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- fashion, and things will level out in the next
few weeks.
When I listen to Mrs. Kennedy, I just, I just sort of want to put my hand in hers and do
everything that she suggests. As for Lyndon, he’d like to take the stars out of the sky and
make a necklace
- and what a night I
The day was f u l l o f wonderful TV programs about C h u rc h ill's
'^e must be screened from c a l l s and telegram s because only
one c a l l got through to me from Mary Rather. Tomorrow I s h a ll have toask
t o s t a r t hearing
- ste rs o f b alloon s, m am m oth
pap er star m o b ile s , and a crow d of betw een eight and ten thousand, a t $100,
a tick et, m aking an estim ated m illio n d o lla rs fo r the party tre a s u ry ,
G re g o ry P e c k was m a s te r o f c e r e m
- , the co u n try sid e sh e had re m e m b e r e d a s a g ir l
and a young w om an and to com e b ack in this w a y - -w e ll, it w a s a d ream
c o m e tru e.
One m o r e s m a ll star in Lyndon's crow n.
Lynda B ird s le e p ily w anted m e to cuddle
- the pots of poinsettias from friends,
lovely ones from the Freemans, and our own Christmas tree in the
Yellow Room topped with the FDR star.
"The Twelfth Day of Christmas"
doesn't come until Monday and I love walking through the halls and
looking at them
- VP nominees with Jack Valenti, Walter Jenkins & Marianne Means; late dinner; telegram sent to Luci Johnson at Interlochen--her impromptu speech
- State, sang
the Star Spangled Banner.
Lyndon m ade a speech and u nveiled a plaque in dedication o f the
John F . Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltural C en ter. Th ey have
a lre a d y turned o v e r som e o f the buildings in h erited from M itc h
- fa v o r ite s ; O pera star E ileen F a r r e ll, now
M rs , R o b ert R eagan; te le v is io n's Ed Sullivan; and W illia m Shannon, who w ro te
T h e A m e ric a n Iris h ^
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MEMORANDUM
THE W HITE HOUSE
W ASHINaXON
W ednesday, M ay 27, 1964
- of what you have done.
So I want to say thank you for our generation and for those that are
coming on."
Everybody loved i t —she was the star of the evening.
And then the ladies went into the Yellow Room to have coffee, the
men stayed in the West H all
- thought paid o f f and when I f i n i s h e d and walked
-± U -
^
down^star -studded table
I felt
like
I had a c q u i t t e d
mys elf w e l l - - s omething I seldom f e e l ^ A f t e v
the
heady hours of se e in g New Y o r k ’ s assembled g r e
- Bill Moyers gives briefing on LBJ's health; Lady Bird sends telegram for President Eisenhower's birthday; Johnsons spend few hours in quiet, sunny room overlooking countryside; press were allowed to take photographs; Lady Bird goes to Great Falls
- the N ation als of P aragu ay w e r e lin ed up,
th er e w as a hum m ing that r o s e to a sin gin g/^ sp on tan eou s, n atural - I w ish
that in a ll the fou r c o r n e r s of the felobe,^^^ r e a c te d to the Star Spangled
B anner that w a y
- ntry i s in a p ick y m ood ,
T hey told of the new s of Sunday that
w e had d r iv e n too fa s t going to ch urch.
And today th ere w as a b ig
s to r y on the fro n t page of the ''Star" - - a v e r y im p ortan t h ead lin e:
" H e Was A lw ays
- , C a ssiu s,
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B r u tu s , Calpurn ia , and the lo t, and we gave the award to R o g e r Stevens.
Theawardhas indeed gone to a star-stud ded group since 1939, beginning w ith
L a ure tte T a y lo r and including E th e l B a rry m o re
- and Frances
L ew ine, whom I think are p ra ctica lly twins; M a rie Smith of the Post; Isabelle
Shelton of the Star; Eleanor P o llock of the Philadelphia Bulletin; and Nan
Robertson, who w rote such good color s to rie s in the New Y o rk T im es about
- know that the Lipizzaner h orses w e r e born black and turned white.
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Th ey a re descended fro m Spanish-bred offspring of A ra b stock and they
had been brought to A u stria in the 16th Century.
The stars of the
show w e r e the white ones
- activity; LBJ has fever; Dean Rusk conveys well wishes from UN envoys; Lady Bird reads telegrams to LBJ; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; LBJ to sleep; Lady Bird watches Gunsmoke
- ^ a e n e wJu)-got out u n s c a th e d .
In f a c t t h e r e w a s
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e v e n a s m a l l c o n g r a t u l a t o r y «Udtoii^al in ;th e Star-«ntitl^-d, '^^A W ise D e c is io n '' ,
a b o u t o u r f i n a l d eterm inatioii.jg^'tQ 'ra'U ow t e le
- ho n a r r a te d a n o th er;
F r e e m a n d id a w o n d e r fu l job on a th ird .
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A nd J a n e
S h aron I think w a s th e star,-'
t
a lth o u g h N a sh i s hard: t o b ea t.. A nd K atie L o u c h h e im did th e fifth .
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- Robert Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles; LBJ discusses gun control with Senator Mike Mansfield; LBJ calls Senators Dirksen & Aiken about agriculture; Lady Bird cancels appointments; Lady Bird works on telegrams for Rose & Ethel Kennedy; LBJ makes
- ; Lady Bird travels to Jane Engelhard's home; tea on terrace; tour of the Engelhard home; dinner party; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ sends telegram to Engelhards thanking them for being so nice to Lady Bird; toasts; dancing; security concerns; Brick House
- in to the
"Star S p a n g led B a n n e r . “
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T h is tim e a
M rs . T r e jo s and I ta lk about W a sh in g to n ’ s w o n d er fu l
S p r in g , and h e r s to p at W illia m s b u r g , w h ile our tw o h u sb a n d s c i r c le d th e la w n
r e v ie w
- e n t in th e r a p i d s / on p u r p o s e in th e g o o d s w im m in g h o l e s .
The star of the show was the lady with the red p arasol.
Y esterday on the
walk she had worn red pants, designed for a much slim m er woman, and
ca rried every
- LBJ & Lady Bird bring Lyn Nugent into bed with them; Lady Bird talks with Luci Nugent; meeting with Douglass Cater; Lady Bird agrees to sponsor book program for underprivileged children; Lady Bird receives anti-war telegram; German arrival ceremony
- Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting
- Luci's wedding day; Lynda sings "Get Me To The Church On Time;" cable from Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird describes her thoughts, decorations & the service; telegram read from the Pope; Luci stops to kiss parents and give roses to mothers
