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  • for the youngest ·ones instead of g.o ing to the ~peech. ­ ·By 11 ;30 Lyndon was· into his night reading. He is captive all the . :J ·1 ~----------------.-~....-:1.:J. \ week nights, a~.d what a_ glorious relief we.ekends are.!
  • a sk el’to f sp r e a d -o u t night read in g, and th e r e , sittin g by • h im , w ith a b ig g rin on h is fa c e , chew ing on a p aper m ark ed 'Top S ecret" w a s P a tr ic k Lyndon. We w e r e enth anted ( sa t down and talked to Lyndon ju st
  • Arrival ceremony for General Stroessner, President of Paraguay; receiving line; Luci, Pat & Lyn Nugent are introduced; LBJ & General Stroessner have meeting; Lady Bird reads newspapers and works in office; loan of painting to White House; Lady Bird
  • Creole shrimp, plus party food. The guests left about 11:30, and Lyndon went to night reading, and I to bed with my current book. I was delighted that he had told Herman Jones that he wanted to appoint Bess to the first vacancy on the Committee
  • Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
  • e , u n d e r E is e n h o w e r, I th in k . I th o u g h t it w ould ta k e the a tte n tio n , the a c c la im , th e s p o tlig h t, off the D ip lo m a tj a n d th is w a s th e ir night,^ th e ir l a s t n ig h t w ith th e J o h n so n a d m
  • Start children; Johnsons hold Diplomatic Reception; Lady Bird names guests; small dinner party for the Joe Frantzes and Governor & Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller; Lady Bird reads before sleep
  • 50 or so le t t e r s , a ll h ostile, about speeding, b e e r and dogs. Some o f them w e re MEMORAN DUM THE W H ITE H OUSE W A S H I N G T ON ^ W edne s day, A p r il 2 9, 1964 s illy , cru el, quack - r ig h t read y fo r the waste basket file
  • " -" . I had w aked up th is m orn in g to/the m o st m a rv elo u s fu ll-p a g e 'a d jl in the N ew Y ork T im e s w hich read: " F r o m sw eat sh op s to S t o kow ski", and it w a s a trium phant tellin g of the p r o g r e s s of labor from lo fts
  • with pneumonia. Imagine walking in an apple orch a rd at nine o 'c lo c k in the morning, in a sheer organza evening d ress, in about 50 d eg ree tem perature, m istin g rainj I ve b e en delighted to read that she ' s posed w illin g ly fo r the many
  • goes backstage to see Mary Martin & Robert Preston; delay at Newark airport because first pilot is drunk; Lady Bird reads James McGregor's book on JFK; return to White House
  • nap; news story about Pat Nugent; Lady Bird is interviewed by New York Times about art; Willard Deasons and Emmet Riordans for dinner and to pick out one of Him's beagle puppies; Lady Bird reads "Guns of August"
  • ; Lynda Johnson, the Arthur Goldbergs and the airplane problems; Lady Bird reads book, Portrait in Brownstone; Johnsons and guests to Haywood for boating
  • Bird mentions guests; topics of conversation are jobs for the handicapped & anti-American sentiment in France; toasts; Lynda Johnson toasts to George Washington; Lady Bird visits; snowing; Lady Bird reads; San Antonio wins cleanest city award
  • e a n t to i m e r s e m y s e lf in ' ' r '' ' - ‘ th e f a c ts a n d th e fe e lin g s of e a c h g ift, on the we^ekend b e f o re I d id the show , o n a M onday m o m in g . and read y p h ra se . I lik e to r e a d a n d stu d y , a n d b e
  • is moving slowly; Lyn Nugent follows Lucia Jane around giving her hugs & plays on Lucinda Robb's baby buggy; Christmas buffet dinner; Johnson family speaks with Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent, together in Vietnam; Lady Bird reads "Reflections" by Helen Hayes
  • r o o m ^ T h is i s a n o th e r one of m y l e s s o n s in gettin g MEMORANDUM TH E W H I T E H OU SE M onday, A p r il 2 7 , 1964 W A S H IN GTON read y for the M a y the 7th m e e t i n g . . Page 2 le a r n in g about a r t w ith a c
  • for Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty where Lady Bird makes statement and helps Alan Boyd present awards; Laurance Rockefeller speaks; LBJ joins reception; LBJ swims; Lady Bird reads Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement"
  • LBJ gives commencement address at Glassboro, New York; Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird to booksellers' convention; welcoming ceremony for President & Mrs. Trejos, Costa Rica; Lady Bird names houseguests; Lady Bird to hair salon
  • 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