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  • Press relations
  • Snow in Washington, D.C., cancels the annual Easter Egg Roll; the beagles, Him and Her; Lady Bird's speech for Texas Women's University; the press, Lady Bird's trip to the hair salon, and the Secret Service; story of Lady Bird's brother, Tommy
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  • Meeting to discuss upcoming speeches; Lady Bird's space trip to Huntsville, AL; office work; LBJ's press conference in East Room, with critique by Lady Bird; press conference questions; Eisenhower comment about press conferences; family dinner
  • me to say No to anything that Frank asked me to do. Oddly enough, I got a note from Frank, saying that because of his close association with the broadcasting business, he would not be out at the a irp ort to m eet m e. He thought the press might make
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  • Houseguests leave; preparations are made for volunteer hostesses tea party at LBJ birthplace; LBJ wants BBQ for press and press conference; Lady Bird dictates information for handout on birthplace; BBQ luncheon for 85 at the LBJ Ranch; press
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  • ; Federal pavilion & LBJ press conference; Lady Bird to Spanish pavilion & Goya exhibit; to JFK Educational Civic and Cultural Center on Long Island for LBJ speech; to Atlantic City for Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner & LBJ speech; reception at Shelbourne Hotel
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  • Lady Bird visits Project Head Start in Newark and Lambertville, New Jersey; airplane filled with press; press conference in the classroom; Lady Bird to Governor's mansion; Lady Bird makes speech in Morven; Lady Bird is interviewed on plane by Los
  • Batt of the A R A ; Howard B irch with the F arm ers Home A dm inistration, and P eter Jones with the Department of C om m erce, who had prepared m e b y giving me Night Comes to the Cum ber~ lands by Caudel, to read; and some 34 press, Helen Thomas
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  • Lady Bird trip to Kentucky; press; Lady Bird meets Gov. & Mrs. Breathitt; 8-hour tour by motorcade; Lady Bird halts car to shake hands with schoolchildren; Lady Bird walks to Arthur Robertson home & Lick Branch School; reminiscences about Fern
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  • work; lunch; nap; Lady Bird & Lynda have their hair done; snow causes cancellations for Arts Council party; select guests to Yellow Oval Room; Lady Bird mentions guests & press; Lady Bird introduces Gregory Peck who introduces entertainment
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  • Washington's Birthday; Lady Bird joins LBJ in bed for coffee and to read newspapers; tension about Vietnam; LBJ mentions role of press; Lady Bird works on tile samples and clothes from Mollie Parnis; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson about article
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  • Lady Bird's Landscapes-Landmark tour in Greyhound bus with Cabinet wives & press; Damfrey's Wayside Shelter dedication ceremony; planting a dogwood; Interstate 95 plantings and Highway One; visit to Monticello & heirs of Thomas Jefferson; Lady Bird
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  • Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to Smithsonian for "Reading is Fundamental;" welcoming speech by Dillon Ripley; speeches by Lady Bird & Margy McNamara; LBJ Library meeting covered by press; Lady Bird bowls with Muriel Humphrey & Jane Muskie; press take
  • Lady Bird's YWCA speech in Cleveland; Lady Bird talks about speechwriting process; Lady Bird meets handicapped girl, Nancy Martin; office work & nap; LBJ's press conference; Dr. Willis Hurst is houseguest; visit of Lady Bird's family and Dr. Blake
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  • Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; Lady Bird goes to Spanish class; meeting with Max Brooks; work on speeches for upcoming Appalachia trip; fitting for clothes; Lady Bird & LBJ go down the elevator to his press conference ; LBJ's decision to run
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  • Pat Nugent leaving for Vietnam; Lady Bird to San Antonio & Corpus Christi; poverty bills up for vote; Lady Bird is interviewed by Isabel Shelton; buses to Padre Island with foreign press & Park Service staff; Lady Bird gives speech; fish fry
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  • of Beautification Committee; Lady Bird bowls two games; Lady Bird records diary, eats cold dinner, watches television & receives massage; Lynda Robb attends Women's National Press Club Dinner
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  • Bombing halt in Vietnam; Mar-a-Lago becoming part of National Park Service; Lady Bird describes china for Preservation & Restoration luncheon; Lady Bird names speakers & guests; press are invited to speeches; Lady Bird gives remarks & introduces
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  • Memorial Hall; Lady Bird sees Jack Valenti; Lady Bird gives speech on the environment; receiving line; small party at President Brewster's home; Lady Bird said there was poor press coverage
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  • Lady Bird tours architecture at Yale University and New York; LBJ is in the hospital; Lady Bird likes rare books display at Beinecke Library at Yale; press are waiting outside the Beinecke for photographs; Lady Bird sees public housing units; Lady
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  • on plane; Lady Bird makes statement about Martin Luther King on plane intercom; Lady Bird interviewed by German press; welcoming ceremonies in San Antonio; buses to Fredericksburg; Lady Bird narrates on bus intercom; tour of Fredericksburg on orchard wagons
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  • Lady Bird watches on television as Apollo capsule lands; hair styled; Lady Bird & Muriel Humphrey to Austin for Humphrey campaign style show; few press on plane; breakfast; ceremonies at Austin airport; brief remarks by Lady Bird & Muriel Humphrey
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  • to hospital; Lady Bird tries to contact Chuck Robb in Vietnam; Lady Bird calls Chuck's parents; Lynda Robb gives birth to baby girl; Lady Bird calls General Lewis Walt to get message to Chuck; LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci hand out cigars & candy to press
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  • Lady Bird talks to LBJ at Camp David; Lady Bird & foreign press board buses for Goliad; view flowers & cattle; funeral service for Martin Luther King; ceremony at restored Presidio La Bahia; speeches by Stewart Udall & Lady Bird; migrant children