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769 results
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Horner
mansion
copy of picture
of the
taken
at the
ranch
which
He then stopped
to read
first
Bill
December
17
1964
Thursday
asked
mjdr
to get from
President
and
Jack Horner
the President
liked
editions
of evening
papers
Moyers
McGeorge
Bill
- )
Bob Fleming
MW
& JAC in
JV (pl)
BM
at res.
MW and JAC ou
t
JV (pl)
JV (pl)
JV (Pl )
JV (pl)
Hon. Ramsey Clark -
- Re: Distric t court judges from Texas
Working his night reading in the office -- and his desk w/ v m
Luci and Pat over to the Oval
-
Vicky
To the office -- read some of his night reading on VM's desk
then into his office to read the tickers. . .
Mrs. Johnson
To the Mansion -- and in the house at 9:20 pm
Mr J . C. Kellam "
DINNER w/ Mrs. Johnson _____
Dale Malechek - LBJ Ranch
Retired
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Gode
LD
Califano
1968
Mike Mansfield OFF
RECORD
Jones (PL)
Mjdr's desk - worked night reading
to
Cabinet Room joining
Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior for his discussion on the achievements
and goals of the Interior Department
Joe
- my night reading? " Told it hadn't been looked at because
yb and mjdr working on rpt of Cmteemen and women. President said
"well, how does it look? " Told it looked very poor because most people
he'd had no contact with in 1966. President remarked
-
the
President began his day at (Place) Day
Time Telephone
11
In Out
Lo
8
White House Thursday
f or t
Activity
(include visited by)
LD
worked some of his night reading while he waited for the baby. Luci
boarded with Jim Jones who was carrying the child
- ^
Joe Califano (pl)
Joe Califano (pl) _____________—-_-—-
^^ "*^
Y^ November
The White House Day
15, 1966
Tuesday
Activity (inc!ude visited by)
President sitting at desk in the oval office, reading and disposing of various
materials. He called
- in his last night's reading on a memo
from Mr. Schultze, "Call me at once," - re freeze and problems)
The President to the Oval Officethen to the Cabinet Room
to greet Mrs. Henry Jackson and her daughter's school (total of approx 20)
who are touring
- , "
and visited for several minutes w/ Mr. Arthur Krim - a house guest last night
Riding around to look at deer w/ Ashton Gonella, Mr. Krim, Larry Temple,
mf, and Yuki
On Danz Ranch
Picked up Mrs. Johnson, Charles Maguire, Dorothy Territo at landing strip
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t
t
t
tit 12:36p
Code
LD
t
11:03
11:16
Expenditure
Activity (include visited by)
The Presiden t awakened a t 9:30 this morning, but remained i n bed reading
newspapers and making telephone calls until time to dress for his departure to
Austin
- Monday
White
House
Awake
breakfast w/ Mrs J
JV and Bill
Moyers
arrive
J Valenti
fr mansion
Dr Travell's ofc
just to say
Arrive
Mansion
reading
hello
4-27-64
papers
had no
medical
complaints
office
stops in mjdr's office to chat
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Mike
Feldman
Geo Reedy
Walter Jenkins
Willie
Day Taylor
Wm
Fay
Jacques Lipchitz , Sculpto r - for sittin g (se e other sid e o f pag e fo r mor e detail )
Wm Burdetti
state Dept
out
Geo Reedy
JV w/ his night reading
material
picked up on yb's desk
- cake,
ambrosia
Lynda Bird
George Hamilton Family
matters were discussed at dinner
" Mr. & Mrs. Tony Taylor
Mrs. Jessie iHnux Hunter
Mr. J. C. Kellam
Marie Fehmer
Mary Slater
The President to the office reading tickers
Robert E. Kintner, Washington
- the military personnel. The President
made very warm impromptu remarks and said they had all done a very good job.
The President then posed for a group picture with them.
The President reentered the office 3BH3dK with Mrs. Johnson, read some on the
tickers
- introduced them to William Hopkins and Major Robinson who were visiting w/
MW and then walked with the Senators to the Fish Room to show them the
newHh paintings hanging there.
To Oval Office - worked night reading w/mf
BM
MW (pl)
Mrs J
Chairman Macy
March
- January 5, 1965
White House
Tuesday
Arose and had breakfast in bed alone (8:30
Jack Valenti worked
am)
night reading w/ JV
Jack Valenti -- fr. mansion
McGeorge Bundy -- fr. mansion
The President went t o the office -- met by JV -- entered
- a problem
of communication. !" (The President ate two pancakes, friend eggs, toast
and jelly. ) The President read the Sunday papers and talked about Jewish
problems --the problems he was having with the Jewish people concerning
VietNam. He asked Simon
- , Activity
(include visited by) Ji m Jones, mf
M
LD
°
^
Margaret
Meyer _
8:15a (approx)
9:53a 9:54a
f
Awake
- and in pajamas and robe on deck reading Sunday papers.
