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- ay 9» 1964
P a ge 3
Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the
dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r .
The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity.
fie ld , w ith
- and LBJ birthday; recordings project of White House entertainment with proceeds to Kennedy Center; visit with Texans at luncheon; walk in gardens with Dr. and Mrs. Morgan; visit with Luci Johnson
- iv in g line along w ith a l l
the w ives of the Cabinet members except Mrs, Bobby
Kennedy
who was out of town,
back - always s h e ’ s back,
ever missed one,
Mrs, Henry W allace was
I d o n 't believe
Jane Barkley was there
much fla t t e r e d
- a chance to thank him
clvi1"'
again.
And the _illustrious architect,
~h
Pei -- a quiet, gentle man • . I
asked him how the Kennedy Library was coming.
He told me that they
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- Lady Bird to Kennedy Garden to meet Multiple Sclerosis group; Victor Borge's humorous remarks; Lady Bird to lunch at Evelyn Symington's where she tells history of house & describes artwork; conversation about Beautification & Common Market; Lady
- Office work; swearing-in ceremony for District of Columbia Council; LBJ gives off-the-cuff speech; Lady Bird has lunch & goes to hair salon; family photographs in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the West Hall; Francis Lewine interviews Lady Bird
- l a r l y a t th o s e f r o m a b r o a d - - a b r i e f h i s t o r y o f Cape
Kennedy.
And th e n c lo s e to noon s a t down on th e s k id t r e p a t C ape K ennedy
w h e r e we w e r e m e t b y D r . and M r s . T h o m a s P a i n e , D r
- 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
- Lady Bird works on speech; Lady Bird to hair salon; coffee for the Council on the Humanities; Lady Bird discusses the Kennedy Library with I.M. Pei; Lady Bird gives speech during Buchanan School dedication; speeches by Mayor Washington & Brooke