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  • and the solarium; houseguest Mariallen Moursund; telephone call to Elaine Fischesser about Alabama cousins
  • Lady Bird meets with Warren Woodward and Bob Kollar about wedding travel plans; Lady Bird places several calls about wedding arrangements; office work; Lady Bird to luncheon for Luci Johnson given by bridesmaids; back to White House; telephone call
  • & Matianna Taylor arrive; John Hills' gift of 140 quail for Johnsons; LBJ, Pat Nugent, Tony Taylor & Secret Service round up escaped quail; telephone staff, Secret Service, WHCA & military staff share refreshments; open presents; to Midnight Mass
  • with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
  • Luci Nugent's 21st birthday; Lady Bird works on narrative for "Crossing the Trails of Texas" film; 50 magnolia seedlings germinated from tree at The Elms; meeting about Latin American trip; telephone call to Luci; Lady Bird views Harry Truman film
  • Lady Bird has nightmares; Lady Bird makes telephone calls; Lady Bird goes to the first meeting of the Johnson City Garden Club; lunch; drive to Danz and Sweeney houses to view renovations; Lady Bird drives to Luci & Pat Nugent's home in Austin; Lady
  • ; Merriman Smith story about lost appropriation bill; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird has telephone operators for tea; Lady Bird and Lucia Johnson Alexander shop; Johnsons to Martin Ranch; brush burning in Hill Country; family to dinner
  • ; 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
  • Lady Bird visits with her Alabama relatives over coffee; office work, telephoning and recording; helicopter to Haywood Ranch to meet LBJ; Secret Service helicopter crashes in river; Lady Bird discusses tenant situation with her relatives; Bill
  • Lady Bird does desk work and talks with Lynda and Luci Johnson; Lady Bird has lunch with LBJ and his staff; Lady Bird work on speech for the American Institute of Park Executives; telephone call with Marian McBride in Milwaukee; work on dedication
  • received a telephone call from the Departmentsaying that this announcementwas being carried from Saigon. I knewnothing about it whatso­ ever. Even though I was a memberof and attended the WashingtonSpecial Actions Group, the so-called WSAG group
  • Lady Bird visits with school friends; Ernest Goldstein & Lady Bird discuss LBJ Library; Lady Bird makes several telephone calls; Sam Houston's health; Lady Bird to hair salon; photos taken with school friends; Senate Ladies Luncheon; Lady Bird
  • plane available for Kennedy family; Lady Bird has coffee with houseguests; phone call from Luci Nugent; Lady Bird talks with Lynda Robb; LBJ has meetings & telephone calls; Lady Bird thinks of dangers to her family; LBJ gives television speech
  • and the photographer were still there. X: Back at the White House I had a rub, and in the middle of it Lyndon came in -- close to 10:00. But that hostile instrument -- the telephone -- summoned him before we could go to the table and it was nearly 11 :00 "\~en we
  • rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins
  • Breakfast with LBJ; work on Christmas party; telephone calls about Tony Taylor; lunch with houseguests; Lady Bird reminisces with Alabama cousin & Tony; recording for ABC television show; Simone Poulain is leaving staff; hair salon; LBJ's cold
  • Bird reads newspapers; White House telephones; Lady Bird takes nap; guests for dinner and watching Dean Rusk on tv through Telstar; Lady Bird talks with John Macy about LBJ Library and Thomas Mann about Latin America; talks with Lynda Luci Johnson
  • Plantings at the LBJ Ranch; plans for the LBJ birthplace home; trees for Johnson City; renovations for the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ portrait by Peter Hurd; George Reedy and Bill Moyers; Lady Bird talks to LBJ on telephone about several topics; Lady Bird
  • Lady Bird telephones Southern Governors and Senators about the upcoming Whistle Stop Campaign; office work; tea for Cabinet Wives; meeting about the Presidential campaign; visit with houseguests; LBJ flies to Jacksonville, FL
  • Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
  • strongly. I just received a telephone call tonight from your Great-Uncle Gerry, Gerry Warner, who had a call from Santa Barbara that your Great-Grandmother seemedto be failing somewhat. Her heart is not acting right, and she's very weak. The nurse said
  • ; Lady Bird names guests at State Dinner; exchange of toasts; LBJ & Prime Minister use direct telephone connection to Thailand via COMSAT; entertainment is the U.S. Marine Corps evening parade and a display of fireworks
  • ; office work under hair dryer; tea for friends; rest, office work and telephone calls; hair styled; Johnsons greet Trejos; LBJ gives humorous toast; new White House china; President Trejos' toast receives standing ovation; entertainment by Patricia Brooks
  • 08:41, telephone rings; several wrong or missing words or names; 01:35, should say "Ghiradelli" Square; 01:46, should say, "Had a few sentences"
  • ; Lady Bird to Army-Navy Club to reception for Jane Freeman; Lady Bird meets with Alan Boyd & 35 highway engineers; massage, rest & telephone calls; Archivist Wayne Grover resigns; party for James Webb & astronauts; signing ceremony; Important items
  • Johnsons are awakened by telephone; Lady Bird goes to her room & has nightmares; Lady Bird reminisces about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Lady Bird is leaving on Friday for New England trip; Luci Nugent's baby due soon; drive through Washington, DC
  • Breakfast with LBJ; telephone calls & office work; arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister & Mrs. Hoveyda of Iran; coffee with the Otis Singletarys; Lady Bird invites Muriel Humphrey to bring grandchildren to White House; clothes fitting; recording
  • could be of very critical importance. About three or four o'clock in the morning the telephone in my room rang. The operator apologized for waking me up, but said that Krishna Menonof India wanted to talk most urgently with me. Krishna Menoncame
  • LBJ to Bethesda Naval Hospital; Lady Bird's diary meeting with Carol Fortas; telephone calls; Lady Bird to Bethesda Naval Hospital; nap; goodbye to houseguests & visit with Tony Taylor; party for underprivileged children; Wizard of Oz play
  • ...... ' are firming up, so yesterday I called Frank Griswold, sweet talked him out of $5,000 and we're going to do some telephone spot polling. I kind of took Frank off his seat, but after gulping three times and asking whether he was expected to do it all alone he
  • of the telephone a moment ago was Bill Thatcher from Minneapolis returning 'IIJ'3'call. That old buzzard was about as blunt as a ·; meat axe in telling me that I'd better wouldn't do anything politica.lly Dick Parrish do something for the GTAor