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- for the youngest ·ones instead of g.o ing to the ~peech.
·By 11 ;30 Lyndon was· into his night reading.
He is captive all the
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week nights,
a~.d what a_
glorious relief we.ekends are.!
- d for happy reasons because, this
m orning, fo r the f ir s t time in such a long time, Lyndon sounded bouncy
and like h im s e lf and there w e re no night sw e ats.-.
And la te r on in the day, I heard that M cG eorge Bundy had used
- , at la s t , h e w as tir ed .
So it w as an e a r ly night and I read N ich olas and A lexan d ra u n til I w as
s le e p y .
# # # # # ##
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- ; Johnsons fly to Puerto Rico; LBJ talks with press on plane; Johnsons stay at Porterfield House on Ramey AFB; LBJ talks with General McConnell while Lady Bird, Luci & Lyn tour base; dinner; LBJ plays dominoes; Lady Bird reads "Nicholas and Alexandra"
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Sunday, O ctober 3, 01965 \ p V^'
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Lyndon and I had a la te b rea k fa st and then got read y to go to
the N ation al C ity C h ristia n Church.
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When w e w alked in I cam e fa ce to fa ce w ith Judge an d M r s.
F e r g u so n fro m
- e e d s for the fu tu re, and w e hoped it w ould be p o ss ib le to f ill in sta ff, w h e r e e v e r the gaps m ade fo lk s lik e Bob Knudsen. w ork a ll day and a ll night.
And then, c lo s e to 2:30, I w ent in and w orked with B e s s ,
the o
- ilie s , w iv e s and ch ild ren , to spend the night at the W hite H o u se.
We
had su ch a fr ie n d ly , n ic e tim e w ith th em in H ouston, and th ey had s e e m e d
e a g e r at- the p r o s p e ct o f com ing to the W hite H ouse.- -He sa id
- LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird spent night at Pierre; Lady Bird reads about last night's party; invitations to State of the Union speech; Lady Bird back to White House; LBJ practices speech & rests; separate cars to Capitol; Lyn Nugent
- ig h ty A c r e s .
We^ d iv id e d u p in to tw o c a r s a n d d ro v e a r o u n d u n t i l
.
i t w a s b la c k night,"- s to p p in g to s e e th e q u a il.
A s w e w e r e h e a d in g e a s t th r o u g h th e M a r tin in th e g la d e w
- Conference on Youth for Conservation and Natural Beauty group at ranch; LBJ reads proclamation for 1967 Conference; Lady Bird makes remarks; car tour of LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird gives deerskin bookmarks; work on James & Mary Davis' home; pick up
- read y for
But m y en e r g y , m y sh e e r stren g th , sim p ly d o es not
MEMORANDUM
T u esd a y , M ay 14, 1968
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHXNOTOH
m a tch a ll the th in g s to be d o n e.
Page 2
So on the th ree h ours back to W ashington,
I la
- ; Lady Bird swims; Mr. Per shampoos & sets Lady Bird's hair; Lynda Robb reads aloud letter from Chuck; Lady Bird names guests at dinner; LBJ & Mrs. Marcos exchange toasts
- wa$ never heard .
This is Lynda 1 s first day at work in
McG~orgc
Du:i
- with pneumonia.
Imagine walking in an apple orch a rd at nine
o 'c lo c k in the morning, in a sheer organza evening d ress, in about 50 d eg ree
tem perature, m istin g rainj
I ve b e en delighted to read that she ' s posed w illin g ly fo r the many
- on e p o in t s o m e b o d y g r a b b e d
L y n d o n ' s h a t and a f t e r a m i l d t u s s l e , r e l i n q u i s h e d it to h i m .
T h e r e w a s o n e m a n in th e c r o w d c a r r y i n g a b a n n e r w h ic h
re a d , "Read A T e xan
- ecid ed the s im p le s t thing to do
w ould be to p ile in c a r s and ju st take the rou te.
On the w ay I saw r e a lly
v e r y litt le ev id en ce of the burning and looting w e had read so m u ch about,
although w e w e r e going through a p
- to Johnson City for flower harvesting; dinner with Luci & Pat Nugent and friends at Steak Island in Austin; Luci has encounters with the press; Lady Bird to bed and reading "Of Time and The River" by Thomas Wolfe
- had dinner and then to bed.
The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from
Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one.
from a mission to find a big stack of mail.
He said he had returned
He had only time to read two
- LBJ gives commencement address at Glassboro, New York; Lady Bird reads newspaper headlines; Lady Bird to booksellers' convention; welcoming ceremony for President & Mrs. Trejos, Costa Rica; Lady Bird names houseguests; Lady Bird to hair salon
- Bird & LBJ discuss statement; Lady Bird visits with guests before going to Capitol for State of the Union message; teleprompter malfunctions; LBJ does not read the "I will not run" statement; visit in Speaker's office; buffet dinner at White House
- a s t e r n
c o u n trie s.
And I do not th in k i t is m y im a g in a tio n th a t m a k e s m e
s e e in D ean R u s k an a l m o s t i m p i s h tw in k le of th e e y e , a m o r e
read y sm ile .
And ev e n V i r g in i a , a s L u c i w ould
