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  • a n d A r th u r an d h e r f a th e r a n d D aphn e an d th e Bob B e n ja m in s and t h e i r tw o c h ild r e n . Six of u s p ile d in to th e T h u n d e r b ir d w ith h i m d r iv in g , tw o in a b u c k e t s e a t in f r o n t, and w e
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  • in g up on the s ta g e ju st a s e v e r y b o d y b eh in d it g e t s into th e ir p o s itio n w e a r e d o w n s ta ir s and out on the N o rth P o r t i c o - c a lm and s e r e n e - - I hope it lo o k s that w ay, a s the b ig b la c k c a r w
  • hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e everybody fo r ju st a m in u te. B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld not tr y . So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s going to a c c e p t th e r
  • 1964 Sat urday, July 25~ Was an easy and pleasant day. About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press conference. Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
  • on th e f r o n t ro w , and w o n d e r e d w h at w as going on in h is m in d , th is b il l th a t h is b r o t h e r h a d s p o n s o r e d s o a r d e n t l y , h a d p in n e d so m u c h hope on, t h a t h e h i m s e l f h a d p u s h e d
  • r e e n rib b o n th a t s tr e t c h e s m a je s ti c a l ly - 1 - 1965 T u e s d a y , M a rc h 9 th (co n tin u ed ) f r o m th e C a p ito l to th e L in c o ln M e m o r ia l. A ll of th a t is fin e , b u t I hope v e r y m u c h to a d
  • v e r th o u g h t w e w o u ld h a v e s e e n y o u - - t h i s m a k e s o u r t r i p la e a w rc re iy E x c i t i n g ’’ —i*ii— —— — I hope M r . D re x le r got som e s e n s e o f th e ir —— ———M l I