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  • LBJ wires that he arrived in Washington and will telephone Sunday night. He is protesting to the Post Office on delay of letters from Karnack.
  • LBJ discusses the phone call from Lady Bird when she expressed her reticence to marry so soon. He closes with "I love you" and "thanks for the telephone call." He encloses a letter from his mother in which she offers advice about his career
  • 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