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- To South Grounds for a walk
3:00 Lunch w/ President, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jackson, Bob, Jr.
3:30 To Truman Balcony to greet Judge Sarah Hughes, Congressman Pickle and daughter Peggy
4:00 Doug Cater w/ Mr. Horgan
4:30 nap
6:00 To Yellow Oval Room to meet Mr
- President's Office and talked to Mary Rather
9:40 dinner with the President, Lynda, Luci, Doug Davidson, and Mr. David Truman
10:30 Chief Blobel until 11:45 p.m.
retired
- :30-5:10 Worked with Ashton.
5:30 Talked with Luci and Helene
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No.
Time
8:01
8:26
Activity
To the EOB bowling lanes.
Returned to the second floor.
Chatted in the West Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Bill White. Then to the Truman Balcony until
after
- Kintner, Katie Louchheim, and her daughter, Mary Leiberthal, for lunch.
3:35 Guests left.
3:38 Liz up with Margaret Legath for interview.
4:14 Liz and Margaret Legath left.
Rested on bed.
5:56 Met with Dr. Grover and Dr. Newland on the Truman Balcony.
7:10
- to the White House.
3:57 Polly Shackleton in for a visit. To the Truman Balcony.
4:20 Polly Shackleton left.
5:55 Mr. and Mrs. Bill White arrived, followed shortly thereafter by the President from his
office and Mr. and Mrs. Riordan, Mr. and Mrs. McHugh
- Called Jake Pickle and talked with him about the trip.
4:00 Liz left.
Visited with Lynda and Warrie Lynn Smith on the Truman Balcony.
6:00 Had cocktails in the Yellow Oval Room with Dr. Donovan Correll.
7:10 Dr. Correll left.
Lynda left for London.
7:45
- . DeMint re: decorating at the ranch
6:45 Recorded
4. 8:05 Justice and Mrs. Fortas arrived. Went on the Truman Balcony, Joined by Mrs. Hobby
8:15 President joined.
10:05 Dinner with President, Mrs. Hobby, and the Fortases.
12:45 Retired
- . Went with her to
the Truman Balcony. (Talked about LBJ Library)
7:55 Elspeth left.
Recorded.
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No.
Time
Activity
10:45 Dinner with the President.
11:30 Retired.
*****
- went out onto the Truman Balcony to have a few pictures made.
6:35 To the Red Room where the President joined me shortly to receive labor leaders.
6:50 Returned to the second floor.
8:50 Mr. and Mrs. Simon McHugh came over.
9:15 Dinner
- with Lynda on the Truman Balcony.
Recorded.
4:00 Worked with Ashton.
4:55 Went bowling alone.
5:30 Returned to the second floor. Worked with Bess on small dinner lists.
6:15 Refreshments in the Queens' Room with Patsy Derby Chaney, Buzz, their baby, Liz,
Bess
- and went directly to the theater for tea and conference
with Liz, Anna Hoffman, Doug Cater, B. Wattenberg, and Ed Need.
6:35 Returned to the second floor.
6:45 Joined Ed Hart and Mr. Singer for refreshments on the Truman Balcony.
7:20 Mssrs. Hart and Singer
- at the Truman Balcony
11:45 Bill Hardeman and Governor President at National Association of Travel Organization
12:20 Worked with Ashton.
2:30 Recording.
2. 3:35 To the South Grounds for County Fair for congressional children. Toured all
exhibits -- merry-go
- in the Blue Room.
Refreshments in the State Dining Room.
5:40 Returned to the second floor.
6:00 Cocktails and hors d'œuvres on the Truman Balcony with Liz, Simone, Nash Castro,
Mrs. Roger Stevens, Jim Thornton, Secretary Weaver, and Secretary and Mrs. Freeman
- .
Fitting with Lucinda.
2. 9:45 Worked with Mrs. Provenson on speeches for trip.
Worked with Ashton.
3. 1:30 On the Truman Balcony with Lynda (Had lunch).
2:01 Left for Dr. Turchin's.
3:14 Returned to the White House.
Nap!
4. 4:10 To the Lincoln Sitting
- .
6:30 To the Truman Balcony with Lynda.
7:25 To the bowling lanes -- two games.
8:02 Returned to the second floor.
9:10-10:20 Chief Dunn. Speech 10:07 p.m.
Brooke Astor called re: speech and June White
10:30 Dinner on tray in room.
(1:05 a.m
- , and manicure.
6:11 Returned to the White House -- to the second floor.
Met with Arthur Krim on the Truman Balcony.
7:30 To the theater with Lynda to see Presidential film with Arthur.
8:01 Returned to the second floor.
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- a few minutes later. Looked over the grounds and the fountains from
the Truman Balcony.
4:40 Left the White House with the above persons -- to the Ellipse re: bulb-planting
sites.
5:14 Returned to the White House with Mary.
