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  • racing in the snow, a c ro s s the lon ely white grounds. I read o v e r m y speech fo r Tex a s W om en ’ s Un iv e rs ity , three o r four tim es, once to Lyndon. , , Did some tran scrib ing, made a check on a ll the s ilv e r , china, and household
  • ^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them . I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
  • & 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
  • sh o rt, th ese la s t m on th s. ; ' ] A ll the It s e e m s that Lyndon n ev er g ets I do not know how he a r i s e s to w ork i so h a rd . A f t e r la y in g down h is night read ing at two, fin ish e d or u n fin ish ed , and aw akening
  • ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se. We had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
  • ed v e r y happy and c a r e fr e e . ' ■ " ■ 1 w a s w ea rin g m y iv o r y ch iffon by Stavrop olous. Jean L o u is cam e ■A and gave m e a v e r y fa n cy up h a ir -d o , and I w as read y by 7:15 to have r ‘ 'v' ■ ■ ■ ■. - ' .V rf
  • Snow in Washington; reading and editing Ruth Montgomery's book; decorating Lynda's and Luci's rooms; meeting with Dick Adler about entertainment for Italian state dinner; briefing by Frank Meloy on Italy; LBJ's late for dinner because of Cabinet
  • Lady Bird to LBJ's hospital room; vote on Highway Beautification Bill; Luci Johnson reads LBJ a poem and a prayer while LBJ kneels; LBJ to surgery;--removed gall bladder and kidney stone; Lady Bird talks to family and Billy Graham; LBJ returns from
  • 0:00-0:10 contains last segment of September 21, 1968, audio diary; 4:08, transcript should read "Voltaire's Candide." There are several missing and wrong words in the transcript.
  • a s t e r n c o u n trie s. And I do not th in k i t is m y im a g in a tio n th a t m a k e s m e s e e in D ean R u s k an a l m o s t i m p i s h tw in k le of th e e y e , a m o r e read y sm ile . And ev e n V i r g in i a , a s L u c i w ould