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Telephone conversation # 1128, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/1/1964, 8:32PM (Item)
  • ACCORDING TO WH ENVELOPE, TIME OF CALL WAS 8:32A, BUT DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 8:32P; MOURSUND AND WEST ARE AT THE LBJ RANCH; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - A & C
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; DC WEATHER; LBJ'S VISIT WITH LUDWIG ERHARD; US TROOPS IN GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA; DURUM WHEAT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TALLULAH FALLS, GEORGIA; UT-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME; DEER HUNTING; BOBBY RUSSELL
Telephone conversation # 2439, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/9/1964, 9:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TALKED TO MOYERS AT 9:30A AND 9:25P ON 3/9/64; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:30, BUT CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THIS CALL WAS IN THE EVENING; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 3544, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 5/28/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • "NYC TRIP"; "(NOT A CLEAR BELT) VM 7/28/64"; VALENTI TALKS TO OPERATOR AT BEGINNING OF CALL; SLIP LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 4:22P, DAILY DIARY AS 6:15P; CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES TIME AS 6:15P
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 4272, sound recording, LBJ and C. V. "TED" CLIFTON, 7/18/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • "TEXAS TRIP"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 10:16A, DAILY DIARY AS 11:20A; CONTENT INDICATES TIME IS 11:20A; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE BELT DUE TO POOR SOUND; CLIFTON ON HOLD 1:06
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFTON ABOUT CBS INQUIRY INTO SPENDING FOR WH PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTO LAB, INSTRUCTS CLIFTON THAT ALL REPRINTS OF PHOTOS OF LBJ MUST BE APPROVED; UNFAVORABLE DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 5246, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/28/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • "ATLANTIC CITY"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; VALENTI, HHH ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 11:27A
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5853, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • "CONT."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • HARRIS TEXAS POLL; DALLAS NEWS ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; LBJ GIVES LIST OF TASKS FOR JENKINS: THANK YOU TO BETTY TALMADGE, CHARLES GUY; PUBLICITY FOR PRINCETONIAN ARTICLE; BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN ADS; USE OF TERM "PRESIDENT," NOT "LBJ"; JIM NOVY; CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5457, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/3/1964, 11:58AM (Item)
  • "DOROTHY-THIS WAS JUST AN EXPERIMENT...RFK/LBJ VISIT YESTERDAY"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; OVAL OFFICE MEETING; POOR SOUND QUALITY; RESUMES FROM REF #5354; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ, RFK AND KEN O'DONNELL? DISCUSS CAMPAIGN FINANCES, FINANCING OF RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN; DISCUSSION OF CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES, CONGRESSIONAL RACES, CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; ROBERTS TELLS LBJ THAT DICK NELSON HAS BROUGHT POLLS; LBJ READS POLLS
Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 02/22/1966; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES DATE IS 02/20/1966; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM
Telephone conversation # 10442, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/28/1966, 3:30PM? (Item)
  • SLIP LISTS CALL AS 7/29/66, 4:03P; CONTEXT OF CALL INDICATES CALL IS IN AFTERNOON OF 7/28/66; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH CALIFANO IN MANSION AT 3:30P, 5:05P, 5:25P, 5:42P, 6:12P; CONTEXT INDICATES CALL IS PROBABLY AT 3:30P
  • CALIFANO RELAYS LATEST NEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS TO END AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT CARRIERS' UNHAPPINESS WITH LATEST OFFER; STATUS OF BILL TO END STRIKE IN SENATE COMMITTEE; RFK'S VIEWS; ECONOMIC
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 12403, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD BERLIN, 11/4/1967, 12:34PM (Item)
  • SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT CONTAINS NOTE ON SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION, INCORRECTLY INDENTIFIES CALLER AS J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/5/67, 6:15P; CONTENT INDICATES CALLER IS RICHARD BERLIN; DATE, TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION
  • BERLIN TELLS LBJ THAT ALLEGED BACKING OF RFK BY NEW ENGLAND PUBLISHER (WILLIAM LOEB) IS NOT ACCURATE; LOEB'S TIES TO STYLES BRIDGES; SENATE PREPAREDNESS SUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATION OF RELATIVE OF LOEB?; BERLIN OFFERS TO CONTACT BRIDGES' WIDOW ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 12812, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM 3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
