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- ~~AmongFriends ofLBJ 1ssue NUMBER xi, JANUARY 24 1978 NEW§LEIJEREUIEUP§ PETHE PETHE LBJ8RAQY b1 ; :,;~;;~- ..~ ,_./!~ .... A National Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson (See pages 2-41 A National Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson It was a tribut
- to grips with it. None of us who read or hear the news can escape the shock of the headlines. A group of hoodlum s rnug an old man and leave him to die. A grocer is rnurdered by a strongarrn robber. The taxi driver is knifed. The quiet man murders hie own
- -- emotionally, as weil as physically. They must be attuned to the tempo of our time s -- and how fortunate we are to have the people who see this need and are filling it. This kind of round-the-clock community playground is a new and constructive answer
- find them. I hope we can encourage them and give them o pportuni ty. more , . The experiment has worked. The stars in their eyes matcbed tbe stars in their new flag. They brought tbeir genius as well as tbeir hearts. Albert Einstein, Andrew Carnegie
- last sumrne r 1 - 1 MORE A variety of projects have been carried out in the schools. ranging from tbe topographical map of the new Braille Trail at the Arboretum which the children of Webb School made , to the forcing and plant'lng of bulbs
- of our guesta - who in quite different ways have tried to do s omething about the cause of conservation. .. ·. „ 1 have asked Mrs. Helen Fena.1i:e to teil ua tbe graes roots story of why the people of New Jersey wanted to preserve a place called
- , the more impressed I am with the remarkable things which remarkable women are doing - from my friend Ruth Johnson, who is the moving force for the Museum for Western Arts, Fort Worth, Texas, to Dr. Mary Bunting -- new arrival in Washington -- whom we
- income of only $186 a y ear to this new time in which Georgia 1s per capita income exceeds $1800. Just since 1960, it has gone up $255 and that 's $ 23 more than the national average. I think 1 can speak truly and proudly of the advances in the economy
- on Georgia for bats made of Georg ia hardwood. Savannah itself is typical of the American melting pot. It grew from the English under Ogl ethorpe, Salzbugers under Baron von Reck, a colony of wealthy and cultivated Jews, a body of New England Puritans, French
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 10/8/1964"
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- and women home to the towns and cities of this state with a new thrust of ideas. We hope that you will put into the business and political community of Florida and your zest and intelligence. Surely a nation and a state which masters all the intricacies
- New Jersey
- , and therefore his inactivity has deprived him of the boost in his reputation that might have come had he made more of an effort to show [historians l the better side of that period ... This may change, however, because a new life of Gerald Ford has just been
- . Former President Jimmy Carter inaugurated the series last year. Luckinbill, currently appearing in a play, "A Fair Country," in New York, flew to Austin to make his Darrow presentation on the one night of the week when his play is not given, to honor
- , playgrounds, and open space. Some 7,000,000 acres of new park land and 38,000 recreation projects in every county in the country were made possible by the fund. The Land and Water Con servation Fund was created on the recommendation of a Commission made up
- in 1968, and Joe Namath, the quarterback of the unlikely New York Jets in their Super Bowl victory over the Baltimore Colts. 7 Remains Not Viewable: An Evening With John Sacret Young By Robert Hicks, Communications Officer Award-winning writer, director
- Library archival staff from oral history transcripts and other sources as a service to our researchers. Not intended to be complete or definitive. discoverlbj.org A new office policy for LBJ’s Senate staff goes into effect today: Female staffers
- economist Robert Reischauer, reminded his colleagues that "we are not the only group meeting and coming up with lists of new initiatives ... People are meet ing all over the country, doing the same kind of thing ... the environ mentalists, the energy folks
- as long as there are communities like Allentown and public servants l ike your late b e l ove d , Mayor John T. Gross. The lampost ga rdens, the hand some town bourses and t he new Civic Center eloquently testify to the £.act t hat h e was not only
- halfway." Caro's first book, The Power Broker, appeared in 1974. It was the story of Robert Mo ses, the man who virtually created New York City as it appears today. Caro necessary to tell the story of New York City. The resultant book won both
- Hardy Hollers speaks at Austin Rotary Club. 4/4 After three-hour session in Mayor Miller’s office, the strike called by IBEW against KTBC is settled. At no time was the station off the air. Construction of new 5 kw transmitter installations was slowed