Justice
10:30a Breakfast
- 11:58a 12:25p t
12:30p Wathced
Abe Fortas ;
'
- w Mrs
- McPherson and his team of writers
Walt Rostow
To Oval Office w/
Sherwin Markman
Fred Panzer
Joe Galliano - pl
To second floor w/ mf
to join Mrs. Johnson there - worked night reading
and looked at proofs of family picturesa and pictures of Lyn
Arthur
- in Ireland and
KXKXisk could not attend today's Als
ceremony. als
s read b y Anse l E. Talbert , managing editor of
d Aviation Publications, Ne w Yor k -- trustee of the _
: Harmo
n Foundation
o attending - Edward F. X. Ryan, Larchmont, New Yor k o a trustee
- all the night reading with GT.
Willard ;
^ Bill
Deason, returning President's call.
Califano.
To mansion alone.
n... Oct 19, 1967
The White House ^
Activity (inctude visited by)
fRmrTMTrnnnniHt
Clifton C. Carter
Dale Meeks - LBJ Ranch
DINNER - w
- Ranch Day_
J,. t Expend..
LD
_i
- larger color tvs.
the President asked for and worked his night reading with mary S
President retired
- - Washington, D. C.
The President and Mrs. Johnson went driving on the Reagan Ranch
Returned to the Main House -- and the President went to the office -working items on his desk and reading the tickers
Being fitted for clothes by Mr. Irving Frank of San Antonio
- a wheel chair - - w/ Mrs. Johnson
This is a fifth floor roof set between the hospital towers. Dr. Burkley reports
there was an excellent spot in the sun -- away from th e wind. The
President
took the Congressional Record o f yesterday with hi m to read
- was
working on the night reading. . . looked and read the memos from Col.. Cross
and took into his office a memo on approval of a jet to take two astronauts
Schirra and (Brown?). . to the Far East. . . . said that he had not...
Joined in the Oval Office
- * //.
TUESDAY
^
^
Marvi n Watson (pl) --The President had iust read BM's morning briefing -re: sending a. plane for the astronauts to go to the F^r East. . . the President _
said
that he had just read the memo last night and told MW to tell Webb that he would
- - which he did.
_ Joe Califano
——
,
. Joe Califano - in to
^^
Lounge =_-_-_-—__----_—--------
—
yb - come in a minute _^
,
- yb and Joe Califano working Night Reading folders w/Pres - in Lounge- 30 minutes
MW (pl) -recall fm John Lindsay
_ MW
- . The President
read
a memo from Jake concerning J. C. Kellam's findings and Bill left to call J. C. K
Dr.
Cain and Mrs. Johnson were discussing what the President could and couLd not do
safely
. The doctor suggested that the President should not go riding over
- _____—.
_
____
Mary S took him a note that Secy Rusk would talk with him as soon as he finished
reading some papers--about 10:15a and
that the plane from Washington would
be in at 10:00am.
__^___—^——
Secretary Rusk (b-1)
^
The President departed the house by car
- of the Press --in answer to a question,
from Marquis Childs about filling vacancies in the State Dept, the President
said, "Well, one became vacant last night, and I'm going to fill it right now.
The Attorney General will resign from the Cabinet and will take
- this info on a note in the President's
night reading last evening, and the President wrote on it, "I want to see her."
To Jo e Califano's office to join a meeting re the Airlines Strike
Those that attended were:
Secy. Wirtz Hon.
John Douglas - Asst. Attorney
- the
President for drainage (the y expect to remove the tube tomorrow night). . .
.
(Marvin Watson -was i n and out)
Mr. and Mrs. ^brfcbr O. P. Bobbit t - VM i n w/ work to do , --.the President read aloud.some. of the .messages , etr —
that he had received
- on his signing table w/yb
^ - ^:^5p Reading
IH):00 To
ex Proceeds
p ! Departed
}.
i
.
tickers
MJDR's Ofc - stopping at mfs desk - asking if night reading is heavy.
to look through n/r folder and works n/r folder w/yb.
for the Mansion "telling yb to go
- at a restaurant!") *
Date January
White House FRIDAY
Activity (include visited by)
Mike Manatos
Working his night reading in the West Hall
VM left
and the President had a rub. . .
Judge A. W. Moursund - Round Mtn. , Texas
Day
28, 1966
Today transmitted
- an idea for settlement of the Airlines strike.
OFF RECORD: Mayor Robert King High of Miami
Hon Farris Bryant, Director, OEP
(Mayor High left a letter for the Pres's night reading((dated Aug 3)) to the point
his pride in his nomination as Gov. of Fla
- ^
Thursday
(include visited by) ture
Mansion to have a bite to eat
Clifford
thru mjdr's room to read a few things of night reading then to Oval Office
Joe
3.5 Rep.
Califano -pl
\
\
fn%^ ' (y)iA-7^
mass
mass
Harold D. Donohue and Rep. Phillip J
- (even to locating secretaries
and assistants who might know wher e
was), President said let it go.
Temple get
Temple and he
Jones into Oval Office with
and Sen. Dirksen
to secretary's office and looked over a
bit of the night-reading. Said he was too
- of the IC
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e President was working a folder of night reading which he had ha d a t
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r
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e mmTno
te the
Secretaries.
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Camp
David,
pointing^ i out TTj^i/-m
variou s
memo
s at
otrth
Secretaries
- then read the
individual citations . and _
Page 2
Monday
White
House
9-14-64
Dean G. Acheson - former Secretar y of State
Detlev W. Bronk - Educator and Scientist
Aaron Copland - Composer
Walter Disney - Motion Picture Producer
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