To the West Hall to join John
- . Truman's portrait.
2:35 To the dentist's office (Dr. Enoch).
4:45 Returned to the second floor.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
Rested in bed.
5:02 Talked with Liz on phone.
Rested -- nap.
6:15 Jean-Louis in to give comb-out.
6:50 To the Blue Room with Bess
- Eckhardt.
1:40 Returned to the second floor.
3. To the Lincoln Sitting Room with Madame Shoumatoff.
4:03 To Jim Ketchum's office (re: Walt Kuhn painting and portrait of Mrs. Truman to be
presented to the White House.)
4:23 Returned to the second floor
- in President's Room.
Dressed in robe and made calls and sat on bed to plan the day.
11:20 To third floor to find Lynda.
12:00 Signed mail.
12:10 Out to Truman Balcony to talk to Lynda. Lunch with Lynda of cheese omelet, bacon, 1/2 piece of toast
3:35 Liz came
-
for family pictures for Bishops' book.
6:27 President to second floor and to Truman Balcony. Bob Knudsen,
Oke Okamoto, Frank Wolfe
Balcony, Oval Room for family pictures w/ Lynda, Luci, and President.
8:40 To theater - saw part of "The Russians are Coming
- and Negleys.
Stopped in Ashton's office.
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No.
Time
Activity
4:30 Back to second
5. Worked with Ashton
5:30 Bess
6. 6:30 Bruce Thomas, Nash Castro, Joe Bruno, Liz, Mr. West
met on Truman Balcony about tours, closing house, guide books
6:45 Marvin
- and Wesley
West on the Truman Balcony.
9:07 With the Wests and Jessie Hunter to the theater to see "The Home Place" and
"December, 1967" report.
10:03 Returned to the second floor.
10:30 Dinner with the President, the Wests, and Jessie Hunter.
11:35-12:10
- ."
2:30 Left the Sheraton Park with Lynda and Margaret Truman Daniel -- dropped off
Mrs. Daniel at the Mayflower.
2:48 Returned to the White House -- to the second floor with Lynda.
Worked briefly with Ashton.
4:05 Worked with Ashton.
4:45 Ashton left
- on the second floor -- to the Truman Balcony.
7:47 Mr. Macy left.
Signed mail.
Changed clothes.
6. 10:30 Dinner with the President, J.C. Kellam, and Marie Fehmer.
11:20 Marie left.
12:30 Retired.
******
House guests:
J.C. Kellam - # 303
*******
- Room.
6:10 Returned to South Grounds with guests.
6:16 Returned to second floor with guests to Truman Balcony.
7. 7:45 Cyrus Vance arrived.
8:20 Mr. McNamara arrived.
9:45 Dinner with President, Mr. McNamara, and Mr. Vance on balcony
11:05 Mr. McNamara
- :10 Dr. Grover and Sam Houston left
7:15 Dr. Lukash came in
6. 7:32 Went bowling with Dr. Hurst
8:17 Returned to second floor
9:40 President over to second floor
7. 9:50 Dinner on Truman Balcony with President, Dr. and Mrs. Hurst, Mrs. Deathe.
(Lamb
- on Truman Balcony
7:05 Congressman Edmondson, Mssrs. White, Stevenson, Adams, Jones to East Garden to see
Mrs. J.
7:08 To East Garden to greet guests and to receive peaches
7:20 Returned to second floor
7:45 Ate on a tray in Lynda's room while she
- -- with Mrs.
Bruce, Mrs. Polk Guest, and Mrs. McBain.
2:25 Returned to the White House.
Worked briefly at desk -- to the Truman Balcony for photos by Bob Knudsen.
3. 3:10 Greeted Mrs. Holt in the Diplomatic Reception Room -- accompanied her to the
Queens
- to join Harriman and Kintners and Buzz. President
brought newsladies to living room for a drink. Distributed Asian medals and
looked at pictures of the ranch.
7:13 Mrs. Truman called CTJ but President talked too.
7:45 Press ladies left.
8:15 - 8:47 Dinner
- City Christian
Church for services and coffee hour. (Also Dr. and Mrs. Dan Lotz - Graham's daughter)
12:30 Called Liz
12:31 Returned to the White House.
1:37 Called Bess.
Worked at desk.
1:57 Called Lynda.
3. 2:10 To the Truman Balcony
- in Grape Arbor en route to the second floor.
Worked at desk.
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6:30-7 Worked at desk with Ashton.
7:00 To the Truman Balcony with Marietta and Max Brooks, Lucille Thomas, and Carolyn Cousins
- Truman.
3:00 After leaving the theater, stopped by Jim Ketchum's office to talk with him.
3:05 Returned to the second floor.
Worked with Ashton.
Activity
5. 4:27 To the South Grounds with the President to welcome General and Mrs. Westmoreland.
4:37
