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- Lady Bird desk work at the White House; decorating Luci's and Lynda's rooms; meeting with Lillian Levy and Liz Carpenter about proposed visit to space facilities; LBJ's early involvement in space; women on payroll at NASA facilities; civil rights
- d .
to L y n d o n .
H is n e a r ly e ig h t y e a r s w ith NASA h a v e b e e n a s o u rc e of p rid e
H e 's a m o s t e x tr a o r d in a r y p u b lic s e r v a n t.
- down, and then cam e Lyndon, look in g not a t a ll
lik e a m an who had le f t W ashington y e ste r d a y aftern oon , flow n to H ouston
and in sp e c te d a xojartr-space flig h t c e n te r , m aking a sp eech to the NASA
e m p lo y e e s
- e in, c h a irs th e A m b a s s a d o r s of s ix ty
n a tio n s a n d a b r o a d s p e c tr u m of th o s e w ho had w o rk e d w ith S p ace,, f r o m ,
th e H ill, in D e fe n se , in NASA i t s e l f .
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Then we went to s e e a m o s t unusual e x p e r im e n t.
D r. P au lin e Ma r k
h as a l a b o r a t o r y in which she is conducting an e x p e r i m e n t f a r NASA, on
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w heth er and how m u c h / the human body l o o s e s
- " built by NYA; NASA experiments at TWU; tour of Art exhibit; Eric Leinsdorf and Boston Symphony Orchestra performs for Embassy children; trip back to DC; Marie Smith's column mentions Luci Johnson
- o s t i n th e S ta te D e p a r tm e n t, n o w h e a d o f NASA.
B rin ging h im b a c k in to th e G o v e r n m e n t i s o n e o f L y n d o n 's a c h i e v e m e n t s ,
I th in k , a n d m y a d m i r a t i o n f o r s o m e o n e w ho c a n
- ; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird gives short speech; reception for Alabama women officials; presentation of watercolor to Lady Bird; relaxing on the plane with press; dinner with LBJ at Marshall McNeil's; news coverage of Huntsville trip
- ew s, m a n a g e rs o f th is p ro ject fro m the ground.
T h ere Lyndon
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p inned a NASA E x ce p tio n a l S e r v ic e M edal on the a stro n a u ts and M r.
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M a tth ew s.
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M cD ivett p a r e n ts , W hite p aren ts (h e’s a G en era
- Signing Ceremony, Pacific Northwest Disaster Relief Bill; NASA Exceptional Service Medal to astronauts; in crowd was Jacqueline Cochran who flew LBJ to Mayo Clinic in 1948 campaign; many guests staying at the White House; party for people who worked
- s s th a t h ad ad d ed h e r to th is
l i s t , and so r i g h t f o r h e r to be h e r e .
H e r p r e s e n c e a d d e d to the
f u ll n e s s of th e ev en in g fo r m e .
And t h e r e w a s a ll th e NASA big b r a s s .
T h o m a s P a i
- Lady Bird has breakfast & hair styled; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb fly to Cape Kennedy; tours of facility, lunch and briefing by Apollo 8 astronaut; competition for space facility between Florida & Texas; award ceremony for NASA employees; Lady Bird's
