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  • home district, couldn't yo u? P: Every ·way that yo u wanted it. He d a1so ca 11 the congressmen down for 1 br i efi ngs sessions at t he Whi te House. small and large. He would have them in groups, If he was t alking about Vietnam or if he
  • Vietnam
  • , and Kilgore in the 1964 campaign; LBJ seeks to win big in 1964; LBJ and RMN contrasted; LBJ and the Congress; LBJ relaxes after hours; dominoes; LBJ during the Tet Offensive; defends LBJ's Vietnam policy
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  • Problems of the Johnson administration: inflation, Vietnam, Peter Hurd portrait of LBJ; press reaction to departure of Bill Moyers; Lady Bird writes response to Peter Hurd; work on upcoming Vice Presidential dinner; Lady Bird visits with Lynda about
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  • update; Johnsons to Luci's house for "press" birthday party; LBJ cuts cake & opens gifts; back to LBJ Ranch for birthday party; Lynda Robb arrives; dinner in front of three tvs watching convention; Vietnam plank of platform; Pat Nugent & Chuck Robb
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  • South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu refuses Paris peace talks; LBJ not sleeping well; Johnsons, staff & guests to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Trinity Lutheran Church services; Harry Middleton interviews candidates for LBJ Library
  • Vietnam
  • Richard Nixon visits LBJ for morning coffee; Nixon and LBJ discuss New York Times, Westmoreland, China and Vietnam, and upcoming campaign year; LBJ teases Lady Bird about Big Bend trip; LBJ has sore throat; Johnsons to St. Marks Church; LBJ gives
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  • ; meeting with Harry Ransom & Frank Erwin about University of Texas, Wayne Grover & LBJ Library; first time LBJ has been guest at Luci's table; Pat Nugent coming home from Vietnam; Nugents will vacation in Formosa; Johnsons spend night at KTBC
  • Vietnam
  • Lynda Johnson and Warrie Lynn conduct tour of White House; Lady Bird session with Robin Duke and dressmaker; Lady Bird's niece, Susan Taylor; Mrs. Paul Mellon, supplier of WH flowers; goodbyes to and gift from Queen Frederika; Cyprus, Vietnam
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  • LBJ talks about Vietnam; Lady Bird devotes day to Beautification with meeting in the morning; story published in Life magazine; Lady Bird lunches with niece, Diana, and discusses Girls Scouts; Lady Bird, Mary Lasker and Walter Washington tour
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  • Bird & the Ed Clarks to Corcoran Gallery; tea & tours at White House for the Clarks & guests; LBJ speaks briefly to guests; Lady Bird practices Appalachia speeches; dinner at Scoop Jackson's home; LBJ reads John Steinbeck letter about Vietnam
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  • Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry
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  • ; LBJ awards medals to soldiers and gives speech; travel to Lawrenceville, IL, & George Rogers Clark National Historical Park; LBJ speaks on Vietnam; travel to Louisville, KY, and Jeffersonville, IN, for beautification award; LBJ gives 9 speeches
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Lady Bird's group leave Big Bend for Fort Davis; Lady Bird takes photos of scenery; Lady Bird meets Nellie Connally and Ben Barnes at Fort Davis; Lady Bird meets two Native Americans & two Vietnam soldiers; Lady Bird views museum exhibits; Lady Bird
  • , but on matters of national defense, particularl y in Vietnam, Senator Tower supported the President. well. with They really got along pretty Senator Tower was invited on occasion to go back to Texas Pr~sident Johnson on Air Force One. The relationshi p