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  • ; exchange of State gifts; receiving line; Lady Bird mentions many guests; LBJ's toast about our form of government; Sir Alec Douglas-Home's toast about Cuba; the "Strolling Strings" and dancing
  • erien ce a t Roy a l t y ^ ^ ^ Lu ci a r r iv e d fiv e minutes ahead o f schedule - Oh! Surpr i s e fo r m e ! - thi s m orning, at the im posing white columned b r ic k home of State Senator H a r r y Byrd. The f i r s t big event o f the day
  • Bird to movie theater to view clips of her home movies for a documentary; answers letters about "speeding, beer and dogs"; LBJ and Lady Bird to dinner at David Brinkleys
  • Lady Bird is guest of Laurence & Mary Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads "The Hudson River" by Carl Carmer; Lady Bird & Rockefellers to Van Cortlandt Manor; to Sunnyside Estate, home of Washington Irving; lunch; presentation by Carl Carmer; actor tells
  • Laurence Rockefeller home, Tarrytown, New York
  • Mrs. Cantinflas [Valentina Ivanova Zuvareff] dies; steel strike; Lady Bird dubs home movie of 1941 Senate campaign; White House maid finds rat in Luci Johnson's room; Lady Bird has lunch with Luci; new Chef for the White House; LBJ lunches and has
  • Lady Bird goes to New York City to purchase clothing; Lady Bird attends dinner party given in her honor at Brooke Astor's home; Lady Bird mentions several people at the party; Charles Engelhard tells a funny story; Lady Bird recounts an earlier
  • Peter Hurd is working on LBJ portrait; Johnsons and guests to Central Christian Church, Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions the ecumenical group with them; communism; group to LBJ's boyhood home followed by the press; Bob Akers' appointment to USIA
  • Valentine gifts; D.C. League of Women Voters fundraiser; Heart luncheon; "Americans-At-Home" Program; visit by the John Steinbecks, and their story of visiting Russia; office work; LBJ to St. Louis for its Bicentennial; visit with Mary Lasker about
  • Return home from Florida; Visit to and meeting with Mrs. Kennedy about Society for the Preservation of the White House and its members; Mrs. Kennedy agrees to be public member; Fine Arts Committee; gift of four JFK minted coins; office work; John
  • ; LBJ & Lady Bird to dinner for Secretary & Mrs. Dean Rusk at Averell Harriman home; Lady Bird one of 12 best dressed; Herb Block cartoon about Peter Hurd portrait; toasts; Rusk speaks of role of U.S. in world; LBJ praises Harrimans
  • Bird; reception for Democratic state chairmen; Lady Bird to David Lloyd Kreeger home to see paintings; Lady Bird critiques paintings; to John & Ashton Gonella party; dinner at White House with Lynda & Chuck Robb; Chuck & Pat Nugent leaving soon
  • 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
  • Lady Bird's plane to Dallas is postponed and cancelled & takes later flight; Lady Bird visits at Luci Nugent home; Lady Bird to Salado, TX, for ceremonies honoring Liz Carpenter; Lady Bird gives impromptu remarks; Liz Carpenter gives speech; crafts
  • ; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee
  • 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