u s , s e a te d a t ro u n d ta b le s fo r 10 e a c h ,
w ith th e h e a d ta b le f o r 2 O,
I h a d a r e a l l y good tim e w ith S ir A lec on m y
r ig h t a n d M r. B u tle r on m y le f t.
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L y n d o n ’ s to a s t w as no l e
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
W ednesday, May 10, 1967
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in V ie t-N a m '."You had b e tte r be thinking about w hat you w ill fa* a n sw er.
It did
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. And then w e had c o ffe e and liq u e u r s in the R ed R o o m .
And th en in the E a s t R oom I in tr o d u c e d C h a r lie B y r d w ho w a s
g r e a t ly a c c la im e d by a ll the lo v e r s o f ja z z .
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St. L o u is Womeaa.
B u t it i s a fa
- r e e to q u a lif y f o r s o m e of t h e s e b e a u t i f i c a t i o n f u n d s ^w e r e N e w H a v e n w h e r e
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MEMORANDUM
TH E W H IT E HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 10, 1966
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R i c h a r d L e e i s M a y o r
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1965
T u e sd a y , S e p te m b e r 2nd (co n tin u ed )
h a le and h e a r ty and so s e n s ib ly s o lic it o u s o f h im , l i s t e n i n g to th e
d r a m a o f h im e x p la in in g th e L
- r ly , s m ilin g lad y put out h er hand and sa id
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WASHINGTON
T u e s d a y , June 16, 1964
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I'm M r s . C h a r le s M a r s h ."
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Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t.
I hope m y
- d - - so m a n y p eo p le do.
We w e n t to sit in a c i r c u l a r g l a s s e d - i n r o o m w h e r e
you had
a s u p e r b v ie w o f th e w a t e r , a n d t h e y to l d u s a l o t a b o u t
M a c k in a w .
II
Q u a in t is th e w o r d
- e v illa g e of T h u rm o n t,
It tu r n e d o ut to be lik e m y ow n S a in t B a r n a b a s in F r e d e r i c k s b u r g .
II
a m s o r r y I did n o t h a v e the g e t up and g e t to go w ith h im .
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I w e n t f o r a w