  • ENVELOPE INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/9/1968; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL ON 9/6/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; TAISHOFF IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/5/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • New York
  • with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
  • Syracuse, New York
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/24/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • , besides Washington, New Y o rk , Chicago. T h e r e 's one lesson I ought to lea rn out o f it - k:e-ep m y mouth shut. I n ever saw so ” ^ many pictures with mouth wide open, i n laughter o r g r e e tin g o r su rp rise. A l l in al l, its been a g rea
  • ; 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/25/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • , which I was to m ake in the Museum of Modern A rt t h is v e ry night, on the occasion of the opening of the new wing. She made a couple of suggestions, and v e ry good ones they w ere - and M ary has that rare quality of suggesting th e m i n a way
  • Lady Bird's speech for the Museum of Modern Art that evening; to Carlysle Hotel in New York; speech by David Rockefeller; dinner and reception at Museum; party at Adlai Stevenson's home
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • ra ry . We w e r e going to,-^ ^ ^ rticu larly,ytelk about film in g a State D inner, w h ich D r. Stanton m ig h t do, fo r the L ib ra ry only, not for CBS u s e . But today ,/t h e p ic tu r e s took a sin g u la rly new tumy^isft. im p e r a tiv e
  • LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/10/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • . conversation, And h a d a n t h o l o g y --"Chicago Rugged, white it c ompletely un- r a t h e r lik e He h a d n 't hea rd about l i t t le hard I h a d h a d b ro ught He was shaggy h a i r e d , almost in a dutch b o b . t>¥tainT3 l e d in his
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/27/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • u ite n a t u r a l in L u c i 's h o u s e h o ld . B u t p e r h a p s not e x a c t l y w h at the p r e s s i s u s e d to. We a r r i v e d in v e r y f u ll n u m b e r c o n s id e r in g th at the b ig new s w a s m o r e th a n a th o u s
  • LBJ's 60th birthday; Lady Bird watched Democratic National Convention until 3 a.m.; Lady Bird talks to Lynda Robb on phone; Mrs. Richard Daley invites Lady Bird to luncheon in Chicago; LBJ & Jake Pickle swim; Liz Carpenter calls with Convention
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • to th e o t h e r so fa a n d c h a tte d w ith the w ife of the A m b a s s a d o r f r o m P a r a g u a y . W e t a l k e d of G e n e r a l S t r e s n o r s v i s i t . A nd w ith d iffic u lty to th e new A m b a s s a d o r 's w ife f r o m
  • Lady Bird views January & March 1968 films at Anacostia Naval Film Lab; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb shop for Chuck Robb's birthday; LBJ lunches with Mayor Richard J. Daley; Daley wants the Johnsons to attend Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/24/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too. D avid u. M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o e le c
  • LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United
  • Chicago, Illinois
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/2/1966 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • o u t V e r n a , a n d S e n a to r a n d M r s . K a r l M undt. d e c lin e d . I o b s e r v e d th a t the R o b e r t K en n ed y s M r s . K ennedy is aw ay . T h e r e w e r e tw o G o v e r n o rs : R ic h a r d H ughes of New J e r s e
Telephone conversation # 721, sound recording, EDWIN "JIGGS" FAUVER and KTBC NEWS DESK, 12/25/1963, time unknown (Item)
  • FAUVER ASKS SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR FOR PHONE NUMBER OF KTBC NEWS, THEN PLACES CALL; WHEN CALL IS CONNECTED, FAUVER ASKS FOR PAUL BOLTON, THEN TELLS KTBC NEWS DESK ABOUT HELICOPTER BRINGING NEWS FILM TO AUSTIN, CONFIRMS LANDING SITE FOR HELICOPTER
  • Telephone conversation # 721, sound recording, EDWIN "JIGGS" FAUVER and KTBC NEWS DESK, 12/25/1963, time unknown
  • KTBC NEWS DESK
Sound recording, fragments of commercial radio broadcasts from KEYH 85, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 7, side B, 1976 (Item)
  • Commercial radio broadcast of KEYH 85 news program, with typewriters or teletypes audible in background. Topics: Howard Hughes; new rabies vaccine; nuclear power; human interest stories; traffic and weather; public service announcements; national
Telephone conversation # 5876, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK C."; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME OF CALL; CLIFFORD IS LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ HOARSE, FORTAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • New York
  • FORTAS TELLS LBJ THAT WALTER JENKINS HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR NERVOUS EXHAUSTION FOLLOWING HIS ARREST LAST WEEK ON MORALS CHARGE; FORTAS' AND CLIFFORD'S EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS NEWS STORIES OF ARREST; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST; POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5631, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/21/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF JOHN PASTORE'S CONCERNS THAT HE WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT NEW APPOINTMENTS TO COMSAT BOARD PRIOR TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW MEMBERS; MARKS REPORTS ON FAVORABLE REACTION TO NEW APPOINTEES
