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  • Vietnam
  • ; Committee for the Preservation of the White House; the White House crèche; highway beautification bill; Mike Mansfield; the death of President Holt of Austalia; traveling from Australia to Vietnam and Rome with LBJ; visiting the Vatican; LBJ’s decision
  • Vietnam
  • Johnsons and McNamaras go horseback riding to Martin and Danz ranches; press statement on Vietnam at LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird, the press and cookies; possible postponement of visits from Ayub Khan, Pakistan, and Shashtri, India; Lady Bird has lunch
  • Vietnam
  • ; tour at Buchanan School; to Capper Housing Project & Syphax School; small dinner party for friends & family; Pat Nugent to Vietnam soon; Nelson Rockefeller is not running for President; Laurance Rockefeller & LBJ State Park; LBJ calls Nelson Rockefeller
  • Vietnam
  • ; to hair salon; reception in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for Conference on the Status of Women; Lyn Nugent's birthday party; Luci Nugent records sound from party for Pat Nugent in Vietnam; late dinner; special mass for Lyn Nugent at the White House
  • Vietnam
  • Bird reminisces about reading "Peter Rabbit" to daughters; Spanish lesson; Military Reception; Baroness Maria Von Trapp is guest & she wants to take "Sound of Music" to Vietnam for servicemen; dinner upstairs with guests; Committee on Retardation
  • Vietnam
  • show; Lady Bird is emotional as she meets wife of man missing in Vietnam; Lady Bird is offered "strange" artwork at one booth; Lady Bird & LBJ's cousin visit gravesite of George Washington Baines, LBJ's great grandfather; Rebekah Johnson items; to LBJ
  • Vietnam
  • halt in Vietnam; everyone, including LBJ return to White House for drinks and light dinner; Lady Bird talks with McGeorge Bundy about LBJ
  • Vietnam
  • records diary and visits with houseguests who are going to Vietnam; LBJ joins them for dinner; problems in Guatemala, Dominican Republic and DeGaulle ultimatums; early LBJ elections; Lady Bird talks beautification
  • Vietnam
  • ; 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
  • Vietnam
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • tax; LBJ reminisces about college days & finances; Dr. Evans on KTBC payroll; farewell to Nugents; LBJ & Lady Bird talk with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb about wedding plans; Vietnam Civilian Service Awards; bowling; Lady Bird talks about her tubular
  • Vietnam
  • Johnsons have coffee & newspapers; Lady Bird works on guests & menus; phone calls to Marnie Clifford, Lera Thomas & Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird to dentist & dress fitting; call about Karnack Post Office; visit with Lera Thomas about trip to Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • and Governor to Lincoln for Governor's Conference on Natural Beauty; nap; Nebraska Lands Parade; weather delays travel to LBJ Ranch; accident with Him, the beagle; Lady Bird visits with Charlton Heston about Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • Luci's wedding day; Lynda sings "Get Me To The Church On Time;" cable from Jerry Nugent in Vietnam; Lady Bird describes her thoughts, decorations & the service; telegram read from the Pope; Luci stops to kiss parents and give roses to mothers