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- a tio n p r o je c t, new b u ild in g s
a t a n ew c o m m u n ity c o lle g e in T e n n e s s e e , w inding up a t a r e c e p tio n a t
th e H e r m ita g e g iv e n b y G o v e rn o r B u fo rd E llin g to n fo r e d u c a tio n -o rie n te d
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tim e , :th a t y o u .sta.n d a n d s ta n d a n d lo o k a t sw a tc h e s a n d m a k e l i s t s of l a s t
y e a r 's th in g s a n d w h a t you n e e d to f it in f o r the big e v e n ts of the y e a r . th a t
r e q u i r e new d r e s s
- ^ lis te n e d to the sad new s that Lynda B ird w as having trou b le gettin g
; in - - bad w ea th er . - I n e v ita b ly , m y m ind w ent to Stephen and A u d rey C u r r ie r ,
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an d I w a s thankful for the S e c r e t S e r v ic e , su re
- they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite
H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e
ch a ir .
We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e
m in u tes
- , oddly u n c e r t a i n a f t e r th a t b o u t w ith w h a t e v e r i t
w a s in New Y o r k T u e s d a y m o rn in g .
I a m not u s e d to b ein g s ic k , a n d it
annoys and e m b a r r a s s e s m e.
I l e f t a t n e a r l y 3:00, a n d w e n
- at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt
- Jacqueline Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis to marry; Lady Bird visits with Lyndon Jenkins; LBJ visits with Lyndon Jenkins in Oval Office; LBJ Library meeting about "Life in the White House" exhibit; Lady Bird visits with LBJ at lunch; new portraits
- g r a p h s a n d
c o n g r a t u l a t e d L y n d a on the new b a b y a n d b e a m e d a n d s h o w e r e d u s
w ith g o o d w ill.
A nd I s a w M a r i e S h e p p e l w h o s e h u s b a n d u s e d to
s e r v e in the S e n a te w ith u s
- f i r s t v e r s i o n o f t h e s c r i p t i n th e e a r l y S p r i n g o f ' 6 5
c o lla b o ra tin g w ith L u cia for fa c ts a n d a n e c d o te s a n d m e m o r i e s .
h a d w o r k e d it o v e r f r o m a"new s p a p e r w o m a n ' s
- w ho a r e v e r y r i c h o r v e r y
t a le n te d a nd a p p e a r in c o lu m n s , and this is a new d im e n s io n for h e r
b e c a u s e C h u c k R o b b l o o k s l i k e the " A l l - A m e r i c a n b o y " , w h o l e s o m e ,
handsom
- & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
- Breakfast with LBJ; dress fittings; recording diary; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore; Prime Minister Yew gives speech; new Dwight Eisenhower portrait for the White House; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lynda meets ladies
- ; Lynda has supper for bridesmaids and gives them gifts; LBJ gives toast at Chuck Robb's bachelor party; newspapers find out Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb's new residence after their honeymoon; chef who made Lynda's wedding cake dies suddenly
- the M o u r s u n d s .
I l i t the f i r e in the b ig f i r e p l a c e as i t w a s a b i t t e r co ld n ig h t w ith a
h ug e new lo g a n d t h e r e w a s th a t ssaaacxHx w o n d e rfu l a i r of h o lid a y a n d
e x c i t e m e n t and of th e
- h e r d a u g h t e r .
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t h e f a m i l y of t h e H e a r s t n e w s p a p e r m a n .
w re c k , I b e lie v e it w a s New Y e a r 's D ay.
They are
T h e w h o le f a m i l y w a s i n a c a r
T hey w e re s e r io u s ly in ju re d
- to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests
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a f l o o r w o r n s m o o th by m a n y g e n e r a t i o n s .
R oy p la n s to u s e t h i s
p a n e lin g , h o p efu lly , in t h e new v i s i t o r s ' c e n t e r , s to u t beeim s o v e r h ead , b ig lo g s c h in k e d w ith a s o r t
- Lady Bird listens to her diary recordings for November-December 1963 & July 28, 1965, to prepare for Howard K. Smith interview; office work; lunch; meeting with J.B. West about a new usher; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to party for returning Vietnam
- has tour of new wing & visits patients; photos; small buffet supper & bowling for staff & friends; group watches movie, "Live for Life;" LBJ to Dallas for Rural Electrification Administration meeting; Luci Nugent accompanies LBJ
- A b e a n d mew ho w a t c h e d h i m , a n a w e s o m e
N ot e n tir e ly new fo r m e .
a n h o u r b u t fo r days, fo r w eek s.
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I h a d s e e n i t in 1955.
Bu t n o t f o r
B u t th e n h e c o u l d e s c a p e f r o m
b e i n g M a j
- u n g g i r l w a s f i r s t o u r p r i v a t e
b u s in e s s a n d se c o n d no e a r th - s h a k in g new s of s ta te .
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I s l i p p e d u p s t a i r s a n d c r a w l e d in to b e d w i t h L y n d a a n d L u c i
w ho w e re s till
- , and
h e re th e y w e re .
c o m es h er.
