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  • 7 0 s - - and m ade up a lis t fo r B e ss, using two o f our p erson a l telephone books a nd w ra ck ing m y brain , , - Those people I would lik e s o m e tim e to in vite to a State Dinner| and another lis t of those fo r recep tio n s, luncheons
  • Lady Bird finishes Bill White's book on LBJ; Lady Bird records her White House Diary; Lady Bird walks with Jerry Kivitts; Lady Bird works on invitation lists for upcoming events at the White House; Lady Bird has telephone conversation with Dr. Hurst
  • reservoir; Lady Bird receives telephone calls from Lynda and Luci Johnson; Lady Bird talks to LBJ on the telephone about services for Adlai Stevenson
  • LBJ returns to Washington; Lady Bird and Nancy Negley work at Johnson City House; Lady Bird speaks to White House guests via telephone speaker; Margy McNamara and Luci Johnson substitute for Lady Bird in ceremony to receive painting by Mrs. Benjamin
  • Discussion about Big Bend trip; Lady Bird has lunch and swimming with staff wives; Bess Abell tells story about White House telephone operator and Gregory Peck; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird has clothes fitting; Liz Carpenter receives
  • Personal reading; telephone call with Mary Lasker about items for White House; Philip Bobbit's visit to White House; walk on White House grounds; to "West Side Story" with Lynda Johnson and Philip Bobbit; LBJ & Lady Bird watch Republican Convention
  • Lady Bird works on Johnson City House; telephone conversation with Lucia Johnson; LBJ on six-state tour of Midwest tornado damage; Lady Bird drives by the Schornhorst place and the bluebonnets; guests for dinner at the LBJ Ranch
  • for President; Lady Bird assesses LBJ's temperament; LBJ telephones Japanese Premier via first telephone cable between U.S. and Japan; visit with Luci about Shady Grove Music Fair; LBJ's trip to California
  • on telephone; Lady Bird naps; more guests arrive; Dr. Davis gives sermon; yacht goes up river; long talk with June White about youth and their children; dinner; Lady Bird feels stuffed from too much food; back to White House; Bills Moyers discusses his
  • Press reports on Johnson family activities; LBJ and Lady Bird drive around; Lynda tours with friend; Luci Johnson takes friends to Camp Mystic; LBJ on telephone about rioters in Los Angeles; Johnsons drive to Schornhorst Ranch; Story about LBJ
  • LBJ & George Reedy telephone call about budget and Congress; planning for Beautification meeting; attack in Vietnam; Lady Bird takes dog for walk; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; LBJ & Lady Bird dine with the McGeorge Bundys; George Reedy
  • Lady Bird signs Christmas photos; snowing; Lady Bird talks with individuals about speech & artwork donated to White House; wedding gift for Beth Jenkins; cherry trees from Mary Lasker; telephone call with Brook Astor about Temple of Dendur; office
  • Democratic dinner last night in Austin; change of plans; LBJ to White House; LBJ with the Harold Holts to Camp David; Lady Bird makes telephone calls; Lady Bird selects pictures for walls of Davis and Cedar houses; plans made for Cousin Oriole's
  • and others to Johnson City property; Lady Bird and LBJ to Moursunds and 3 Springs Ranch; LBJ reminisces about picnics and swimming as child; Lady Bird likes river-rafting; Peter Hurd's portrait of LBJ; telephone conversation with Nellie Connally
  • Lady Bird describes the landscape; Lady Bird goes snorkeling; Lady Bird gives a speech at the College of the Virgin Islands' first commencement; reception line for 1 1/2 hours; telephone call from Luci Johnson about her trip with LBJ; Lady Bird
  • and Jim Cain; Johnsons watch news; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Lynda Johnson in Arizona at archeological site
  • ; Johnsons take guests on ride around ranches; visit with Cousin Oriole; LBJ and "Beagle;" Lady Bird and LBJ talk on telephone with Luci Johnson;
  • for Johnson family and LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird walks White House grounds and uses Truman Balcony to speak with Abe Fortas on telephone; Fortases come for coffee; Arthur Goldberg as possible nominee to UN; Fortas to Supreme Court
  • and Pat Nugent to swimming pool with guests; lunch on the terrace; naps; Johnsons watch "Meet The Press;" LBJ praises telephone operator; integration at University of Alabama; article about White House renovations
  • Senator Edward Kennedy's plane crash; Lady Bird calls Rose Kennedy, Birch Bayhs and Mrs. Edward Kennedy; telephone conversation with Lynda Johnson about security problem on her flight; office work; Lady Bird reads; walk around White House
