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Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • months after he was out of the presidency. But I spent many nights there. I was in Washington on many occasions for different purposes. Occasionally it was because he had gotten me involved in some health committee. For example, he placed me on the Heart
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 3 (III), 11/8/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • approach. I think that was an extremely important point because, at that time, I had much advice from all over that he couldn't possibly return to the active life of majority leader, which he worked at, as you well know, morning, noon and night. So I guess
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 4 (IV), 2/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ] the Shah and his new wife, and Mrs. Johnson. We, of course, learned a lot about the problems that have existed in Cyprus and Turkey. In Turkey I distinctly remember how they teach soldiers how to read and write. Apparently some of them can join the army
Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • care of his business, and accepted the fact he has had a heart attack. He has the problems of convalescence to worry him and so forth. But still that same night, in the process of getting his thoughts in order, he talked with Lady Bird. Mrs. Johnson, I
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 5 (V), 10/30/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • reports that he was having arm pain. In discussing it with him I determined that he was having no troubles. And so I was with him then until probably eleven o'clock the night of the assassination. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 6 (VI), 10/31/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • at that point and Mrs. Johnson called me. I of course went to the hospital in Charlottesville, University of Virginia, where Dr. Crampton was attending the President. I slept in a little small area in the coronary care unit that first night. He actually had