- the Ohio River Ba.sin. Then men of little vision cried out against this as ' 1 pork barrel n. They were a gainst this progress. Well, we ignored their warnings. we moved ahead . Since \~o rld Jlar II alone, over >21 billion of new industry develop ment has
- to the commission, but Johnson was appar ently thinking of a new role for the commission along the lines advocated by Goldman, Busby, Barrett, Marsh, and Califano. On September 17, 1965, W. Marvin Watson relayed a Presidential message to Goldman requesting
- at the Lyndon Eames Johnson Library m Austin. -The Dallas Morning News November 5, 1978 World War I veteran salutes a11 members of service organizationr;i lay memorial wreathR C remon,>hegin~ at 2 The opening was a community affair. The Austin-Travis County V
- news photographer for the Houston Press. ov ring the years 19591965, ox's photograph, document national political cam paigns. th earl days f the space program, and social and ultural de lopmen s seen from Houston perspective. 1ong the political
- .... " 3 Reflections ofLBJ(continued) The Observations of a Young Idealist Reston The last few months brought re flections on Lyndon Johnson from several different sources. James Reston, Jr., a writer like his New York Times-man-father, is currently
- at the news, saying that there were only two jobs in the White House that were worth taking, that of ational Security Adviser. already filled by McGcorgc Bundy, and the other as a senior domestic adviser, a position that did not even exist. But LBJ insisted
- Calcutta. And the re ·ult fwas) Vietnam ... Lyndon Johnson inherited it and was su,pi cmus of it. but he couldn't pcrsuaJc hims If that he 1-..new more about the suhje t than the people whos good fortune it was to know more about such things than the likes
- Among Issue umber LXXU, January, 2000 New Exhibit Features Work of Cartoon Genius Bud Butler Story on Page Two A Romp Through Peace and War: Illustrations and cari catures of everyday life in the early 20th century make up the newest exhibit
- charge of introducing new gods and corrupting the youth of Athens. He didn't do ither ... but he did bring on the wrath of powerful peo ple in Athens, because he questioned them; he made them look silly, he humiliated them. . . . And then in that great
- when to mow, when the land is most hospitable to seeding. But you have given us the biggest garden of the world in the roadsides of OID' state.'' She pointed out that Georgia, Oklahoma and New Mexico have developed programs of highway beautification
- when to mow, when the land is most hospitable to seeding. But you have given us the biggest garden of the world in the roadsides of OID' state.'' She pointed out that Georgia, Oklahoma and New Mexico have developed programs of highway beautification
- presents Mr. Sam Award to Joe Martin, Jr., at Touchdown Club Annual Awards Dinner. 1/14 Attends dedication ceremonies for new Alexandria, Va. hospital. 1/15 Meets with Sec. Hodges and members of Trade Commission going to Burma. At noon, hosts lunch in P
- of ourselves as a very young, very new nation. It is sometimes difficult for us to realize that among the nations of the world we ha-Ye the oldest democ ratic constitution in existence. Surely the exper iences of your years here at school have brought you very
- of this remarkable ins titution, a n d here you are today -- ready to turn y our knowledg e and skills to new fi elds o But with a ll you&.· per c ~pt:ion, with all your brainpower, I w m1der if you know h ow gr eat i s the pride in you of those who are i n th i s
- , Rice University ChandlerDavidson Political Science, University of New Orleans Raul A. Gonzalez, Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas Judith Haydel, Associate Professor of Government, McNeese State Universily ReneaHicks, Special Assistant Attarney
- will please you as much as it does me. This morning , the Committee ! or the Preservat ion of the White House acc epted a dist ing uished new possession -- a silver coffee urn purchased in the late 18th Centur >' by John Adams in Eng land and described in his
- with water. Every drpp is precious. Yeste1·day, I dedicated a new, man-made lake in Hartland which embodies tllo concept of Water Harvestin[, Local, state, and national agencies have cxciting plans for the development of that lake. As 1 drove into Woodstock
- , thr ough Head Start, many t housands of children are receiving the help and the challenge they need to enable them to enter school with hope. From the resaarch laboratories, new vaccines bave been created to p revent measles and German measles. - 1
- an America~ you have to know them, as well a s the cities like :New York, Francisco, and ';/auhing ton. It i s ver:1 appropriate the. t we end our trip in just the kind of set ting whe:!:' L our democracy b cgins. Over the past five da ys . I have had
- in the van of the progressive spirit of the New South, historically it has unfailingly been in that vanguard. North Carolina has not only seemed to take the lead in pro viding to its boys and girls, young men and women that indispensable way to a better