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  • LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast with guests while others attend church; news articles about Johnsons and the wedding; Lady Bird bowls with guests; possible blessing of marriage by Pope Paul VI; gift from Tony Taylor of their mother's silver cups for Luci
  • MEMORANDUM' , ; / - vi.: ;• ^; . ■■ THE WHITE HOUSE I ' : /.v ; W A S H I N O T O N F r id a y , M a r c h 3, 1967 Page 1 ;It r e a lly began a t 12:05 a . m . w ith u s a rriv in g at Randolph and ch an gin g to the J e tsta r bound
  • for walk; LBJ picks up Lady Bird & Luci, and they ride around Lewis Ranch; Johnsons to runway to meet Jetstar with Lynda Johnson, Jo Anne Christian & Betty Furness, whom LBJ has appointed to a position; dinner; Paul Dresser is wounded in Vietnam
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  • LBJ & Lady Bird have coffee; Lady Bird reads while LBJ telephones & watches television; Johnsons go for walk; tourists on Ranch Road 1; group of African-American children from St. Paul's School, 500 miles away, wait to sing for the Johnsons; LBJ
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  • t it w hen I sa id o f a ll the ta le n ts I w ish ed I p o s s e s s e d , the one I m o st en vied w as the a b ility to m ak e w o rd s "m a r ch and sin g and connonade and ta lk the co o l,, dem anding v o ic e o f r e a s o n ." W ell, it w
  • eJLegant Elms |:; Saturd a y January 25, 1969 \ A t' g e 2 p a ir*. I. L' a n d O ' ^ J t K a J i v e J i ^ pAM/ cut e. Aka^ J j o o k e . d ouj L Ly ndon's office, ot vi s ^ M i e . , i vk eAe. J t k e^e. Ap e . n i . J t k eJ i n. J j u^e
  • d to s p e n d the n e x t f o u r t e e n days in n e g o t i a t i o n s to prevent a s t r i ke . was a most u n i q ue -White House vi s i t / said goodbye to them^and important word to me was St e i b e n 's the l a s t And and very r
  • ng w i t h Lynda B i r d who h a d , b l e s s h e r , b e e n standing in lin e a t t h e House Embassy t o u r , h a vi n g h e r ti s m a l l t o u c h o f co m e -o n t o t h e i n d e f a t i g u a b i e l i n e of t o u r i s t s who m i
  • e y w e r e , le d b y th e tw o c h a i r m e n , J a c q u e lin e S h a rp , a N e g ro g i r l , a n d G e o r g e ; MEMORANDUM-' ■Vi TH E W H IT E HOUSE WA3BINOTON W e d n e s d a y , D e c e m b e r 2 8, 1966 Fox. Page 2 A n d g e o g
  • s s e . A ai w e a l l fle w o u t to th e R a n c h w h e r e R o y W h ite w a s w a itin g f o r u s - - t h e - g r e a t v':vi -W i ^^ 4 "M EM ORANDUM ' ■ T HE w h i t e '. h o u s e " - :/■ S u n d a y , A p r il 2 , 1 9 6 7 W
  • t b u s i n e s s a t th e R a n c h . R a th e r c a lle d . And M ary I w o u ld b e l o n e s o m e i f t h e r e w e r e e v e r a tim e ; w h e n Vi M a r y d i d n 't c a l l ! It i s s o c o m f o r t i n g to h a v e J i m C a in a n d W
  • /' VI I WASHINGTON ' W e d n e sd a y , M a rch 3 , 1966 Page 7 , lo v e , and it w a s the end of a day sp a r k lin gw ith s u c c e s s . It w a s 10:30 b e fo r e a ll ou r g u e s t s d e p a r te d and that in i t s e l f , i s a ' c r it e r
  • th is w o n d e r f u lly g e n e r o u s th in g l a s t y e a r , w ith m e a s s p o n s o r ; a n d a g a in th is y e a r . A n d I 'm a s g r a te f u l a s any one o f th e 6, 000 c h i l d r e n . "VI ■ W in z o la M c C le n d o n b e g a n
  • . r e s e n t ar-eDa C i vi s We w e n t in to l o o k A- M EM ORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE • WASHINOTOM W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 9, 1965 Page 2 a t th e d o l l s lin in g th e w a l l s o f th e p a r l o r , n e w ly d e c o r a t e d , h
  • e o f i t - - "Vi c t o r y Thro u g h A ir P o w e r ". A n d h e s a i d , " Y e s , I s p e n t m o r e th a n 50 y e a r s o f m y lif e w o rk in g bn a i r p l a n e s a n d n o w I a m a 'c h im n e y s w e e p ' ' S o m e o n e r e m a r k
  • th e n s t e e r e d B i l l W ir tz A n d l a t e r th e S e c r e t a r y o f S ta te . I w a n te d to m a k e i t a b r i g h t e v e n in g f o r h e r to o , a n d to sh o w m y a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r th e v i t a l i t y . Vi
  • l ? ” - I co u ld c a ll him an d r a is e him on that! . - ■ Vi--'-:,': Vv; ■V.: . And he said/y^a r a th e r dvilcet e x p re ss io n , som ething to the e ffe c t th a t "co m e N p v em b er, the b e s t m an w ill w in ,’* And I got iii m y w o
  • o d e r n s ilv e r c a n d le s tic k s f o r L u c i a n d P a t. ( . G o ld , s il v e r a n d b ro n z e m e d a llio n s w h ich c o m m e m o ra te d the v i s i t of P o p e P a u l VI to I s r a e l , a n d v e r y w o n d e rfu l m e d
  • to a s k M r s . M ilto n G ordon, on th e C h ild r e n s C om m it te e o f N ew Y o rk C ity , vi^ ose o r g a n iz a tio n h a d g iv e n m e a v e r y g e n e r o u s a w a rd fo r m y w o r k in H ead S ta rt. MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE : W
  • h e r e vi^ere p o o l s of w a t e r a n d l e a v e s w e r e s t i l l w e t a n d th e s k y w as d a r k w ith clouds. T h e h e l i c o p t e r d s e t t l e d do w n onto D or ris ' f r o n t l a w n a n d t h e r e t h e y w e r e w a i t i
  • Am jjj^ng bA oadiy. a n d a c k e e A i^B.ni uf:> '^Aom jJxem aA tve madji. o io t wau. beJLiveen jJiem s t e p s a n d ik e y , c a l l e d o u t, "Go o d l u c k , M r. P r e s i den t ", a n d 1 9 , 1 9 69 vi kancLi ( f pag e 10 w&rvt o
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