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  • girls. It was nearly 5:00 before we left, and I had meant to be at Diana's party at the stroke of 4: 00. It was going full blast, and all of the kinfolks were there, and a group { of Washingtonians as well. The Ramsey Clarks, the Joe Fowlers
  • there were the B a r tle tts o f A la s k a , and Mrs. , Governor Harrison of V ir g in ia were tnere and about six c ouples from the House, inc lud ing the Clark T h o m p s o n s ^ _ ^ n d a State D in n er was just i n vested foi* L ib b y
  • LBJ sleeps late; breakfast; Lady Bird to the dentist; Law Day Proclamation; UNESCO ceremony; Johnsons to swearing-in of Ramsey Clark as Attorney General; Tom Clark swears in his son, but has to step down from Supreme Court; desk work; lunch; Lady
  • of the the Wilbur Cohens, the Clark Cliffords, Georgia Clark without Ramsey, and Virginia Rusk without Dean, who she said, was sick, and C, R. Smith, Stu and Lee--she said she was feeling fine--and Bill and Jane Wirtz. Only the Fowlers and Freeman~ were absent
  • at State; Lady Bird talks on phone with Ramsey Clark & Bill White; Lady Bird meets with her staff about next 10 months; Lady Bird works on upcoming Texas trip; Lady Bird receives facial from Diana MacArthur, and they have dinner with LBJ
  • Lady Bird awakens to LBJ working in bed; they talk and have breakfast; Lady Bird flies to New York City for clothes shopping and fittings; article about Ed Clark; hair styled for evening; Lady Bird & Bess Abell go to "I Do, I Do" play; Lady Bird
  • Lady Bird feels overwhelmed; Lady Bird talks with Clark Clifford about portrait for White House; Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter discuss transcription of diary tapes; Lady Bird has hair styled by Mr. Per; Lady Bird is filmed giving tour of the White House
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to Hemis Fair, San Antonio; gun control legislation; ceremony at Hemis Fair; speeches by Ed Clark, Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, John Connally & LBJ; LBJ & Lady Bird tour exhibits; LBJ receives questions from the press; painting for LBJ
  • Johnsons & Clark Cliffords drive the ranches; Lady Bird describes wildflowers & birds; helicopter to John Hill ranch; to St. Luke's Church; to cypress grove along Pedernales River; to Hill's for lunch; Lady Bird to Fredericksburg courthouse
  • makes presentation of Women in Community Service award for Job Corps; work on speech for Southwestern University; meeting with Clark Clifford about LBJ Library director; Madame Shoumatoff portrait of Lady Bird; 1968 election
  • Office work; arrival ceremony for King & Queen of Nepal; speeches & parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to Blair House; lunch; meeting with Clark Clifford & Madame Shoumatoff about portrait of Lady Bird; visit with LBJ in dining room; LBJ's announcement
  • ; LBJ awards medals to soldiers and gives speech; travel to Lawrenceville, IL, & George Rogers Clark National Historical Park; LBJ speaks on Vietnam; travel to Louisville, KY, and Jeffersonville, IN, for beautification award; LBJ gives 9 speeches
  • LBJ meets with Clark Clifford & Abe Fortas about 1968 election; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Egal of Somalia; Lady Bird works on Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; LBJ gives speech & awards to Federal Career Women group; Lady Bird
  • LBJ's cold is worse; Lady Bird views September film at Naval Photo Lab; Lady Bird meets with Clark Clifford about proceeds from sale of diary; acquisition of Latrobe mantel; lunch & reminiscing with Belle & Phil Tippett; last Beautification meeting
  • ; lunch in China Room; new Tiffany wildflower china for Johnson administration; tea for American Federation of the Arts; viewing film, "Paintings of the White House;" party at Sulgrave Club for Lynda Johnson & Charles Robb; Charles Robb & Tom Clark toast
  • to the Capitol; Lady Bird reminisces about Sam Rayburn; Lady Bird describes ceremony; Nixon gives inaugural address; Johnsons to party at the Clark Cliffords'; LBJ gives speech from porch; large crowds at Andrews AFB and Bergstrom AFB; party at LBJ Ranch