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  • Press relations
  • LBJ gives speech to National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago; LBJ Library meeting; responses to LBJ's March 31 speech; Lady Bird visits with her daughters; second LBJ Library meeting; office work; swearing-in ceremony of Angie Biddle Duke
  • and our little doings h e r e below. R a th e r detach ed and d i s - associated. I can n o t m e a s u r e the s u ffe rin g he h as gone th ro u g h , but fo r m e i t ' s b e e n o n e of t h e t w o o r t h r e e m o s t p a i n f u l t h i n g s
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  • Lady Bird to Portland, Oregon, for last trip & speech; LBJ nominates Abe Fortas as Chief Justice & Homer Thornberry for Associate Justice of Supreme Court; Lady Bird gives speech to American Institute of Architects; Orville Freeman is in panel
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  • John Gronouski sworn as Ambassador to Poland and Larry O'Brien as Postmaster General; press invited into LBJ ranch house for tour; swearing-in ceremony at Hye Post Office; story of LBJ jumping in cotton at gin and playing baseball; LBJ mailed first
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  • couples; press stories on Hubert Humphrey; David Bell talks about Taiwan, Pakistan, Korea and the Dominican Republic; Lady Bird discusses rafting trip; national parks policy; documentary on Beautification in Austin
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  • LBJ on phone with McGeorge Bundy about foreign problems; LBJ meets with Dale Malechek about LBJ Ranch; lunch with staff, helicopter to Bergstrom and flight to DC; LBJ talks with press pool about Vietnam; Foreign Aid Bill; stop in Columbia, SC
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  • Breakfast and swimming with guests from Marshall, Texas; discussion on Brick House; Johnsons to church in Johnson City; LBJ has press conference at LBJ Ranch; appointment of new pilot and first African-American military aide; luncheon; LBJ takes nap
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  • Lady Bird meets with decorator about LBJ Ranch house; Lady Bird with John William Klein to decorate the Lewis Ranch and Haywood Ranch houses; boating on the Llano River; Lady Bird and guests watch LBJ's press conference; appointment of Thurgood
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  • Peter Hurd is working on LBJ portrait; Johnsons and guests to Central Christian Church, Johnson City; Lady Bird mentions the ecumenical group with them; communism; group to LBJ's boyhood home followed by the press; Bob Akers' appointment to USIA
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  • LBJ has a fever; Lady Bird and Liz Carpenter work on beautification; lunch and discussion about presidential libraries; Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell; LBJ has press conference; representatives chosen for Churchill funeral; Nicholas Katzenbach
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  • Lady Bird has hair done; doctor gives Lady Bird flu shot & B-12 shot; LBJ & Lady Bird meet plane from Washington, DC; Lyn Nugent unhappy for family photos; LBJ announces appointments at press conference in LBJ hangar; lunch; more family photos; LBJ
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  • LBJ has phone conversation about appointments at Treasury and Budget; Lady Bird receives international YWCA delegates; Henry Fowler accepts Secretary of Treasury position; LBJ makes press announcement; diplomatic reception at Blair House; Lady Bird
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  • Lady Bird with brother, Tony Taylor; press invited to breakfast; Lady Bird describes Tony's garden; to San Il defonso Indian pueblo; visit to pottery studio of Maria Montez & Popovi Da; to Sangre de Cristo mountains; goodbye to Taylors; lunch
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  • Luci Johnson's 18th birthday and anniversary of LBJ's heart attack; Lady Bird has hair appointment; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Luci Johnson's baptism at Catholic church, quietly, without press coverage; Lady Bird and LBJ to New York for speech
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  • Photos for "Look" magazine; meeting about Christmas, parties & gifts; luncheon with Jane Engelhard, et al, about raising funds for education; LBJ with newspapermen; renovations made in the White House; tour of White House; LBJ has press conference
  • Moyers appointed as Press Secretary; George Reedy's health; relatives say goodbye
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  • Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice; arrival ceremony for President Tombalbaye of Chad; Luci & Lyn Nugent are photographed by the press; LBJ signs bills creating Wild and Scenic Trails, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and two National Parks; LBJ gives