Telephone conversation # 5602, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 9/18/1964, 7:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING PROBLEMS FOR LBJ'S APPEARANCES AT NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY PARADE, LUNCHEON, RALLY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AND AT DINNER IN PHILADELPHIA ON OCTOBER 29 OR 31; DISPUTE BETWEEN NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY AND NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 7006, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 3/1/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • "RE APPALACHIAN PROGRAM AND RELATED TO NEW ENGLAND"
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY, PROSPECTS OF APPALACHIA BILL, SUGGESTS KENNEDY LOBBY FOR BILL IN ORDER TO PASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BILL; EDWARD BOLAND'S MEETING WITH MCNAMARA ON CLOSING OF SPRINGFIELD ARMORY IN MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND STUDY
Telephone conversation # 8624, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 8/23/1965, 6:52PM (Item)
  • VANCE DISCUSSES MENDEL RIVERS' CURRENT POSITION ON LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS, READS PROPOSED NEW LANGUAGE; TIMING OF VOTE ON NEW BILL IN HOUSE
Telephone conversation # 537, sound recording, LBJ and DARRELL SCHNEIDER, 12/18/1963, 4:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES FURNISHINGS FOR HIS NEW PLANE, NEED FOR DALE MEEKS TO PRACTICE LANDINGS IN NEW PLANE, SAYS HE WANTS PLANE READY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Telephone conversation # 4343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 10:45AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF REUTERS NEWS REPORT OF INCREASE IN US SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, ADVISERS TO VIETNAM; WH, DOD RESPONSE TO NEWS STORY
Telephone conversation # 2050, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 2/11/1964, 5:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEETING WITH RFK ABOUT PAUL CORBIN'S ACTIVITIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK WITH CARTER, THEN WITH O'DONNELL, MAGUIRE; DISCUSSION OF QUESTION OF JOHN BAILEY FIRING CORBIN IF ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE; LBJ DISCUSSES CUTTING DNC PAYROLL
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
Telephone conversation # 1620, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, 1/29/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GALBRAITH TO COME TO WH TO DISCUSS ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN SETTING UP NEW POVERTY PROGRAM WITH EXISTING CABINET DEPTS; GALBRAITH DISCUSSES LESSONS LEARNED FROM FDR NEW DEAL PROGRAMS, PEACE CORPS; NEED FOR STRONG DIRECTOR LIKE SARGENT
Telephone conversation # 2380, sound recording, LBJ and BEN BRADLEE, 3/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • BRADLEE ASKS VALENTI FOR GUIDANCE ON NEW HAMPSHIRE SITUATION; REQUEST FROM CHARLES ROBERTS TO SEE LBJ; QUESTION OF PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY; RFK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP NOMINATION; PAUL CORBIN
Telephone conversation # 3026, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/14/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON; MEMO FROM MIKE O'NEILL OF THE NEW YORK NEWS ON WH PRESS RELATIONS; WH PRESS SECRETARIES, WH STAFF RELATIONS WITH PRESS; POSSIBILITY OF BILL MOYERS, JACK VALENTI DEALING MORE WITH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2858, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 4/6/1964, 3:20PM (Item)
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON DROP IN BEEF IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF REDUCTION BY LBJ AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; BEEF PRICES; COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL; LBJ'S BUSY SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 3826, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 6/23/1964, 1:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK TODAY WITH NEVADA GOV. GRANT SAWYER; RFK'S ALLEGED MEETINGS WITH RICHARD DALEY, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, NEW JERSEY DELEGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON FUND-RAISING; VP CANDIDATES; HEAD COUNT FOR LBJ IN DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 3502, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 5/25/1964, 9:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON VALENTI'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW YORK NEWS REPORTER TED LEWIS; LBJ TEASES VALENTI ABOUT HIS GOLF GAME WITH LBJ YESTERDAY
Telephone conversation # 3195, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/29/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS ABOUT HIS INTERVIEW WITH WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTERS ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; REPUBLICANS CIRCULATING COPIES OF NEWS STORIES; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT ARTICLE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALE OF THE ELMS