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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)

g a v e the b en ed iction and I stood on the p latform for a g e s w h ile everyb od y sw a rm ed around m e and I shook hands. Many of the p eo p le stopped to t e ll m e how they had supported Lyndon for y e a r s and y e a r s , had known h im
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

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

in a d r e a m p e r s i s t e d . Lyndon w as H e w a s t a l k i n g to M a n s f i e l d a b o u t h ow t h e y c o u ld g e t th e l e g i s l a t i o n m o v i n g o n a G u n L a w , a n d a b o u t how to p r o t e c t th e c a n d i d a t e s
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