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  • in. public life.. One notiCeable omrpission to me - - he riever mentioned Lyndon• s name, Hubert was dependably funny. such dinner. He is always a fresh breeze at any A moment that I liked best was when Newton Minnow presented Mayor Daley with an award
  • assistance; Lady Bird has dressing fitting with Adele Simpson; tea for East Wing staff; Democratic Campaign Committee Fund Raising Dinner; John McCormack, Ed Muskie, Hubert Humphrey & LBJ give speeches; Richard Daley family are houseguests
  • 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
  • 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
  • Office work; lunch with Mayor Daley's wife, Eleanor, and others; stag reception for Latin American Ambassadors; Dorothy Vredenburgh and needlepoint chair for Blair House; dinner with LBJ; Lady Bird mentions books she is reading
  • with Mayor Daley of Chicago, et al; LBJ meets with Dean Rusk about Gulf of Tonkin situation
  • Visit with Mayor Daley of Chicago; race riots in Chicago; ceremony for UN Secretary U Thant; Lady Bird gives U Thant tour of White House grounds; Lady Bird meets Cystic Fibrosis national campaign child; nap; talk with Walter Cronkite about TV show