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  • fashion, and things will level out in the next few weeks. When I listen to Mrs. Kennedy, I just, I just sort of want to put my hand in hers and do everything that she suggests. As for Lyndon, he’d like to take the stars out of the sky and make a necklace
  • , the co u n try sid e sh e had re m e m b e r e d a s a g ir l and a young w om an and to com e b ack in this w a y - -w e ll, it w a s a d ream c o m e tru e. One m o r e s m a ll star in Lyndon's crow n. Lynda B ird s le e p ily w anted m e to cuddle
  • VP nominees with Jack Valenti, Walter Jenkins & Marianne Means; late dinner; telegram sent to Luci Johnson at Interlochen--her impromptu speech
  • of what you have done. So I want to say thank you for our generation and for those that are coming on." Everybody loved i t —she was the star of the evening. And then the ladies went into the Yellow Room to have coffee, the men stayed in the West H all
  • Bill Moyers gives briefing on LBJ's health; Lady Bird sends telegram for President Eisenhower's birthday; Johnsons spend few hours in quiet, sunny room overlooking countryside; press were allowed to take photographs; Lady Bird goes to Great Falls
  • the N ation als of P aragu ay w e r e lin ed up, th er e w as a hum m ing that r o s e to a sin gin g/^ sp on tan eou s, n atural - I w ish that in a ll the fou r c o r n e r s of the felobe,^^^ r e a c te d to the Star Spangled B anner that w a y
  • , C a ssiu s, ■ • ' ■ ' ■' ' B r u tu s , Calpurn ia , and the lo t, and we gave the award to R o g e r Stevens. Theawardhas indeed gone to a star-stud ded group since 1939, beginning w ith L a ure tte T a y lo r and including E th e l B a rry m o re
  • and Frances L ew ine, whom I think are p ra ctica lly twins; M a rie Smith of the Post; Isabelle Shelton of the Star; Eleanor P o llock of the Philadelphia Bulletin; and Nan Robertson, who w rote such good color s to rie s in the New Y o rk T im es about
  • know that the Lipizzaner h orses w e r e born black and turned white. • J Th ey a re descended fro m Spanish-bred offspring of A ra b stock and they had been brought to A u stria in the 16th Century. The stars of the show w e r e the white ones
  • activity; LBJ has fever; Dean Rusk conveys well wishes from UN envoys; Lady Bird reads telegrams to LBJ; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; LBJ to sleep; Lady Bird watches Gunsmoke
  • ^ a e n e wJu)-got out u n s c a th e d . In f a c t t h e r e w a s - e v e n a s m a l l c o n g r a t u l a t o r y «Udtoii^al in ;th e Star-«ntitl^-d, '^^A W ise D e c is io n '' , a b o u t o u r f i n a l d eterm inatioii.jg^'tQ 'ra'U ow t e le
  • ho n a r r a te d a n o th er; F r e e m a n d id a w o n d e r fu l job on a th ird . '•K'-» I A nd J a n e S h aron I think w a s th e star,-' t a lth o u g h N a sh i s hard: t o b ea t.. A nd K atie L o u c h h e im did th e fifth . ' “ A m
  • ; Lady Bird travels to Jane Engelhard's home; tea on terrace; tour of the Engelhard home; dinner party; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ sends telegram to Engelhards thanking them for being so nice to Lady Bird; toasts; dancing; security concerns; Brick House
  • LBJ & Lady Bird bring Lyn Nugent into bed with them; Lady Bird talks with Luci Nugent; meeting with Douglass Cater; Lady Bird agrees to sponsor book program for underprivileged children; Lady Bird receives anti-war telegram; German arrival ceremony
  • Office work; Promotions for Women in Armed Forces bill signing ceremony; LBJ presents Bronze Star to Major Marie Rodgers, an African-American, and a Legion of Merit to Colonel Ethel Hefley; Committee for Preservation of the White House meeting