E x c ite m e n t is a new m ood fo r L ynda, a n d it be-
S he h a s lo o k e d r a d i a n t , h a p p y , & i i x
of l i f e , a n d I am
so happy about h e r .
in t h e s w i f t c u r r e n t
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- ; Congressional reception for 1000 people; photographs were taken; receiving line; Lady Bird quotes from Betty Beale news article; LBJ makes speech via telephone to Texas Exes party
- of W om en.
A nd the r a in w h ich h a d h e ld off fo r
u s w a s c o m in g , so w e h a d it in the E a s t R oom - - g r e e tin g s b y L yndon,
th a n k s to th e o u tg o in g p r e s id e n t, a w e lc o m e fo r th e new on e.
A nd th e n
- e n s a i d o n e tim e
th e c o u r t in New J e r s e y h a n d e d dow n a d e c is io n
w h e r e a n o ld la d y in h e r w ill h a d le f t a b e q u e s t to B illy S u n d a y b u t s h e r e a l l y
m e a n t B illy G r a h a m — a n d th
- t e l l i n g s u c h
i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r i e s o f th e fa b u lo u s new c a p it a l, B r a z i l i a , s o m e o f
th e le a d e r s h i p , w h ic h h e th in k s i s t o p - n o t c h , an d o f th e u n b e lie v e a b le
c o n t r
- is m o r n in g coat:
"Oh, I 'm s o r r y about th e bad
n e w s th a t th e b u d g et m u s t m e a n to m a n y o f y o u r c o u n tr y m e n ."
(It s e e m s th e new b u d g et h a s im p o s e d fu r th e r ta x e s on b e e r and
c ig a r e t
- a s s s k i r t .
It s o u n d e d i n th e p a p e r s
lik e h e r s p e e c h h a d gon e p r e t t y w e ll.
She s p o k e of th e n e w g e n e r a t i o n a n d o u r g e n e r a t i o n .
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- Friends visit the LBJ Ranch; helicopter to Lewis Ranch; news article about keeping up with the President; drive around Logan property; discussions about Vice Presidential candidates ; Lady Bird mentions the Connallys and other guests; to the Melvin
- to Austin and flight back to Washington; news articles about Johnsons vacation; Alvin Wirtz; Luci Johnson and boy who fell from Capitol bannister
- a ry M a r g a r e t 's h o u s e we sto p p ed and w a tc h e d the new s,
t h e n w e n t r i d i n g i n t h e l i t t l e a m p h i b i o u s c a r to l o o k a t t h e C o m a n c h e r a n c h e t t e s .
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- Congressional Prayer Breakfast; Lady Bird does office work; LBJ has television news conference; story about Adlai Stevenson's birthday cake; Stevenson discusses the Soviet Union, the United Nations, the Congo and China; Lady Bird meets with Barbara
- M a ll w h e r e , b o r d e r in g a h e a v y tr a f f i c
a r e a th a t c r o s s e s th e M a ll, t h e r e is a lo n g new b e d of p a n s ie s , a c a r p e t
o f p u r p le a n d g o ld , a n d I p la n te d a s y m b o lic few to f in is h
- m u n ic a tio n s m e d ia / t h e D av id B r in k le y s ,
ths John C hancellors, the Wyatt D ickersons, - • N a n c y w as fu ll of new s
- 4 -
1965
S a tu rd a y , M a rc h 13th (c o n tin u ed )
a b o u t th e lo v e ly h o u s e th e y h ad
- it i s o v e r !
m a n , and it is w ith a s ig h o f r e l i e f , th ou gh c a s tin g a p a in fu l b a c k w a r d s
g la n c e a t D on C ook, th a t I s h a ll s e t t le in to w e lc o m e a new M e m b e r o f
th e C a b in e t.
A nd it is s o
- hen it b e g in s to daw n on m e th a t I r e a l ly d o n 't h av e a n y new c lo th e s .
And th e n a b o u t 5 o r 10 m in u te s of one o u t on the f ro n t p o r tic o to
m e e t th a t b e a u tifu l w o m an , th a t e x tr e m e ly c a p
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s e r i o u s n e s s of h e r re a d in g w h ich r ig h t now is W ill D u ra n t, C
aesrnd
and
C h r i s t , w ith the lig h t to u ch of going out to h e a r the new C h r is ty M in s tr e ls ,
w ith two u n n a m e d d a te s .
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- Lady Bird's trip to New York for clothes fitting; lunch with Billie and Wendy; Tax Bill passed and signing ceremony; LBJ's speech and praise for Sen. Byrd; LBJ & Lady Bird to Mrs. Kennedy's house to present 4 signing pens; presentation of tray
- , __ p e c a u s e he announced 10 o f the
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50 new fe m in in e jobs in g o v e r n m e n t, w h ich he hopes to p rod u ce w ith in the
next month o r so.
The ra n g e d a l l the w a y f r o m the In te r s t a t e C
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ercC o m m is s io n ,
w h
- 25 y e a r s - -
i ts t r u n k c a n b e u s e d to m a k e p a p e r .
And th e c o u n try is tr y in g to e a s e its ex p an d in g p o p u la tio n
p r o b le m by h a c k in g new la n d out of th e ju n g le . F o r in s ta n c e , L yndon
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