  • LBJ & Lady Bird have coffee; Lady Bird reads while LBJ telephones & watches television; Johnsons go for walk; tourists on Ranch Road 1; group of African-American children from St. Paul's School, 500 miles away, wait to sing for the Johnsons; LBJ
  • Lady Bird meets with Warren Woodward and Bob Kollar about wedding travel plans; Lady Bird places several calls about wedding arrangements; office work; Lady Bird to luncheon for Luci Johnson given by bridesmaids; back to White House; telephone call
  • & Matianna Taylor arrive; John Hills' gift of 140 quail for Johnsons; LBJ, Pat Nugent, Tony Taylor & Secret Service round up escaped quail; telephone staff, Secret Service, WHCA & military staff share refreshments; open presents; to Midnight Mass
  • with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
  • Luci Nugent's 21st birthday; Lady Bird works on narrative for "Crossing the Trails of Texas" film; 50 magnolia seedlings germinated from tree at The Elms; meeting about Latin American trip; telephone call to Luci; Lady Bird views Harry Truman film
  • Lady Bird has nightmares; Lady Bird makes telephone calls; Lady Bird goes to the first meeting of the Johnson City Garden Club; lunch; drive to Danz and Sweeney houses to view renovations; Lady Bird drives to Luci & Pat Nugent's home in Austin; Lady
  • ; Merriman Smith story about lost appropriation bill; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird has telephone operators for tea; Lady Bird and Lucia Johnson Alexander shop; Johnsons to Martin Ranch; brush burning in Hill Country; family to dinner
  • Lady Bird visits with her Alabama relatives over coffee; office work, telephoning and recording; helicopter to Haywood Ranch to meet LBJ; Secret Service helicopter crashes in river; Lady Bird discusses tenant situation with her relatives; Bill
  • Lady Bird does desk work and talks with Lynda and Luci Johnson; Lady Bird has lunch with LBJ and his staff; Lady Bird work on speech for the American Institute of Park Executives; telephone call with Marian McBride in Milwaukee; work on dedication
  • Lady Bird visits with school friends; Ernest Goldstein & Lady Bird discuss LBJ Library; Lady Bird makes several telephone calls; Sam Houston's health; Lady Bird to hair salon; photos taken with school friends; Senate Ladies Luncheon; Lady Bird
  • and the photographer were still there. X: Back at the White House I had a rub, and in the middle of it Lyndon came in -- close to 10:00. But that hostile instrument -- the telephone -- summoned him before we could go to the table and it was nearly 11 :00 "\~en we
  • rests and makes telephone calls; dinner alone; retires to bed; Luci Nugent to New York for a funeral; swearing-in ceremony for Russ Wiggins
  • Breakfast with LBJ; work on Christmas party; telephone calls about Tony Taylor; lunch with houseguests; Lady Bird reminisces with Alabama cousin & Tony; recording for ABC television show; Simone Poulain is leaving staff; hair salon; LBJ's cold
  • Bird reads newspapers; White House telephones; Lady Bird takes nap; guests for dinner and watching Dean Rusk on tv through Telstar; Lady Bird talks with John Macy about LBJ Library and Thomas Mann about Latin America; talks with Lynda Luci Johnson
  • Plantings at the LBJ Ranch; plans for the LBJ birthplace home; trees for Johnson City; renovations for the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ portrait by Peter Hurd; George Reedy and Bill Moyers; Lady Bird talks to LBJ on telephone about several topics; Lady Bird
  • Lady Bird visits with volunteers working on Mrs. Kennedy's mail in the EOB, WH telephone operators, and WHCF; meeting with Walter Jenkins and J.B. West about household matters; lunch with Lynda Johnson; article about spelling of Luci Johnson's name
  • ; Lady Bird names guests at State Dinner; exchange of toasts; LBJ & Prime Minister use direct telephone connection to Thailand via COMSAT; entertainment is the U.S. Marine Corps evening parade and a display of fireworks
  • ; Lady Bird to Army-Navy Club to reception for Jane Freeman; Lady Bird meets with Alan Boyd & 35 highway engineers; massage, rest & telephone calls; Archivist Wayne Grover resigns; party for James Webb & astronauts; signing ceremony; Important items
  • Johnsons are awakened by telephone; Lady Bird goes to her room & has nightmares; Lady Bird reminisces about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Lady Bird is leaving on Friday for New England trip; Luci Nugent's baby due soon; drive through Washington, DC
  • Breakfast with LBJ; telephone calls & office work; arrival ceremonies for Prime Minister & Mrs. Hoveyda of Iran; coffee with the Otis Singletarys; Lady Bird invites Muriel Humphrey to bring grandchildren to White House; clothes fitting; recording